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Two movies that fit the catagory 'Science Fiction' that weren't special effects or action films, but I always thought were well thought out science fiction plots:
Colossus the Forbin Project
The Andromeda Strain
I especially liked Colossus because of all of the 60's 'computer taking over the world plots' on TV shows and movies, which were all were defeated by asking the computer some vague question like 'why' or 'compute Pi to the last digit'.
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Colossus had some interesting ideas. It and the Soviet computer communicated starting with simple math and developing their own undecipherable language. And at the end it appears that its only goal is to prevent war, but we don't see where the line between war and any violence is.
What happens next, assuming the computer is unbeatable, would make an interesting SF novel. Or maybe it leads to ST:tOS?
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I think the ambiguous ending is part of reason why most people have never seen or even heard of it. It's not a triumphant 'man over machine' ending that is very common even today, and we never find out what ultimately happened to humanity in general or Forbin in particular.
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The ending makes it more like an SF novel. Movies from that era tended to go for the triumphant ending or the end of the world.
Something I'd like to see: The humans pull the "I am lying" trick, and the AI replies "That is merely a paradox, and a childish one at that." and zaps them.
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Actually, the movie was written from the novel "Colossus" by D F Jones, and that novel has two sequels. I was unable to finish them, however: a little DULL.
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This is CodeProject, and no one mentions Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? I think you all should get a down-vote of 42!!
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Though the original BBC radio play is even better.
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Never heard of that. Time to go find it and listen. Thanks!!
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The reason Arthur and Ford were cast into space by the Vogons: Adams thought the radio series was being cancelled, so he killed the characters off in what he thought was the last episode. He was wrong, and needed to bring the characters back. The result: Infinite Improbability Drive.
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The books were great - the movie - not so much.
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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Honorable mention to Akira[^], 1988.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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Akira was hugely influential, but I found it to be a snoozefest.
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (1987), while not popular in Japan, is worth a watch. It's about the first space launch on an alternate Earth- pretty much "The Wrong Stuff" because the effort has no prestige and the government expects it to fail.
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Solaris
Stalker
Metropolis
and for the lighter moments
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
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Again, Solaris == 
Metropolis - mmm - ok, it's in. 
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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Sleepy? No but you may be confused by its deliberate dream like quality.
Best watched slowly, I find an intermission helps.
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It means boring. Too long and slow, a meandering mess of self indulgent film making. In other words, not enough wham, bam, thank-you-mam, blood and guts action.
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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Long, slow, yes.
Boring, yes.
Self indulgent, no.
Is boring bad? Not all good science fiction books are full of wham, bam, thank you mam action either.
The book it's based on isn't really full of action for that matter.
I like the trance like state it can induce.
My advice is don't try Mirror then as it's Tarkovsky unleashed...
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You forgot Idiocracy
It was originally released as a Sci-Fi/Comedy, but seems to have become a documentary in recent years.
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Indeed! This is a worth entrant as sci-fi as social commentary.
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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I didn't see Dune in this thread anywhere.
And what of the classic Coneheads ^
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Rubbish
Rubbish
is why...
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
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I did see Dune in the thread and I like that movie, as well as the book.
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Of the more science than fantasy kind: Aliens
Guided bullets: tested in Afghanistan
Man-portable RADAR to find enemies behind cover: tested in Afghanistan
VTOL dropship: V-22 Osprey
Wheeled APC for the US: M1126 Stryker
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I'd add:
Edge of Tomorrow
Gravity
And I'd remove a lot of yours... sorry! For example, I'd remove A Clockwork Orange. Disgusting movie, and I'm not easily disgusted.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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