What are you some underrated or lesser known science fiction movies that you recommend?
I’ve never met anyone that has seen this movie despite it being relatively recent and with some popular actors, but I’d highly recommend Prospect (2018).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7946422/
It’s not a very big budget movie, but it has great aesthetics I think and an engaging story. I’m looking for some new science fiction movies to watch either old or new.
Koma - A Russian movie that (on the outset) sounds like an Inception knockoff but is good in its own right.
Life - Kind of a beat-by-beat “alien eats the crew” movie, but rather enjoyable.
Monsters - I found this one at the dollar tree of all places. It was shot with a skeleton crew (basically 5 people), but is well-acted, emotional, has a great score. Is still 100% sci-fi, though.
Clinic - A movie about a retirement community that holds a dark secret (also salvaged from the dollar tree 🤣). It’s low-budget, but very well-acted, sets an anxious tone throughout so always feel on edge (in a good way).
Supervized - Honestly, reading the previous one of a retirement community reminded me of “Supervized,” a unique take on the superhero genre. Played out like a comedy, but provides an interesting commentary on aging.
Otherlife - A New Zealand sci fi/suspense film about a dream technology that’s being experimented with to keep people imprisoned (because 1 minute = 1 day, so 30 year sentence = 3 hours type of thing)
Monsters is available on Amazon Video - recommended viewing. You’re right, it was really quite decent for being a low-budget movie.