25 best science fiction films of the XXI century, which are must-see

1. link

• US, UK, 2013.
• Duration: 89 min.
• IMDb: 7,2.

The film was shot in the living room of the main director in just five days and 50 thousand dollars, but it is not inferior to inflame the intrigue over his big-budget counterparts.

A group of friends going to a dinner party. Already on the road with them begins to happen kind of hell: cellular communication is intermittent, and windows mobile phones for some reason cracked. Later it turns out that this day is very close to the Earth flying comet, because of which are created and various oddities. And communication failure - even the most innocent of them.

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2. thick

• US, UK, 2007.
• Duration: 107 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,3.

One of the most spectacular and underrated sci-fi films, in which there was a place and sentimental drama and crazy space adventure.

Desperate team of astronauts is sent to rescue mankind. Their mission - to get to the dying sun and throw a nuclear bomb on him, so that the light shone with renewed vigor. If you do not, life on Earth will be threatened with extinction.

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3. Detonator

• United States, 2004.
• Duration: 77 min.
• IMDb: 7,0.

Another unrecognized masterpiece low-budget movie on the topic time travel. That dialog can be heard more professional director Shane Carruth, a mathematician by training, specifically studied physics in the process of writing the script. Apparently, he's a bit carried away, so much popularity among the broad masses of the film has not received, but earned approval from the critics by Rotten Tomatoes, which dubbed him the best fantasy films for thinking people.

The main characters are constructed in the garage what looked like a time machine. Friends think that their discovery will transform the world, as long as they are not faced with unpleasant side effects.

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4. moon 2112

• United Kingdom, 2009.
• Duration: 97 min.
• IMDb: 7,9.

This is incredibly entertaining and realistic film, shot in record time (just 33 days!), Became the directorial debut of Duncan Jones, son of David Bowie.

Astronaut Sam Bell's contract comes to an end. All alone, he spent three years on the moon, keeping an eye on the phone's operation, extracting the isotope. A couple of weeks before the end of the contract, Sam feels that it was something wrong, and then discovers that his long time led by the nose.

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5. Attack the Block

• Britain, France, 2011.
• Duration: 88 min.
• IMDb: 6,6.

This painting combines elements of youth comedy, science fiction and horror movie. A gang of boys from disadvantaged areas is terrorizing the locals exactly as long as you do not accidentally discovers to his "possessions" for some new stranger. After this incident, threatening the company rethinks his life purpose and decide to retrain in defenders and fighters with unearthly race.

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6. through the snow

• South Korea, Czech Republic, USA, France, 2013.
• Duration: 126 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,0.

Fantastic and South Korea's post-apocalyptic thriller, loosely based on the graphic novel.

Trying to stop global warming, people invented a reagent capable of lowering the temperature. But not everything goes according to plan. They get the frozen planet virtually uninhabitable. Survive could only those who managed to get on a train, traveling about without interruption throughout the world. As in normal society, the train has its own hierarchy. To get accustomed to it, you need to learn to play by different rules.

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7. Donnie Darko

• United States, 2001.
• Duration: 113 min.
• IMDb: 8,1.

Richard Kelly's directorial debut took place in the wrong time: the people have not yet had time to recover from the tragic events of September 11th. The film flopped at the box office, but later, after the release on DVD, all the same has found its fans.

Frank - a mysterious creature, vaguely similar to rabbit, warns high schooler Donnie Darko that his life can end in 8 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds. After the allotted time, Donnie discovers that prediction come true rabbit: a boy on an airplane a house falls. As a reward for a life saved, Frank begins to demand from Donnie reckoning.

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8. Start

• US, UK, 2010.
• Duration: 148 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,8.

This film is very pleasant to those who love solve riddles and unravel hitrospletonnye storylines.

Industrial spy Dominic Cobb famous because stealing corporate secrets, using technology common dreams. To return to his children, he agreed to an almost impossible job. This time he will not steal another idea and implement it into the unconscious victim.

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9. It's hard to be God

• Russia, 2013.
• Duration: 177 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,7.

A screen adaptation of the fantastic story Strugatsky brothersDiscontinued Alexei German. Work on the film lasted for about 15 years, and the final version was released after the director's death.

A group of research scientists with a special mission sent to the planet, almost identical to Earth. Life came to a standstill around there at "Middle Ages" and is in great decline. Earthlings is forbidden to interfere in what is happening, not to change the course of history, but the rules are there to be broken.

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10. Time loop

• USA, China, in 2012.
• Duration: 118 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,4.

Use the time loop is possible not only for peaceful purposes. In 2074 smart enough to order with their help to get rid of unwanted people. The victim goes back 30 years, and a trained killer-looper kills her. One well-established system gives failure: the protagonist is faced with an elderly themselves and allow themselves to escape from the future, instead of a closed loop, shot himself.

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11. of the car

• United Kingdom, 2014.
• Duration: 108 min.
• IMDb: 7,7.

Picture debut of the famous British writer Alex Garland, which is considered one of the best films about artificial intelligence in the history of cinema. Caleb programmer agrees to take part in an interesting experiment: during the week he will test the robot girl Ava, which was established on the basis of their preferences.

