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Other Underrated Sci-Fi Films of the 90's??

posted 10 years ago by IrinaOma
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I think everyone will agree that Dark City is one of the most underrated films of the 90's. What about other sci-fi films? Your ideas guys? My list will be a bit long cause Sci-Fi is my favorite movie genre and the decade 1990-1999 is my favorite era for Sci-Fi

My list:

Strange Days
Virtuosity
Mimic
Gattaca
Demolition Man
eXistenZ
The Arrival
The Lawnmower Man
Alien 3
RoboCop 2
The Thirteenth Floor
The Time Shifters
The Shadow Men
Class of 1999
FutureSport
Timecop
Them (1996)
Screamers
No Escape
Deep Rising
The Relic
Fortress
Judge Dredd
Body Snatchers
Split Second
Predator 2
Redline
Shadowchaser
Brainscan
Sphere
Space Truckers
Alien Intruder
Event Horizon
The Rocketeer
Virus
Soldier

Guilty Pleasures:

Barb Wire
Vampirella
RoboCop 3
The Apocalypse (1997)
Congo
Lawnmower Man 2

What about you guys?

[–] sploiter 10 years ago

Like :

Gattaca
The Arrival
Robocop 2
Predator 2
Congo
The Rocketeer
Outbreak
Dredd (3D)

Dislike (or haven't seen) :

Strange Days
Virtuosity
Mimic
Demolition Man
eXistenZ
The Lawnmower Man
Alien 3
The Thirteenth Floor
The Time Shifters
The Shadow Men
FutureSport
Timecop
Them (1996)
Screamers
No Escape
Deep Rising
The Relic
Fortress
Judge Dredd
Body Snatchers
Split Second
Redline
Shadowchaser
Brainscan
Sphere
Space Truckers
Alien Intruder
Virus
Soldier
Barb Wire
Vampirella
RoboCop 3
The Apocalypse (1997)
Lawnmower Man 2

Hate :

Event Horizon

[–] IrinaOma 10 years ago

WOW I respect your opinion but why so many dislikes???

[–] sploiter 10 years ago

A lot of them are in the 'have not seen' category.

But you know there is a ton of _bad_ sci fic out there!

[–] ivan-bahamon 9 years ago

How could somebody be so dumb to put in the same category "deslike" with "have not seen". That's just wrong.

[–] IrinaOma 10 years ago

bump

[–] fat_gibberish_monkey 10 years ago

Sadly, my thoughts on Dark City are a little on the contrary to everyone else's. If anything, I think it's very much an overrated film and still a little confused as to why it is billed as a Sci-fi.

Your list of 90's sci-fi films however does contain some of my favouite's too:

Strange Days
Mimic
Demolition Man
Alien 3
RoboCop 2
Predator 2
Event Horizon

Other underrated 90's sci-fi films not on your list that I'd include:

Bicentennial Man
Galaxy Quest
Pi
Starship Troopers
Cube

Also as you've already mentioned, The 90's also had some exceptional guilty pleasures in the sci-fi genre. For me, these would be near the top:

Judge Dredd
Soldier
Timecop
The Rocketeer
Universal Soldier
The Postman
Waterworld
Escape From LA
Species
Mars Attacks

I'd also highly recommend that you seek out a little known film called Coherence (2013). I know it's not 90's but it's certainly an undiscovered gem that should be watched by any sci-fi fan.

[–] IrinaOma 10 years ago

Thanks for your comment and recommendation. I'll try to check on that movie

[–] rooprect 9 years ago

Cool picks. I've only seen a handful of them but they're all good, especially Alien 3, an underrated gem.

A couple more worth checking out:
Nirvana (1997) - Try to find the original 2-hour Italian version if you can. Great cyberpunk flick sort of like "Strange Days", it's about a videogame where the character in the game becomes self-aware, and the programmer (Christopher Lambert from Highlander!) is trying to stop the game from being released.

Solaris (2002) - Ok, not exactly 90s, but close. A very dark, psychological scifi thriller about a space station where everyone goes mad. It's a remake of a famous 70s Russian flick, and I actually like this remake better.

Until the End of the World (1991) - Not a scifi in terms of spaceships and special effects, but it's set in the near future (back then, the near future was 1999) and it TOTALLY predicted a lot of things such as talking GPS cars, internet detective searches, and blingy iphone cases. Oh yeah, it also predicted that a satellite would go haywire in 1999 which actually happened. The movie itself is about people looking for a device that can record dreams out of your head. Starring William Hurt who was the detective in Dark City.

[–] IrinaOma 9 years ago

Thanks dear. I'll check on them. I adore Sci-Fi

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