In science fiction films, especially the best of them, there is always a place of psychology - a bright psychological drama or an ambiguous plot of the plot. We present you a list of the best films in the genre of "fiction", where there is an interesting psychological component. Here you will find the top 20 best fantastic films, which, in the opinion of the editors of the site, are definitely worth a look.
Let's take a look at this intriguing list:
20. Invulnerable
David Dunn - the only survivor of a terrible train accident that took the lives of 132 people. Moreover, he does not have a single injury or even a scratch.
Shortly after this incident, David meets Elijah Price, who offers him his version of events. Elijah himself suffers from a rare disease that makes his bones extremely fragile. He is confident that David is a superhero whom humanity has long been waiting for. But what really happens to the main character of the picture?
19. Moon 2112
In the future, humanity has greatly depleted the natural resources of the Earth. The moon is starting to produce a special isotope that has helped stop the energy crisis on the planet.
Astronaut Sam Bell lives on the lunar base, where besides him there is still a robot GURTI. His three-year watch is almost over, and he cannot wait to return to his wife and daughter. Soon the base is a new man who must replace Sam. But here is a surprise - it looks like two drops of water! Are these hallucinations for long loneliness, or is it even worse?
18. Keepers
The action takes place in the alternative US Cold War times. Superheroes have long been commonplace in this world: they perform the most dangerous tasks and protect the country along with the special services.
After one of the heroes is killed, his former colleague Rorschach begins an investigation and, having carefully studied the circumstances of his death, learns of a conspiracy that could lead to an inter-ethnic catastrophe.
17. Artificial Intelligence
In XXII global warming led to the fact that humanity was forced to strictly limit fertility. A humanoid robot controlled by a program and able to imitate feelings and emotions has come to replace it.
When the son of the Swinton family fell ill and was placed in hibernation, the company offers Henry and Monica a prototype of a boy-like robot that is programmed to love. But when their own son recovers, David turns out to be superfluous, and difficult times come for him ...
16. Gattaka
In the distant future, people are genetically programmed in the laboratory in order to be born healthy, without any flaws or flaws. And there will be no happiness for someone who comes into the world naturally, because they immediately receive the status of "unfit" and are deprived of any life prospects.
Such is the fate of the main character - Vincent Freeman, who has many shortcomings. But he still continues to believe that his dreams will come true, and therefore he decides on the risk. Vincent buys the identity of another man and turns into a respected member of Gattaka.
15. Deja Vu
On the New Orleans ferry, a powerful explosion unexpectedly occurs, as a result of which more than five hundred people are killed. The investigation of the crime is headed by special agent Dag Carlin. Thanks to the secret project of the government, he gets the opportunity to travel in time and can prevent a disaster.
Once in the past, Doug meets a woman who will die very soon on this ferry. Unexpectedly, he falls in love with her ...
14. Back to the future 1, 2, 3
Dr. Emmett Brown for several decades trying to create a time machine, and finally he got it. He demonstrates his work to high school student Marty McFly. So begin the journey of two friends through space and time on the car of the ingenious inventor.
In the past, Marty will meet his young parents, and in the future he will need to save his children from prison. Fascinating fantastic trilogy, has long become a classic of world fiction.
13. Matrix
Regular programmer Thomas Anderson works in the office during the day, and spends time online at night under the nickname Neo. One day, the hero's entire life changes - mysterious people come in contact with him, and he will learn the terrible truth. Everything that surrounds it is nothing more than an illusion, a matrix, and people have become a source of power for highly developed machines.
And only Neo is able to change something in this strange and terrible world, for he is the Chosen One ...
12. Guest from the future
5-part film based on the famous work of Cyrus Bulychev. Sixth grader Kolya Gerasimov unexpectedly finds a time machine in one abandoned building. Out of curiosity and through his own negligence, he moves into the future in 2084. Kohl, finding himself at the Moscow Institute of Time, meets a dreamy robot, Werther.
But the future is not only incredibly interesting and alluring, but also dangerous. The boy witnesses the emergence of alien beings who came to Earth in order to steal the mysterious myelofon.
11. Terminator
In the near future, mankind has fallen on the brink of extinction. A computer with human-designed intelligence, Skynet, provoked a nuclear war and enslaved survivors. However, John Connor, the mastermind of the Resistance, managed to overcome the heartless computer mind. Clinging to the last opportunity, Skynet sends the Terminator back in time to kill John’s mother, the young Sarah Connor. Her rescue was entrusted to soldier Kyle Reese, who set off for 1984.
10. Mr. Nobody
The main character calls himself Nemo Nobody; he is a deep old man and, concurrently, the last mortal on a planet inhabited by ever-young clones. Carefree immortals staged a reality show from the last days of his life.
A lucky journalist secretly from all managed to meet with Mr. Nobody and talk him over. Those details of life that he managed to pull out of the talkative gentleman, Nobody is a bizarre mosaic of memories from which you can put together several mutually exclusive options for his life. What really happened and what could have happened in this life, but it became real in the other, only Nobody knows.
