Genre: Sci-fi/Action
Director: Karyn Kusama Starring: Charlize Theron
Summary: Aeon Flux, who is a member of an underground organisation, is tasked with assassinating a high-ranking government official. On her mission to achieve this, she uncovers a larger conspiracy.
Reason to Watch:
*Based on animation tv show
*The looks
10/8
MATRIX (1999)
Summary: Thomas Anderson, a computer programmer, is led to fight an underground war against powerful computers who have constructed his entire reality with a system called the Matrix.
Genre: Action/Sci-fi
Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
Summary:
Thomas Anderson, a computer programmer, is led to fight an underground war against powerful computers who have constructed his entire reality with a system called the Matrix.
Reason to Watch:
*the amazing latex looks and tiny sunglasses
*rave scene
*soundtrack
Club Scene from The Matrix
11/8
LA DECIMA VITTIMA / THE 10TH VICTIM (1965)
Year: 1965
Genre: Sci-fi/Satire
Director: Elio Petri Starring : Ursula Andress, Marcello Mastroianni
Summary:
In the future, society has evolved past wars, utilizing a televised murder show call the "Big Hunt." Caroline Meredith is a hunter looking to kill her tenth victim, after which she can retire wealthy. Her prey, Marcello Polletti does his best to avoid her traps. After a deal with a sponsor, Meredith plans to kill Polletti on camera as part of a commercial. However, romantic feelings between the combatants start to complicate the hunt.
Reason to Watch:
* the looks
Scene from La Decima Vittima
12/8
METROPOLIS
Year: 1927
Genre: Sci-fi/Drama
Director: Fritz Lang Starring: Brigitte Helm
Summary:
This influential German science-fiction film presents a highly stylized futuristic city where a beautiful and cultured utopia exists above a bleak underworld populated by mistreated workers. When the privileged youth Freder discovers the grim scene under the city, he becomes intent on helping the workers. He befriends the rebellious teacher Maria, but this puts him at odds with his authoritative father, leading to greater conflict.
Reason to Watch:
*Considered the first sci fi full length film
*costumes
*the dance
*available on youtube
Dance Scene from Metropolis
13/15
FORBIDDEN PLANET ( 1956)
Genre: Sci-fi/Action
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Starring: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen
Summary:
A starship crew goes to investigate the silence of a planet's colony only to find two survivors and a deadly secret that one of them has.
Reason to Watch:
*first mini skirt!! before Mary Quant
Scene from Forbidden Planet
14/8
CQ (2001)
Genre: Comedy/Sci-fi
Director: Roman Coppola
Starring: Angela Lindvall, Jason Schwartzman
Summary:
The filming of a Sci-Fi movie runs into trouble when the director gets obsessed with the leading lady, clouding his judgement and the film has no ending. Until a young American steps in.
Reason to Watch:
CQ Trailer
15/15
DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS (1954)
Genre: Sci-fi/Cult
Director: David MacDonald
Starring: Patricia Laffan, Joseph Tomelty, Peter Reynolds
Summary:
For some unknown reason, the men on Mars are dying. Worried that the Martian population will soon die out, the planet's leaders decide to send Nyah to Earth to bring back a fresh supply of healthy, virile men. After Nyah's ship crash-lands in Scotland, she seeks help at a village inn. She tries to convince the men, including a disbelieving scientist and an ex-convict, to come with her, but doesn't understand their wives' objections.
Reason to Watch:
*Costumes
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