Freaky but the Perfect Sci Fi Movies for the Geeks

Chaeyoung Park
Jul 28, 2017 · 3 min read

Contact (1997)

Dir: Robert Zemeckis

Stars: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt

Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of intelligent aliens, who send plans for a mysterious machine.

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The Fourth Kind (2009)

Dir: Olatunde Osunsanmi

Stars: Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton

A thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up.

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War of the Worlds (2005)

Dir: Steven Spielberg

Stars: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins

As Earth is invaded by alien tripod fighting machines, one family fights for survival.

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Prometheus (2012)

Dir: Ridley Scott

Stars: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green, Michael Fassbender

Following clues to the origin of mankind a team journey across the universe and find a structure on a distant planet containing a monolithic statue of a humanoid head and stone cylinders of alien blood but they soon find they are not alone.

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District 9 (2009)

Dir: Neill Blomkamp

Stars: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope

An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.

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Predators (2010)

Dir: Nimród Antal

Stars: Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, Topher Grace

A group of elite warriors are hunted by members of a merciless alien race known as Predators.

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The Invasion (2007)

Dir: Oliver Hirschbiegel, James McTeigue

Stars: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam

As a Washington psychiatrist unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, she also discovers her son might be the only way it can be stopped.

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