Results: 5 underrated sci-fi movies that are perfect to watch for the winter.

Altered States (1980). Among sci-fi fans, Altered States tends to be overlooked in part because of its age and subject matter. This is a body horror flick from director Ken Russell, who doesn't go as far as David Cronenberg tends to. In his first big-screen role, William Hurt portrays Dr. Eddie Jessup, the husband of Emily Jessup (Blair Brown) and father of Margaret (Drew Barrymore) and Grace (Megan Jeffers). HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MOVIE?

The Day After Tomorrow (2004). Dennis Quaid stars as Jack Hall, a paleoclimatologist who correctly predicts the rapid changes in the Earth's atmosphere. After Jack's warnings fall on deaf ears, his son, Sam Hall (Jake Gyllenhaal), and his friend, Laura Chapman (Emmy Rossum), are trapped in New York City when it undergoes a deep freeze. Even if Jack can find a way to save Sam, the world will not be the same. HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MOVIE?

The Giver (2014). Jeff Bridges, who portrays the title character. In this future dystopia, humanity has been freed from emotion, sexuality, painful memories of the past, and even from color. It's the Giver's burden to carry those traits himself until he can pass them on. But even the Giver's daughter, Rosemary (Taylor Swift), couldn't handle it when it was her turn to take the role. A young man named Jonas (Brenton Thwaites) is chosen to be the next Receiver of Memory after the Giver. Rather than following his calling, Jonas decides to follow his heart and his romantic feelings for his friend, Fiona (Odeya Rush). Jonas also decides that it's time that humanity took back the traits that made them human, even if it endangers his own life. HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MOVIE?

Mortal Engines (2018). In a devastated world where mobile cities devour smaller towns, Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar) is inadvertently reunited with London's Deputy Lord Mayor Thaddeus Valentine (Hugo Weaving), whom she hates for killing her mother and scarring her face. Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan) saves Valentine's life, but his heroism is repaid by betrayal and exile. To survive in the wasteland, Hester and Tom will need to work together if they ever want to catch up with Valentine and expose his lies. HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MOVIE?

Sunshine (2007). The story takes place decades in the future, as the crew of the Icarus II journeys to the sun in order to deliver a massive bomb that is meant to restart it and prevent the Earth from freezing and dying. Along the way, the crew encounters the Icarus I, the ship that undertook the original mission to save their world years earlier. But as the truth about what happened to the Icarus I comes to light, the survivors of Icarus II feel the weight of the entire world riding on their successful completion of the mission. HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MOVIE?