Mirror of the thinking person’s guide to science fiction cinema at The Sci-Fi Agenda.

List by Markus Amalthea Magnuson Pro
The Sci-Fi Agenda
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1.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004
Former lovers restart their relationship in reverse after mutual memory erase through shady brain firm.
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5.Ex Machina 2014
Gifted engineer invited by wealthy wizard executive to Turing test humanoid AI at forest tech monastery.
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6.The Endless 2017
Mystery video tape sends brothers back to childhood cult or commune under the spell of strange physics.
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8.Melancholia 2011
Spectacular cinematography of worn out Kirsten Dunst with doubts during own wedding as looming rogue planet nears Earth.
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9.Donnie Darko 2001
Troubled teenager faces fate and flying jet engines and converses apocalyptic rabbit on the philosophy of time travel.
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10.District 9 2009
Bureaucrat assigned relocation of alien outcasts from Johannesburg ghetto in smart xenophobia allegory.
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11.Twelve Monkeys 1995
Bruce Willis goes back in time to stop eco-terrorists from ruining Earth in brilliant expansion on still short La jetée.
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12.The Man from Earth 2007
Professor claims to be ancient at impromptu farewell gathering with cross-disciplinary group of colleagues and disciples.
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13.Upstream Color 2013
Strange substance travels through larvae, orchids, pigs and people in poetic weave by the director of Primer.
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14.Sorry to Bother You 2018
Race relations and workplace politics in dark comedy on the logical conclusions of scientific corporatocracy.
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16.Predestination 2014
Ethan Hawke as bartending time traveler setting lives in motion while on final duty to track down elusive bomber.
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17.Last Night 1998
Widower’s solitude interrupted by woman looking for lost suicide pact partner during Earth’s last few hours.
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19.Under the Skin 2013
Clever usage of hidden cameras as humanly disguised alien seductress picks up men around streets of Scotland.
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20.Timecrimes 2007
Peeping tom becomes own pawn when trapped in cycle of events at high-tech skunkworks lab up the hill.
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21.Open Your Eyes 1997
Young man car-crashed into facial disfigurement by manic ex-lover ends up in dreamlike state of altered reality in levels.
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22.Frequencies 2013
Metaphysical love story and fate versus free will struggle in class society determined by frequencies.
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24.Videodrome 1983
One man’s gory pursuit of mastermind behind sensational snuff broadcast that turns out to be neurolinguistic programming.
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27.The Congress 2013
Multi-level metafilm/acid trip on society’s escalation of escapism, based on “The Futurological Congress” by Stanisław Lem.
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28.Starship Troopers 1997
Teens sent to wage interstellar war on arachnids in subtle and not-so-subtle satire on fascism and propaganda.
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30.Advantageous 2015
Single mother in a future of super-children and rapidly diminishing job count explores the prospects of body sacrifice.
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31.The Sticky Fingers of Time 1997
Pulp author covering hydrogen bomb test in the 1950’s gains time travel capabilities and meets present day spawn.
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32.Strange Days 1995
Ex-cop uncovers plot around hard currency of illegal cortex recordings in unrestful Los Angeles at turn of the millennium.
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34.Another Earth 2011
Astronomer distracted by duplicate Earth encounter causes tragedy and misses MIT in favor of cleaning up aftermath.
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36.Sound of My Voice 2011
Covert documentary maker couple infiltrate seclusive sect surrounding charismatic leader claiming to be from the future.
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37.Europa Report 2013
Intimate space ship interiors from found footage of manned mission to Jupiter’s moons in search for extra-terrestrial life.
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38.Never Let Me Go 2010
Trio coming of age at strangely isolated boarding school in alternate history where life extension happened.
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39.A Scanner Darkly 2006
Shapeshifting surveillance agent in undercover drug lord operation becomes addicted to Substance D in Philip K. Dick story.
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41.Cold Souls 2009
Captured spirits and soul-searching in Saint Petersburg as Paul Giamatti plays himself on the verge of total theatrical uninspiration.
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46.The Quiet Earth 1985
Energy science lab rat tries to trump despair and seek explanations after awakening to a world devoid of people.
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47.Travelling Salesman 2012
Mathematicians make computational complexity breakthrough in π-fi chamber play on the ethics of scientific progress.
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49.Little Joe 2019
Triffid throwback in plant-based pastel on the symbiotic merits and morals of genetically modified organisms.
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51.The Quiet Hour 2014
Strong sister and blind brother keep up and out in expertly scored story of survival after alien invasion.
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52.Robot Stories 2003
Makers and machine love in four-part anthology on the limits and possibilities of human-robot interaction.
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54.Seeking a Friend for the End of the World 2012
Collapsing and newfound relations in apocalyptic road movie about earth on the brink of destruction due to asteroid Matilda.
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55.Sleep Dealer 2008
Drone strike surviving village teen hacker meets memory author in Tijuana when looking for fortune in telerobotics.
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56.Vanishing Waves 2012
Surreal erotic encounters as one conscious test subject travels mind of comatose other under not-so-controlled conditions.
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