15 Best Sci-Fi Movies On Netflix Right Now

11. District 9

Blade Runner
TriStar Pictures

Inspired by true events from South Africa in the apartheid-era, District 9 documents the segregation of citizens and aliens in an alternative reality Johannesburg. The aliens, in this case, are of course the extra-terrestrial variety.

After mistakenly arriving on earth, malnourished and unable to return home, the aliens are separated from society and forced to live in abject poverty in a refugee camp known as District 9.

The story is told in a found footage, faux-documentary style through interviews, news reports and security camera footage which provides an air of authenticity despite the sci-fi concept.

Neill Blomkamp's debut feature is a staggeringly realistic portrayal of what might happen if alien lifeforms were stranded on earth at the mercy of mankind.

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