20 Best Sci-Fi Films Of The 21st Century

13. Moon

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Another one for the hard sci-fi fans out there. Director Duncan Jones went to such great lengths to keep the film scientifically feasible that it was included in a screening at NASA. NASA, you guys. They're like the best known space people!

Either way the mining of helium-3 as a fuel source is a thing that's actually going on as you read this. Plus, the bunker was designed in a very specific manner to accurately reflect a futuristic design - i.e. in the future we most likely won't lug stuff from Earth to the moon, or other planets, we'd obviously utilise the resources there. Look up mooncrete.

Beyond all that nerd stuff, Moon is just a brilliant film. The narrative is pretty sparse and the plot is relatively straightforward, and easy to follow and enjoy - which, y'know, is generally tough to achieve in a movie about clones. At times it's even laugh out loud funny. Plus, Sam Rockwell is always amazing, but he really gets room to flex in Moon - both literally and in the acting sense.

Also...yeah, the guy who plays the robot...we guess he does an okay job. Let's move on, please.

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Johnny sat by the fire, idly swirling his brandy, flicking through the pages of War and Peace, wondering whether it was pretentious to write his bio in the third person.