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Best underrated sci-fi films

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It’s time to face the music and uncover some new prospects. While all eyes are rightly on the resurrection of The Matrix, let’s run a scanner darkly over the under-appreciated science fiction we love from throughout this voyage of time. From this millennium or the last, what science-fiction movies were colossal underwhelms upon release, running silent through cinemas, that deserve to be chronicled today? Whether they star a man from this earth (or another), or a turbo kid in the slipstream, list the ten hidden-gem sci-fi films that would board your midnight special (films must have a 3.5 average or lower).

Most mentioned

  • Ad Astra
  • Tenet
  • High Life
  • The Vast of Night
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  • The Fountain
  • Cloud Atlas
  • Cube
  • Event Horizon
  • Colossal
  • eXistenZ
  • Source Code
  • Looper
  • Prospect
  • A Scanner Darkly
  • Signs
  • Barbarella
  • Color Out of Space
  • Another Earth
  • Chronicle

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Wearon
Wearon 10 films
Seth Montpelier
Seth Montpelier 10 films
JesseKV
JesseKV 12 films
Phantom
Phantom 7 films
EilidhPyre
EilidhPyre 8 films
Paul Robinson
Paul Robinson 10 films
DeathBolt
DeathBolt 10 films
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sara 10 films
cky_stew
cky_stew 10 films
Lloyd
Lloyd 7 films
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dadgumblah 10 films
Stephanie
Stephanie 5 films
Daniel
Daniel 10 films
C.F. Hellinger
C.F. Hellinger 10 films
VV
VV 17 films
Undead_Nihilist
Undead_Nihilist 10 films
Nedervetil
Nedervetil 10 films
Irphen
Irphen 10 films
Zach Thomas
Zach Thomas 10 films
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walkermargaret 7 films
carolina
carolina 10 films
BeesBot
BeesBot 10 films
Rocco Angelone
Rocco Angelone 10 films
Jordan
Jordan 10 films
GonDaddy
GonDaddy 10 films
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pizzabagel 10 films
Strackymandias
Strackymandias 10 films
natalie🦋
natalie🦋 12 films
Wallace007
Wallace007 10 films
Britonator
Britonator 10 films
Kyle
Kyle 7 films
AzeExMachina
AzeExMachina 10 films
Richard
Richard 10 films
John Quinn
John Quinn 17 films
auzzy
auzzy 9 films
ville
ville 8 films
Mike Roe
Mike Roe 10 films
Kelcey
Kelcey 10 films
Chris Goldberg
Chris Goldberg 13 films
Mike Myers
Mike Myers 10 films
Zolidus
Zolidus 10 films
AdamWade
AdamWade 10 films
PigeonorDove
PigeonorDove 16 films
Lumpowitz
Lumpowitz 10 films
RankerOfHorror
RankerOfHorror 10 films
skiesyouclimb
skiesyouclimb 10 films
Azatot
Azatot 10 films
ExistentialJeny
ExistentialJeny 110 films
Zane
Zane 10 films
ExistentialJeny
ExistentialJeny 12 films
Dave
Dave 10 films
wuniball
wuniball 10 films
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Armandorcls612 10 films
Katherine
Katherine 10 films
MarkC
MarkC 10 films
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🚬 🔪 10 films
Nichtsbesondern
Nichtsbesondern 18 films
Darlie Bunkle
Darlie Bunkle 10 films
Maxime S Girard
Maxime S Girard 10 films
Alvaro D. Ruiz
Alvaro D. Ruiz 20 films
Rubie
Rubie 11 films
Claire Hunter
Claire Hunter 10 films
Letterboxd
Letterboxd 20 films
Geoff Lou
Geoff Lou 20 films
NelsonMaddaloni
NelsonMaddaloni 12 films
Erik
Erik 26 films
Warren Mitchell
Warren Mitchell 12 films
Sen McLeary
Sen McLeary 20 films
longosteph
longosteph 10 films
immorroll
immorroll 10 films
Nezhousse
Nezhousse 1 film
Lexi
Lexi 15 films
simon
simon 11 films
Dwayne Allen
Dwayne Allen 10 films
Schnatterick
Schnatterick 6 films
Noah's Bagels
Noah's Bagels 10 films
Artemy
Artemy 12 films
Ilya Alesker
Ilya Alesker 10 films
Chris
Chris 12 films
V. Vargas
V. Vargas 10 films