Gallery: Brain-Blasting Cerebral Sci-Fi Cinema, Chosen by You
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The Film Spawn of Ray Bradbury ------------------------------ "Fahrenheit 451 and The Illustrated Man were major mind-benders in my youth. Still have to stop down and watch them whenever they pop up while channel surfing." *—fartblossom*
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Being John Malkovich -------------------- "For straight-up, unapologetically weird surreal: Being John Malkovich." *—Vandenbroek*
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Until the End of the World -------------------------- "¿ʇsı1 sıɥʇ uo "p1ɹoʍ ǝɥʇ ɟo puǝ ǝɥʇ 1ıʇun" ʇ,usı ʎɥʍ." *—Vandenbroek*
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The Quiet Earth --------------- "The Quiet Earth, from New Zealand. Great story, acting, music and imagery. Classic tale told before (The World, the Flesh and the Devil, I Am Legend), but more personal. On the Beach (the original) would fit in this vein, too." *—warpig*
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Total Recall ------------ "What about Total Recall? What a mind f\*ck!." *—carl9732* "Wait, what about Total Recall? In addition to it being a real mind fvck, it has some great one-liners in it." *—samagon*
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Existenz — and Pretty Much Anything by David Cronenberg ------------------------------------------------------- "Great list, but I'm missing some really great ones here. Videodrome, Naked Lunch, Existenz. Yeah, I know. Bit of a Cronenberg fan." *—GiantKillerTentacles* "Existenz?" *—Ratdog*
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Cube ---- "Cube. Check it out." *—Colorado\_Al*
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12 Monkeys ---------- "Another Gilliam: 12 Monkeys." *—Carlo\_Graziani* "12 Monkeys is 'almost awesome'? Really? I can't count how many deep conversations I've had as a result of that movie, talking about what everything means and how it all fits together. 12 Monkeys is perhaps the best time-travel movie ever, at the very least in terms of dealing with causality and the can't-change-the-past theory of time travel. It all fits together so wonderfully as multiple time periods come together to form a cohesive story. While it may technically have a sad ending (at least for the main character), it always gives me great satisfaction." *—animatorgeek*
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Equilibrium ----------- "Ah, too late to mention Equilibrium! Massively underrated release. I bet the producers are kicking themselves for the crap job of marketing, given Christian Bale's subsequent rise in value. Note to Michael Bay: Most of the films on this list owe more to tight writing than special effects. Spend money on your talent accordingly." *—mikeymike* "Equilibrium should definitely be on this list." *—jaysun*
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Dreamscape ---------- "What about Dreamscape? Yes, it's cheesy by today's standards, but it lays the groundwork for many films of the last decade that are already on this list." *—purvisa*
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Dark Star --------- They mention Dark Star, but don't list it!? Come on. Any movie where a character has to have an existential conversation with a bomb in order to prevent it from exploding prematurely is worthy of this list." *—EmpireMonkey* "Dark Star was entertaining." *—Lurkfish*
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Contact ------- "Contact definitely has a place on this list." *—wideliner* "Contact was one of those rare sci-fi movies that takes its science seriously, rather than treating it as a might-as-well-be-magic prop to advance plot requirements." *—Carlo\_Graziani* "No Contact? It's about the only sci-fi movie whose protagonist scientist actually acts, discourses and has the dilemmas of an actual scientist." *—shiajun*
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Primer ------ Primer, Primer, Primer. That is all." *—stan9fos* "Yes, Primer! Made my head spin, and I loved every minute of it." *—papatom* "Primer has to be on the list. Another favorite of mine is Logan's Run." *—kaus02* "What? No Primer?" *—BurningMonk* "Where is Primer? Now *that* movie is cerebral to the nth degree." *—bioman123* "Add Primer (2004). Independent time-travel movie. Trippy." *—HarryTuttle* "Primer. Great film on a low budget." *—Brizben* "What about Primer? Possibly one of the greatest sci-fi mind melters ... ever!" *—lavaery* "Just one omission from that list, the low-budget but serious mind-melting movie Primer." *—joeythefish*
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Dark City --------- "1998's Dark City. That's my first introduction to dreamscapes-format sci-fi. Hehe you guys forgot about that." *—nighttrain* "For a mind bender, watch Dark City, 13th Floor and The Matrix in one afternoon. You'll come out of that session wondering what is real." *—stasinos* "I agree with the list mostly, but Dark City should definitely be there. As should be Strange Days. Both completely different approaches on the subject of memories and how they can be transferred among people." *—shiajun* "Damn it, where in the fuck is Blade Runner and Dark City? The list is awesome, but ignoring those titles is incomplete." *—lecerclerouge* "Dark City needs to be added. Great film, plus a very sexy Jennifer Connelly." *—zollars* "Alex Proyas' Dark City was a better Matrix in the mind-bending sense. Plus Jennifer Connelly was mega hot in that movie." *—RamoneC*
