[Lucky Seven]

So I'm about to watch John Carpenter's "The Thing" and I've realized some of my favorite movies fall into this sort of feel. They're sort of dark (they don't have to be), take a long time to build up and convey a lot with very little action. I'm talking about movies like "Alien", "Blade Runner", "2001" etc. While these movies could technically fit into different genres, they all give the same sort of feeling when I watch them.

Anyway I was wondering if you guys had some suggestions for other movies I should watch that could be grouped with the ones I mentioned above. They just don't make sci-fi like they used to.

 

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Event Horizon, sort of. Into the Mouth of Madness as well (though Alien and Blade Runner set the bar pretty high).

 

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Moon.

http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/moon/

 

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Moon.

MOON // A Film by Duncan Jones

Shit yes, great pick.

Sunshine as well.

Sunshine (2007)

 

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^

Really liked Sunshine. :yesway:

Solaris. (both versions)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069293/

Solaris (2002)

 

[Josh]

Pitch Black?

 

[343]

Soylent Green It s SCi fi without much in the way of SCi fi trappings tho. Will probably be remade soon.

Outland Comes to mind (Sean Connery as a Marshall on a corp mining installation.)

Dark City - Most definitely check this out - great film

Others that come to mind
Silent Running, Strange Days, Gattaca

 

[Leona]

I agree with everything Chris said.

Event Horizon is like a film adaptation of the original DOOM storyline, moreso than the actual movie of DOOM was. :lol:

"We won't need eyes where we're going!"

 

[Naren]

:lol: I've seen every single film mentioned in this thread. I love these kinds of movies too. :yesway: Can't really think of any to recommend, but lots of good suggestions.

 

[Lucky Seven]

Ooo a lot of the suggestions in this thread are good! Some of the movies I've seen, some I've been wanting to see.

For anyone that hasn't seen Terry Gilliam's "Brazil" it is a MUST SEE!

 

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Not as good as the other I mentioned, but still :

Sphere (1998)

 

[Naren]

Not as good as the other I mentioned, but still :

Sphere (1998)

I absolutely love that movie. I have no idea why it has such a low rating on the IMDB.

 

[Lucky Seven]

I absolutely love that movie. I have no idea why it has such a low rating on the IMDB.

That was one of the very first "scary" movies I saw (I was born in 1991), later read the book. The book is a must read.

 

[darren]

So I'm about to watch John Carpenter's "The Thing" and I've realized some of my favorite movies fall into this sort of feel. They're sort of dark (they don't have to be), take a long time to build up and convey a lot with very little action. I'm talking about movies like "Alien", "Blade Runner", "2001" etc. While these movies could technically fit into different genres, they all give the same sort of feeling when I watch them.

Anyway I was wondering if you guys had some suggestions for other movies I should watch that could be grouped with the ones I mentioned above. They just don't make sci-fi like they used to.

John Carpenter's The Thing, Alien and Blade Runner are all in my top 10 movies of all time. The Thing alone is amazing in its minimalism (music, dialog, action) to build incredible suspense.

 

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A bit off from what you are looking for... But : The Abyss.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096754/

 

[Naren]

It blows my mind how The Thing was such a disaster at the box office. It didn't even make any money really until after it was released on home video. I can't imagine how it didn't sell. :shrug:

 

[Lucky Seven]

It blows my mind how The Thing was such a disaster at the box office. It didn't even make any money really until after it was released on home video. I can't imagine how it didn't sell. :shrug:

Although I consider The Thing his masterpiece, he has some other different movies that I love as well: Big Trouble in Little China, They Live, Escape from NY etc. None of those have ever done well in the box office, however all of those movies have a cult following. His movies are very unique. But yeah, The Thing totally deserved more recognition than it got. I'd like to say it was ahead of its time but honestly I can't think of a time when there were any movies like The Thing.

BTW anyone that's a fan of The Thing should play Penumbra: Black Plague. It's not based on The Thing, but it's definitely inspired by it. Scariest game I've ever played.

 

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solaris, enemy mine

 

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pitch black, star ship troopers

 

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alien nation, district 9