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  1. Annihilation 2018

    Film

    A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

    The sides of Annihilation

    • Five scientists entering the Shimmer
    • Nature mutating into something else
    • A bear that screams

    Good for you if

    • you like science fiction that feels like a nightmare.
    • you like rainbow-coloured, mutated landscapes.
    • you like an ending that refuses to explain itself.

    Bad for you if

    • body horror and one terrifying creature are too much for you.
    • you need momentum. The expedition moves slowly and quietly through the Shimmer.

    About: self-destruction · change · grief

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  2. Alien 1979

    Film

    During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

    The sides of Alien

    • A crew answering a distress call
    • Something on board
    • A heroine who keeps her head

    Good for you if

    • you want a creature you barely see and never forget.
    • you like a long, quiet build before the horror starts.
    • you like dark corridors and a motion tracker beeping.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand body horror. The creature uses human bodies, and the film shows it.
    • you want science fiction with guns and battles. The Nostromo is a cargo ship and its crew has no real weapons.

    About: survival · the unknown · greed

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  3. The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.

    The sides of Alien: Covenant

    • A colony ship that changes course
    • A paradise planet that isn't
    • An android who has plans

    Good for you if

    • you want creatures attacking a crew.
    • you like dark, beautiful science fiction images.

    Bad for you if

    • you need the science to hold up. Here a spore from a strange plant becomes a creature inside a man in no time.
    • gory creature attacks ruin it for you.

    About: creation · survival · hubris

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  4. The Thing 1982

    Film

    A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

    The sides of The Thing

    • A research station in Antarctica
    • Something that copies anyone
    • A blood test

    Good for you if

    • you like paranoia where anyone could be the monster.
    • you like practical creature effects that still shock.
    • you like an ending that leaves you unsure.

    Bad for you if

    • grotesque body horror ruins it for you.
    • films from 1982 feel dated to you.

    About: paranoia · trust · isolation

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  5. Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

    The sides of 2001: A Space Odyssey

    • Apes discovering tools
    • A computer that won't open the doors
    • A journey beyond the infinite

    Good for you if

    • you like spaceships waltzing to the Blue Danube in perfectly composed frames.
    • you like a film that moves like a symphony.
    • you want to feel small before the universe.

    Bad for you if

    • you need characters to warm to. Dave and Frank stay cool and calm, and the computer HAL shows the most feeling.
    • you want something to happen. Long stretches are silent.
    • you want a clear explanation of the ending.

    About: evolution · technology · the unknown

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  6. Aliens 1986

    Film

    Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.

    The sides of Aliens

    • Ripley goes back with the marines
    • A colony gone silent
    • A queen and a mother

    Good for you if

    • you like the scary original turned into a war film.
    • you like marines counting their ammo in a corridor.
    • you like creatures coming from the walls.

    Bad for you if

    • films from 1986 feel dated to you.
    • you can't take gore. Marines are torn apart and acid blood eats through armour.

    About: motherhood · survival · courage

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  7. Life 2017

    Film

    The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.

    The sides of Life

    • A cell from Mars on a space station
    • It grows
    • A crew that can't let it reach Earth

    Good for you if

    • you like a creature loose in a tight space.
    • you like a smart, fast alien.

    Bad for you if

    • crushing, gruesome deaths ruin it for you.
    • you need some hope. Life on the station turns darker by the hour.

    About: survival · curiosity · sacrifice

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  8. Interstellar 2014

    Film

    On a dying Earth, a former NASA pilot leaves his two children behind to travel through a wormhole and look for a planet humans can live on.

    The sides of Interstellar

    • The father and the daughter
    • The science you can believe
    • The organ and the silence
    • The loneliness out there

    Good for you if

    • goodbyes hit you harder than explosions.
    • you like wormholes, black holes and a planet where one hour costs years.
    • you want to feel very small in your seat.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not think about relativity and time stretching to follow a plot.
    • big speeches about love make you roll your eyes.
    • nearly three hours is too much for one evening.

    About: time · sacrifice · home · the people left behind

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  9. Arrival 2016

    Film

    Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

    The sides of Arrival

    • The grief underneath the sci-fi
    • Aliens that are truly alien
    • Understanding as the plot
    • Time that doesn't run straight

    Good for you if

    • you like a film that quietly breaks you at the end.
    • you like patient scenes where people try to understand each other.
    • you like aliens treated as a real problem of language and science.

    Bad for you if

    • you want an alien invasion with battles. There are none.
    • you'd rather not work to follow a story. Louise's memories only fall into place in the last act.

    About: language · grief · time · choice

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  10. Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher.

    The sides of Love, Death & Robots

    • Short animated stories, each in its own style
    • Robots touring a world after humans
    • Monsters, soldiers and spaceships

    Good for you if

    • you like every episode drawn or rendered in a different style.
    • you like strange short stories that end before you expect.
    • you like a story that turns on its last minute.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated series.
    • you can't stand gore, and many episodes have it.
    • you'd rather not see sex and nudity, or you watch with others.

    About: technology · death · humanity

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  11. Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.

