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This magazine is aimed at fans and creators of sci-fi and related media of all kinds. It includes all content related to the sci-fi genre and only content related to the sci-fi genre. The goal is to build a community for everyone who enjoys science fiction and related topics. This includes the obvious books, movies, and TV shows, but also original writing, the discussion of writing SF, futuristic art and designs, and the science and technologies that inspire the sci-fi genre. **Team Top 20**

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What are your underrated science fiction movies? (www.yardbarker.com)

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You've seen the famous aliens, planets and scientists, but now it's time to venture even farther into the depths of space.

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[–] neuracnu 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Saving you a click, here's the list:

Asteroid City (2023)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
The Prestige (2006)
Paprika (2006)
Under the Skin (2013)
Stalker (1979)
Westworld (1973)
Dark City (1998)
Ad Astra (2019)
Annihilation (2018)
Attack the Block (2011)
Solaris (1972)
Life (2017)
Silent Running (1972)
Soylent Green (1973)
The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021)
The Iron Giant (1999)
Repo Man (1984)
La Jetée (1962)
They Live (1988)
Them! (1954)
The Thing From Another World (1951)
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

With the exception of Them! or Life, I'd argue that none of these are particularly "underrated". To reach that category, I'd say that a movie would need to have a less-than 60 rating on Rotten Tomatoes or other similar review aggregation site to demonstrate some degree of negative or "meh" critical consensus.

Case in point: Enemy Mine (1985).

[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Ah, yes. Ghost in the Shell, Them!, Solaris and Dark City are truly the underdogs in movie history.

[–] mPony@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Enemy Mine is totally underrated. the "Best #x movies of Sci-fi" always turns its back on Enemy Mine. That movie has heart.

[–] yiliu@informis.land 2 points 1 year ago

Substitute "underviewed" for "underrated". Most people who aren't film nerds have never heard of most of these, so this list is useful.