Science fiction movies that you don’t have to waste a second to understand

Any story can be complicated to the extremes required by the author, but there is a tendency in science fiction films to tell storylines where it seems their directors want to erect many barriers to understand their final message. And if you’re one of those who start to feel heavy eyes when the tape is slow, you’ll surely miss how excellent these titles are.

It’s not that it has the most convoluted story, but undoubtedly ‘Blade Runner’ is one of them sci-fi movies you can’t miss a second if you want to understand them. Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, the story follows an agent who is tasked with eliminating the modified androids that have infiltrated the population. Available on Netflix.

Ex car

Alex Garland went from writer to director with ‘Ex-Machina’ a sci-fi thriller that you can lose the meaning of if you haven’t seen other tapes of the style. The story follows a programmer who wins a contest for an experiment with a new robot, to test its ability to generate real feelings in other humans. Available on HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video.

Dune

While there are still a few installments left to complete its story, ‘Dune’ is one of them best sci-fi movies of the last years. It is a story directed by Denis Villeneuve and led by Timothée Chalamet, about a boy who becomes the savior of a population struggling to stay on the planet with the most important resource in the universe. Available on HBOMax.

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12 monkeys

Terry Gilliam is a master of alternative and innovative worlds, for example “12 Monkeys”, a science fiction thriller starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt, set in the 21st century, where an inmate is sent back in time to investigate the beginning of a crisis that ended humanity. Available on YouTube and Amazon Prime Video.

2001: A Space Odyssey

To Maestro Stanley Kubrick not only has one of the best science fiction films in history, but also one of the most important works of art in cinema. It is a story in which three astronauts are guided by a supercomputer, discovering the origins of humanity, up to the moment of its transcendence. Available on Apple TV+ and Amazon Prime Video.

I arrive

Denis Villeneuve appears again on the list with ‘Arrival’, a sci-fi film starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner in which they bring two language experts to life. At a time when aliens have just arrived on Earth, governments around the world are trying to contact aliens to find out the real cause of their stay on the planet. Available on Amazon Prime Video.