My only comment because I have seen them all but Daz I have to say Michael Peña in Extinction was great and I was thrilled to see him for once take a lead roll. Never going to meet the lad, or ever have a chat, but he's been a sidekick in so many films it was good to see him take the lead. Proud of the stranger I will never know. You know what I mean.

I lied. You invoked me Daz. I have just spent today watching "The Last Man on Earth" 1964 with Vincent Price and also "The Day of the Triffids" 1963. Cracking old movies.

I have 18 out of 20 here. Not a bad score.

@@martyburgess341 You have a couple of cracking films to watch. What two are missing ?

@@Lee.Willcox spectral is a solid flick.

Yes, I agree. Should have been top 1 easily.

I made a similar post and his response was that he recommended Spectral too many times before.

@@pmpowalisz And he has! ;-) He should add a list of good movies left off because of frequent previous recommendations.

@@pmpowalisz That's fair enough. bloody good movie.

Came here to say this. It's an amazing film, easily topping anything on this list.

Oh... they're here in the comments already. Someone literally just commented "Starship Troopers is offensively purile. The movie, even more than the book, is clearly aimed at subnormal adolescents, with a cast that looks like it came out of the Mickey Mouse Club. Even worse, it includes Casper Van Dien as a wannabee Christopher Reeve. Truly vile."

@@DarrenVanDam if you like books, try armor. like starship, but goes different ways and would be a great flick. also i would've put spectral on this list as it does a lot with very little.

@@craiglortie8483 Armor is a fantastic book.

@@DarrenVanDam Wow. As a _huge_ Robert Heinlein fan, I feel that whoever said "The movie, _even more than the book_ , is clearly aimed..." only _knows_ that it was a book, & has never actually read it (or anything else by Heinlein), but wanted to try to add some pseudo-weight behind their comment to make it _seem_ more authentic (since they probably are banking on the idea that no one has read a book by the author who has *_won the most Hugo awards_* , & who has been nominated the most times). Anyone who reads Heinlein is absolutely aware that "subnormal" is not the insult that this person thinks it is. I have never had an author more thoroughly explain to me just how not smart I am by having the internal dialogue of every character be that of a thermonucleastromedicalbiophysimathematicianist who views səx as an amazingly fun, casual thing that everyone should be doing with everyone else. Starship Troopers - like most of Heinlein's stories - is very much not satire, but is rather a look into one of his more idealistic, but unrealistic expectations of civilization as a concept. Especially since most of the book seems to take place from the perspective of young soldier growing to define himself by his life in the military, and using that as a baseline for how everyone should be. (If memory serves. I am more a fan of his later works like Stranger, Luna, & the later books in the Long saga). _Stranger in a Strange Land, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, & the series of novels that feature Lazarus Long & his family_ . This perspective of the author clearly changes in his later works. Even though he is still judgemental toward anyone who simply coasts along in life without being productive, he very much loses the idea of nationalism and floats more toward idealistic individualism than anything. I seriously don't remember Starship Troopers being anything other than a young man's praise of military life & a society based on militaristic elevation. (The movie, however, is _very much_ satire).

Started reading Heinlein when I was a 12 or maybe 13 year old, and was instantly hooked.

You know what makes this informative video less enjoyable? The narrator demanding so much screen time for himself when describing the amazing action of the films.

Teresa Palmer..................

really good movie

Too right, it is amazingly good.

love and monsters has similar vibes

I can't believe I forgot about this movie. I too was completely surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I truly thought it was going to be one of those generic, drab, try-hard-but-miss-the-point movies that goes too far on the artsy side with no substance behind the art that you just kind of put on at 3am when you can't sleep, and can't find anything you feel like watching. I was so glad to be wrong about this one.

@ilshaguides Let me know if You ever want some approximately similar recommendations.

Sounds like a good movie, but I don't understand what makes it science fiction. - As noted, China already did this.

@@drumbum3.142 if you mean recommendations that I will be pleasantly surprised by, yes please. ( _if you mean movies that you just throw on because you literally can't find anything else, then nah. I can do that myself._ ) 😜

@@drumbum3.142 also... why to 4 digits, and why rounded?

Movie is so damn weird

It's one of the best mindf#%k movies out there. I hate it and love it.

We watched that on our family night the other night and none of us had any positive things to say about it lol.

I agree. Watched it a couple of times. I have a love/hate attitude towards it.@@Leandro-X.2024

i wish we got to see the parents of you know who....still bugs me

I bet you're disappointed now.

@@carlosoliveira-rc2xt No

@@danielwilliamson6180 Seriously? Rebel Moon sucked.

@@carlosoliveira-rc2xt Part 1 was good, not great. I enjoyed Part 2 more.

I second that!

I just rewatched T2 after a few years and yeah, it holds up nicely. When I look at all the sequels I've missed since the 3rd one my head spins because to catch up they'd all have to be available at the same time and you'd have to have subscription to multiple services. They should do what Prime did with the Bond films or sometimes the Bourne movies (the trilogy before "Jason Bourne" Anyway, I'm gonna' check out "Bird Box: Barcelona tonight after rewatching"Birdbox " so I can get reoriented.✌️

I was just about to post that too. I don't understand how it's not on the list. It may very well be the best sci-fi Netflix original ever IMO. I seldom rewatch movies but that's one I revisited for sure!

