Hidden Sci-Fi Masterpieces Most People Missed

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Brilliant science fiction that never got its moment. Small budgets, huge ideas.

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Coherence

Coherence

2014 · 1h 29m · Movie

Strange things begin to happen when a group of friends gather for a dinner party on an evening when a comet is passing overhead.

Not Rated
7.3
2
Moon

Moon

2009 · 1h 37m · Movie

Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth, parcels of a resource that has helped diminish ...

R
7.7
3
Timecrimes

Timecrimes

2007 · 1h 32m · Movie

A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.

R
7.2
4
The Man from Earth

The Man from Earth

2007 · 1h 27m · Movie

An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he has a longer and stranger past than they can imagine.

Not Rated
7.7
5
Sound of My Voice

Sound of My Voice

2011 · 1h 25m · Movie

Two documentary filmmakers attempt to penetrate a cult who worships a woman who claims to be from the future.

R
6.7
6
Another Earth

Another Earth

2011 · 1h 32m · Movie

Tragedy connects a young woman and a shattered music professor as an exact replica of Earth is discovered.

PG-13
6.9
7
Upstream Color

Upstream Color

2013 · 1h 36m · Movie

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.

Not Rated
6.9
8
Europa Report

Europa Report

2013 · 1h 30m · Movie

An international crew of astronauts undertakes a privately funded mission to search for life on Jupiter's fourth largest moon.

PG-13
6.3
9
Prospect

Prospect

2018 · 1h 40m · Movie

A teenage girl and her father land on a forest moon to mine for gems, but a malfunction forces them to confront dangerous rival prospectors and treacherous conditions to complete their mission.

R
6.5
10
Circle

Circle

2015 · 1h 27m · Movie

Held captive and faced with their imminent executions, fifty strangers are forced to choose the one person among them who deserves to live.

Not Rated
5.4
11
Primer

Primer

2004 · 1h 17m · Movie

Four friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.

PG-13
7.0
12
Predestination

Predestination

2014 · 1h 37m · Movie

As his last assignment, a temporal agent is tasked to travel back in time and prevent a bomb attack in New York in 1975. The hunt, however, turns out to be beyond the bounds of possibility.

R
7.3
13
The Vast of Night

The Vast of Night

2019 · 1h 31m · Movie

One night in New Mexico, in the late 1950s, a switchboard operator and radio DJ start hearing a strange signal over a radio frequency.

PG-13
7.0
14
Pandorum

Pandorum

2009 · 1h 48m · Movie

Two crew members of a spaceship wake up from hypersleep to discover that all their colleagues are missing. Despite this, it appears that they are not alone.

R
6.6
15
Save the Green Planet!

Save the Green Planet!

2003 · 1h 57m · Movie

Byeong-gu believes that the world is on the verge of an alien invasion, and sets out to save the world.

Not Rated
7.5
16
Pontypool

Pontypool

2009 · 1h 33m · Movie

A radio host interprets the possible outbreak of a deadly virus which infects the small Ontario town he is stationed in.

Not Rated
6.6
17
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes

Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes

2020 · 1h 10m · Movie

A cafe owner discovers that the TV in his cafe suddenly shows images from the future, but only two minutes into the future.

7.7
18
Aniara

Aniara

2019 · 1h 46m · Movie

A spaceship carrying settlers to Mars is knocked off course, causing the consumption-obsessed passengers to consider their place in the universe.

R
6.8
19
Vesper

Vesper

2022 · 1h 54m · Movie

Struggling to survive with her father after the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, 13-year-old Vesper must use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the future.

Not Rated
6.1
20
Fantastic Planet

Fantastic Planet

1973 · 1h 12m · Movie

On a faraway planet where blue giants rule, oppressed humanoids rebel against their machine-like leaders.

PG
8.0
21
Enemy Mine

Enemy Mine

1985 · 1h 48m · Movie

During a long space war, the lives of two wounded enemies become dependent on their ability to forgive and to trust.

PG-13
6.8
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Dark City

Dark City

1998 · 1h 40m · Movie

A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.

R
7.5
23
Cube

Cube

1998 · 1h 30m · Movie

A group of strangers awaken to find themselves placed in a giant cube. Each one of them is gifted with a special skill and they must work together to escape an endless maze of deadly traps.

R
6.8
24
Cargo

Cargo

2017 · 1h 45m · Movie

After an epidemic spreads all over Australia, a father searches for someone willing to protect his daughter.

TV-MA
6.2
25
Sleep Dealer

Sleep Dealer

2008 · 1h 30m · Movie

The near future. Like tomorrow. In a world marked by closed borders, corporate warriors, and a global computer network, three strangers risk their lives to connect, break through the barriers of technology, and unseal their fates.

PG-13
6.0
26
Advantageous

Advantageous

2015 · 1h 30m · Movie

In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter Jules do all they can to hold on to their joy together, despite the instability surfacing in their world.

Not Rated
6.2
27
I Origins

I Origins

2014 · 1h 46m · Movie

A molecular biologist and his laboratory partner uncover evidence that may fundamentally change society as we know it.

R
7.5
28
Realive

Realive

2016 · 1h 52m · Movie

Marc will die of cancer and chooses cryogenic freeze and hopes to be thawed, when there's a solution to his condition. He's the first human brought back 68 years later. Can he adapt mentally and physically?

Not Rated
5.9
29
Infinity Chamber

Infinity Chamber

2016 · 1h 43m · Movie

A man trapped in an automated prison must outsmart a computer in order to escape.

6.2
30
The Signal

The Signal

2014 · 1h 37m · Movie

On a road trip, Nic and two friends are drawn to an isolated area by a computer genius. When everything suddenly goes dark, Nic regains consciousness - only to find himself in a waking nightmare.

PG-13
5.9
31
Time Lapse

Time Lapse

2014 · 1h 44m · Movie

Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures twenty-four hours into the future, and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.

Not Rated
6.4
32
ARQ

ARQ

2016 · 1h 28m · Movie

Trapped in a lab and stuck in a time loop, a disoriented couple fends off masked raiders while harboring a new energy source that could save humanity.

TV-MA
6.2
33
Paprika

Paprika

2006 · 1h 30m · Movie

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.

R
8.1
34
Ghost in the Shell

Ghost in the Shell

1995 · 1h 23m · Movie

A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.

TV-MA
8.1
35
Angel's Egg

Angel's Egg

1985 · 1h 11m · Movie

A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.

NR
8.2
36
Roujin Z

Roujin Z

1991 · 1h 20m · Movie

A compassionate young nurse is determined to help an elderly invalid strapped to a revolutionary health care bed but there are unexpected consequences.

PG-13
7.1