12 Recent Sci-Fi Movies That Are Future Classics

5. Annihilation

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Director Alex Garland already has one modern-day sci-fi classic in his resume with his debut feature Ex Machina - but his psychological horror-tinged follow-up may come to exceed its standing in the coming years; a quasi-Lovecraftian beast with an unobtrusive female-fronted twist.

Adapted from Jeff VanderMeer's novel of the same name, it's a sharply ambitious piece of cinema that follows a group of scientists tasked with exploring an intelligent alien zone crashed to earth - and as before, its director tackles thought-provoking topics with a brave, bold alacrity.

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