Sci Fi/ Fantasy Adult Chick Flicks

[Delight]

Posted by lilac (here)
Rachel McAdams was beautiful in "About Time". A really uplifting love story where time travel comes in real handy. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2194499/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_6

She also did "The Time Traveler's Wife" in 2009.

I saw both of those movies and they are unabashedly emotional and both made me happy in tears at points.

I appreciate being reminded to watch The Time Traveler's Wife again soon.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=USUDlMBR-dQ

It's in 4 parts on vimeo
http://vimeo.com/19344023

here's the trailer of About Time

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=T7A810duHvw

[Delight]

"Blade Runner (1982)" is one of my favorite movies. It was supposedly set in 2019.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4lW0F1sccqk

Here is a link to Ridley Scott's director's cut.

http://www.mojvideo.com/video-blade-...954acc6903fd07

"Brazil (1985)" is another favorite...unforgettable

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4Wh2b1eZFUM

"The Fall (2008)" is an imaginative fantasy.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=iO0LYcCoeJY

[noprophet]

I think my top ten has easily been covered in this thread, great suggestions all over the place.

These are more abstract than scifi I guess...

"The Nines" with Ryan Reynolds and Megan McCarthy
& "John Dies at the End"

Both such strange films that I don't think I can formulate any synopsis that won't take away from the experience.

[Forevernyt]

If you want to talk strange films, it doesn't get much stranger than:

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=2x1R9HQqKRI

[Forevernyt]

Okay, I lied. There is another movie stranger than that one:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=oK-2_OsBe0s

[Delight]

Posted by noprophet (here)

These are more abstract than scifi I guess...

"The Nines" with Ryan Reynolds and Megan McCarthy
& "John Dies at the End"

Both such strange films that I don't think I can formulate any synopsis that won't take away from the experience.

"The Nines" was definitely strange, very good too. I will look up "John Dies...."

OK strange and worthwhile....

"Take Shelter (2011)" comes to mind

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=I5U4TtYpKIc

I don't think "Abre los ojos (1997)" (English Open Your Eyes) has been listed

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=lEMnDbs6PoQ

On Hulu...free but you have to sign up (free)

http://www.hulu.com/watch/28166

There is the Tom Cruise remake "Vanilla Sky (2001)". Both have Penelope Cruz.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=k09OX40NLUw

AND a really weird "after life" film Enter the Void (very dark)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bKRxDP--e-Y

Not categorizable sort of existential film "SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK with Charlie Kaufman

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=XIizh6nYnTU

[Delight]

Posted by Forevernyt (here)
Okay, I lied. There is another movie stranger than that one

It's hard to believe Eraserhead was 1977
have you seen this strange one from Cronenberg? "eXistenZ (1999)"

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HAdbdUt_h9M

[DeDukshyn]

I really enjoyed "Frequently asked questions about Time Travel" -- it's a low budget made for TV movie, but I found it thoroughly enjoyable, while a bit goofy.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910554/

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WBV340x3GcA

[markoid]

A few more

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=5x1TZLcMjgA

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=B5hRQwewcUY

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=S4KFDqhOByA

[Saracatt]

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Posted by Delight (here)

Posted by Saracatt (here)
This thread gets better every time I come back! I just watched "Green Beautiful". I loved it.

These were two of my favorites when I was a kid:

The Dark Crystal--It's Tolkienish, and it has Jim Henson puppets--a wonderful mix!

and Labyrinth--more puppets and music by David Bowie!

Then there's Pan's Labyrinth (not Jim Henson) but awesome.

Sorry if these aren't adult enough for the thread. I still like them.

I could not watch Pan's Labyrinth before because it felt terrible ...maybe can now?

"Willow (1988)" fits here.


I don't really recall Willow, but I do recall the "feelings" and associations I got from it. Perhaps I'll have to dig that out again. I was young when I watched that originally.

And I'll second The Dark Crystal, weird but really cool. I was also young when I first watched that, I found it completely fascinating. Jim Henson's best IMHO.

Pan's Labyrinth was pretty dark. But it depends...if the fantasy part was "real" than the ending is okay. If she was dreaming it all, then it is all terribly sad. The effects are amazing though. In a creative, artistic way, no big explosions!

I feel the same way about Willow! How strange. I know I saw it, and yet I couldn't tell you what happened in it, and that's not like me. But I know I liked it. I'm going to have to go back to this one too.

