*Not a list of movies I think are the best*. This is a list of movies that I think are best approached as 'moving paintings with sound'. These movies don't place as much emphasis on characters or plot; usually they have incredible cinematograhpy, effects, sound design, etc, or pose philosophical questions, or are a series of vignettes of a setting. I like these movies better on subsequent viewings (when I'm not trying to follow a character, but just appreciating the 'art' of the film).

Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tuva Novotny, Gina Rodriguez, and Tessa Thompson in Annihilation (2018)

Best Sci-Fi Movies Based on Book (Dystopia, Apocalyptic, Horror)

Peter Falk and Fred Savage in The Princess Bride (1987)

Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn in Aliens (1986)

Sean Connery, Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Andy Garcia, and Charles Martin Smith in The Untouchables (1987)

Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, and Heather Dawn May in Psycho (1960)

Scariest Horror Movie With No Jump Scares

Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)

Aleksey Kravchenko in Come and See (1985)

Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, and Edward Burns in Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar (2014)

George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman in 1917 (2019)

Jennifer Connelly in Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, and Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

James DeBello, Vincent Kartheiser, and Monica Keena in Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)

Top 25 in Sci-Fi TV From the Last 5 Years

Christopher Lee, Hazel Court, and Anton Diffring in The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)

Peter Cushing, Maureen Connell, and Forrest Tucker in The Abominable Snowman (1957)

Peter Cushing and Carole Gray in Island of Terror (1966)

Ingrid Bergman, Robert Donat, and Curd Jürgens in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)

Richard Eyer, Dal McKennon, Kathryn Grant, Enzo Musumeci Greco, and Kerwin Mathews in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles in Jane Eyre (1943)

Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, and Scarlett Johansson in The Prestige (2006)

Stéphane Audran, Paul Frankeur, Fernando Rey, and Delphine Seyrig in The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

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