When you want to get distracted from the surrounding reality and everyday problems, use this selection! In it we have collected the best science fiction films that everyone should watch. We tried to avoid very obvious options like Avatar, The Matrix or The Terminator.
1. Cloverfield, 10 (2016)
Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) hurries out of town after a fight with her boyfriend, but gets into a car accident and wakes up in an underground bunker. There she meets other inhabitants, who assure her that the Earth has suffered from a nuclear attack and it is impossible to get to the surface.
2. Abyss (1989)
This film by James Cameron did not become fantastically popular just because the director already has so many high-profile works. The nuclear submarine sinks after colliding with an unknown object, and the crew is evacuated to the oil platform. But what did the team, led by Ed Harris, face?
3. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Will Rodman (James Franco) dreams of creating a cure for Alzheimer's disease and conducts experiments on monkeys. One of his charges goes out of control and destroys the laboratory, because of which she is killed. It was later revealed that she was just protecting her cub. Oppressed by pangs of conscience, the scientist takes the baby chimpanzee home and calls him Caesar.
4. Time Patrol (2013)
Thanks to the time machine, the police can prevent crimes even before they are committed. The task that went to the hero of Ethan Hawke will radically change his life.
5. Solaris (1972)
The Soviet film by Andrei Tarkovsky received overwhelming success even at the Cannes Film Festival. The film about space adventures is based on the novel of the same name by Stanislav Lem.
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6. High society (2018)
A group of criminals were sent to a space station to a black hole for research. At the same time, the head of the mission, Dr. Diebs (Juliette Binoche), puts his social experiments on the doomed team. The film also stars Robert Pattinson and Mia Goth.
7. Signs (2002)
A former priest and single father (Mel Gibson) moved to live on a farm. But mysterious circles began to appear in the corn fields. This is an early work by M. Night Shyamalan, who recently released Split and Glass.
8. Blade Runner (1982)
Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) works in a special unit responsible for eliminating "faulty" android replicants. They are believed to be incapable of experiencing empathy, and this is what distinguishes them from humans. But where is the truth?
9. District No. 9 (2009)
Aliens come to Earth, but they are not creepy invaders or peaceful friends. They are just refugees with their own life experience, traditions and culture. It was this film that gave the main impetus to the career of director Neil Blomkamp.
10. Moon 2112 (2009)
The debut film by Duncan Jones, son of David Bowie, follows the story of a contract astronaut (Sam Rockwell) who embarked on a three-year solo mission to the moon. Shortly before the end of the mission, Sam begins to experience strange hallucinations.
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11. War of the Worlds (2005)
Yes, Tom Cruise is saving the Earth again. Steven Spielberg's gripping film tells the story of aliens, but compares favorably with most such works.
12. Dune (1984)
In the distant future, the Navigators Guild provides space travel with its special potion. The emperor of the human universe deliberately starts a war for the drug between powerful houses. The film is directed by David Lynch.
13. Beginning (2010)
Perhaps this film by Christopher Nolan can already be called a cult. Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is the perfect spy who can extract information from the human brain during sleep.But even he has his skeletons in the closet, because it is not just that he was put on the international wanted list.
14. Gender: The Secret Material (2011)
A virtuoso comedy from the masters of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost will help to reduce the degree of pathos and drama. A couple of friends go to Comic-Con, but meet the humanoid Paul along the way. Only he does not fit into the classic image of an alien at all.
15. Gravity (2013)
Sandra Bullock and George Clooney enter outer space. Astronauts repair equipment on a space telescope, but due to an accident, they are left alone without contact with the Earth.
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16. Cloud Atlas (2013)
The six stories take place at different times and in different places, but they are closely intertwined. Moreover, the characters are played by the same actors, but how they are connected is up to you to find out.
17. Gattaca (1997)
Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) was born imperfect at a time when genetic engineering reached unprecedented heights. This means that he has no chance to make his dream come true - to go into space. But Vincent makes a deal with Jerome (Jude Law), who offers him his genetic material for testing.
18. Insurer (2014)
This is most likely the first time you hear about this film, even though Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith and Dylan McDermott starred in it. Someone is reconfiguring robots that have long lived among humans, and insurer Jacques Vaucan must understand how dangerous these changes are.
19. Time Loop (2012)
Joe Simmons (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) lives at a time when one in ten people has telekinesis. The streets are in chaos, the mafia has found a time machine, and the state is trying to take control of the situation.
20. Ready Player One (2018)
Steven Spielberg's crazy movie ride is filled to the brim with references to movies, books and games from different times. The eccentric billionaire bequeathed his inheritance to whoever finds the "Easter egg" hidden in the game.
