The best science fiction movies of the 90s! Science fiction cinema, which has been very popular since the birth of cinema, has gone through the 1990s. With the development of visual effects technology, state-of-the-art science fiction films such as “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” and “Jurassic Park” were released. What used to be impossible was now possible. But technology is only one tool and can only take you to one place.
A film needs a strong script and characters to be ‘timeless’. Fortunately, in the 1990s, we had master filmmakers such as James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Luc Besson and the Wachowski Brothers, and we had the honor of watching science fiction films that will not be forgotten for years. Here is the best science fiction movies of the 90s!
Matrix (1999)
Thomas Anderson, a computer programmer, is also a very skilled hacker with a Neo nickname. However, the men in black suits and glasses are closely monitored. He will learn the reason for this follow-up from Morpheus. Neo will suddenly find himself in a great conspiracy in which Morpheus has to rely on what he says. This world we think we live in is totally deceptive. All mankind is actually slaves to creatures from space. With the help of Trinity and Morpheus, Neo joins a group that devotes themselves to demolishing this order.
Event Horizon (1997)
Event Horizon is a spaceship that was sent in 2040 to investigate space. Lost during his mission. Seven years after the event, scientists decide to send a rescue ship to search for this spaceship and grasp its fate. Meticulously assembled, the team is unaware of the horrors of their dark journey. Going back will not be as easy as they think.
Paul W.S., known as the director who created and resurrected the Resident Evil series. Philip Eisner wrote the screenplay for Anderson’s sci-fi film, with Laurence Fishburne, Kathleen Quinlan and Sam Neill.
The Faculty (1998)
One of the ordinary high schools of an American suburb… Old walls, expired textbooks and expired teachers… In this high school, where everything is behind its time, students are grouped. Suddenly, teachers begin to behave as if their bodies have been taken over by someone. This strange situation is also reflected in the students. All that remains is a group of six people who call themselves ‘normal survivors.. Their first and last task will be to save their schools and then the world from this conquest.
Eliah Wood and Josh Hartnett starred in the faculty, which was one of the first films of the famous director Robert Rodriguez’s Hollywood career.
Total Recall (1990)
When a man imagines virtual journeys to the planet Mars, unforeseen events will force him to actually go to that planet. Douglas Quaid is a worker who dreams of this planet every night. A company sells the journey by moment transfer. He also wants to break Mars and buy it. However, during the moment transfer is unusual. Quaid suddenly finds himself a secret agent. He faces the brutal leader of Mars named Coogan. Stuck somewhere between reality and imagination, Douglas has to find his way out.
The film is based on the short story of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick.
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch, the sequel to the horror comedy Gremlins, shot in 1984, has brought back the Gremlins; and this time by taking over the building of an important media company! The story continues with the adventures of the creature Gizmo, who gave birth to dozens of little creatures. In the first film, Gizmo’s offspring invade an imaginary city and in the second film, they begin to breed in a skyscraper in New York. The city is under great threat because of these new creatures. Will the residents be able to escape from the building with maximum damage?
eXistenZ (1999)
Antenna Research is a very popular gaming company. The company is on the eve of launching its highly anticipated new game. Meetings are held under the leadership of Allegra Geller, the creator of the game, to test the game. Exploring the madness of his own game day by day, Allegra realizes that his play fades the line between reality and dream. With the launch of the game, everyone who will play the game and the world in which the game is played is about to embark on a great adventure.
The 1999 film by David Cronenberg, one of the discrete directors of cinema, takes the audience on a thorny journey through the concepts of real and existence.
Screamers (1995)
(SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078) On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only — to hunt down and destroy all enemy life forms But man’s greatest weapon has continued to evolve without any human guidance, and now it has devised a new mission: to obliterate all life.
Col. Hendricksson (Peter Weller) is commander of a handful of Alliance soldiers still alive on Sirius 6B. Betrayed by his own political leaders and disgusted by the atrocities of this never-ending war, Hendricksson decides he must negotiate a separate peace with the New Economic Bloc’s decimated forces. But to do so, he will have to cross a treacherous wasteland where the deadliest threat comes from the very weapons he helped to create.
