These scifi movies from the 2000s stand out among the rest as being some of the best, many having become classics - or cult classics - in recent years.
The 2000s were a weird and wild time for movies. Technology was pushing films into a new era, society was rapidly shifting due to events like 9/11 and the Great Recession, and a distrust of politics and corporations began permeating every aspect of culture, leading to a decade of endless dystopian and post-apocalyptic movies and TV shows.
By today’s standards, the aliens look atrociously cheap, but at the time Signs was a massive hit, grossing over $408 million at the box office. The movie became such a phenomenon that the plot of Scary Movie 3 was based almost entirely around Signs and directly spoofed the movie numerous times. For fans of horror and sci-fi, especially anyone who loves a good alien movie, Signs definitely deserves to be watched at least once.
The movie wasn’t successful upon its initial premiere, despite being hailed by critics, and was a box office flop. It wasn’t until Children of Men was released on DVD that the movie found a larger audience and became a cult hit.
It’s a great zombie movie that switched up the genre by combining action, sci-fi, and horror elements to create something wholly unique. In fact, director James Cameron even recently told Empire magazine that watching Resident Evil is one of his guilty pleasures. Maybe one day we’ll be able to see a Cameron-made Resident Evil film?
Thanks to her role in the movie, Kate Winslet was nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars and the film won Best Original Screenplay at the 2005 Oscars. In 2016 it was also announced that a TV series adaptation was in the works; however, the show has yet to move out of the pre-production phase, so it’s unlikely it’ll ever begin filming.
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