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The 15 Best Hard Sci-Fi Movies That Define the Genre

movieweb.com The 15 Best Hard Sci-Fi Movies That Define the Genre

There are no limits when it comes to hard sci-fi. The following movies are proof of the essence of the genre, which allows us to see the inexplicable.

We took a trip through decades of the genre and came up with a list of the most important and best hard science fiction movies of all time. They are the essence and the foundations of the book of sci-fi rules that's still being written as we, the audience, become much more self-aware of our relationship with technology, the future, and whatever those two will bring.

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Their list:

 15 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

 14 Interstellar (2014) 

 13 Gattaca (1997) 

 12 Solaris (1972) 

 11 Ex Machina (2015) 

 10 Coherence (2013) 
 
 9 Sunshine (2007)  

 8 Primer (2004) 
 
 7 Stalker (1979) 

 6 Gravity (2013) 

 5 THX 1138 (1971) 
 
 4 Ad Astra (2019) 
 
 3 Contact (1997) 
 
 2 The Martian (2015) 

 1 Blade Runner (1982)

doesn't contain Arrival (2016) wtf.

Gravity is on this list? That movie had the most ridiculous physics.
Gravity and Ad Astra don't belong on this list. Also they suck.
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I enjoyed Big Hero 6 but one of the top defining “hard” sci fi movies of all time, in the same list as Metropolis?? All because of its supposed sophistication in portraying AI? “AI is good for once!” Uhhh it’s totally a case of green light means good robot and red light means evil robot. Cute movie but this list is hot garbage.
Hard to define 'hard', a few more I liked: (no ranking)

The Time Machine (both the Pal and the Wells films; quite different)

Dark City (1998, Pryas)

Forbidden Planet (1956, Wilcox)

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951, Wise)

Fifth Element (hilarious, Besson, 1997)

Alien (Scott, 1979)

13th Floor (Rusnak, 1999)

Stargate (1994, Emerich)

Steamboy (2004, Otomo)

Movies made from famed series I'd REALLY LIKE to see:

Ringworld (Niven, a crime noone's DARED to try).

Some setting of Riverworld. (Farmer)

ANY of Neal Stephenson's SF books, esp. Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, Diamond Age, Anathem.

(Not even the BBC? I mean, who expected Doctor Who to get THIS far?!)
I know Internet lists and opinions and all that, but I'm sorry but any list that puts 2001 behind Interstellar is one to ignore, at least the rankings.

All good movies on the list, though.
This is just a SciFi Movie list rather than a hard SciFi one.

I agree that The Martian is hard SciFi tho.
Saved this thread, now please all pick apart the list and add better alternatives. I have 3 movies to watch already..
Really excited to see Coherence on a list with so many other greats. It’s a great thriller movie and one of my favorites to watch with others. Provokes fun conversation about “what would you do in that situation?”
District 9? Thoughts welcome
No Europa Report, probably the hardest of sci-fi movies ever (~9.5 on Mohs scale)? Most movies on that list are somewhere around 5...6 on the Mohs scale, with some (GATTACA, 2001, Ex Machina) around 7...8 and only Martian at 9. Sunshine, Stalker and Coherence are not hard scifi at all, ~2...3.
Sweet, I added Solaris and Stalker to my list of movies to watch. Still need to see Primer at some point too.
Thanks for sharing this.

What an interesting list. I am very surprised at how many of these I've never heard of and how good those look.

I own some of these but I think I'll try to buy the rest.
Website: asks me to disable adblocker.

Me: guess I won’t be seeing that list then.
They forgot Annihilation.

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