Spectral is a great flick!

I was going to say that as well. lol

Spectral is a great movie!

I watched Sprectral because DVD recommended it. He switches up his recommendations over time so his lists aren't 80% the same all the time. Also, check the rusty metallic iron filings added to the flour -- just maybe the financiers are mocking us for being so gullible as to ingest rusty metallic filings as our chronic disease rates have skyrocketed from 4-6% of all people to 55% of children under 18 in about 80 years.

Have u ever seen hardware it's a 90s killer robot insane bloody crazy .. think that's what it's called or m.a.r.k 13

I've watched Spectral several times, it's solid. I too am surprised it's not on here.

It nearly was and if I had included it I might have even had it in the top 10.

That was a good one. The same authors (Niven & Pournelle) also produced the excellent "Footfall" and "Mote in God's Eye". Any of those would probably need to be at least a season of TV to do them justice -- a lot happens.

Blame! is one of my faves. For the purists, the manga is an awesome undertaking, yet the movie is a (tweaked) portion of that huge tome and it works really well, especially as it brings the larger Blame! to an audience that doesn't necessarily read manga. Personally, I love 'Polygon's Pictures' animation style and was so glad they rendered 'Knights of Sidonia' too, among so many others.

If you have read Heinlein, then you know he hated Fascism. He believed that each individual was responsible for his actions. If you could not understand Starship Troopers, then you should read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. The concepts about freedom and politics are so clearly laid out that no one can misconstrue the points he was making. Because most people really have no understanding of what Fascism, Socialism, and Communism are, they mistake they mistake the concept of individual responsibility as oppression.

@@mikek2598 Of course he hated faschism. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is a veritable libertarian rant. I’ve heard it said that he describes and helps establish a libertarian revolution on the Moon, but instead of that they just they just complain about the resulting government on libertarian principles. He gets closer to a libertarian ideal at the end of Farnham’s Freehold.

@@lorensims4846 They don't complain about government, the lead character notes how as time passes, those running the government forget why they fought to establish a government of their own. The people in charge who paid the price are no longer the leadership. Some of those are like the official who was concerned that we were dropping nuclear weapons on our enemies. First, he really had no idea what he was talking about. Second, was a useless drone that most certainly hid during the fighting. Third he was dealing with people who had made great sacrifices. Just as today, politicians cater to two types of people. Those who want handouts and those who believe they know best and want to control what everyone else does. The professor's goal was the same as our founding fathers. To create a government with minimal ability to run the lives of its citizens. The professor was a rational anarchist. A person who believed that he was responsible for the choices he made. All of Heinlein's beliefs are centered around personal responsibility. The disappointment is that they were not able to create a long-term solution to the weaknesses of human beings. One of my favorite moments in the book is when Manual comes back the next day after the confrontation with the useless drone of a politician. He comments that he never saw that man again, never. The upshot is that the jerk was thrown out an airlock without a suit. He had forgotten how a polite society deals with people who aren't. In today's American that would consider awful, personally, I think it was totally justified. A panel of his peers judged him and acted on their judgement. I could go on forever, but you are probably not interested in my rambling. I will close with the thought that to understand Heinlein, you must all of his books. It was unfortunate that he got carried away with the last few books.

I love Space Sweepers it shows you don't need a huge budget to make a good sci-fi film.. he does get one it wrong though as Space Sweepers is NOT a Netflix original and no money from Netflix was used to make it as it was made to be a theatrical release but due to covid was sold to Netflix...plus calling it a big budget release is a joke as its budget was $26m which is less than a lot of the others... I also love Starship Troopers its a fun film to watch but its not Heinlein`s Starship Troopers there's very very little of the book in the film plus the whole idea and concept of the political system and the actual troopers is wrong...grunts wearing very little body armour ISN'T what he wrote...

@@mikek2598 My fave character was Mike and he wasnt even Human..

Dark was so freaking confusing but brilliant I loved it and was happy how it ended but was sad it was done

Dark was fantastic, one of my favorite all-time limited series. Yes it was confusing, but I liked it so much that I ended up making an extensive mind-map type outline to follow the characters and events.

I was so pissed off finally watching the OA after years of it being in my list only to find it ending on such a huge cliff hanger and after such an exciting two seasons. Also, Dark is simply fantastic.

@@tp7886 I know it's likely delusional but I'm in the camp that hopes the OA will finish someday since the cancellation actually fits in the story line.

It's not Sci-Fi but if you love Mirage, check out "The Invisible Guest" also from Spain.

@@DarrenVanDam will do !!!

I have “the Abyss” on DVD with a theatrical version and extended addition on it. Great movie!

I agree with you for Tomorrow War, probably better than most on this list! Unfortunately is not a Netflix original and probably will never be on Netflix since its an Amazon Original.

those movies were horrible

Annihilation sucked

Screamy bear

Just finished Beyond Skyline, as good as you said, but I really enjoyed the bloopers reel at the end, you just don't get that any more.

Yes! I thought the same ! I've watched that movie twice AND recommenced it to others! Thank you for your thoughts on this movie! I was hoping to find others who thought this movie was intriguing and had a unique story !