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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
D: Richard Fleischer (1954) 127m

Audiences got a sobering break from all the kitsch in this wonderful Disney version of the Jules Verne novel. James Mason, Kirk Douglas and Peter Lorre star, as Capt Nemo tries to bring peace to the world by sinking military shipping with his high-tech submarine Nautilus. The giant squid scene is worth the price of admission alone. Winner of two Academy Awards and a steampunk original.

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Escape From New York
D: John Carpenter (1981) 99m

In a future where crime is out of control, Manhattan Island has been turned into a prison. After the President's plane is brought down by inmates, Kurt Russell tries his best to act like a nasty one-eyed convict tough-guy and somewhat reluctantly helps him to safety. The star-studded support cast includes Lee Van Cleef, Donald Pleasence, Ernest Borgnine, Isaac Hayes and Adrienne Barbeau.

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Repo Man
D: Alex Cox (1984) 92m

New-wave punk (Emilio Estevez) is shown the repo-man ropes by coke-snorting veteran (Harry Dean Stanton) on L.A. streets populated with an odder-than-usual assortment of wackos and aliens. A Chevy Malibu that is wanted for a $20,000 bounty has something otherworldly stashed in its trunk. Propelled by a scathing punk soundtrack featuring Iggy Pop, Suicidal Tendencies, and more.

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Donnie Darko
D: Richard Kelly (2001) 122m

Highly original film that defies categorisation, although there are definite science fictional elements and 'psychological thriller' probably fits. Set in the late-80s, high school student Donnie Darko's dreams (or hallucinations?) are inhabited by a giant rabbit trying to steer him in disturbing directions. Stunning visuals, lots of 80s pop culture and fine performances throughout.

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Minority Report
D: Steven Spielberg (2002) 145m

Tom Cruise is outstanding in this enthralling story of a Pre-Crime unit whose job it is to arrest criminals before they commit an offence. Arrests are made on the basis of the visions of a trio of drug-mutated psychic "Pre-Cogs". Things really hot up when Cruise's character is disturbingly implicated in a vision. Based somewhat loosely on the 1956 short story of the same name by Philip K. Dick.

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Moon
D: Duncan Jones (2009) 97m

A rare slice of intelligent sci-fi that is slowly gaining a solid following. Lunar Industries employee Sam Bell works in isolation on the moon harvesting clean energy source Helium-3, his only companion the GERTY 3000 computer. A vehicle accident leads to some unexpected complications... all is not as it appears to be. An engrossing space thriller that twists and turns.

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Inception
D: Christopher Nolan (2010) 148m

Christopher Nolan directs Leonardo DiCaprio in the best sci-fi mind-bender to come along in a long while. Dominick 'Dom' Cobb is a thief practising corporate espionage by getting inside the subconscious of his unwitting victims. Yearning for his old life, Cobb is offered the chance to regain it if he can perform the impossible by inconspicuously implanting an idea into the mind of another.

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Source Code
D: Duncan Jones (2011) 93m

U.S. Army pilot is part of experimental program to find the bomber of a commuter train within eight minutes. Colter Stevens wakes up on a Metra commuter train headed to Chicago... disoriented, as his last memory was being on a mission in Afghanistan. To the world around him - including his traveling partner and the bathroom mirror - Stevens appears to be Sean Fentress, a school teacher. He must come to grips with situation to complete his mission.

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Possessor
D: Brandon Cronenberg (2020) 104m

Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her. A highly original psychological horror film from Canada that received praise for superb direction and fine performances.