10 Recent Sci-Fi Movies You Probably Haven't Seen

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Oxygen opens with a woman called Liz awakening in a sealed chamber. She is informed by an Artificial Intelligence unit that she will run out of air in under two hours.

At first, the premise sounds identical to Ryan Reynolds' Buried, save for the futuristic setting. But Oxygen has one difference that stops it from feeling like a carbon copy. In this film, Liz doesn't know who she is, meaning she cannot begin to guess why she's been placed in such a container. She doesn't even know if her chamber is in a science lab, underground, or outer space.

Not only that, her AI is programmed to avoid answering key questions, forcing Liz to speak to the computer in a roundabout way to uncover the truth. When Liz starts to piece everything together, the viewer might feel like the story will lose its appeal, since the mystery is gone.

But don't worry. Oxygen keeps throwing curve balls at you until the last few minutes, not giving the viewer a moment to relax. With an intricate script, a phenomenal performance from Melanie Laurent, and creative direction, Oxygen is guaranteed to keep viewers engaged from start to finish.