Sci-fi thriller recommendations (films)

[Connemara]

I'm looking for stuff along the lines of The Mist. Well-done thrillers/horror films with a nice sci-fi angle. Any ideas?

 

[Hard2Fit]

Alien
Aliens


(Don't bother with any of the other films in the series.)

 

[Gradstudent78]

The thing

You can watch it for free on Hulu.com

 

[Hard2Fit]

Originally Posted by Gradstudent78

The thing

+1.
Awesome flick.

 

[Connemara]

I just started The Abyss. Any good?

 

[Hard2Fit]

The three mentioned make the Abyss look like a cartoon.
I wouldn't waste your time.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Too bad nobody thought to ask me. I'd have given you a few dozen movies to watch.

 

[Joffrey]

John carpenters The thing


Edit: damn I've been beat to it.

 

[B1FF]

+a lot on Aliens and The Thing.

Some of the Body Snatcher movies are good - the 1978 one with Donald Sutherland, for example. Even the Nicole Kidman once from last year was surprisingly unbad.

 

[globetrotter]

connie, would't it be a better use of your time to do something that wasn't nerdy? aren't there some drunked girls you can try to take advantage of?

 

[dusty]

Solaris. Primer. Minority Report. Also The Thing is great.

 

[horndog]

Event Horizon

 

[Gradstudent78]

Originally Posted by Connemara

I'm looking for stuff along the lines of The Mist. Well-done thrillers/horror films with a nice sci-fi angle.

Any ideas?

Not sure if it's exactly what your looking for but how about Dark City?

 

[ryoneo]

Matrix and Total Recall

 

[MrGimpy]

Brazil (although it's more of a sci-fi/thriller/satire)

Alien and Aliens are good recommendations, but Alien 3 is underrated. (Skip the fourth one.)