Recommend a less-known scifi movie/series

[Blackrat]

Well as some here might guess I'm a bit of scifi-freak. And it seems I'm not the only one here . Anyways, I'm trying to enhance my collection and would like to get some DVD's of some of less-known scifi movies and series. Those that never hit or totally flopped. I mean like Earth-2 or Postman, both of which I loved tremendously (Yeah I'm a freak ). So if the collective mind of EN World would help me and recommend some of those forgotten scifi-titles I'd be very gratefull .

 

[Ambrus]

I thought the 2006 Sci-Fi mini-series The Lost Room was very compeling.

 

[WayneLigon]

Neverwhere came out on DVD finally; it was a British mini series.

Equilibrium is a pretty darn good movie, and is probably the epitome of 'Gun Fu'.

Miracles was an 13-episode cancelled series; only 6 episodes if that were ever aired. It's on DVD and contains at least two of my favorite episodes of a TV series (The Friendly Skies and Hand of God).

Jack of All Trades, ALA 'Bruce Cambell's other tv series' is a campy peice set in 1801; it's basically a vehicle for Bruce's one-liners and banter ("Are you a mad scientist?" "No, just slightly preturbed.") but it's watchable just for that.

 

[Gab]

I recommend Charlie Jade. However, it's only available on DVD in Japan, and very expensive. The Japanase DVD has English subtitles.

Hmm... Amazon.co.uk says vol 1 of the series will be available on December 26th.

 

[Umbran]

The best thing I can think of is not available on DVD: the first season of the Witchblade series.

 

[farmboymdp]

While it is not "sci-fi" in the classic sense, Brazil by Gilliam is a great movie and features dystopian science fiction, and I would certainly qualify it as "less-known" as most of my movie-buff friends haven't seen it.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Brisco County (TV)
Joe Doe (TV)
They Live (Movie) really any John Carpenter movie.

 

[coriolis]

Survivors by Terry Nation. The 3 seasons are now available on DVD, but in the UK only.
The series decribes the 'adventures' of a group of British survivors after a biological accident wipes out most of the Earth's population. It was quite brutal and bleak, with many of the main survivors being killed off throughout the series (including a fire at the end of the first season which kills a handicapped man) leading to a feeling that no one was safe. In that sense, it paved the way for shows like The Day After and Lost, and movies like 28 Days Later.

Oh, and BBC Once just announced last week they would be remaking it!

 

[Particle_Man]

"Lexx" should be seen at least once.

And if you haven't heard of it, there is a great 60's show called "The Prisoner" - very sharp dialogue and thought provoking stuff.

I have a bit of a soft spot for "The Tomorrow People" but I don't know how much of that is nostalgia.

 

[Croesus]

Space: Above and Beyond (unfortunately cancelled after just one season)