20 BEST SCI-FI MOVIES EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH ONCE

List:

1. The Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
2. Inception (2010)
3. Interstellar (2014)
4. The Martian (2015)
5. Gravity (2013)
6. Avatar – (2009)
7. Jurassic Park (1993)
8. Aquaman (2018)
9. Avengers: Infinity War ( 2018)
10.  Avengers: Endgame ( 2019)
11.  Black Panther ( 2018)
12.  Total recall (1990)
13.  The Fifth Element (1997)
14.  Blade runner 2049
15.  Annihilation (2018)
16.  I,Robot (2004)
17.  Captain Marvel (2019)
18.  Children of Men (2006)
19.   The Matrix (1999)
20.  Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind

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1.The Terminator 2: Judgement Day ( 1991) ( also promoted as T2)

Country: United States

Directed by: James Cameron

Produced by: James Cameron, Stephanie Austin, B.J.Rack, Gale Anne Hurd, Mario Kassar

Starring:  Arnold Schwarzenegger , Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick

Cinematography: Adam Greenberg

Edited by: Conrad Buff; Mark Goldblatt; Richard A. Harris

Release date: July 1, 1991 (Los Angeles); July 3, 1991 (United States)

Genre: action/science fiction

Running time: 137 minutes

Budget: $94-102 million – the most expensive film made up to that point.

Box office: The United States and Canada alone: $205.8 million; Worldwide: $520 million

Terminator 2: Judgement Day follows Sarah Connor (Hamilton) and her ten-year-old son John (Furlong) with a protective warrior from the future. They try to prevent from  Judgement day,  when machines begin to destroy humanity in the future.

In film,there is some legendary statements that made the childhood of a generation like “I’ll be back”, “Hasta la vista” or some breathtaking fighting scenes.  While the film’s effects will certainly not be compared to some of the films on the List, Terminator 2 is a huge leap forward in visual effects. It is the first film to use human movement in a graphic character; and also the first movie where the main character is a graphic character …

2. Inception (2010)

Country: United States

Directed by: Christopher Nolan

Produced by: Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas

Starring:  Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Micheal Caine

Cinematography: Wally Pfister

Edited by: Lee Smith

Release date:   July 8, 2010 (Odeon Leicester Square); July 16, 2010 (United States and United Kingdom)

Genre: action/ science fiction

Running time:  148 minutes

Budget:  $160 million

Box office: $836.8 million

In Inception, DiCaprio stared Dom Cobb, a professional thief who steals information vy infiltrating the subconscious of his targets. Cobb was offered a chance to have his criminal history erased as payment for the implantation ofanother peson’s idea into a target’s subconscious. That’s such an impossible mission!

The film created a fictional world with specific rules that the story must abide by, making the situation feel more real than it could ever be. This,combined with some tunning  visuals setpieces, captured practically rather than digitally, makes Inception a worth.

3. Interstellar (2014)

Country: United States, United Kingdom

Directed by: Christopher Nolan

Produced by: Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan, Lynda Obst

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Blake Lively, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, Michael Caine

Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema

Edited by: Lee Smith

Release date:  October 26, 2014 (TCL Chinese Theatre); November 5, 2014 (United States); November 7, 2014 (United Kingdom)

Genre: Science fiction

Running time: 169 minutes

Budget: $165 million

Box office: $696.3 million

Interstellar is about the greatest mystery in the universe – black holes. If there is a day when the Earth is no longer a place for humans to exist, where will we go in the vast universe? NASA has always been on that question and constantly sends its Best astronaut to the outer black hole to find the answer.

In addition to quality script and acting, the film also scored with the Oscar-winning visual effects and many other major awards. Interstella is a name not to be missed, whether you like science fiction or not.

4.The Martian (2015)

Country: United States/ United Kingdom

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Produced by: Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Aditya Sood, Michael Schaefer, Mark Huffam

Starring: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski

Edited by: Pietro Scalia

Release date:  September  11,2015 (TIFF);September 30, 2015 (United Kingdom); October 2, 2015 (United States)

Genre:  science fiction

Running time: 141 minutes

Budget: $108 million

Box office: $630.2 million

The Martian is a film adapted from the novel of the same name by writer Andy WeirMovie. Damon as an astronaut believed to be dead and left behind on Mars. The movie tells about his struggles to survive and everyone’s efforts to save him.