[Delight]

These are all memorable in different ways

A Matter Of Life And Death (1946) (Stairway to Heaven)
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=LZUudVImAL4

Angel- A

André (Jamel Debbouze) inept scam artist momentarily forgets his own troubles to rescue a suicidal blonde (Rie Rasmussen) from the River Seine. The heavenly creature he just saved is Angela... and now it's her turn to save him (get his game together).. Luc Besson (Nikita, Leon) manages to deliver a delightful black-and-white Paris.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=IaoYTgbUmdc

found on
http://vimeo.com/11096519

"Defending Your Life (1991)"
a sort of heavenly way station where we are given the opportunity to defend our actions during our most recent lifetime.

trailer

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=jp6qkZkPBhY

part 1

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=A171oT-ZWaY

[markoid]

Probably not as spooky as the trailer makes it look

Lady In The Water

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=2jUHTJ87FAw

Bridge to Terabithia

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=T2TDSEG57hI

[Delight]

I always wanted to locate "the Kingdom". It ended up being OK and it is a classic of strange relationships.

The Kingdom (Danish title: Riget) is an eight-episode Danish television mini-series, created by Lars von Trier in 1994, and co-directed by Lars von Trier and Morten Arnfred.

The series is set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, the city and country's main hospital, nicknamed "Riget". "Riget" means "the realm" or "the kingdom" and leads one to think of "dødsriget", the realm of the dead. The show follows a number of characters, both staff and patients, as they encounter bizarre phenomena, both human and supernatural. The show is notable for its wry humor, its muted sepia colour scheme, and the appearance of a chorus of dishwashers with Down Syndrome who discuss in intimate detail the strange occurrences in the hospital.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kin..._miniseries%29

I found it here

http://www.mojvideo.com/video-riget-...6bcbd20aee20d7

[Delight]

favorite ghost movies recalled today
"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)"

In early 1900s England, a young widow, Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney), moves to the seaside village of Whitecliff and into Gull Cottage with her daughter Anna (Natalie Wood) and her maid Martha (Edna Best), despite the fierce disapproval of her mother- and sister-in-law. She rents the house despite discovering that the house is haunted. On the first night, she is visited by the ghostly apparition of the former owner, a roguish but harmless sea captain named Daniel Gregg (Rex Harrison), who reluctantly promises to make himself known only to her http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_and_Mrs._Muir

found it here
https://swarm.tv/t/Opk

"The Haunting (1963)" is just about the most frightening movie I ever saw.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=TxrJGrhlcsU

found it here
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsj...2-1_shortfilms

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsj...2-2_shortfilms

This is a more recent movie in the genre "The Others(2001)", well done with Nicole Kidman.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=0bMEGtUxajY

And one I have not seen but got good reviews and Palme d'Or Cannes 2010.
"Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)"

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Jk-EoUb0nvg

found here
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xyt...-pt-1_creation

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xyu...-pt-2_creation

[Forevernyt]

I've always liked The Watchmen

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ONQ3Zgy195Y

[DeDukshyn]

Posted by Maunagarjana (here)
Based on the novel by Neil Gaiman

<Stardust Link removed for ease of opening the thread>

Another second hand for "Stardust", and for also Markoid's suggestion "The Golden Compass" a bit further back -- another two movies I thoroughly enjoyed.

[Delight]

The Questor Tapes is a 1974 television movie about an android (portrayed by Robert Foxworth) with incomplete memory tapes who is searching for his creator and his purpose. Conceived by and executive produced by Gene Roddenberry, the script is credited to Roddenberry and fellow Star Trek alumnus Gene L. Coon.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=W62FE16jAt0

Destiny (Der mude Tod) (The Weary Death) (Between Two Worlds) (1921): Directed by Fritiz Lang.
A beautifully spooky Gothic silent movie about death. It is sort of an anthology with three different stories of love and death told by the grim reaper.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=YLv5zcYu8IE

"Up There (2012)"
Martin (deceased) works a dead-end job, welcoming the newly departed into the afterlife. Moving 'Up There' is all he thinks about. After life mismatched Buddies in a remote seaside town populated by cocky teenagers, sinister old women and Liz.

Trailer

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vp9vwJk0SLc

It is based on Zam Salim's award winning short film 'Laid Off'

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nQox9W9jedw

[Forevernyt]

9. This is more than just your average Pixar kid's 3D movie. If you haven't seen this I would highly recommend it.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=XJSTGpwLUF0

[Delight]

"Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)" musical comedy film directed by Julien Temple and stars Geena Davis, Julie Brown, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans, and Jeff Goldblum.

playlist

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=5YpkhIXXSjU

"Fantastic Planet (1973)"
(La Planète sauvage, lit. The Wild Planet) cutout stop motion science fiction allegorical film directed by René Laloux "surreal and lovely, fantastic and graceful".

trailer

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SgCxCZNkQ9E

found it here
http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvi...ish_subtitles/


Liquid Sky (1982) punk rock, science fiction, and black humor.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=S9-n9gpFVpk

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BTa4CPbG4To

[conk]

It seems the movies listed so far have strayed somewhat from the thread title, so please let me offer this marvelous piece, Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spri...er-and-spring/ Read the reviews. A 95% rating is deserved. This enchanting, mesmerizing movie is the most beautifully made ever! Simply a wonderful story and film. You will not be disappointed.