Like a bit of sci fi I do, but seem a bit short on the movie front lately. Anyone got any they'd recommend? Old or new in case I've missed them, fire away.

Have you seen Event Horizon? Now that's a scary sci-fi film! Actually Wikipedia describes it as science fantasy...

Sunshine - one of the most underated films I have ever come across.

The soundtrack is amazing too!

Primer - the only science fiction film that can actually make your brain squirt out of your ears.

I second this. Gattaca is brilliant too.

Gattaca is science fiction; Sunshine I think is a horror film, not sf...

There are *very* *very* few films which are science fiction - by which I mean, take away the science, and the film no longer works. So many are different genres just moved to space. Not that I have anything against good space opera, it's just that there's so little of it that's been made yet.

Event Horizon - Yup, seen that one. Sam o Neil if memory serves me correctly
Sunshine - Saw that the other day
Primer - Never heard of it but will imdb it presently
Gattaca - Not seen that one yet, will have a read up.

Keep 'em coming folks

Silent Running and Dark Star...... problem is they are so dated now, in fact they were dated when they were released!

I enjoyed A.I.

Huey Duey and Louie, can't be any fan of sci fi genre who hasn't seen that can there?

Dark Star I always liked, one of JCs best I reckon, yes it's old and dated but "Snap out of it bomb..." still gets a smile everytime.

Andrew, I like the sound of Primer and will seek it out, the first thing that comes to mind after reading the synopsis is 'PI', it just has that feel to it, anywhere near the mark?

Dark City - I like this film a lot
Moon - liked that a lot too
Never Let Me Go - probably more of a romance, it's a bit of a Margaret Atwood type of story...
eXistenZ - excellent David Cronenberg film
If you don't mind anime, then Paprika or Ghost In The Shell maybe?

Haven't seen PI, so I can't comment, but Primer is a brilliant film. If you're paying attention and good with time travel plots then you might only have to watch it twice to understand what happens.

How many times did it take you Andrew? I suspect whatever that figure is, mine will be substantially higher!

Dark City - Will look it up
Moon - Seen
Never Let Me Go - from what you say it isn't my cup of tea
eXistenZ - Will look that up also

Blade runner? I watched it for the first time a few weeks ago, annoyed at my self for not watching it sooner
Quatermass and the pit?
appleseed
FF-spirits with in
Stargate did some mini moves that were very good

Another recomendation for moon, and if you havent seen it already, scanners

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Matrix
The recent Star Trek film?
Inception
The Thing

I watched Primer the other weekend after someone recommended it on here. Didn't really rate it. Good plot but didn't connect with the characters or like the way it was filmed.

I watched it 3 times before I was as happy as I could be about what was happening. However, I got complacent the first time I watched it - I knew it was supposed to be hard to follow and I fell into the trap of thinking that the complexity was around how the time-machine worked.

Unlike your standard sci-fi time-travelling gizmo the one in Primer can only transport people in time to the point the machine is turned on from the time it's turned off and the person in it has to spend an equal amount of time there to the time they're travelling. So, if the machine is turned on at 9am and then the operator turns it off at 12 noon and gets inside they have to spend 3 hours inside to return to 9am.

While this is a bit strange it's not where the complexity of the film lies. My top tip is as soon as anybody mentions the word "failsafe" concentrate really hard

Oh, and donnie darko Although I still dont fully "get it"

I have acquired Primer so will give it a watch as soon as. :-)

Anyone recall 'Sliding Doors'? Romcom SciFi...

the daddy of all sci fi

Close encounters of the third kind .....on blue ray

Pitch Black and Chronicles Of Riddick were two I watch the other day both enjoyable, also Serenity was a good watch.

The daddy of sci-fi? That's not how you spell Metropolis

Although a short, Le Voyage dans la Lune, might have a claim on the grandfather of sci-fi I reckon.

Have you seen Deja Vu starring Denzel Washington?

Deja Vu - Yup, seen that one

Right, first run through of Primer, having the kids watching the simpsons in the background whilst the wife constantly asked me questions didn't help my concentration. Mind you, neither did falling asleep at one point but I got to the end. Now, I shall have to put some free time aside to watch it again because I must've missed large plot chunks...or, more likely, they missed me.
Hmmmnnnn, still thinking about it.

I fell asleep watching it too

Started watching it, but it seemed familiar like I had previously seen it!

Now THAT is science fiction and a lot more besides!

Equilibrium is a good one also.

Came across this old thread while searching for something completely unrelated!

District 9. It's very hard to come up with something new in Sci Fi these days but this film managed it.

Agree, great film.

As a result of this thread went out and got Gattaca - good film