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  • Best Science-Fiction Movies You?ve Never Heard Of

    From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 08:53:50
    Number one would I think be ?Dark City?. If there were such a thing as
    a ?sleeper classic?, this would be it.

    ?The Thirteenth Floor? is also worth a watch.

    Any others?

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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 07:59:10
    On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:53:50 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D?Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    Number one would I think be ?Dark City?. If there were such a thing
    as
    a ?sleeper classic?, this would be it.

    ?The Thirteenth Floor? is also worth a watch.

    Any others?

    Wow, you already gave my first two choices!

    /Predestination/ definitely comes to mind.

    And I really like /Mortal/.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From Bice@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 18:03:59
    On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:53:50 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    Number one would I think be "Dark City". If there were such a thing as
    a "sleeper classic", this would be it.


    I definitely second "Dark City". Back when Mystery Science Theater
    was still going strong, I was part of an online group who would get
    together in a chat room and mock movies on TV, MST3K style. One time
    the movie that we watched was "Dark City", and couldn't riff on it
    because I was too busy watching and enjoying it.


    "The Thirteenth Floor" is also worth a watch.

    This is at least the third or fourth time I've seen that movie
    recommended. I'll have to look for it.


    Any others?

    One that I really like and which seems like few people have heard is
    is The Signal:

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2910814/

    Starts out seeming like it's going to be a bog-standard horror movie,
    but then it gets really weird...but with an explanation of the
    weirdness at the end.

    Other ones that spring to mind are Aniara, Dark Star, Moon, Under the
    Skin, Annihilation...I'll probably think of another half dozen right
    after I post this.

    -- Bob

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  • From Lawrence D?Oliveiro@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 23:58:31
    On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:03:59 -0500, Bice wrote:

    On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:53:50 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    "The Thirteenth Floor" is also worth a watch.

    This is at least the third or fourth time I've seen that movie
    recommended. I'll have to look for it.

    It?s been a while since I saw it ... checking IMDB, I see it is yet
    another movie featuring the legendary Ennis House. ;)

    This house is also seen in ?Blade Runner? ... I wonder if any other SF
    movies have used it?

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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 22, 2026 17:39:13
    On 2026-01-21 23:58:31 +0000, Lawrence D?Oliveiro said:
    On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:03:59 -0500, Bice wrote:
    On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:53:50 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    "The Thirteenth Floor" is also worth a watch.

    This is at least the third or fourth time I've seen that movie
    recommended. I'll have to look for it.

    It?s been a while since I saw it ... checking IMDB, I see it is yet
    another movie featuring the legendary Ennis House. ;)

    This house is also seen in ?Blade Runner? ... I wonder if any other SF
    movies have used it?

    <https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?locations=Ennis+House+-+2607+Glendower+Avenue%2C+Los+Feliz%2C+Los+Angeles%2C+California%2C+USA>


    No doubt there are other movies and TV shows too.


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