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Possible Worlds

An inspired philosophical murder mystery.
  • Possible Worlds on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Tilda Swinton,  Gabriel Gascon,  Tom McCamus
    Director: Robert LePage
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Businessman George Barber (Tom McCamus) is discovered dead, with his head cut open and his brain removed, and the police are clueless as to how it all happened. A series of flashbacks shows us scenes from George's life, but it soon becomes clear that George lived not one life but many, arrayed ..read more »
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Time Crimes

One of the best time travel films I've ever seen.
  • Time Crimes on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Karra Elejalde,  Candela Fernandez,  Barbara Goenaga
    Director: Nacho Vigalondo
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
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Moon

Impressive debut from director Duncan Jones.
  • Moon on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Malcolm Stewart,  Robin Chalk,  Dominique McElligott
    Director: Duncan Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    It is the near future. Astronaut Sam Bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth's primary source of energy, Helium-3. It is a lonely job, made harder by a broken satellite that allows no live communications home. Thankfully, his ..read more »
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Splice

Unpredictable Sci-Fi from the director of 'Cube' combining the risks of Genetic Engineering with the fears of Parenthood.
  • Splice on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Adrien Brody,  Sarah Polley,  David Hewlett
    Director: Vincenzo Natali
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Superstar genetic engineers Clive and Elsa specialize in splicing DNA from different animals to create incredible hybrids. Now they want to use human DNA in a hybrid that could revolutionize science and medicine. But, when the company that funds their research forbids it, Clive and Elsa secretly ..read more »
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Dark City

Great film but not enough people have seen it.
  • Dark City on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Rufus Sewell,  Kiefer Sutherland,  Jennifer Connelly
    Director: Alex Proyas
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) is a telekenetic suffering from amnesia who wakes in an unfamiliar hotel room to find himself wanted by police detective Bumstead (William Hurt) for a series of murders. John goes on the run, and as parts of his memory begin to return he realizes that the city around him ..read more »
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Renaissance

Great animation.
  • Renaissance on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Catherine McCormack,  Romola Garai,  Laura Blanc
    Director: Christian Volckman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sci-fi film noir filmed in a unique style in which real actors are transformed through motion-capture animation to create a black and white comic-strip style. Set in a near-future Paris, the film depicts the city as a menacing place dominated by the vast and all-seeing Avalon Corporation, which has ..read more »
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The Iron Giant

Combines the classic 'Iron Man' book with 50's sci-fi films.
  • The Iron Giant on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Eli Marient,  Jennifer Aniston,  Eli Marienthal
    Director: Brad Bird
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    In 1957, a gigantic iron man crash lands from outer space in Rockwell, Maine. After reassembling itself, the giant is discovered by nine-year-old Hogarth Hughes, who helps it to conceal itself while feeding on scrapyard cars. Hogarth is helped by beatnik Dean McCoppin (voiced by Harry Connick Jr), ..read more »
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Cypher

Excellent, little known film.
  • Cypher on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Joseph Scoren,  Lucy Liu,  Jeremy Northam
    Director: Vincenzo Natali
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Seeking an escape from his lacklustre existence, and his overbearing wife, Morgan Sullivan (Jeremy Northam) decides to join the multi-national corporation Digicorp to become a company spy.
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9

Another great animation.
  • 9 on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Elijah Wood,  Jennifer Connelly,  Martin Landau
    Director: Shane Acker
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Animated, action-packed fantasy adventure set in a post-apocalyptic future where the human race has been destroyed by machines which they themselves created. All that exists, aside from a number of the machines, is a group of sapient rag dolls brought to life by a scientist in the final days of ..read more »
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Cube

Fairly well known, but not exactly mainstream.
  • Cube on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Maurice Dean Wint,  David Hewlett,  Nicky Guadagni
    Director: Vincenzo Natali
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Five strangers find themselves trapped in a maze-like prison. Led by cop Quentin (Maurice Dean Wint) and expert jailbreaker Rennes (Wayne Robson) they move from room to room, discovering several traps along the way. Maths student Leaven (Nicole De Boer) ascertains that the numbers on each room ..read more »
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