It’s not just Netflix in life: selection of 10 science fiction (sci-fi) films to see on Amazon Prime.
For those for whom the Netflix SF catalog is not enough, too average or too expected, there is always something to do on the Amazon Prime Video side. Loaded with films and series, this other SVoD service has some little classics, more or less popular and known, which deserve to be (re) seen.
Selection of 10 Sci-Fi films to watch on Prime Video.
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1. The Tomorrow War (2021)
IMDb: 6.5/10 · 204,131 votes
- Run Time: 2 hr 20 min | Director: Chris McKay
- Cast: Chris Pratt, J.K. Simmons, Yvonne Strahovski, Betty Gilpin, Sam Richardson
- Genre: Action, Sci-fi
Soldiers from the Future explains that 30 years later, humanity is losing a war against the extraterrestrials. They want to recruit people who can accompany them in the future to be more numerous and fight against the extraterrestrials.
Former soldier, Dan Forester is enlisted to go to the future and will do his best to promise a bright future to his daughter.
2. Ex Machina
IMDb: 7.7/10 · 542,666 votes
- Run Time: 1 hr 48 mins | Director: Alex Garland
- Cast: Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac
- Genre: Sci-fi, Mystery & thriller, Drama
- Budget: 15 million USD
At 26, Caleb is one of the brightest coders in BlueBook, the world’s largest internet search engine. As such, he wins a one-week stay in the residence of the big boss in the mountains. But when Caleb arrives in the isolated house, he discovers that he will have to participate in a disturbing experiment…
Ex Machina managed to bluff viewers from start to finish without being able to blame directors for anything. We go through wonder, discomfort, disgust, humor, suspense, surprise, sadness, heroism and joy. So many present emotions sent to the spectator with such brilliance that one cannot remain indifferent to this cinematographic jewel.
3. The Vast of Night (2019)
IMDb: 6.7/10 · 39,669 votes
- Run Time: 1 hr 31 mins | Director: Andrew Patterson
- Cast: Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz, Gail Cronauer
- Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
At the end of the 1950s, in New Mexico. A young telephone lady, Fay and a radio presenter, Everett discover a strange frequency with dropped and anonymous calls and beeps leading Fay and Everett to solve the riddle…
4. Vivarium
IMDb: 7.7/10 · 542,666 votes
- Run Time: 2 hr 20 min | Director: Chris McKay
- Cast: Chris Pratt, J.K. Simmons, Yvonne Strahovski, Betty Gilpin, Sam Richardson
- Genre: Suspense, Sci-fi
Gemma and Tom love each other and want a home of their own to start a family. It is then that a real estate agent makes them dangle the house of their dreams, located in a new subdivision. The couple follows the huckster by car to the place said. There, they discover a house without charm and similar to all its neighbors.
But when it was time to leave, the agent disappeared. In the middle of all these identical streets, they can no longer find their way. Exhausted after hours of travel, they then resign themselves to staying in “their” new home. The nightmare has only just begun. An excellent review of the real estate bubble in an inventive and creepy fantasy thriller.
