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The genre of fantasy is one of the most beloved by the audience. This is not surprising. With the help of fantastic pictures, you can travel back to the past and the future, visit distant galaxies and unknown planets, make scientific discoveries, observe the destruction of humanity and attempts to survive on its ruins. And all this without getting up from your favorite chair. The human mind has always strived for the unknown and imagined the impossible. A good science fiction film helps to break away from reality, completely immersed in the intention of the authors and the play of the actors.
10 The Martian (2015)
Humanity has begun to explore Mars, but the red planet remains too unpredictable. During the costly Ares 3 mission, a sandstorm hits and the astronauts are forced to leave the planet’s surface in a hurry. One of the crew members, Mark Watney, remained on Mars. His suit was damaged and colleagues thought he was dead. But Watney survived, got to the apartment complex and found that it was suitable for living. A talented biological engineer needs to hold out for 4 whole years before the next mission arrives.
9. 12 Monkeys (1995)
2035 year. A terrible virus destroyed humanity, turned the pitiful group of survivors into mutants, and only a few managed to escape from a terrible fate by hiding underground. But they won’t last long. The only option is to go back in time and find the person who created the virus. He was a certain scientist who was in the Army of the Twelve Monkeys. One of the survivors will have to destroy it. The choice fell on the criminal James Cole. He has to go back in time and stop the pandemic. A man has no choice: his life and the existence of a person in principle are at stake.
8. Equilibrium (2002)
The film takes the viewer to the distant future, where the problem of wars is solved. They simply don’t exist. The price for such a blessing is the absence of emotions. Any expression of feelings, and with it creativity, books, art are prohibited. Breaking the rules is severely punished. Compliance with the law is ensured with the help of the drug “Prozium”, which every person is required to take. John Presto is an agent in the service of the government, his job is to deal with rule breakers. But one day he himself forgets to take the medicine, and a whole world opens up before him, forcing him to see clearly.
7. Planet Ka-Pécs (2001)
A man in black glasses gets into a psychiatric hospital. His name is Prot. He cannot tell anything from a “normal” biography, but he claims that he was born on the planet Ka-Pax and was transported to Earth in a beam of bright light. The doctor’s diagnosis is unequivocal: progressive schizophrenia. But during conversations, Prot does not get confused in the data, he talks so smoothly and smoothly about his birth and life on Ka-Pex, about his imminent return, that the doctor involuntarily thinks, what if his strange patient is really from another planet?
6. Interstellar (2014)
Humanity is on the brink of disaster. The air is oversaturated with nitrogen, the Earth is facing a food crisis. But there was information that there is a planet suitable for living, but it is too far away. Scientists have to make an experimental journey through a black hole, supposedly connecting different points of curved space, in order to discover new possibilities for conquering space and saving humanity. At the forefront – atmospheric, musical content, emotional intensity and eternal questions. “Interstellar” touches the hidden strings of the soul, fearful and longing for distant places and home at the same time.
5. Gravity (2013)
The main character, Ryan Stone, is a doctor in medical engineering. This flight into space is her first. She is accompanied by an experienced astronaut Matt Kowalski, with the help of which the expedition should pass without problems. But a catastrophe happens, and the heroes find themselves alone in space, bundled with each other in the middle of a black void.
This is an unusually beautiful film, while watching which you can enjoy a simple but heartbreaking story, amazing special effects and pictures of the universe.
4. District #9 (2009)
The first contact with aliens was made over 20 years ago. They were seen as invaders and a chance to save humanity, and the guests turned out to be refugees from their planet in search of shelter. Not knowing what to do with them, people organized a camp for aliens in Africa – District No. 9. Over time, it turned out that guests could attack people, and they were put under special control.
Meanwhile, a corporation that manufactures weapons is trying to learn the secret of alien weapons. It is known that it depends on the DNA of the aliens, but all attempts by scientists to create something similar fail. Viku svan der Merve, an employee of the corporation, leads the operation to resettle aliens in a new camp. During the search, he finds a strange container, opens it, and the liquid gets on his face. From that moment on, mutations begin in Vikus’s body, and the person gradually turns into the one from whom he protected people. And now there is only salvation for him in District No. 9.
3. I am the beginning (2014)
PhD student Ian Gray is doing research trying to prove the evolution of the eye. In this he is helped by a talented student Karen. One day, after a tragic story, Ian creates an incredible theory about the coincidence of the retina in different people. This film is a combination of research, scientific theories and romance, very visually beautiful and atmospheric. It touches on broad topics that, although difficult to answer, are never too late to think about.
2. Inferno (2007)
The film takes the viewer to 2057. The Earth is on the verge of death, because the Sun is fading. The only hope of humanity is an expedition on the Icarus-1 spacecraft. Their mission is to get closer to the Sun and send a nuclear charge to its surface, which should “ignite” the star again. While traveling in the silence of outer space, the crew begins to pick up signals from the Ikar-1 apparatus. But he disappeared a few years ago, trying to complete the same task …
1. Time (2011)
Distant future. Time is finally appreciated and has become the main currency on Earth. Aging has been stopped, people do not change after 25, but every year of life costs money – time. The rich are alive and well, while the poor are forced to fight for existence. The main character is from the ghetto. He was wrongly accused of stealing time and forced to go on the run, taking a hostage. Unwittingly, this couple has become a powerful weapon in the fight between man and the system.