Independence Day (1994)
On July 2, communications systems around the world deteriorate as a result of a strange atmosphere. Immediately afterwards, the armed forces explain that huge objects are approaching the world. At first it was revealed that the objects thought to be meteors were giant spaceships controlled by mysterious aliens.
After all unsuccessful attempts to communicate with aliens, David Levinson, a former scientist, now a cable technician, realizes that aliens will launch a major attack on the world’s major points in less than a day. On the 3rd of July, aliens actually attack New York, Los Angeles and Washington. The survivors set off in convoys to the quirky test area of the government, Area 51. Rumor has it that this is a space ship that the army has taken over by itself. The survivors make a plan to fight the aliens. July 4 will be the day when all humanity will fight for salvation.
Strange Days (1995)
In 1999, ar on the eve of the transition to the new millennium ‚, the western society lived a life that was out of semi-anarchic control. Lenny Nero, a young policeman from Los Angeles who could not get rid of the ghosts of his own past, is now one of the black marketers who sells memories of others, now called clips. He is addicted to his own clips with his lost ex-girlfriend Faith. Two detectives from the Los Angeles police say, ir Lennyn makes his life a living hell to capture a clip. As the New Year celebration approaches ‚this mysterious clip will push Lenny into a bigger conspiracy than he hoped.
In the name of Kathryn Bigelow’s own filmography, this extraordinary science fiction, which can be considered as an extraordinary, offers a mild cyber punk flavor for its enthusiasts as well as being ‚visually seductive bilim. Weird Days iyle with its immersive and long finale, he knows how to leave a sense of satisfaction.
12 Monkeys (1995)
A virus that is dangerous enough to destroy humanity in the world has killed about five billion people. The few remaining people can survive in the shelters they have built underground. In the meantime, people who find a solution for the destruction of the virus, a time machine can go back in time. James Cole, a former prisoner, volunteers for the first test drive. James finds himself in a mental institution seven years later. When he tells us that he is coming from the future in an environment like a mental hospital and tells his mission, he causes him to eat a real mental patient label.
12 Monkeys is one of the most important of the time travel themed films. Terry Gilliam’s film stars Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt.
Galaxy Quest (1999)
The sci-fi television series “Galaxy Quest”, which took place aboard the intergalactic spaceship NSEA Protector, starred Jason Nesmith as suave Commander Peter Quincy Taggart, Gwen DeMarco as sexy communications person Lt. Tawny Madison (a role which consisted solely of repeating what the computer stated, much to Gwen’s chagrin), Shakespearean trained Sir Alexander Dane as alien Dr. Lazarus, Fred Kwan as engineer Tech Sergeant Chen, and Tommy Webber as child pilot Laredo.
Eighteen years after the series last aired, it lives on in the hearts of its rabid fans. However, it lives on in infamy for its stars, who have not been able to find meaningful acting work since. Their current lives revolve around cashing in on however those roles will afford, which usually entails attending fan conventions or worse, such as electronic store openings.
Only Jason seems to relish his lot in life, until he finds out that his co-stars detest him because of his superior attitude as “the Commander”, and much of the public considers him a laughing stock. Their lives change when Jason is approached by who he thinks are convention fans asking for help. They are in reality an alien race called Thermians, led by Mathesar, who have modeled their existence after the series, which they believe to be real.
Dark City (1998)
One morning, John Murdoch wakes up in an unfamiliar hotel room where he doesn’t know how he got there, and notices that he is wanted as the killer of brutal murders. He could not even remember whether he had committed the murders because he had lost his memory. Wanted by detective Burmstead, Murdoch begins a great struggle to find out who he really is and solve this terrible riddle he encounters.
When he encounters strange creatures living underground, he is very close to solving it. Defined as ‘The Strangers’, these creatures, which have the power to stop time and change the physical structure of the world, can directly dominate the human brain and direct events as they wish. These creatures need to be destroyed in some way, and Murdoch is the only one who can. Enigmatic Dr. With Schreber’s help and his own memories, he will reach out to the frightening truth about himself and the world in which he lives.
Alex Proyas’ Dark City, which was shot in the late 90’s, is a successful sci-fi film that has quickly gained a place among its derivatives.
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