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12. Paprika

• Japan, in 2006.
• Duration: 90 min.
• IMDb: 7,7.

Japanese director Satoshi Kon is not well known, but his works were inspired by directors such as Christopher Nolan and Darren Aronofsky, and this is something so mean.

In the near future it was invented a useful device DC Mini, allows doctors to enter the dreams and fantasies of patients. It was not dangerous as long as do not fall into the wrong hands, that with it began to be reduced to innocent people crazy.

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13. Edge of Tomorrow

• USA, Canada, 2014.
• Duration: 113 min.
• IMDb: 7,9.

The film is incredibly similar to a computer game: the main character dies, is reborn, pumping their skills and start all over again, until his plan will not work perfectly.

Major William Cage has the unique ability to turn any day into Groundhog Day. To prevent running between the invaders and aliens alien war, to understand what happens and then get out of the time loop, he would have killed more than one hundred times.

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14. WALL · And

• United States, 2008.
• Duration: 98 min.
• IMDb: 8,4.

This moving cartoon is not so simple as it seems. For a sweet wrapper, you can see a real dystopia of the ever-growing people's dependence on technology and ubiquitous automation.

The little cleaning robot WALL · And alone clears debris from the Earth, which is so clogged that it has become unfit for life. One day, to check how things are going with the cleaning of the planet, the Earth arrives robot scout Eve, which WALL · And a crush.

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15. Arrival

• United States, 2016.
• Duration: 116 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,0.

Unusual film about aliens that do not destroy the planet and capture its inhabitants into captivity, and do the very opposite.

When the 12 ships of space aliens descend on Earth, the US government starts to worry and instructs the team led by professor of linguistics Louise Banks in any way possible to find a common language with them and find out what they arrived.

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16. Planet of the Apes: The Revolution

• United States, 2014.
• Duration: 130 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,6.

The second part of an exciting sci-fi trilogy, filmed on the novel by French writer Pierre Bull. Apes and humans once again trying to figure out who is more worthy of life on the planet. Peace treaty does not work, so both sides are beginning to prepare for the inevitable battle.

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17. Special opinion

• United States, 2002.
• Duration: 145 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,7.

The film-prediction, made in an original and recognizable style of Steven Spielberg on a story by Philip K. Dick.

2054. People have learned to anticipate the future and created a special department for the prevention of crime, which is headed by Captain John Anderton. Department of the challenge is to see the offense that someone is planning to make in the near future, by any means to prevent them. Once in one of the visions Anderton sees himself killing a man. To avoid punishment and to understand the situation, John is forced to hide from their colleagues.

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18. the world of Tomorrow

• United States, 2015.
• Duration: 17 min.
• IMDb: 8,2.

Animated short about a little girl Emily, who travels to the future in the company of the clone tells her about how things will pan out in the world a couple of decades.

19. She

• United States, 2013.
• Duration: 126 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,0.

Unusual and futuristic love story of a lonely writer and the operating system Siri. The development of their relationship is very strange, but terribly interesting to watch.

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20. district №9

• South Africa, USA, New Zealand, Canada, 2009.
• Duration: 112 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,0.

Another film about the atypical behavior aliens. As long as people are wondering why there were aliens on the planet, and why not go out of his plate, it turned out that alien visitors are simply nowhere to live. In order to somehow save the situation, humans have built a special camp for newcomers, but it was not the best solution.

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21. impurity

• United States, 2013.
• Duration: 96 min.
• IMDb: 6,8.

The second film Shane Carruth in this collection and then a low-budget, but no less interesting. Mysterious drug dealer attacking girl and launches into her body worm, paralyzing her will and desire. Now she, like a puppet, ready to fulfill all requests and orders the treacherous stranger.

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22. Guest

• USA, Switzerland, 2013.
• Duration: 125 minutes.
• IMDb: 5,9.

Planet captured aliens calling themselves Souls. They give people who enslave their will and mind, and then manage them. Hide and survive just manages. Among the lucky ones - a young girl, Melanie, who finds a way to live with a stranger in one's body. It is obvious that in her hands - the key to saving the planet.

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23. Under the Skin

• UK, USA, Switzerland, 2013.
• Duration: 108 min.
• IMDb: 6,3.

A mysterious alien, which took the form of the earth girls, drives a white minivan and did deceive single men. But she does not do it for flirting and not because of loneliness: to succumb to her charms earthlings are not going absolutely nothing good.

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24. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

• United States, 2004.
• Duration: 108 min.
• IMDb: 8,3.

They say that the broken cup does not stick together, but it is a very pretty well the characters of the film. Beautiful and sad picture of Michel Gondry about a couple who, after parting I struggled to erase the memories of each other.

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25. Children of Men

• US, UK, Japan, 2006.
• Duration: 104 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,9.

Grim dystopia of humanity that is faced with the problem of infertility. The last child was born almost twenty years ago, and the world is no longer women remain capable of getting pregnant. While scientists are looking for ways to cope with the problem, people are starting to do unspeakable things.

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