Amph Greatest Science Fiction Films of the 21st Century

15 years in. There's been some good stuff.

The anachronistic classic sci fi short story style:

Ex Machina
Moon
Under the Skin
Regression

The auteur sci fi experience:

District 9
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Her
Serenity

The end of the world

Children of Men
These Final Hours
28 Days Later

The animated experience:

The Incredibles
Wall-E

Survival of the Sexiest

The Martian
Gravity

The Superheroes

Spider-Man 2
Iron Man

 

I love Gravity, but I wouldn't really classify it as sci-fi. It's a Humans VS Nature story that happens to be set in space.

 

otherwise known as sci fi

 

I agree. I think its more accurate to call Gravity and The Martian space fiction, as opposed to sci-fi.

Also, Spiderman 2 and Iron Man, but no Avengers or Dark Knight?

 

no

if I were doing an honorable mention list:

The Dark Knight
Edge of Tomorrow
Minority Report
Looper

 

I'd throw in Minority Report and Source Code

 

Source Code!

agreed.

 

Donnie Darko.

 

Please allow me to temporarily be a giant obnoxious weeaboo by suggesting Paprika. That film is so gorgeous I don't even mind the subtle homophobic elements (that apparently were way worse in the source material).

 

My favorites:

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Looper
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Source Code
X-Men: Days of Future Past
The Martian
Edge of Tomorrow
Inception
Star Trek
Dredd
Predators

 

I liked Oblivion, though I don't think anyone else did.

 

not sci-fi

 

Dredd has grown on me over the years. I watched several times while it was on Netflix.

 

I'd agree maybe on Incredibles and Spider-Man 2.

 

I meant to erase Wall-E

 

Why did you exclude Planet of the Apes you homeless person?

 

HOW?

 

Planet of the Apes is among the best science fiction of the 1960s.

 

You dislike the most recent remake series?

 

The plot, and the languid pace, and the helicopter things. I thought it did a better job than Moon at telling the same story.

 

no, the movies have been pretty good.

 

Ex Machina was horrible trash.

 

I liked Oblivion too. In fact I loved it.

 

The animated film 9 was a great Sci-Fi movie to me.

 

Of the Tom Cruise sci-fi flicks released within about a year of each other, Edge of Tomorrow is vastly superior. Oblivion bored me.