Andrew Niccol Archives

Gattaca (1997)

Rating: ★★★★

Aug 9, 1999Genetically-Engineered Dystopia

The first film from Andrew Niccol, a smart clever work set in a dystopian future where genetic engineering has perfected the human species and those who are born naturally are doomed to an underclass

Director: Andrew Niccol

Actors: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Loren Dean, Alan Arkin, …

Category: Science Fiction

9 August 199925 October 2025 by Roog

The Truman Show (1998)

Rating: ★★★★★

Apr 1, 1999Man's Life as a TV Show

Ingenious film that predicted reality tv shows where Jim Carrey's life has been a tv show since birth with him unaware of everything is staged

Director: Peter Weir

Actors: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, …

Category: Science Fiction

1 April 199910 May 2024 by Roog

S1m0ne (2002)

Rating: ★★

Nov 15, 2003Virtual Hollywood Actress

Andrew Niccol makes a comedy in which down-on-his-luck film director Al Pacino obtains a computer program for simulating a performance and creates a virtual actress, hoodwinking the public into believing she is a real person.

Director: Andrew Niccol

Actors: Al Pacino, Rachel Roberts, Catherine Keener, Pruitt Taylor Vince, …

Category: Science Fiction

15 November 200321 November 2021 by Roog

In Time (2011)

Rating: ★★★★

Nov 4, 2011Dystopian Future

Director-writer Andrew Niccol has a smartness that makes him a must-watch director. Considerable conceptual dexterity has gone into this variant on Logan's Run, which manages to sneak a blatantly Marxist call for revolution and wealth redistribution out past Rupert Murdoch

Director: Andrew Niccol

Actors: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Vincent Kartheiser, …

Category: Science Fiction

4 November 201116 December 2024 by Roog

The Host (2013)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 29, 2013Alien Body Snatchers

Andrew Niccol, a director of smart conceptual sf, seems mismatched on an adaptation of a Stephenie Meyer novel but Niccol tones down Meyer's overripe teen romance to deliver a smart take on the alien body snatchers genre

Director: Andrew Niccol

Actors: Saoirse Ronan, William Hurt, Diane Kruger, Max Irons, …

Category: Science Fiction

29 March 20134 November 2025 by Roog

Anon (2018)

Rating: ★★★★

May 13, 2018Mass-Surveillance Future

Andrew Niccol is one of the consistently intelligent and original directors out there. This, set in a world where mass surveillance has erased the concept of anonymity, is the most fascinating and original depiction of a future in some time

Director: Andrew Niccol

Actors: Clive Owen, Amanda Seyfried, Colm Feore, Mark O'Brien, …

Category: Science Fiction

13 May 201818 November 2025 by Roog