Ikarie XB-1 / Voyage To The End Of The Universe has nothing to do with the cheesy sci-fi churned out en masse in the 50s and...
It's worth giving The Congress a chance because it's not easy cinema, but it's moving and, behind its visual splendor, hides several very poignant reflections.
Przekładaniec / Layer Cake somewhat fades in Wajda's oeuvre, however, it's worth remembering that a great director once gave us this exceptionally astute sci-fi
Solaris is a piece of great science fiction cinema, allowing for multiple interpretations and inspiring deep reflections on the essence of humanity.
Although Lem was largely right in his criticisms, because Tarkovsky did use his story to fulfill his own intentions, I consider Solaris to be successful film.
Several American critics wrote that The Silent Star / First Spaceship On Venus is the best-looking cosmic SF film of those years produced outside Hollywood.
Pilot Pirx's Inquest is quite watchable. This is due to the absolutely serious treatment of the subject matter by the director. The charade on the Goliath...
Published in 1959, Lem's The Investigation starts from an improbable, strange, and incomprehensible situation. Not only unsolvable, but without a culprit.
Hollywood very rarely uses Stanislaw Lem's science fiction works. Steven Soderbergh turned out to be a notable exception.