Fans and critics call it the best science fiction film

A cement utopia that examines human behaviour in crises.

Science fiction films like ‘Dune: Part Two’, ‘Alien: Romulus‘, and ‘Mad Max: Furiosa’ have filled screens with motorised dystopias, messianic space operas, and zero-atmosphere terror. One of this year’s most popular proposals, Korean film “Concrete Utopia,” was released discreetly in theatres and quickly went to streaming on Prime Video in Spain.

The second part of Kim Soong-nyoong’s webtoon “Pleasant Outcast” is adapted into a film by Um Tae-hwa (‘Socialphobia’, ‘Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned’) and released in 2023 in South Korea. It shows Seoul in ruins after a massive earthquake. One apartment complex remains. As the extreme cold spreads, survivors seek shelter in this building, but residents restrict access to protect the community.

As fans of ‘Snowpiercer’ know, Korean post-apocalyptic films often feature moral dilemmas. An epic choral work starring Lee Byung-hun, one of Korea’s most international actors, who recently appeared in Netflix’s ‘The Squid Game’ season 2, explores solidarity in times of crisis.

Press has lauded ‘Concrete Utopia’, which has a 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating with 61 reviews praising its setting and heartbreaking depictions of collective tragedy. Though not an apocalyptic film, it uses the best science fiction to make us think about our limitations.

Outer space. Inner space. New worlds. Tech frontiers. Artificial intelligence. The best science-fiction films imagine impossible futures that shape our technology. Great sci-fi explores the human experience and the future with mind-bending visuals and ideas. It includes fast, funny, colourful space adventures and dark dystopian tragedies set in the present, far future, or long ago in a galaxy far, far away.

Team Empire has compiled a list of the best sci-fi films of all time, from modern classics to game-changing classics. From Spielberg to Scott, Kubrick to Carpenter, this 50-list has something for everyone. Read on and prosper.

Douglas Trumbull directs Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron RifkinDouglas Trumbull had directed film before, but Silent Running, a proto-Wall-E about humanity’s depletion of natural resources, gave him a chance. A greenhouse vessel carrying some of the last plants from a destroyed Earth is crewed by Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell. After his ship is ordered to destroy the vegetation and return, Lowell mutinies and tends to his plants with three memorable robo-assistants. Dramatic, quiet, and reflective, it’s an environmental warning without being confrontational. Read Empire review

Director: Claire Denis Mia Goth, Juliette Binoche, Robert PattinsonA spaceship full of criminals hurtling towards a black hole sounds like a lost Michael Bay film. Claire Denis’ film is more like 1970s existentialist sci-fi than meditative sci-fi. Juliette Binoche’s scientist experiments on Robert Pattinson’s Monte and other prisoners. Its dark, moody, and sometimes violent atmosphere, unsettling eroticism, nightmarish abstract imagery, and excellent, thoughtful performances, especially from Pattinson, make it a psychological journey into the void. Dark, adult sci-fi that prioritises intellectual and emotional challenge over space action. Read Empire review

Bong Joon Ho Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Song Kang-HoBong Joon Ho’s high-concept satire finally gets a UK release. Snowpiercer, based on French post-apocalyptic graphic novel Le Transperceneige, depicts humanity’s remnants crammed onto a train hurtling around a deep-frozen Earth with a stratified society of haves and have-nots.

Chris Evans plays Curtis, a tail-section scumbag ready to overthrow the system and fight Tilda Swinton’s outrageous Thatcher-alike Mason. As usual, Director Bong’s work is a genre mash-up with great action sequences and idiosyncratic wit, but it’s his most sci-fi, addressing real-world class issues through a fanciful not-so-far-future vision. It won’t appear in a Mother And Baby screening soon.

Fans and critics call it the best science fiction film

A cement utopia that examines human behaviour in crises.

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