The film is not as sad and heavy as previous similar movies was . This special thing  led to the break that brought The Martian many awards.

Why don’t you discover this film by yourself?

5. Gravity ( 2013)

Country: United States/ United Kingdom

Directed by:  Alfonso Cuarón

Produced by:  Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman

Starring:  Sandra Bullock, George Clooney

Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki

Edited by: Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger

Release date:  August  28, 2013 ( Venice); October 4, 2013 (United States); October 11, 2013 (Viet Nam); November 7, 2013 (United Kinggdom)

Genre: science fiction, thriller

Running time: 91 minutes

Budget:  $100-130 million

Box office: $723.2 million

After the mid-ordit destruction of Space Shuttle, only Matthew ( a American astronaut ) and Stone (a medical engineer) were alive. They had standed in space for a long time. Gravity is the story about how they attempt to return to the Earth.

6. Avatar (2009)

Country: United States

Directed by:  James Cameron

Produced by:    James Cameron, Jon Laudau

Starring:   Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Sigourney Weaver

Cinematography: Mauro Fiore

Edited by:  James Cameron, John Refoua, Stephen E. Rivkin

Release date:  December  10, 2009 (London); December  18, (United States); December  18, 2009 (Viet Nam)

Genre: Science fiction

Running time: 162 minutes

Budget:  $237 million

Box office: $2.79 million

Set in 2154, when humans are colonizing Pandora (is a lush habitable moon of a gas  giant in the Alpha Centauri star system), in order to mine the mineral unobtanium, a room-temperature superconductor.  The expansion of the mining colony threantens thecontinued existence of a local tribe of Na’vi – a humanoid spieces indideous to Pandora.

The title of film refers to a generically engineered Na’vi body operated from the brain of a remotely located human that is used to interact with the natives of Pandora.

7. Jurassic Park (1993)

Country: United States

Directed by:  Steven Spielberg

Produced by:   Kathleen Kennedy, Gerald R. Molen

Starring: Sam Neil, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrenro, B.D. Wong, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards

Cinematography: Dean Cundey

Edited by:   Michael Kahn

Release date: June  9, 1993 (Uptown Theatre); June 11, 1993 (United States); June 7 , 2013 (Viet Nam)

Genre: Science fiction, adventure

Running time: 126 minutes

Budget:  $63 million

Box office: $1.033 billion

Jurassic Park is the first installment in the Jurassic  Park  franchise and based on the 1990 novel of the samename by Michael Koepp. The film is set on the fictional  island of Isla Nublar, located off Central America’s Pacific Coast near Costa  Rica. Wealthy businessman John Hammond and a team of genetic scientists have created a wildlife park of de-extinct dinosaurs.  When industrial sabotage leads to a catastrophic  shutdown  of the park’s power facilities and security precautions, a small group of visitors and Hammond’s grandchildren struggle to survive and escape the perilous island.

8. Aquaman (2018)

Country: United States

Directed by:  James Wan

Produced by: Peter Safran, Rob Cowan

Starring: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman

Cinematography: Don Burgess

Edited by: Kirk Morri

Release date: November 26, 2018 (Empire, Leicester Square); December 21, 2018 (United States); December 13, 2018 (Viet Nam)

Genre: Science fiction, superhero

Running time:  143 minutes

Budget:  $160-200 million

Box office: $1,148 billion

Aquama  is  the human-born heir to the underwater kigdom  of Atlantis. The film tells story that Aquaman sets out to lead the underwater kingdom of Atlantis and stop his half-brother, King Orm from uniting the seven underwater kingdoms against the surface world.

That is a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land!

Let’s watch Aquaman to know who will be the winner…..

9. Avengers: Infinity War ( 2018)

Country: United States

Directed by: Joe Russo, Anthony Russo

Produced by: Kevin Feige

Starring:  Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira Letitia Wright, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Josh Brolin, Chris Pratt

Cinematography: Trent Opaloch

Edited by: Jeffrey Ford, Matthew Schimidt

Release date:  April 23, 2018 (Dolby Theatre); April 27, 2018 (United States); April 25, 2018 (Viet Nam)

Genre: Science fiction, superhero

Running time:   149 minutes

Budget: $316-400 million

Box office: $2,048 billion

Avengers: Infity War is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. In this film, the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy attempt to prevent  Thanos, who is one of the most powerful villains in the Marvel Univrse, from collecting the six all-powerful infinity Stones as part of his quest to kill half of all life in the universe.

