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1	2001: A Space Odyssey (2001) more movies like this directed by Stanley Kubrick featuring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Douglas Rain A mind-bending sci-fi symphony, Stanley Kubrick's landmark 1968 epic pushed the limits of narrative and special effects toward a meditation on technology and humanity. Based on Arthur C. Clarke's story The Sentinel, Kubrick and Clarke's screenplay is structured in four movements. At the "Dawn of Man," a group of hominids encounters a mysterious ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.90!
2	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) more movies like this directed by Robert Wise featuring Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray All of Washington, D.C., is thrown into a panic when an extraterrestrial spacecraft lands near the White House. Out steps Klaatu (Michael Rennie, in a role intended for Claude Rains), a handsome and soft-spoken interplanetary traveler, whose "bodyguard" is Gort (Lock Martin), a huge robot who spews forth laser-like death rays when danger threatens ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99!
3	Children of Dune (2003) more movies like this directed by Greg Yaitanes featuring Alec Newman, Julie Cox, Edward Atterton, Ian McNeice, Barbara Kodetova Officially based on two of Frank Herbert's science fiction novels, Dune Messiah and Children of Dune, this three-part, six-hour miniseries was actually a sequel to the Sci-Fi Channel's multipart adaptation of the original Dune. The story was set in the year 10,103: Having deposed the evil emperor of the desert planet Arrakis, the messianic Paul ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $2.95!
4	A Clockwork Orange (1971) more movies like this directed by Stanley Kubrick featuring Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Adrienne Corri, Warren Clarke, Aubrey Morris Stanley Kubrick dissects the nature of violence in this darkly ironic, near-future satire, adapted from Anthony Burgess' novel, complete with "Nadsat" slang. Classical music-loving proto-punk Alex (Malcolm McDowell) and his "Droogs" spend their nights getting high at the Korova Milkbar before embarking on "a little of the old ultraviolence," such ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $10.99!
5	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) more movies like this directed by Steven Spielberg featuring Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Cary Guffey, Bob Balaban Steven Spielberg followed Jaws (1975), his first major box-office success, with this epic science fiction adventure about a disparate group of people who attempt to contact alien intelligence. Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) is an electrical lineman who, while sent out on emergency repairs, witnesses an unidentified flying object, and even has a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99!
6	Equilibrium (2002) more movies like this directed by Kurt Wimmer featuring Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs, Angus MacFadyen, Sean Bean A man who dares to feel finds his life in danger in this cautionary science fiction drama. In the future, after a Third World War has decimated much of the Earth's population, a new nation known as Libria rises up under the unquestioned leadership of Dupont (Angus MacFadyen). Believing human emotions and their expression were to blame for the ... see all copies from $8.99! new only from $8.99!
7	The Abyss (1989) more movies like this directed by James Cameron featuring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmeister, Todd Graff The crew of an experimental, high-tech submersible is called into action to investigate a mysterious nuclear submarine crash. A series of strange encounters leads the crew to suspect the accident was caused by an extraterrestrial craft, and that they may be participating in an encounter with an alien species. However, in order to make contact, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
8	12 Monkeys (1995) more movies like this directed by Terry Gilliam featuring Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer, David Morse An intense film about time travel, this sci-fi entry was directed by Terry Gilliam, a member of the comedy troupe Monty Python. The film stars Bruce Willis as James Cole, a prisoner of the state in the year 2035 who can earn parole if he agrees to travel back in time and thwart a devastating plague. The virus has wiped out most of the Earth's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95!
9	Contact (1997) more movies like this directed by Robert Zemeckis featuring Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt The search for life outside our solar system becomes a personal and spiritual quest for a young researcher. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) is a scientist who lost her faith in God after her parents died when she was a child. However, Ellie has learned to develop a different sort of faith in the seemingly unknowable: working with a group that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.27!
10	A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) more movies like this directed by Steven Spielberg featuring Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Brendan Gleeson, William Hurt Based on the 1969 short story Super-Toys Last All Summer Long, by Brian Aldiss, this science fiction fantasy bears similarities to Pinocchio (1940) and originated as a long-gestating project of director Stanley Kubrick that passed to his friend Steven Spielberg after Kubrick's death. Haley Joel Osment stars as David, a "mecha" or robot of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48!
11 view cover	K-PAX (2001) more movies like this directed by Iain Softley featuring Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, Alfre Woodard The 1995 novel by Dr. Gene Brewer becomes this drama from director Iain Softley. After a mugging incident at New York's Grand Central Station, Prot (Kevin Spacey), a man who claims to be an alien from the planet K-PAX, is turned over to a public mental hospital and the care of Dr. Mark Powell (Jeff Bridges). When medication fails to alter Prot's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.86!
12 view cover	Children of Men (2006) more movies like this directed by Alfonso Cuarón featuring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Claire-Hope Ashitey Y Tu Mamá También and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuarón returns to the helm to tell this futuristic tale in which society is without hope since humankind lost its ability to procreate. The year is 2027, and women can no longer give birth. The youngest inhabitant of the planet has just died at the age of 18, and ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $7.45!
13 view cover	Starman (1984) more movies like this directed by John Carpenter featuring Ted White, Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Phalen Having crashed to Earth, an extraterrestrial space traveller must assume a human identity lest he be captured by the authorities. The alien (Jeff Bridges) chooses the likeness of the recently deceased husband of Jenny Hayden (Karen Allen). At first dumbstruck, Jenny becomes both hostile toward and frightened of her guest. He gradually wins her ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.15!
