Gattaca

Director: Andrew Niccol

1997 / 106min / DCP

Audiences didn’t quite know what to make of Niccol’s directorial debut in 1997, but with the passage of time his vision of a chilly, sterile future where eugenic pedigree determines social status has acquired a deserved cult cachet. Ethan Hawke stars as a young man conceived outside of the breeding program who dreams of space travel that’s forbidden him due to genetic discrimination, with Uma Thurman as the co-worker with whom he falls in love, and a sterling supporting cast including Jude Law, Ernest Borgnine, and Gore Vidal (!). “One of the smartest and most provocative of science fiction films, a thriller with ideas.”—Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun-Times