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The 50 Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 21st Century, from ‘Nope’ to ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
IndieWire ^ | July 28, 2022 | Kate Erbland, Chris O'Falt, Alison Foreman

Posted on 07/06/2023 4:06:26 PM PDT by sphinx

Yes, science fiction is rooted in profound origins, examining humanity’s deep-seated fear of itself and the intimidating possibility of worlds unknown. But the last two decades have seen a metaphoric rush on sci-fi storytelling that’s left the once niche subgenre a supersaturated movie market. On the one hand, that’s produced an onslaught of sci-fi(ish) titles that aren’t always up to snuff. But on the other, it’s prompted some of the best sci-fi films ever made. Masterworks like “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “Nope” both arrived this year, and top our list at number five and number eight respectively....

Simply put: In determining the 50 best sci-fi movies of the 21st century, you must draw a line in the sand — even if that’s the sands of Arrakis. To that end, a few rules have been set.

No fantasy-centric superhero movies will appear here, and the same goes for those space-borne fantasy franchises “Star Wars” and “Star Trek.” For an action, horror, or animated movie to make it onto this list, it needs to be firmly rooted in sci-fi origins and make notable use of the tropes and themes therein.

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KEYWORDS: bestmovieslist; movies; scifi; topscifimovies; wboopie
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To: webheart

One of the first movies to use a black actor in a white role (Ford Prefect)


141 posted on 07/06/2023 7:08:34 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: sphinx
Of this list of 50, I've seen 19.

I've seen one: Idiocracy—it figures!

I'd really like to see two of the top five, though: Spotless Mind, and Everything Everywhere.

142 posted on 07/06/2023 7:18:11 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (“There is no good government at all & none possible.”--Mark Twain)
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To: sphinx

Three memorable ficks: Interstellar, Passengers, The Martian.

Not on the list.

I’m not saying they are all-time greats, but they were better than a lot of films on the list.


143 posted on 07/06/2023 7:19:27 PM PDT by x
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To: sevlex

Gravity was good.


144 posted on 07/06/2023 7:28:37 PM PDT by sevlex
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To: sphinx

BLADERUNNER 2049-—
Captivating
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Watched a dozen times, Easy.


145 posted on 07/06/2023 7:28:52 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (The Truman Show)
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To: sevlex

Valerian was not good, or maybe it was so bad it was good.

Casting the two leads was bizarre.


146 posted on 07/06/2023 7:33:34 PM PDT by x
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The Matrix Resurrection made the list, so I stopped at 50.


147 posted on 07/06/2023 7:40:21 PM PDT by mykroar (what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how. - J0eStalin)
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To: Secret Agent Man

The book, The Martian, was awesome, the movie was just okay.


148 posted on 07/06/2023 7:42:09 PM PDT by rivercat
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To: SkyDancer
I saw the movie as a kid on VHS or something and it scared the beegeezus out of me when that creature hit the electric fence. I was scared for weeks after that.

That scene was obviously pilfered by the Hanna-Barbera animation team for an episode of Jonny Quest. Not as scary as the original, but quite creepy.

149 posted on 07/06/2023 7:50:13 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: time4good
Melissa Leo was great as Micky Ward's mother in The Fighter I highly recommend it.
150 posted on 07/06/2023 8:02:32 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)
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To: sevlex
And another fun one:

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.

I suspect that the sci-fi genre will continue to tilt toward anime (and not just Japanese) for source material. Likewise, there will be more anime crossovers to live-action sci-fi franchises (Example: Blade Runner: Black Lotus).

151 posted on 07/06/2023 8:05:29 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: sphinx

Two out of three of The Cornetto Trilogy:
“Shaun of The Dead” and “The World’s End”.


152 posted on 07/06/2023 8:07:55 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Ransomed

👍


153 posted on 07/06/2023 8:14:32 PM PDT by avenir ("They sang His praise...they soon forgot His works")
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To: Albion Wilde

These are movies post 2000. I’m not a sci fi fanatic, but I do have some affinities. 19 movies over 23 years isn’t much of a feat.


154 posted on 07/06/2023 8:29:33 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: sphinx

Bookmark


155 posted on 07/06/2023 8:40:18 PM PDT by BozoTexino (RIP GOP)
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To: sphinx

I haven’t seem but a few of those listed.. District9 was pretty good.
I dont know if mine are Sci-fi.... That VR computer game movie “Ready Player One” was really good. Another Computer Game Movie - “Free Guy” was great!
I always watched “Real Steel” The Robot boxing movie, any time I saw it playing.
“In Time” With Justen Timberlake, where people didnt use money anymore, but had tradeable “time” on their wrists...


157 posted on 07/06/2023 8:49:48 PM PDT by Pocketdoor
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To: sphinx
My takeaway is that there is a long way to go to get 50 worthwhile science fiction movies made in the 21st Century.

I suspect the genre will continue to decline since the movie script writers are inspired by earlier movies, not literature.

Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley, was published in 1818

158 posted on 07/06/2023 8:56:57 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

You just reminded me of another interesting movie:

Prometheus.


159 posted on 07/06/2023 8:59:48 PM PDT by sevlex
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To: Pocketdoor

In Time was a great concept.

Ready Player One pushed the 80s nostalgia too far, IMHO.

I kind of liked Surrogates with Bruce Willis. Not great, but watchable.


160 posted on 07/06/2023 9:01:07 PM PDT by x
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