12 Sci Fi Films That Will Melt Your Brain

A History of Violence director David Cronenberg was always going to cut a grimy, bloody path onto this list, with the man behind Videodrome, Scanners, and hallucinogenic William S Burrough’s adaptation Naked Lunch remaining the reigning king of surreal sci-fi.

But it’s a more recent and surprisingly subdued film of his which we’re spotlighting, with 2012’s Cosmpolis joining the rest of these sci-fi trips despite its austere and coldly satirical tone.

A dark drama featuring Robert Pattinson’s best work, this Don DeLillo adaptation takes on surveillance, currency manipulation, and a confusingly layered plot in the near future as an amoral banker begins to face the consequences of his life’s work.