
Otherwise, if sci-fi to you means giant robots and monsters, there was Godzilla, Kong: Skull Island, Ready Player One, and Pacific Rim. And then you had grounded space-set science-fiction like Gravity and The Martian. Look only to Her, Snowpiercer, or The Lobster for proof. And though sci-fi is often set in the future, its stories actually help inform and decipher how we live today through technology and allegory. Of course, it wasn’t all just nostalgia plays, but also thought-provoking original material, like Ex Machina, Arrival, Looper, Inception, and Interstellar. We’re talking the return of Star Wars, Mad Max, Blade Runner, and even Planet of the Apes. Ruddy from a screenplay by Mario Puzo and Coppola.(Photo by Lionsgate, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Warner Bros., A24/courtesy Everett Collection) The 50 Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 2010sĪfter fantasy franchises like Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter convinced audiences to realize that, yes, being a geek is fun, people emerged in the early 2010s thinking: What next? Why, science-fiction, of course! The genre hit the decade hit with full force, starting with a number of inescapable series from yesteryear resurrected for modern times. The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. See also 10 Greatest Film Trilogies of All Time.



The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American crime epic that Francis Ford Coppola produced, directed, and co-wrote with Mario Puzo, starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, and Robert De Niro. Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film directed by Quentin Tarantino, who co-wrote its screenplay with Roger Avary. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a 1966 Italian epic Spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach in the title roles. 12 Angry Men is a 1957 American drama film adapted from a teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose. See also 10 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time.īudget: $350,000 (estimated) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
