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The 10 Most Complex Sci-fi Movies of All Time
Taste of Cinema ^ | September 21, 2017 | Mike Gray

Posted on 09/24/2017 12:04:34 PM PDT by EveningStar

By its very nature, the sci-fi genre is relatively complex: the short stories, novels, TV series and films that comprise speculative fiction necessitate detailed expository passages to build its far-flung futures, reality-bending premises, and stories set in a galaxy far, far away.

Whether the story is set on an alien world populated by creatures markedly different from human beings, in a future separated by centuries or eons from the present in which society, technology, science, and civilization itself have evolved into a nearly unrecognizable state, or center around time or space travel, sci-fi stories require complex set-ups to create a believable reality that’s very different from our own.

Because of this, the sci-fi genre also allows for its stories to become quite complex. Time travel stories thrive on complexity while, depending on the story, other elements may be willfully obtuse to create an air of mystery or disorientation in the viewer–and some sci-fi stories are much more complex than others.

Here are 10 sci-fi films that are purposely complex ...

10. Predestination (2014) ...

9. The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) ...

8. The Fountain (2006) ...

7. Coherence (2013) ...

6. Upstream Color (2013) ...

5. Primer (2004) ...

4. Inception (2010) ...

3. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension (1984) ...

2. Solaris (1972) ...

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) ...

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cinema; film; movies; sciencefiction; scifi; sf
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To: EveningStar

I’ve done them all. I’m really glad to see Primer make this list - those guys did a bang-up job on this movie.

And The Fountain was beautiful.


121 posted on 09/24/2017 1:44:19 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: Gideon7

Interstellar proves that complex does not guarantee good.


122 posted on 09/24/2017 1:46:12 PM PDT by PTBAA
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To: EveningStar

Buckaroo Banzai, 2001 Space Odyssey and A Man who fell to earth.


123 posted on 09/24/2017 1:54:25 PM PDT by Davy Crocket
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To: Berlin_Freeper
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124 posted on 09/24/2017 1:56:09 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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To: Davy Crocket

Oops Inception..


125 posted on 09/24/2017 1:57:41 PM PDT by Davy Crocket
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To: Mercat

The Butterfly Effect
Jacob’s Ladder
Colossus: The Forbin Project

and, of course, A Space Odyssey


126 posted on 09/24/2017 2:03:07 PM PDT by V K Lee (DJT: "Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war. ")
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To: EveningStar

“Predestination” is one of the few movies I’ve seen based on a short story that actually succeeds in adding another layer and enhancing it. It is based on the story “All You Zombies ...”
I like it.


127 posted on 09/24/2017 2:05:00 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: EveningStar

“The Fountain” - one of those beautiful, emotionally evocative films that thanks to or curses to postmodernism has several potential meanings. Did he really live forever and go to that destination or is that a dream of his as he lays dying, remembering his life?


128 posted on 09/24/2017 2:05:57 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: EveningStar

Primer - the scifi movie on alternate time lines created by time travel that it requires an infographic to explain.


129 posted on 09/24/2017 2:08:20 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: Berlin_Freeper
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130 posted on 09/24/2017 2:13:31 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Saw 2001.....very good,bordering on outstanding.Haven’t seen any of the others.

I saw "2001" when it first came out in the theaters. I got royally wasted on hashish before going to the movie. During the "Stargate" part of the movie I thought I was falling out of my chair. I wasn't.

131 posted on 09/24/2017 2:16:29 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (RuPaul and Yertle - our illustrious Republican leaders up the Hill - God help us!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
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132 posted on 09/24/2017 2:18:37 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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To: EveningStar
10. Predestination (2014) ...
9. The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) ...
8. The Fountain (2006) ...
7. Coherence (2013) ...
6. Upstream Color (2013) ...
5. Primer (2004) ...
4. Inception (2010) ...
3. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension (1984) ...
2. Solaris (1972) ...
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) ...


Which of these movies have you seen or even heard of?

1 - 4, and 9. Who hasn't heard of 2001? It's an amazing film, the first Kubrick film I ever saw.

Inception was also quite good - I've come to expect quality from Chris Nolan.


133 posted on 09/24/2017 2:23:29 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: EveningStar

#1, #3, #9.

None of the rest.


134 posted on 09/24/2017 2:24:08 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: notdownwidems

I agree. It’s a masterpiece. And I love the ‘60s vibe.


135 posted on 09/24/2017 2:26:42 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: TomServo

Yes that is a haunting movie.


136 posted on 09/24/2017 2:41:43 PM PDT by tjd1454
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To: Berlin_Freeper
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137 posted on 09/24/2017 2:46:00 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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To: EveningStar

9. The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976)
4. Inception (2010)
3. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension (1984)
2. Solaris (1972)
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Enjoyed them all. Buckaroo Banzai is hilarious. Don’t think I’ve heard of any of the others on the list so now I’ll have to go looking for them.


138 posted on 09/24/2017 2:46:24 PM PDT by ph_balanced
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To: PapaBear3625

Neither applied.


139 posted on 09/24/2017 2:47:00 PM PDT by Mercat (I know my redeemer lives.)
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To: EveningStar
"Moon" with Sam Rockwell. - Astronaut stuff and semi-believable.

"The Man From Earth" - A college professor confesses that he is immortal to his colleagues at a going away party. Could be a brilliant stage play. - no special effects, just compelling dialogue.

"Iceman" - (the 1984 one) A frozen Neanderthal is revived, only only slowly comes to grasp that his wife and child are thousands of years dead. Bittersweet and with one of the most beautiful film scores nobody knows about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=hY8xx1RLGps

140 posted on 09/24/2017 2:52:00 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We Fix America)
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