Gattaca

Author: Andrew Niccol

There are few science fiction films as flawlessly stylish as Gattaca. A young man, born naturally of loving parents wants nothing more than to go into space. The problem is he was born into a world where all children are genetically programmed. The story centers around how he can pass himself off as a 'regular' designed person instead of as the freak naturally-born man he really is.Ethan Hawke is one of the really great science fiction actors, able to play both action adventure hero and living, breathing human soul. Uma Thurman is great here, and the smaller roles played by folks ranging from legends like Ernest Bourgnine and Blair Underwood, to vollyball player Gabriel Reece, make this one of the most actorly films of the 1990s. But what you walk away from once you've finished Gattaca is the styling art direction and the vision of a future that seems to have walked out of an early 2000s fashion magazine.Why it's on the list Any film that so clearly looks ahead with an eye towards not only the science, but the social detail has to be included!