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Kevin Prchal shares a few prized additions to his Blu-ray collection, including a stunning A24 clothbound director’s cut, a few Criterion Collection gems, and more.

Spanning nearly a century of cinematic sci-fi, our list spotlights the robots, aliens, dinosaurs, and dystopias that have widened our eyes and freed our minds.