Good but unknown sci fi movie gems

[deise69]

 

[Gene Tunney]

 

[Eazy123]

Soylent Green SON

The OG sci fi flick

 

[Boomslang]

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Damn got beat to the punch but Sunshine is highly recommended along with Pandorum

I actually enjoyed Pandorum more than I thought I would. Also Cung Le is in it. With a real role.

 

[VulcanNervPinch]

They aren't really obscure, but
The Arrival
eXistenZ
are good

The Man Who Fell to Earth is challenging and flawed, but also worthwhile

Another oldie - Battle Beyond the Stars - is weird, unintentionally hilarious, campy, literary, semi-popular Roger Coreman cult film. It has the vibe of Flash Gordon with a lower budget and lower-key. I don't want to spoil it, but even if it's not to your taste, one of the items/set pieces/special effects is so stupefying, it has to be seen to be believed.

 

[MadSquabbles500]

Fortress and Sequel with Christopher Lambert



Screamers and Sequel

 

[MadSquabbles500]

With Tom Selleck, and prime Kirstie Alley

 

[TheMadThinker]

A few of these are mainstream that people dismissed or never bothered to watch for some reason. All of them are based on pretty cool science fiction ideas. Runaway and Prince of Darkness you almost have to respect for their reach exceeding their grasp since budget and move technology had not quite caught up with the depth of the ideas they were trying to convey.

Prince of Darkness, 1987

Runaway, 1984

The Island, 2005

The 6th day

Soldier, 1998

 

[MadSquabbles500]

Absolutely

Who is that I forget her name? Is that Julia Ormond?

 

[MadSquabbles500]

Also the Machine with Caity Lotz

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

Who is that I forget her name? Is that Julia Ormond?

Mathilda May, French!

 

[Your Salad]

i watched Stalker recently and was a little disappointed. it's good, but i think i was too hyped for it, and i definitely prefer Tarkovsky's Solyaris.

lots of good recommendations here, so i'll just add a couple of post-apocalyptic movies (both from 1975 coincidentally).

A Boy and His Dog:


Fun, weird post-apocalyptic movie about a young Don Johnson and his telepathic dog. Gets real strange in the third act, but it has one of my favorite final moments in film history.

The Noah:


Also weird post-apocalyptic "last man on earth" movie. Great performance by Robert Strauss in his final film as he tries to grapple with his solitude. Also has a wild, disorientating third act (which actually reminds me a bit of mother! now that I think about it). The full movie is also available on YouTube.

A Boy and His Dog Is great!!!

 

[Fork]

The 6th day

i used to watch this movie all the time. great stuff.

 

[Strychnine]

With Tom Selleck, and prime Kirstie Alley

Came in here to post this.

 

[badascan]

Thx 1138...

 

[Thai Domi]

Ice pirates

Excellent choice!

While it's not unknown, I feel like Flash Gordon is very underappreciated.

 

[AlexDB9]

A few of these are mainstream that people dismissed or never bothered to watch for some reason. All of them are based on pretty cool science fiction ideas. Runaway and Prince of Darkness you almost have to respect for their reach exceeding their grasp since budget and move technology had not quite caught up with the depth of the ideas they were trying to convey.

Prince of Darkness, 1987

Runaway, 1984

The Island, 2005

The 6th day

Soldier, 1998

I really enjoyed The Island....just a guilty pleasure along with the likes of Armageddon

 

[lostdog000]

 

[aus101]

Soylent Green SON

The OG sci fi flick

Planet of the apes, 2001 and a clockwork orange are all older OG's imo. (Also granddaddy to all metropolis).

 

[Fork]

i guess this one also counts as "unknown" but it's a tough movie to recommend since it's so polarizing.

Under the Skin


Scarlett Johansson stars as an alien who preys on men. It's not for everyone, but it's one of my favorite movies and blew me away the first time I saw it.