2002 · Danny Boyle · 113 min · Horror
28 Days Later reinvented the zombie film by making it fast, raw, and terrifyingly human. Danny Boyle's handheld, digital aesthetic turned post-apocalyptic London into a waking nightmare, and the film's real horror comes not from the infected but from what ordinary people become when civilization collapses.
2007 · Danny Boyle · 107 min · Sci-Fi / Thriller
Sunshine is two-thirds of a masterpiece bolted onto a final act that divides everyone who watches it. Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland built a space mission film with a staggering ensemble cast, visuals that still look incredible, and John Murphy's score building atmosphere that borders on transcendent. The first two acts balance hard science fiction tension with genuine philosophical weight about humanity's relationship to something bigger than itself. Then the third act swerves into slasher territory, and the film becomes a different movie entirely. Whether that tonal shift is a betrayal or a bold thematic choice depends entirely on who you ask. What's not debatable is that the journey to get there is some of the finest science fiction filmmaking of the 2000s.