20 Most Rewatchable Sci-Fi Movies Of The 21st Century

6. Under The Skin

Directed by Jonathan Glazer, the mercurial genius who gave us the ingenious Ben Kingsley gangster thriller Sexy Beast, this strange and unsettling 2014 effort made our scariest ever sci fi films list recently, so fair warning—plenty of viewers won’t even make it to the end of viewing number one for this one.

But for those who can stomach the disturbing tale of an alien impersonating a human female and luring men to their incredibly surreal demise, this Scarlett Johansson vehicle rewards patient and strong stomached viewers with a cerebral exploration of gender, identity, and self which can stand shoulder to shoulder with Anna Biller’s The Love Witch in its thoughtful interrogation of these heavy themes via genre imagery.