This is one of the most expensive films ever made and became the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time.

10. Avengers: Endgame ( 2019)

Country: United States

Directed by: Joe Russo, Anthony Russo

Produced by: Kevin Feige

Starring:  Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillan, Danai Gurira, Bradley Cooper, Josh Brolin

Cinematography: Trent Opaloch

Edited by: Jeffrey Ford, Matthew Schimidt

Release date: April 22, 2019 (Los Angeles Convention Center); April  26, 2019 (United States); April 26, 2019 (Viet Nam)

Genre:  Science fiction, superhero

Running time: 181 minutes

Budget: $356 million

Box office: $2,798 billion

Avengers: Endgame is a 2019 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. It is the direct sequel to Avengers: Infinity War (2018). In the film, the surviving members of the Avengers and their allies attempt to reverse the damage caused by Thanos in Infinity War.

11. Black Panther ( 2018)

Country: United States

Directed by: Ryan Coogler

Produced by:  Kevin Feige

Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B.Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Andy Serkis

Cinematography: Rachel Morrison

Edited by:  Michael P. Shawver, Claudia Castello

Release date: January 29, 2018 (Dolby Theatre); February 16, 2018 (United States); February 23,  2018 (Viet Nam)

Genre: Science fiction,superhero

Running time: 134 minutes

Budget: $200 million

Box office: $1.347 billion

Black Panther is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. In Black Panther, Black Panther/T’Challa is crowned king of Wakanda following his father’s death, but he is challenged by Killmonger who plans to abandon the country’s isolationist policies and begin a global revolution.

12. Total recall (1990)

Country: United States

Directed by: Paul Verhoeven

Produced by: Buzz Feitshans, Ronald Shusett

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironsid, Ronny Cox

Cinematography: Jost Vacano

Edited by: Frank J. Urioste, Carlos Puente

Release date: June 1, 1990 (United States)

Genre: Action, science fiction

Running time: 113 minutes

Budget: $50-60 million

Box office: $261.3 million

Total Recall is about a story of a construction worker who suddenly finds himself embroiled in espionage on Mars and unable to determine if the experiences are real or result of memory implants.

13. The Fifth Element (1997)

Country: France

Directed by: Luc Besson

Produced by: Patrice Ledoux

Starring: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, In Holm, Chris Tucker, Milla Jovovich

Cinematography: Thierry Arbogast

Edited by: Sylvie Landra

Release date:  May 7, 1997

Genre: Science fiction, action

Running time: 126 minutes

Budget: $90 million

Box office: $263.9 million

Primarily set in the 23 rd century, The Fifth Element’s  central plot involves the survival of planet Earth, which becomes the responsibility of Korben Dallas (Willis), a taxicab driver and former special forces major, after a young woman (Jovovich) falls into his cab. To accomplish this, Dallas joins forces with her to recover four mystical stones essential for the defence of Earth against the impending attack of a malevolent cosmic entity.

14. Blade runner 2049

Country: United States

Directed by:  Denis Villeneuve

Produced by: Andrew  A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Bud Yorkin, Cynthia Sikes Yorkin

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista, Jared Leto

Cinematography: Roger Deakins

Edited by: Joe Walker

Release date: October 3, 2017 (Dolby Theatre); October 6, 2017 (United States); October 20, 2017 (Viet Nam)

Genre: Science fiction

Running time: 163 minutes

Budget: $150-185 million

Doanh thu: $260,5 million

In Blade runner 2049, Gosling plays K, a Nexus-9 replicant “blade runner” who uncovers a secret that threatens to destabilize society and the course of civilization.

That secret is ……

15. Annihilation (2018)

Country: United States, United Kingdom

Directed by:  Alex Garland

Produced by: Scott Rudin, Andrew Macdonard, Allon Reich, Eli Bush

Starring: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Oscar Isaac

Cinematography: Rob Hardy

Edited by: Bamey Pilling

Release date: February 13, 2018 (Regency Village Theater); February 23, 2018 (United States); March 12, 2018 (United Kingdom)

Genre: Science fiction, horror

Running time:  115 minutes

Budget: $55 million(gross); $40 million (net)

Box office: $43,1 million

Annihilation tells  a group of explorers who had entered “The Shimmer”, an anomalous zone. What such a dangerous place! There were  a lot strange and dangerous creatures that threanten human’s life. Only Lena’s husband could come back after being missing for a long time.

