Solaris | Blu-ray

Legend has it, when Andrei Tarkovsky saw 2001, he saw a movie lacking connection to humanity. Solaris may not have changed the nature of sci-fi cinema the way that its American predecessor did, but it does a beautiful job of standing alongside Kubrick's masterpiece as an intensely humanist tale of space exploration.

A psychologist is sent to a remote research outpost where reports of continued mental breakdowns among the crew have ground work to a standstill. Skeptical of reports, even from former researchers on the station, Kris Kelvin is immediately drawn into a world the blurs the line between waking and dreaming.

Realized in stunning detail and with beautiful lighting design and practical effects, Solaris is a slowly-evolving vision of a future among the stars where technology may have evolved, but mankind remains just as fallible and emotionally fragile as ever.