The Most Criminally Forgotten Sci-Fi Movies of All Time

When people list great science fiction, names like Star Wars, Alien and The Matrix often come up first. Still, a baker’s dozen of worthy films have slipped from the conversation and deserve renewed attention. Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special follows Roy (Michael Shannon), his friend Lucas (Joel Edgerton) and Roy’s son Alton (Jaeden Lieberher) as they travel by night to protect a boy with extraordinary abilities from federal agents and a religious cult.

Joseph Ruben’s Dreamscape sends psychic Alex Gardner (Dennis Quaid) into other people’s dreams and into a government plot to assassinate the president in his sleep. Vincenzo Natali’s Cube traps seven strangers in a booby-trapped cubic maze, a low-budget, high-tension thriller that became a cult classic.

The Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer’s Cloud Atlas spans eras to examine reincarnation and the soul, with an ensemble cast that includes Tom Hanks and Halle Berry. Chronicle tells of three Seattle teens—Andrew (Dane DeHaan), Matt (Alex Russell) and Steve (Michael B.

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