Cerebral Sci-Fi Films

[Magical Realist]

Here's 13 candidates for cerebral sci-fi films for you to explore. I watched Jonathan Glazer's "Under The Skin" last night and was thoroughly entranced. I've seen "Primer" and want to watch that director Shane Carruth's "Upstream Color" next. I also somehow missed Aronofsky's "Annihilation" when it was out. I would add to this list such mindwarping flicks as "Naked Lunch", "Dark City", "A Scanner Darkly", "Solaris", "Pi", "Eraserhead", "Sunshine", "Vanilla Sky", "Cube", "Crash" (Cronenburg), "The Lobster", and "The Adjustment Bureau."

https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/13-brai...0-3477/#14

[Syne]

Annihilation was only compared to Aronofsky's work.

[Magical Realist]

Annihilation was only compared to Aronofsky's work.

My bad! Director is Alex Garland who also did Ex Machina. Tks..

[C C]

I've seen all of those except "Another Earth", with a question mark beside "Moon" purely because I remember zilch details about it.

I'm surprised "Annihilation" is ranked #1, and that "2001" is at eight.

Of your added list, I strangely can't recall ever watching "Vanilla Sky" or "Crash".

[Magical Realist]

Saw "Annihilation" tonight. I read where some producer made director Garland dumb it down somewhat. I think I would've preferred Garland's brainier cut.

[Magical Realist]

Saw "Upstream Color". I must say it didn't make alot of sense to me, but in its delicate unwindings of sense and logic it still felt beautiful and poetic somehow. Shane Carruth has since retired from filmmaking and returned to software engineering.

[Yazata]

MR watching his films

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[Magical Realist]

Just watched Interstellar. Wow! Much more cerebral than I thought, and yet very heart-warming and dramatic.

[Magical Realist]

Will be watching this tonight instead of the debate! Substituting one disastrous spectacle for another so to speak..

Greenland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AyxdYP1SNc

[Syne]

Greenland was underwhelming, IMO.