We must pay tribute to the creators of science fiction films - over the past decade, many great paintings in this genre have been shot. We present to readers the best science fiction films over the past 10 years. Our rating includes paintings that received high marks from viewers on the IMDb website.
10. Prometheus
«Prometheus", Which was originally conceived as a prequel to the legendary film" Alien ", takes 10th place in the list of the best science fiction films made in the last decade. The director of the film, Ridley Scott, has long promised the audience to uncover the secret of the appearance of xenomorphs, or Aliens. In part, he did this in Prometheus. The film received mixed ratings - viewers and critics praised the scale and entertainment of the picture, but noted that it raised many new questions. We may receive answers to them in 2017, when the sequel to Prometheus is released.
9. Mad Max: The Road of Fury
«Mad Max: The Road of Fury". This film, still at the creation stage of which the debate about whether it will fail at the box office due to the absence of Mel Gibson in the main role, takes 9th place in the list the best science fiction films shot in the last 10 years. The plot is broadly similar to the previous parts of the famous post-apocalyptic action movie. Human civilization has completely exhausted the resources of the Earth. The seas dry up, once blooming lands turned into deserts, cities are destroyed and abandoned by the inhabitants. The survivors huddle in small settlements, and gangs waging wars over the remaining resources travel along the roads. Max Rokatansky falls into the hands of the soldiers of the Citadel, which is controlled by the cruel dictator Immortal Joe. When several of his wives flee in the hope of finding the legendary Green Lands, Max is forced to join their group.
An interesting fact - Quentin Tarantino called "The Road of Fury" the best fantastic action movie of 2015 and praised the game of Tom Hardy, who replaced Mel Gibson in the famous franchise.
8. Martian
«Martian", An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Andy Weir, takes 8th place in the ranking of the best science fiction films over the past 10 years. The director of the film is Ridley Scott, who shot the first film from the legendary Aliens series.
Mankind has reached yet another important stage of development - the third research mission is sent to Mars. But because of the giant sandstorm, astronauts are forced to evacuate from the planet in a hurry. One of them, Mark Watney, was wounded by a torn satellite dish. His spacesuit was damaged and the rest of the crew decided that their friend was dead. The astronaut who came to himself got to the module, whose reserves will run out in a few months. On Earth, Mark is considered dead, and the next expedition will not go to the planet soon. Watney saves that he is a nerd. Having found several potatoes in food supplies, he decides to realize a crazy, at first glance, plan - to grow a potato crop on Mars. At this time, satellite-derived photos of the module horrified NASA experts - the astronaut, whom everyone considers dead, survived.
7. People in black
Among the best science fiction films over the past 10 years, the trilogy "Men in Black»Occupies a special place. Two magnificent actors with completely opposite characters created an amazing duet. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones play secret government agents that control the activities of aliens on Earth. Our planet has become for many aliens a place where they have found a reliable refuge. But some of them do not want to lead a law-abiding lifestyle. For violators and keep an eye on the "people in black." Seventh place on our list of the best fantastic films.
6. The brink of the future
«The brink of the future"- a dynamic action movie with an unpredictable denouement and Tom Cruise in the title role takes 6th place in the list of best science fiction films over the past 10 years. The actor has repeatedly had to act in films about the conquest of the Earth by aliens from outer space. This time, he embodied on the screen the image of Major Cage, who, at the time of death from an alien monster, had the ability to reside the day before his death.
5. Interstellar
«Interstellar"- one of the best science fiction films made over the past 10 years. The unusual nature of this picture is that the script was based on the work of physicist Kop Thorne.
In the near future, earthlings faced a huge problem - a lack of oxygen. Agriculture is declining, the climate is getting worse. A former NASA pilot, and now a simple farmer, Cooper is trying to deal with strange phenomena occurring in his daughter Murph’s room. He discovers certain coordinates and, following them, arrives at NASA's secret base. Here he learns that scientists have discovered a spatial "wormhole" in the orbit of Saturn. If you believe their hypotheses, with its help you can transfer to other galaxies. When Cooper is offered to participate in a research expedition, he cannot refuse. If successful, they will find a new place for those who die from the slow suffocation of earthlings.
4. I am a legend
One of the best science fiction films in 10 years, "I'm a legend", Can not leave indifferent any viewer. As a result of an unknown error, the long-awaited cure for cancer turned into a mutated virus that turned people into monsters. They lead a nocturnal lifestyle, since ultraviolet light adversely affects them. New York was empty, of the survivors in the city there was only a military physician Robert Neville. He and his shepherd Samantha are trying to survive by hunting wild animals and locking themselves up at night in a fortified house. All three years after the terrible tragedy, Neville is trying to create a serum from his blood, which will help restore their appearance to infected people. Fourth place in our ranking.
3. The matrix
«Matrix», The brilliant action film of the Wachowski brothers, who became a cult tape, takes 3rd place in the ranking of the best science fiction films over the past 10 years. There is probably no spectator in the world who has not watched the story of Thomas Anders, or the hacker Neo, who once makes a shocking discovery that the world around him is an illusion created by artificial intelligence that enslaved humanity.
2. Start
2 place in the list of the best science fiction films made over the past 10 years, takes "Start". Christopher Nolan, director of the film, has been working on the concept of the film for more than ten years. But then he had no experience in filming full-blown blockbusters. After finishing work on The Dark Knight, Nolan immediately began filming a film about Dominica Cobb and his team, who are engaged in industrial espionage using a dream management technique.
1. Avatar
On the 1st place in the ranking of the best science fiction films of the last decade - “Avatar". The brainchild of the great James Cameron is also the highest grossing film in the history of cinema.
In the center of the plot of the picture is the planet Pandora, on which the earthly corporation is mining valuable minerals. The problem is that one of the tribes of the humanoid Navi race that inhabits the planet lives on the site of a future career, and the corporation is ready to do anything to free the territory from the obstinate natives.