14 view cover	The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) more movies like this directed by Stewart Raffill featuring Michael Paré, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas, Bobby Di Cicco, Kene Holliday This science fiction thriller was inspired by a mythical real-life event, the WWII era disappearance of an entire naval vessel during a radar-cloaking test. In 1943, David Herdeg Michael Pare and Jim Parker Bobby DiCicco are sailors stationed aboard a Virginia battleship. Their vessel is undergoing an experiment conducted by brilliant scientist Dr ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $7.14!
15 view cover	The Mothman Prophecies (2002) more movies like this directed by Mark Pellington featuring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Will Patton, Debra Messing, Lucinda Jenney, Alan Bates Based on a book by paranormal investigator John Keel, this spooky, X-Files-type supernatural thriller is purportedly based loosely on true events that occurred in the small town of Point Pleasant, WV, in 1966-1967. Richard Gere stars as journalist John Klein, an up-and-coming reporter devastated by the death of his beloved wife Mary (Debra Messing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99!
16 view cover	Vanilla Sky (2001) more movies like this directed by Cameron Crowe featuring Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee A remake of the Spanish film Open Your Eyes (1997), this thriller from director Cameron Crowe bears one of several discarded titles for his previous, Oscar-winning film Almost Famous (2000). Tom Cruise stars as David Ames, a womanizing playboy who finds romantic redemption when he falls in love with his best friend's girlfriend Sofia (Penelope ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.13!
17 view cover	The Fantastic Planet (1998) more movies like this directed by René Laloux A French/Czech co-production, the dream-like La Planete Sauvage concerns the degradation of the Oms, human-like creatures on the futuristic planet Yagam. The Oms are kept as pets and beasts of burden by the Draggs, 39-foot beings who comprise Yagam's ruling class. The status quo is upset when Terr, one of the Oms, accidentally receives an ... see all copies from $14.99! new only from $14.99!
18 view cover	Things to Come (1936) more movies like this directed by William Cameron Menzies featuring Raymond Massey, Cedric Hardwicke, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson, Margaretta Scott, Maurice Braddell, Sophie Stewart H. G. Wells was both the author of the original source -- an essay, rather than an actual novel, concerning mankind's future -- and the screenplay (in conjunction with Lajos Biro) of this epic science fiction tale, but it was producer Alexander Korda who framed the terms on which it is presented, vast and elegant, and visually striking. Opening in ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $4.72!
19 view cover	Cube (1998) more movies like this directed by Vincenzo Natali featuring Maurice Dean Wint, Nicole deBoer, Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Wayne Robson This low-budget science-fiction drama, winner of a 1997 Toronto Film Festival prize for "Best Canadian First Feature," depicts the plight of a group of people clad in prison-style uniforms and trapped in futuristic cube-like metal cells. Their memories are hazy; no one can recall how they got there. Alderson (Julian Richings) awakens in a cell, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95!
20 view cover	Gattaca (1997) more movies like this directed by Andrew Niccol featuring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Gore Vidal, Alan Arkin, Xander R. Berkeley New Zealand screenwriter Andrew Niccol (The Truman Show) made his feature directorial debut with this science fiction drama, set in a future when one's life is determined by genetic engineering rather than education or experience. The wealthy can choose the genetic makeup of their descendants. People are designed to fit into whatever role is ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $8.38!
21 view cover	Fahrenheit 451 (1966) more movies like this directed by François Truffaut featuring Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, Jeremy Spencer In the future, an oppressive government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers known as "firemen" to perform the necessary book burnings. This is the premise of Ray Bradbury's acclaimed science-fiction novel Fahrenheit 451, which became the source material for French director François ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $10.66!
22 view cover	The City of Lost Children (1995) more movies like this directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro featuring Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Genevieve Brunet This visually inventive French sci-fi/fantasy tale began winning a cult following practically from the moment it was released. Krank (Daniel Emilfork) is a foul, monstrous creature who lords over the inhabitants of a small island; Krank's emotional being is every bit as ugly as his physical personage, largely because he does not have the ability ... see all copies from $3.08! new only from $9.35!
23 view cover	2010 (1984) more movies like this directed by Peter Hyams featuring Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, Keir Dullea This belated sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is directed by Peter Hyams. Roy Scheider plays the astronaut/skipper of a U.S.-Soviet space mission, sent to find out what happened to the missing Discovery flight that carried Keir Dullea into the beyond in the original 2001. Scheider's polyglot crew includes Americans John ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.53!
24 view cover	The Fountain (2006) more movies like this directed by Darren Aronofsky featuring Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Mark Margolis, Stephen McHattie Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky switches gears from drug-induced urban malaise to abstract science fiction with this time-tripping symbolic tale of a man's thousand-year quest to save the woman he loves. Moving between representational stories and images, this meditation on life and death focuses on the concept of the mythical Tree ... see all copies from $7.20! new only from $9.07!
25 view cover	A Scanner Darkly (2006) more movies like this directed by Richard Linklater featuring Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey, Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder, Rory Cochrane The war on drugs has been lost, and when a reluctant undercover cop is ordered to spy on those he is closest to, the toll that the mission takes on his sanity is too great to comprehend in director Richard Linklater's rotoscoped take on Philip K. Dick's classic novel. With stratospheric concern over national security prompting paranoid government ... see all copies from $8.80! new only from $8.80!

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