Comments on: Most Underrated Science Fiction & Fantasy Movies

By: pulpsguy

pulpsguy — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:17:48 +0000

I agree that Quiet Earth belongs on any list of underrated movies. My complaint about most of what I see above is that they are mostly from the last 10 years. Broaden your horizons- SF movies have been made for more than 75 years, like Metropolis from the 1920’s. Have a look at my list that goes back at least to the 1950’s at http:/www.oldsfbooks.com/dvd.html

By: darqmatr

darqmatr — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:05:33 +0000

“Robinson Crusoe on Mars” Another George Pal classic…

By: Harrison Shaw

Harrison Shaw — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:07:16 +0000

“Sunshine” is one of my favorite films of all time. Highly undderrated. Despite it’s biggest flaw (the slasher like film sequence in the final 15 or 20 minutes), it’s such a beautiful film.

By: Gregory Purcell

Gregory Purcell — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:29:16 +0000

How about

Village of the Dmned 1960

The Girl from Monday 2005

The Blood of Heroes 1989

Village of the Dmned 1960

District B13 2004

The Girl from Monday 2005

Night watch 2004 & Day watch 2006

Idiocracy 2006

Mongol 2007

Doomsday 2008

All great movies no one has heard of.

By: erjones

erjones — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:41:16 +0000

Good to see “The Quiet Earth” – great film – disturbing, funny, haunting.
I especially like it when a good sci-fi is not space horse-opera, as it were

By: Huggkruka

Huggkruka — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:37:45 +0000

Quiet Earth was the first sci-fi movie not set in space I saw as a kid. I still love it, the ending, as you say, sticks with you. The score is also amazing.

By: 10 Best Post-Apocalypses | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine

10 Best Post-Apocalypses | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:23:06 +0000

[...] Quiet Earth (1985) I mentioned this film before in Science Not Fiction’s list of the 10 Most Underrated Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies, but it deserves to appear again — a scientist awakes to find a world in which (almost) every [...]

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:53:49 +0000

The Arrival
Completely overshadowed by the Independence Day marketing machine, gave a good twist to the alien invasion story before X-Files: Fight the Future rehashed it. An awesome soundtrack, and I’m not a soundtrack kind of person. It’s a crying shame this thing hasn’t been offered anamorphic on DVD yet.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:50:13 +0000

The Man on Earth.

By: Stephen Cass

Stephen Cass — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:26:52 +0000

Larry Fantastic: I don’t know about the original Solaris. While it was amazing in many ways, there was just a little too much highway footage… Primer is terrific, but as it was a Sundance winner, and received a fair amount of press (I interviewed Carruth myself!), I’m not sure if it’s underrated though…

By: Larry Fantastic

Larry Fantastic — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:07:17 +0000

But serious folks — if we’re talking about great UNDERRATED sci-fi films you must include Solaris (Tarkovsky’s original not Soderbergh’s misstep – though not as underrated as it is forgotten), Primer, Pi, Donnie Darko, 1984 and good ol’ Soylent Green and the original Planet of the Apes film — well, at least the first couple.

By: Of Hackers and Batmen | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine

Of Hackers and Batmen | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:58:08 +0000

[...] the huge hype, The Dark Knight was definitely not overrated. The movie has heft and complexity, while never letting its momentum flag. And while everyone is [...]

By: 10 Best Science Fiction Movie Endings | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:26:33 +0000

[...] you saw my list of underrated science fiction movies, you’ll know that I love a good ending. For me a great ending is when the movie really uses [...]

By: Hellboy 2: needed more hell | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine

Hellboy 2: needed more hell | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:53:17 +0000

[...] I mentioned before, I expected a few of this summer’s big science fiction movies to be overrated: sadly, for me, [...]

By: Stephen Cass

Stephen Cass — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:44:40 +0000

Kolten: The Andromeda Strain is a great movie, but like Bladerunner, I don't think it's underrated. As for The Fountain, well you can tell from my list that a good ending is important to me, and I will forgive much for one, but if the movie's admittedly slow pace was enough to make you stop watching, the ending may not offer enough of a pay off for you.