Four Sci-fi and Fantasy Films that Deserve More Attention

Occasionally fantastic films will just turn up, seemingly out of nowhere. As though a traveler from an alternate dimension dropped a blockbuster from his dimension in my mailbox before sauntering off to the reality where people have giant lobsters as pets and reality television shows about talentless rich people are outlawed.

There are some movies that you watch and you feel like you should have heard of it sooner. You wonder how you could have gone years oblivious to the film.

These four films appeal to my personal taste for quirky escapist fantasies. They're fun and strange worlds. Each one had moments that I never expected or imagined.

I think the best thing a movie can do is excite the imagination and these do that for mine.

Frequently Asked Questions about Time Travel (2009)

A British pub comedy about a trio of guys who travel through time.

During a typical night out with the boys, a time travel fan finds himself traveling through time. It's all fun and closets until he learns that even though he's seen the future, he might not have one.

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel on Wikipedia

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)

A French adventure fantasy about a novelist living in Paris in 1912.

Adèle Blanc-Sec is a famous novelist and adventurer dealing with a pterosaur, mummies and other issues in her quest to help her sister.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec on Wikipedia

Cool World (1992)

A cop works to keep order in a city full of anarchist doodles.

Holli would do anything to become a real girl. Detective Harris will stop her from tearing two worlds to pieces. Jack Deebs is an ex-con comic book artist prone to bad decisions with the chance to be a hero.

Cool World on Wikipedia

Immortel, ad vitam (2004)

A French Sci-fi film about a god's last day on Earth before his death sentence is carried out.

Horus has one day to live in 2095 New York City. Nikopol becomes a host to the god after a mechanical failure releases him from prison early. Jill is a mystery that her doctor is determined to solve.

Immortel, ad vitam on Wikipedia