9. Fountain
The three stories underlying the film are dedicated to Search. The search for the mythical Tree of Life, which grants immortality to the one who can find it. The search is led by the conquistador, who set off to distant South America to the glory of his queen. The oncologist, who has decided to save his beloved dying wife at any cost, is working at the limit of her strength.
Unsuccessfully trying to get the medicine from a sample delivered from Guatemala, in the end, he promises his wife to finish her book. In the unimaginably distant future, an astronaut who realized the futility of the dream of immortality, spends time next to the Tree of Life on the way to a distant star ...
8. V means vendetta
Attractively gloomy London of an alternative future. After a fierce epidemic, the country is ruled by a merciless chancellor who turned the country into a strict-regime camp. But one day a mysterious person appears, wanting to return the freedom taken to people. He calls himself V and wears a mask on his face; his goal is to destroy the existing system.
Once he managed to hide from the eyes of the police Ivy, a young girl whose parents died in the fight against the regime. She wants to be like her father and mother, but carefully restrains the spirit of protest, as she believes that she lacks courage. But this does not prevent her from offering help to a stranger ...
7. Star Wars-4, 5, 6
The trilogy tells about the adventures of Luke Skywalker, involved in the war between Good and Evil, between the rebels and the embodiment of the Empire - the merciless Darth Vader. Thanks to Obi Wan Kenobi, the inexperienced Luke knows his purpose; He will have to master the power and knowledge of the Jedi in order to save the princess - the leader of the rebels.
Princess Leia is captured by the cruel Darth Vader. On a distant planet under the leadership of Master Yoda, Luke has to learn to properly accumulate and use force, and to put an end to the Empire, it is necessary to destroy the “Death Star” - a weapon capable of destroying the planets.
6. Areas of darkness
The life of the New York writer Eddie slid into a minus: the turmoil in his personal life and creative stupor painted existence in depressive gray colors. But now an old friend, who happened to be on the street, regretting the poor fellow, offers him a newest drug that stimulates brain processes.
This tablet of creativity at once changed the life of Eddie, filling him with vigorous energy and forcing him to turn mountains in a day. Having gotten another portion of pills, Eddie managed to completely change his life. Following the riches and fame came side effects ...
5. 2012
Wise Mayans from the depths of millennia sent a warning to modern humanity. In December 2012, after the time cycle calculated by the Indians, the Earth will be covered by global cataclysms and people are facing extinction.
The powerful of this world, having heeded the arguments of the scientists, decided to save civilization by developing the "Ark" plan. When the hour comes, X, a modest writer who adores his children and is still not indifferent to his ex-wife, turns out to be a real fighter. In this crumbling world in front of him, he steadfastly and selflessly leads to the salvation of his loved ones ...
4. The Lord of the Rings
The ring is the main relic of Middle-earth, because it gives its owner power over all the lands of the region. Therefore, for thousands of years, it served as the cause of wars and strife, until it was lost for many years. In strange ways, it falls into the hands of Frodo - the hobbit, the least of all in the world who wants to possess such power.
The wizard Gandalf becomes aware that the dark lord Sauron, the former owner of the Ring, seeks to find him by all means. Gandalf knows how to destroy the Ring. Now he must protect Frodo and not only humans, but also elves and gnomes will help him to solve this problem.
3. Start
Cobb - the star of a rare criminal talent, thriving in the world of big business. Together with his team, he steals secret development, know-how and plans, but does so without using brute force. The object of his close attention is the client's subconscious, and it is only possible to get into it during sleep.
Over time, Cobb acquires powerful enemies and is constantly forced to hide from them; the way home is closed. But here comes the customer, offering an unexpected chance to return his real life. Only now he wants not to steal the idea, but to implant it imperceptibly. The team agrees to perform the task, unaware of the danger, known only to Cobb.
2. Metropolis (1927)
The futuristic Metropolis is a city in which it is permissible for one to lead an idle, fun-filled life, while others have to give their all to the last, in order not to die of hunger. The masters of life spend life above, in the Eternal Gardens, the workers eke out a miserable existence on the Day, on the underground industrial level.
The son of the ruler of the city, Freder, in search of the girl she liked, descends into the work area and becomes a witness to the accident and the death of people. Horrified by the existence of people who have become appendages of giant machines, he decides to plunge into the "lower" life. Soon, the plan of unknown ancient dungeons falls into the hands of Freder ...
1. Cloud Atlas
In six time periods, people live and act whose destinies are linked to each other by a chain of reincarnations. From epoch to epoch, unchanging desires, peculiar to human nature - the desire of power and wealth, wander. In the past, present and future, the heroes are desperately fighting injustice, oppression and cruelty.
From the shameful everyday era of slavery to the timelessness of a primitive post-apocalyptic society, the main thing they possess is hope and love. Their everyday actions and accomplishments transform their souls over and over again, changing the future, making them stronger and helping to overcome another round of the endless spiral of life ...
