Twenty Favorite Science Fiction Movies of the 21st Century
(A friend shared this July 2016 Playlist catalog of the 50 best SF films of the 21st century—a strange concatenation of masterpieces, mediocrities, and abominations. Here’s my own attempt at a top twenty, in order of preference.)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (directed by Michel Gondry, 2004)
Holy Motors (directed by Leos Carax, 2012)
World of Tomorrow and World of Tomorrow - Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts (directed by Don Hertzfeldt, 2015 and 2017)
Happy Accidents (directed by Brad Anderson, 2000)
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (directed by Mamoru Hosoda, 2006)
Robot Stories (directed by Greg Pak, 2003)
Children of Men (directed by Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
Thelma (directed by Joachim Trier, 2017)
Arrival (directed by Denis Villeneuve, 2016)
Moon (directed by Duncan Jones, 2009)
Get Out (directed by Jordan Peele, 2017)
41 (directed by Glenn Triggs, 2014)
The Mist (directed by Frank Darabont, 2007)
Under the Skin (directed by Jonathan Glazer, 2013)
28 Days Later (directed by Danny Boyle, 2002)
Time Trap (directed by Mark Dennis and Ben Foster, 2017)
Donnie Darko (directed by Richard Kelly, 2001)
Edge of Tomorrow (directed by Doug Liman, 2014)
Another Earth (directed by Mike Cahill, 2011)
Timecrimes (directed by Nacho Vigalondo, 2007)
— March 28, 2021