Favourite low to medium budget scifi movies

[Gingerbread Demon]

OK I did favourite disease movies but now scifi. And let's make it hard. What's are your favourite low to mid budget scifi movies?

I'll start

Starman.
Kill Command - ( I just love that they had almost a zero budget and what they did with the FX ) Plus I like the movie.
Queen Of Outer Space - From the 60s but it looks very much like it would have fit with Star Trek
The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

The Time Travelers (1964). You gotta love that ending:

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[tharpdevenport]

"Serenity"
The budget and how they managed with it, was a deal back then among fan sites. It was even mentioned in articles.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

"Serenity"
The budget and how they managed with it, was a deal back then among fan sites. It was even mentioned in articles.

Not to mention how much fun the movie is.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

The Time Travelers (1964). You gotta love that ending:

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Ahaha......... I have that. It's in the Time Tunnel box set along with the 2002 failed pilot.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Ahaha......... I have that. It's in the Time Tunnel box set along with the 2002 failed pilot.

Is the Time Tunnel reboot any good?

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Is the Time Tunnel reboot any good?

It's only one episode. It's OK I guess, nothing special. I'd say watch it and make your own mind up it's on youtube.

 

[Amaris]

I'm going to assume low to medium is under $50 million. That said:

The Man From Earth
Serenity
Moon
Europa Report

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I'm going to assume low to medium is under $50 million. That said:

The Man From Earth
Serenity
Moon
Europa Report

I like all of those except Moon, I just didn't warm to it.

However Europa Report, how did the footage get to Earth?

 

[Amaris]

I like all of those except Moon, I just didn't warm to it.

However Europa Report, how did the footage get to Earth?

Spoiler

at the end, they managed to re-establish communication and fire off the signal right before the ship begins to sink

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Spoiler

at the end, they managed to re-establish communication and fire off the signal right before the ship begins to sink

Oh..........

I haven't seen all of it only bits and pieces. Is it good?

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Dark Star (1974)....$60,000 and still one of my favorite sci-fi movies.
Student Bodies (1981)...???? No website even knows how low the budget was for this one.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Dark Star (1974)....$60,000 and still one of my favorite sci-fi movies.
Student Bodies (1981)...???? No website even knows how low the budget was for this one.

I have to get myself a copy of Dark Star. I remember it and laughing a lot. I am not sure how I'd view it now some 20 years later.

Student Bodies, is that a horror thingy?

 

[Kor]

Gojira
Starcrash
Jerome Bixby's Man From Earth

Kor

 

[Galileo7]

It's only one episode. It's OK I guess, nothing special. I'd say watch it and make your own mind up it's on youtube.

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[Snaploud]

My favorites are Cube (1997) with a budget of $350,000 and Gattaca (1997) with a budget of $36 million.

I'll throw in Groundhog Day (1993) if fantasy qualifies. It had a budget of $13.6 million.

Terminator ($6.4 million) and Moon ($5 million) also deserve honorable mentions.

 

[Amaris]

Oh..........

I haven't seen all of it only bits and pieces. Is it good?

I thought it was. It's on my list.

Good list.
Not evil list.

 

[Galileo7]

Killdozer(1974)

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Gargoyles(1972)

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[Snaploud]

12 Monkeys ($29.5 million) was also good, and the original Planet of the Apes was $5.8 million.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

My favorites are Cube (1997) with a budget of $350,000 and Gattaca (1997) with a budget of $36 million.

I'll throw in Groundhog Day (1993) if fantasy qualifies. It had a budget of $13.6 million.

Terminator ($6.4 million) and Moon ($5 million) also deserve honorable mentions.

Cube is great, they ruined it with sequels though.

Groundhog day is one of my favourite movies.