Mind-Bending Sci-Fi Worth a Second Watch

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1. 01

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   Interstellar

   The docking scene alone is worth it, but the father-daughter story is what stays with you.
2. 02

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   Arrival

   A first-contact film about language and grief. The ending reframes everything that came before it.
3. 03

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   Inception

   A heist movie with dream logic. Watch the rules being explained in the first hour; they all come back.
4. 04

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   Ex Machina

   Three people, one house, and a quiet question about who is testing whom.
5. 05

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   Blade Runner 2049

   Slow, enormous and gorgeous. Works even if you haven't seen the original, though it's richer if you have.
6. 06

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   Primer

   Made on a tiny budget and famously dense. Keep a notepad handy, and don't feel bad about pausing.
7. 07

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   Annihilation

   Beautiful and unsettling in equal measure; the final act is best seen with the sound up.
8. 08

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   Everything Everywhere All at Once

   Absurd, loud and unexpectedly tender. It is, underneath everything, a film about a family.