These range from creative and imperfect works likeA Scanner Darklyto stunning box office flops likeAd Astra.

Directed byJohn Trankin his directorial debut,Chronicleis essentiallya superhero sci-fi filmbut without the superhero tropesas we know it.

It uses found-footage narrative as the storys machine but does not become gimmicky.

Major Roy McBride looking at the camera in ‘Ad Astra’

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Soon, the protagonist starts to experience an identity and reality crisis as a result of taking the drug.

He has to find the bomber and stop the attack before it’s too late.

Each new mind brings fresh information, adding a mystery element to the suspenseful sci-fi thriller.

Andrew Detmer, played by Dane DeHaan, holds his hand out to use his powers in ‘Chronicle’.

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Existenzmakes viewers stop and think about how technology is changing the world and human lives.

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Rhoda leaning on John in Another Earth

Nathan Gardner, played by actor Nicolas Cage, looks disturbed while bathed in purple light in Color Out Of Space.

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Jane Fonda in Barbarella

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The cast of Signs sit on a couch and gather near a TV screen looking perplexed and fearful in Signs.

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Bob and Ernie looking in the same direction in A Scanner Darkly (2006)

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Pedro Pascal and Sophie Thatcher in Prospect

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Looper

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Jake Gyllenhaal as Captain Colter Stevens sitting by a window in Source Code

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