Utopia, dystopia, aliens, robots, space travel, time travel — when you think of a , you want at least a few of these exciting elements. Building a convincing world is challenging when its foundation is based on scientific concepts which are often stretched far beyond human understanding. Yet, it is in doing so that the best sci-fi movies are created.
The success of Star Wars and the fact that its popularity has stood the test of time can be credited to the undeniable allure of the “distant galaxy far, far away”. But recommending this epic space opera would be too obvious as far as sci-fi recommendations go. So here are Amazon Prime Video sci-fi movies that go beyond the obvious.
Vanilla Sky (2001)
Do you have memories that might have actually been a dream? When David Aames Jr. (), a disfigured man on trial for a murder he has no recollection of, is narrating his life to a court-appointed psychologist, we wonder alongside him about what exactly went wrong and how. You may have to watch the movie a few times to discover and rediscover the finer details.