Let’s explorer  “The Shimmer” with us…

16. I, Robot (2004)

Country: United States

Directed by: Alex Proyas

Produced by: Laurence Mark, John Davis, Topher Dow, Wyck Godfrey

Starring:  Wil Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, James Cromwell, Chi McBride, Alan Tudyk, Shia LaBeouf

Cinematography:  Simon Duggan

Edited by: Richard Learoyd, Amen Minasian, William Hoy

Release date: July 7, 2004 (Mann Village Theater); July 15, 2004 (International); July 16, 2004 (United States);  November 12, 2004 (Viet Nam)

Genre: Science fiction, action

Running time: 115 minutes

Budget: $120 million

Box office: $347,2 million

I, Robot is about the topic: Robot. In 2035, highly intelligent robots fill public service positions throughout  the dystopian world, operating under three rules to keep humans safe. Detective Del Spooner investigates the alleged suicide of U.S. Robotics founder Alfred Lanning (Cromwell) and believes that a human-like robot (Tudyk) murdered him. That is when robot against humans. Will be a extremely tough fight?

17. Captain Marvel (2019)

Country: United States

Directed by:  Anna Boden

Produced by: Kevin Feige

Starring: Brie Larson, Samuel L.Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Annette Bening, Clark Gregg, Jude Law

Cinematography: Ben Davis

Edited by: Elliot Graham, Debbie Berman

Release date: February 27, 2019 (Lon Đon); March 8, 2019 (United States)

Genre: Science fiction, superhero

Running time:  124 minutes

Budget: $152-175 million

Box office: $1,128 billion

Set in 1995, Captain Marvel tells story about Carol Danvers, who is one of the most powerful characters in the franchise.  It follows her as she becomes Captain Marvel after Earth is caught in the center of a galactic conflict between two alien civilizations. ….

18. Children of Men (2006)

Country: United States, United Kingdom, Japan

Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón

Produced by: Hilary Shor, Iain Smith, Tony Smith, Marc Abraham, Eric Newman

Starring: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofo, Charlie Hunnam

Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki

Edited by: Alex Rodríguez, Alfonso Cuarón

Release date: September 3, 2006 (Venice); September 22, 2006 (United Kingdom); November 18, 2006 (Japan); December 25, 2006 (United States)

Genre: Science fiction, action-thriller

Running time:   109 minutes

Budget: $76 million

Box office: $70 million

Chiden of Men is a film  you should watch once if you are a big fan of Science fiction film.

Set in 2027, when two decades of human infertility have left society on the brink of collapse. Asylum seekers seek sanctuary in the United Kingdom, where they are subjected to detention and refoulement by the government. Owen plays civil servant Theo Faron, who must help refugee Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) escape the chaos.

19. The Matrix (1999)

Country: United States

Directed by: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

Produced by:  Joel Silver, chị em nhà Wachowski

Starring:  Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano

Cinematography: Bill Pope

Edited by: Zach Staenberg

Release date:  March 31, 1999(United States); April 9, 1999 (Australia); June 11, 1999 (United Kingdom)

Genre: Science fiction, action

Running time: 136 minutes

Budget: $63 million

Box office: $465.3 million

The Matrix is a simulated reality created by intelligent machines , which humanity is unknowingly trapped inside to distract humans while using their bodies as an energy source. Neo, a hacker, undiscovers the truth, he “is drawn into a rebellion against the machines”[5] along with other people who have been freed from the Matrix.

The Matrix pioneered a range of techniques that would later become very popular in cinema, such as the use of Hong Kong martial arts or the Bullet time visual effect.

20. Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind

Country: United States

Directed by:  Michel Gondry

Produced by: Anthony Bregman

Starring: JimCarrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, Tom Wilkinson

Cinematography: Ellen Kuras

Edited by: Valdís Óskarsdóttir

Release date: March 19, 2004

Genre: Science fiction, romantic, comedy

Running time:  108 minutes

Budget: $20 million

Box office:  $74 million

Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind follows an estranged couple who have erased each other from their memories.

Watch it, you don’t just watch a love story. You will head over heel in love with that love really is.

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