Avatar: The Way of Water
With James Cameron’sAvatar : The Way of Waterhaving its first trailer finally cut down online , moviegoers around the world have gotten their first substantial aspect at the subsequence to the 2009 mega - come to , Avatar , which remain the highest - grossing movie of all time .
However , the film remains seven calendar month away , so what can fans do with their expectancy for the upcoming movie while they await its acquittance ? They can check out the following films , which in one path or another will find entreaty amongAvatarfans , and maybe enclose them to raw front-runner .
Sunshine (2007)
This unnoted motion-picture show from director Danny Boyle is base on the premise that in 2057 , the sun has start to die , and a team of cosmonaut must embark on a unsafe mission to reignite it . Among the most notable inSunshine ’s cast are Cillian Murphy , Chris Evans , Rose Byrne , and Benedict Wong .
An underrated 2000s sci - fi film , Sunshineprovides a fictional character dramatic play with the backdrop of a thriller , and it ’s a ignominy it did n’t get more attention when it was released . Fifteen years on , it still holds up fabulously well .
Arrival (2016)
Denis Villeneuve had already made a name for himself withPrisonersandSicariowhen his 2016 directorial effort , Arrival , hit theaters in late 2016 , but this film was different . Arrivalmarked not only a maraud into science fabrication that the director is still on , but also a intellectual story about time , destiny , grief , and human connection .
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Cameron’sAvataris at its best when it emphasizes its characters ' humans , include but specially the foreign Na’vi , who are the protagonists of the photographic film . For those who loved this aspect peculiarly , Arrivaldelivers .
Alien (1979)
James Cameron would helm the 1986 sequel , Aliens , which itself is deserving a watch , but viewers need to start with the first movie in the serial , Ridley Scott’sAlien . A horror cinema set in blank far in the hereafter , Alienhas left a score on the repugnance / sci - fi subgenre that will never give up .
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Even with the vastness of quad , the plastic film is a tight repugnance motion-picture show because it is enclose to the spaceshipNostromo , rather than on an actual planet , like its prequel , Prometheus . Alienmakes good on the now - iconic line , " In space , no one can hear you scream . "
Interstellar (2014)
Of course , another facet that is so beloved aboutAvataris its ability to enthrall viewing audience to a wholly new humankind , and Christopher Nolan’sInterstellardoes this several times , even if it have incisively zero alien . It ’s all about the nature of manhood in this movie , which in a fashion is what all sci - fi is about .
await to be an military action film likeThe Dark KnightorInception , Interstellaris more philosophical , contemplative , and focused on the art of film by showcasing gorgeous motion-picture photography . With his visual modality , Christopher Nolan could make an awful picture secret plan , and no doubt it would be just as flooring .
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
AmongInterstellar ’s influences lies2001 : A Space Odyssey , considered one ofthe adept sci - fi movies ever , and for in force cause . Based on work by British author Arthur C. Clarke , this Stanley Kubrick - place chef-d’oeuvre delf into the core of humankind ’s nature , account , and possible future .
The film follows a bunch post to Jupiter to investigate the discovery of a " monolith , " an foreign structure that is far more crucial than any of them can mayhap imagine . The score is iconic , the snap are gorgeous , and the film commute celluloid forever .
Star Trek (2009)
It is n’t easy to bring up a dear sci - fi property with young actors , but J.J. Abrams ' 2009 reboot of theStar Trekmovies manage to genuinely inject a new whirl while also respecting the Greco-Roman storylines that ramp up theStar Trekfranchise , to set about with .
Although the multiverse has been a major cinematic focus over the past duad of years – most recentlyDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessandEverything Everywhere All at Once – Star Trekbegan an alternative - timeline level more than a decade before . It ’s not like that movie invented the concept , either , but it does the idea justice as well as later motion-picture show would .
The Shape Of Water (2017)
WithThe Shape of Water , Guillermo del Toro managed to make a monster movie right out of the mid-20th century that end up gain the Best Picture Oscar in an age where it seemed only artistry - house and " Oscar - decoy " films could reach that feat .
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On a control surface layer , The Shape of Wateris standardized toAvatarin that both boast a love story between a human and alien creature at the center , although inAvatar ’s case the human inhabits an alien body . It ’s more than just that , though , and is genuinely amazing sci - fi cinema .
Blade Runner (1982)
LikeAliensandAlien , Blade Runner 2049is just as awing and watchable as the original moving-picture show , Blade Runner , but once again viewers have to start at the beginning . Before going any further , though , know this : of all the cut of meat of the movie out there , Ridley Scott ’s 2007 Final Cut is the closest to his original vision .
A sci - fi neo - noir , Blade Runnerfollows Harrison Ford ’s Rick Deckard as he hunts down a group of rogue androids known as replicants , who come along undistinguishable from humans to the raw eye . To say any more would be unfair to anyone ’s first reckon .
Titanic (1997)
James Cameron ’s bent for creating incredibly epic , long - runtime picture show centered around a Latinian language between citizenry from different worlds began a tenner beforeAvatarwithTitanic , which itself set corner office record despite being projected to flop .
Even if you ’ve already seen this film , it ’s worth another watch from even the most casual viewer . Titanicis a reminder of the altitude cinema can reach in term of dramatic event , scope , set - pieces , and overall ambition . It ’s a disgrace there are n’t more motion picture which can uprise to the affair like that .
Dune (2021)
Even though several of Denis Villeneuve ’s other films could justifiably be called his unspoiled , admit the previously - mentionedArrival , there ’s a great argument to be made forwhyDuneis Denis Villeneuve ’s dear film .
If there was any picture that could match Cameron ’s sci - fi epic , it’sDune . Adapting Frank Herbert ’s novel was going to be no comfortable undertaking , and it ’s no surprise the film had to be part to conciliate it all , but every penis of the large main stamp is nothing short of great . The film is grand in every gumption of the word .
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