The 10 Most Complex Sci-fi Movies of All Time

Taste of Cinema ^ | September 21, 2017 | Mike Gray

[sportutegrl]

Nothing about the Alien prequels? Or am I the only one who did not get them?

[notdownwidems]

I have always thought 2001: A Space Odyssey was the best science fiction movie I had ever seen, possibly the greated sci-fi movie of all time. Had to watch it a couple of times to start to get it, but I really got a better understanding of it after I read Arthur C. Clarke’s novel on which the movie was based. It is really outstanding, and the special effects still hold up, for a movie made in 1968 that is remarkable. Just my .02

[tcrlaf]

Doppleganger from the 70’s (there is another movie named Doppleganger, that is not Sci-fi) still is one of the most complex movies I have seen.

[SkyDancer]

#3

[Gideon7]

If you watch Inception closely you can spot up to 7 levels (not 4).

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I watched "The Man Who Fell to Earth."

Considering the amount of ice that you can pick up for free floating around in space it made no sense to go rob another planet of it's water.

After the first fifteen minutes it began to bore.

The rest was just pitiful.

[bjcoop]

Where is Interstellar? That’s more of a mindbender than Inception in some ways. Both Nolan though

[ifinnegan]

Complex, or incoherently nonsensical?

[SkyDancer]

Outland.

[yarddog]

The only one I have seen is 2001. I thought it was awful.

I had rather enjoy watching them than try to figure out what they are doing since very little of it is actually something which could really happen.

I think my favorite one was “Forbidden Planet” which had an interesting theme. Also the original “Invaders from Mars”.

I loved “Star Wars” then it began a long slide.

[SkyDancer]

I say Outland.

[Berlin_Freeper]

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[perez24]

Saw #3 and loved it but probably for the wrong reason. Didn’t like #1.

[mewzilla]

It was! I've seen 2001 a number of times. Hubby loves it. I like it right up to the weirdness at the end. But I don't watch sci-fi to make my brain hurt or get depressed. The original Blade Runner was pretty good. The Day the Earth Stood Still . The War of the Worlds . The Black Hole . And my all-time fave, Forbidden Planet .

[discostu]

Does that include the possibility that the whole thing was inside somebodies dream, or would that make 8?

[Gideon7]

The Lathe of Heaven (1980)

Minority Report (2002)

[mewzilla]

Robot Chicken's versions of Star Wars are the best things that have ever happened to the franchise. I defy anyone to watch the Emperor on the escalator bit, for example, and not bust a gut laughing.

[escapefromboston]

Primer would be a lot less confusing if it wasn’t so mumbly

[NativeSon]

Space Herpes!

[Carbonsteel]

I’m sorry but Solaris was one of the worst movies of all time, Sci-Fi or otherwise!

It was complex, it was just crap.