my daughter seems to like scifi. We watched enders game, lost in space series (the new version), arrival, I am mother, and she liked them all. Can I get some more suggestions?
Thanks for all the advice! I added some movies to my own to watch list, and here is the complete list of this thread (Sorted old to new).
- Forbidden Planet (1956)
- The Twilight Zone (1959)
- 2001 Space Odyssey (1968)
- Silent Running (1972)
- Solaris (1972)
- Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- Alien (1979)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- E.T. (1982)
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- The Last Starfighter (1984)
- Back to the Future (1985)
- Enemy Mine (1985)
- The Explorers (1985)
- Aliens (1986)
- Flight of the Navigator (1986)
- SpaceCamp (1986)
- Predator (1987)
- Robocop 1 (1987)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
- The Abyss (1989)
- Back to the Future part III (1990)
- Robocop 2 (1990)
- Total Recall (1990)
- Babylon 5 (1993)
- Fire in the Sky (1993)
- Star Trek: Deep space 9 (1993)
- Stargate (1994)
- Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
- 5th Element (1997)
- Contact (1997)
- Event Horizon (1997)
- Men in Black (1997)
- Stargate SG-1 (1997)
- The 5th Element (1997)
- Back to the Future part III (1998)
- Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Pitch black (2000)
- Titan AE (2000)
- Donnie Darko (2001)
- Planet of the Apes (2001)
- Firefly (2002)
- Minority Report (2002)
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
- Treasure Planet (2002)
- Bionicle: Mask of Light (2003)
- Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui (2004)
- Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows (2005)
- Doctor Who (2005)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- A Scanner Darkly (2006)
- Sunshine (2007)
- Cloverfield (2008)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
- Jumper (2008)
- The day the earth stood still (2008)
- District 9 (2009)
- Moon (2009)
- Pandorum (2009)
- Inception (2010)
- Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
- the adjustment bureau (2011)
- John Carter (2012)
- Looper (2012)
- The Hunger Games (2012)
- Upside down (2012)
- Coherence (2013)
- Dark Skies (2013)
- Europa Report (2013)
- Gravity (2013)
- Oblivion (2013)
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
- Interstellar (2014)
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
- The Maze Runner (2014)
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
- The Expanse (2015)
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
- The Martian (2015)
- Bionicle: The Journey to One (2016)
- Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
- Life (2017)
- Time Trap (2017)
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
- War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
- A quiet place (2018)
- A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
- Annihilation (2018)
- Extinction (2018)
- Prospect (2018)
- Ready Player One (2018)
- The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
- Ad Astra (2019)
- Inner Space (2019)
- Synchronic (2019)
- The Vast Of Night (2019)
- Love and monsters (2020)
- The Midnight Sky (2020)
- Mother/Android (2021)
- Stowaway (2021)
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
- Moonfall (2022)
- Prey (2022)
- Star Trek: Strange new worlds (2022)
- Vesper (2022)
Okay, that new Inner Space looks interesting, but I totally meant the 1986 one with Dennis Quaid. 😃
I’d add these two:
Space Sweepers
The Wandering Earth
As well as Netflix’s The Orbital Children animated series. This was excellent and would be great for a younger teen, I was surprised how good this one was.
(Edit: Someone remade The Giver recently too, that’s a classic YA sci-fi staple and worth a watch.)
If she likes animation the original Ghost in the Shell movie is great, so are Psycho Pass seasons 1 & 2.
Altered Carbon season 1 on Netflix is really good too, but probably not appropriate for a younger teen, I’d save that for the 16-17 age bracket. For older teens Akira is a great watch too, there’s some graphic violence in parts and one scene depicting suggested sexual violence.
yes, thanks everyone. This should keep us busy for a good long while.
You can’t go wrong with “they’re made of meat”, or “when the yogurt took over” ( warning, boring boobs for like 2.5 seconds).
https://youtu.be/7tScAyNaRdQ?si=9_jCNLRr_4KSfw77
https://youtu.be/lOpvxj_FRN0?si=Aa5_mwVvkrTxWMDb
Also: The World of Tomorrow is top tier scifi.
I can’t believe no one has suggested “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
You’ll both be crying and hugging each other at the end of it.
Before you pull the trigger on this one, figure out whether your daughter is of an age to understand why the tax agent has butt plug trophies. Not just because it could lead to awkward conversation, but also because if your kid doesn’t have the maturity to grasp that visual pun they won’t get the rest of the movie either.
She does? I’ve never heard that, and I didn’t notice it. I understood the rest of the movie just fine.
Not sure how old she is, but if she’s 14+ I would recommend The Expanse
The original Twilight Zone is a rapid fire smorgasbord of the greatest Sci-Fi writers of the 60s. When I was around 12 or 13 I couldn’t get enough Twilight Zone. I always looked out for marathons on the SyFy channel on Holidays.
And since it’s from the 60s it doesn’t have any swearing or gore or anything inappropriate for kids but there’s a lot of irony and death that a kid a little older will be able to appreciate that a younger kid wouldn’t.
Short List of my Favorites: I Shot an Arrow into the Air To Serve Man The Monsters are Due on Maple Street It’s A Good Life Eye of the Beholder Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
Star Trek Strange New Worlds is very good.
This. SNW is truly amazing.
The Thing 1982
I haven’t seen anyone else recommend Prospect (2918).
I think your daughter might really enjoy it because the lead role is a young female, played by Sophie Thatcher, and it has a terrific far-future, hard SF vibe and great production values for an indie feature. Also the ubiquitous Pedro Pascal is very good in it as well. Killer sound track too.
Star Trek TNG and the fourth Star Trek movie. The one with the whales. And the 80s San Francisco.
- Moon
- Event Horizon
- Alien and Aliens
- District 9
- Solaris
- The 5th Element
- The Valerian
- Blade Runner (both)
- Back to the Future 1, 2 and 3
- 2001: A Space Oddity
- Silent Running
- Fire in the Sky
- A Scanner Darkly
- Total Recall
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Planet of the Apes (all of them)
- John Carter (more the books than the movie IMO)
Some of these may be for when she’s a bit older, but I had seen most of these before I was 13 and nothing traumatized me. The genre has quite a bit of horror in it, just FYI.
I’ll anti-suggest Event Horizon for a young teen. It’s got themes of torture, suicide, and mutilation and is a horror movie in a sci-fi setting.
Yeah, I saw event horizon in my late 20s… I think I am still traumatized lol. Pretty sure she would move into our room to sleep for like a month.
Half the movies on that list are rated R anddecivesly not for young adults lol
I just left the moderation up to the parent to decide what is appropriate for their kid. If I stuck to just PG/PG13 movies, it’d be a small list.
How about Big Hero 6?
Not bad!
Star trek Strange new worlds. Foundation. Pantheon. Any of the new starwars series.
Check out some Star Trek like Strange New Worlds or Deep Space Nine, you don’t have to understand much about Star Trek to enjoy it
Hey mom or dad,
Just wanted to let you, I use the Parental Guide on Imdb before I watch content with my dad. Helps to get a feel for what I’m about to see.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1856101/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_Blade%2520Runner%25202049
Just above the “Did you know” section, you’ll see the parent’s guide.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1856101/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
Annihilation
Titan A.E.
Battle Beyond the Stars
The Last Starfighter
Disney’s Treasure Island!
