Most of my favourite books/movies/TV shows are Sci fi - I love Mary Shelley, slaughterhouse five, annihilation (both the book and the movie), The Thing, x files, the invasion, and the OA. This feels like a pretty wide variety of writing styles when I line them up but 90% of the sci fi I read/watch I just don’t enjoy at all. It’s a shame because when I love something sci fi I feel like it’s changed my whole life, but when it comes to finding new things I can just enjoy its easier to go through other genres. Is anyone else like this? Does anyone have reccomendations based on what I do like?
The common factor seems to be more grounded Earth-based sci-fi with a smidge of horror and perhaps some mystery, rather than space battles.
In that case, films and TV:
And one with spaceships in it: Starship Troopers
That goes a little too hard into horror, so also try:
Although they are all pretty obvious. Might have to ponder this more.
edit: also:
This is a great list!
12 monkeys is also a series. It’s not as good as the movie, but still amazing.
Edit: more into the light scifi genre, Jennifer Government