Arthouse science fiction (or arthouse sci-fi) is a combination of art and science fiction cinema.
List of notable arthouse sci-fi films
- Aelita, ( Yakov Protazanov, 1924)
- Metropolis, ( Fritz Lang, 1927)
- Woman in the Moon, ( Fritz Lang, 1929)
- La Jetee ( Chris Marker, 1962)
- Alphaville ( Jean-Luc Godard, 1965)
- Sins of the Fleshapoids ( Mike Kuchar, 1965)
- The 10th Victim ( Elio Petri, 1965)
- Fahrenheit 451 ( François Truffaut, 1966)
- Seconds ( John Frankenheimer, 1966)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey ( Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
- A Clockwork Orange ( Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
- THX-1138 ( George Lucas, 1971)
- Solaris ( Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972)
- Fantastic Planet ( René Laloux, 1973)
- O Lucky Man! ( Lindsay Anderson, 1973)
- World on a Wire ( Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1973)
- A Boy and His Dog ( L.Q. Jones, 1975)
- The Man Who Fell to Earth ( Nicholas Roeg, 1976)
- Stalker ( Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979)
- Dead Mountaineer's Hotel ( Grigori Kromanov, 1979)
- Altered States ( Ken Russell, 1980)
- Blade Runner ( Ridley Scott, 1982)
- Liquid Sky ( Slava Tsukerman, 1982)
- Born in Flames ( Lizzie Borden, 1983)
- Videodrome ( David Cronenberg, 1983)
- Decoder ( Muscha, 1984)
- Repo Man ( Alex Cox, 1984)
- Angel's Egg ( Mamoru Oshii, 1985)
- Brazil ( Terry Gilliam, 1985)
- Dead Man's Letters ( Konstantin Lopushansky, 1986)
- Mauvais Sang ( Leos Carax, 1986)
- Morning Patrol ( Nikos Nikolaidis, 1987)
- Days of Eclipse ( Alexander Sokurov, 1988)
- On the Silver Globe ( Andrzej Żuławski, 1988)
- Tetsuo: The Iron Man ( Shinya Tsukamoto, 1989)
- A Visitor to a Museum ( Konstantin Lopushansky, 1989)
- Naked Lunch ( David Cronenberg, 1991)
- The City of Lost Children ( Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1995)
- Gattaca ( Andrew Niccol, 1997)
- Pi ( Darren Aronofsky, 1998)
- New Rose Hotel ( Abel Ferrara, 1998)
- Dark City ( Alex Proyas, 1998)
- eXistenz ( David Cronenberg, 1999)
- Donnie Darko ( Richard Kelly, 2001)
- Solaris ( Steven Soderbergh, 2002)
- Code 46 ( Michael Winterbottom, 2003)
- 2046 ( Wong Kar-wai, 2004)
- Primer ( Shane Carruth, 2004)
- Dust ( Sergey Loban, 2005)
- The Wild Blue Yonder ( Werner Herzog, 2005)
- The Fountain ( Darren Aranofsky, 2006)
- A Scanner Darkly ( Richard Linklater, 2006)
- The Ugly Swans ( Konstantin Lopushansky, 2006)
- Mr. Nobody ( Jaco Van Dormael, 2009)
- Moon ( Duncan Jones, 2009)
- Beyond the Black Rainbow ( Panos Cosmatos, 2010)
- Melancholia ( Lars von Trier, 2011)
- Cloud Atlas ( The Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer, 2012)
- Conherence ( James Ward Byrkit, 2013)
- Hard to Be a God ( Aleksei Yuryevich German, 2013)
- Her ( Spike Jonze, 2013)
- Upstream Color ( Shane Carruth, 2013)
- Under the Skin ( Jonathan Glazer, 2013)
- The Zero Theorem ( Terry Gilliam, 2013)
- Ex Machina ( Alex Garland, 2014)
- The Lobster ( Yorgos Lanthimos, 2015)
- Under Electric Clouds ( Aleksei Alekseivich German, 2015)
- Marjorie Prime ( Michael Almereyda, 2017)
- Annihilation ( Alex Garland, 2018)
- High Life ( Claire Denis, 2018)
- After Blue ( Bertrand Mandico, 2021)
- Memorial ( Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2021)
- Neptune Frost ( Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman, 2021)
- Quarantine ( Diana Ringo, 2021)
- Bigbug ( Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2022)
- Crimes of the Future ( David Cronenberg, 2022)
- Petrópolis ( Valery Fokin, 2022)
- W ( Anna Eriksson, 2022)
- Vesper ( Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper, 2022)
- 1984 ( Diana Ringo, 2023)
- Poor Things ( Yorgos Lanthimos, 2023)
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
Directors associated with sci-fi art film
- Darren Aronofsky
- Shane Carruth
- David Cronenberg
- Alex Garland
- Terry Gilliam
- Jonathan Glazer
- Stanley Kubrick
- Fritz Lang
- Yorgos Lanthimos
- Konstantin Lopushansky
- George Lucas
- Alex Proyas
- Diana Ringo
- Ridley Scott
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- Shinya Tsukamoto
- The Wachowskis
Sources: [5] [7] [8] [10] [11] [12] [13] [9] [14] [15]
See also
- Art horror
- Arthouse action film
- Arthouse animation
- Extreme cinema
- German Expressionism
- Maximalist film
- Minimalist film
- Slow cinema
- Vulgar auteurism
References
- ^ "LOCARNO 2022 Out of Competition - Anna Eriksson - Director of W". Cineuropa.
- ^ "Вышел трейлер фильма «1984». Премьера — в апреле 2023" [The film trailer of "1984" has been released]. Afisha Weekend. 23 November 2022.
- ^ Linar Gimashev (26 March 2023). "Появился второй трейлер фильма «1984» - первая экранизация на русском языке" [The second trailer of "1984" based on George Orwell's novel has been released - the first Russian-language film adaptation]. Plugged In.
- ^ Yulia Danilchenko (5 December 2022). "Волгоградец Александр Обманов сыграл главную роль в экранизации «1984» Оруэлла" [Aleksandr Obmanov from Volgograd played the lead role in the film adaptation of Orwell's "1984"]. Komsomolskaya Pravda.
- ^ a b 10 great arthouse sci-fi films|BFI
- ^ 28 arthouse sci-fi films that will make you smarter (and cooler)|SYFY WIRE
- ^ a b The 15 Best Arthouse Sci-fi Films of All Time - Taste of Cinema
- ^ a b "10 Essential Arthouse Sci-Fi Films". Film School Rejects. 1 September 2018.
- ^ a b The 15 Best Arthouse Sci-fi Films of All Time - Page 2 - Taste of Cinema
- ^ a b Art House Science Fiction Films You Might Have Missed - Flavorwire
- ^ a b 'Under the Skin' flick offers art house sci-fi - THE MERCURY
- ^ a b 10 sci-fi movies with trippy ambient soundtracks - Ambient Music Guide
- ^ a b Review: In Space, 'High Life' Finds Alienation, Not Aliens : NPR
- ^ a b 15 Best Sci-Fi Horror Movies That Blend The Genres Perfectly|ScreenRant.com
- ^ a b How Sci-Fi Movies Have Changed In Each Decade (& Why) - Screen Rant
- ^ 10 arthouse sci-fi movies to watch before the apocalypse - i-d.vice.com
- ^ 10 Best Arthouse Sci-Fi Movies, Ranked|Collider
