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Despite being considered some of the best sci-fi movies of all time, the films on this list are also pretty confusing.

Profession and Wallerstein offer opposing visions of how societies organize knowledge and creativity—one mechanized and hierarchical, the other hopeful that systems can still nurture human curiosity.