    The sides of Star Trek: Discovery

    • A human officer raised by Vulcans
    • A starship that jumps on a spore network
    • A crew flung far into the future

    Good for you if

    • you like Starfleet ships, aliens and new worlds.
    • you like a crew discovering what lies beyond the known map.
    • you like following Michael Burnham's arc more than the mission of the week.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at big emotional speeches on the bridge.
    • five seasons is too much for you.

    About: identity · exploration · loyalty

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  12. The X-Files 1993

    Series

    The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.

    The sides of The X-Files

    • Two FBI agents on cases nobody else wants
    • A believer and a skeptic
    • A government hiding the truth about aliens

    Good for you if

    • you like Mulder and Scully driving into a new small town with a new unexplained case.
    • you like being creeped out by a monster of the week.
    • you like UFOs, mutants and folklore treated as police work.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't commit to eleven seasons.
    • you need the alien conspiracy to be fully explained in the end.

    About: belief · conspiracy · trust

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  13. Gravity 2013

    Film

    Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.

    The sides of Gravity

    • An astronaut adrift above Earth
    • Debris coming around every orbit
    • Getting home alone

    Good for you if

    • you want ninety minutes of holding your breath.
    • you want space at its most beautiful and frightening.
    • you like one person fighting to stay alive.

    Bad for you if

    • you need a story with conversations. She's mostly alone.
    • you want a plot to work out. It's one straight line from orbit to the ground.

    About: survival · grief · rebirth

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  14. Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction.

    The sides of Project Hail Mary

    • A teacher who wakes up alone on a spaceship
    • No memory of why he's there
    • An unexpected friend out in space

    Good for you if

    • you like science that's solved on screen, step by step.
    • you like a nerdy hero who jokes to stay calm.
    • you like a friendship across species.

    Bad for you if

    • over two and a half hours is too long for you.
    • you need action. Every danger here is solved with experiments, not fights.

    About: friendship · sacrifice · science

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  15. Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

    The sides of A Quiet Place Part II

    • The family leaves home
    • A deaf girl with a plan
    • A survivor in an old factory

    Good for you if

    • you like silence that makes every sound terrifying.
    • you like creatures that hunt by noise.

    Bad for you if

    • you like a slow build. Part II throws the family into danger from the first scene.
    • you want a story that wraps up. This one ends with more to come.

    About: family · courage · survival

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  16. Avatar 2009

    Film

    In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.

    The sides of Avatar

    • A whole alien world to explore
    • A soldier who changes sides
    • Nature against machines

    Good for you if

    • you want to be swallowed by the screen, especially in 3D.
    • you love getting lost in a world with its own plants, animals and rules.
    • you like forests that glow and mountains that float.

    Bad for you if

    • you want sharp dialogue more than images.
    • nearly three hours is too much for one evening.

    About: colonisation · nature · belonging

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  17. Foundation 2021

    Series

    Follow a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.

    The sides of Foundation

    • A mathematician who predicts the fall of an empire
    • Three clones of one emperor ruling in turn
    • Exiles sent to the edge of the galaxy

    Good for you if

    • you like huge ships, space elevators and planets on a vast scale.
    • you like cloned emperors clinging to an empire that is ending.
    • you like a story spread across centuries and planets.

    Bad for you if

    • you lose track across centuries, planets and timelines.
    • you need a plot that moves faster than a thousand-year plan.

    About: the fall of empires · fate · legacy

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  18. Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.

    The sides of Star Trek: The Next Generation

    • A starship exploring new worlds
    • Captain Picard and his crew
    • An android who wants to be human

    Good for you if

    • you like a new planet and a new alien every week.
    • you like Picard's speeches about what is right.
    • you like a future where exploring is the point.

    Bad for you if

    • seven seasons is too much for you.
    • you find late-80s TV sets and costumes dated.

    About: exploration · diplomacy · what makes us human

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  19. Oblivion 2013

    Film

    Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.

    The sides of Oblivion

    • A technician on an empty Earth
    • A sleek white tower in the sky
    • Memories he shouldn't have

    Good for you if

    • you like clean, beautiful images of a ruined world.
    • you like questions about what really happened to Earth.
    • you like a reveal that changes everything.

    Bad for you if

    • you want lots of talk. Jack mostly flies and repairs drones in silence over an empty Earth.
    • you'd rather not piece a story together. Dreams, drones and a crashed ship only fit together late on.

    About: memory · identity · truth

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  20. Lost in Space 2018

    Series

    After crash-landing on an alien planet, the Robinson family fights against all odds to survive and escape. But they're surrounded by hidden dangers.

    The sides of Lost in Space

    • A family stranded on an alien planet
    • A robot that bonds with a boy
    • A con woman hiding among the colonists

    Good for you if

    • you like a family that fights hard to stay together.
    • you like a crash landing where every day is a new danger.
    • you want a space adventure you can watch with your kids.

    Bad for you if

    • you need the science of a space colony to hold up.
    • you roll your eyes at big family speeches about sticking together.

    About: family · survival · trust

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