District 9
Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA,… From TMDB
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60 of 193 · most liked firstDistrict 9 (2009) Directed by Neill Blomkamp
unlabelledView post →District 9 (2009) 🎬🖤 Directed by Neill Blomkamp
unlabelledView post →New Starship Troopers film is happening at Sony Pictures, written and directed by Neill Blomkamp (District 9). ➡️ deadline.com/2025/03/star... The new film will go back to the 1959 source material by Robert A. Heinlein and not be based on the 1997 Paul Verhoeven movie.
unlabelledView post →District 9 is about what its like to have a weird arm. Masterful film.
unlabelledView post →Watching District 9 for the first time. What a wierd film.
unlabelledView post →I'm watching District 9 for the first time in 15 years and by Gods this movie aged well
unlabelledView post →Revisited District 9- I think it’s very interesting how this film entirely gets away with not fully committing to the faux documentary approach. You never question it, and it gets zero flak for it. Very confident spin on the format.
unlabelledView post →District 9 really is my favorite movie still i don't think movies get more zuzu then that one does
unlabelledView post →"Blomkamp will also produce the feature alongside Terri Tatchell, his partner and wife who co-wrote the South African filmmaker’s District 9 and 2015 outing, Chappie." As usual, this thread will be updated as soon as necessary.
unlabelledView post →District 9 Like it's just a movie that feels utterly miserable and not in a fun way. Also, Fingernails. Can't.
unlabelledView post →ICYMI: Columbia Pictures has hired Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium, Chappie, Demonic, Gran Turismo) to write and direct the new STARSHIP TROOPERS movie, which will re-adapt Robert A. Heinlein’s novel rather than outright remake Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 movie.
unlabelledView post →Chappie and District 9 director Neill Blomkamp is set to write and direct a new Starship Troopers movie. It will be the first film adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein's sci-fi novel since Paul Verhoeven's 1997 cult classic. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
unlabelledView post →Chappie is a weird movie. But no weirder that the other movies he made, District 9 and Elysium. District 9 being my favorite among them.
unlabelledView post →“What’s the name of that movie where the French guy lives in a wasteland and turns into a reptile?” — My wife. Reader, she meant District 9.
unlabelledView post →DISTRICT 9. Not the worst movie I saw in a theater (I have a kid, so I’ve seen some *stinkers*) but definitely the one that pissed me off the most. Ended up getting into a loud argument about it in the lobby with my best friend.
unlabelledView post →Having watched a Hitchcock classic in the cinema going to finish the evening watching one of my favourites and in my opinion a modern sci-fi classic - District 9 from 2009. If you’ve not watched it then I couldn’t recommend it highly enough #scifi #scifisky #filmsky #horrorsky #District9
unlabelledView post →District 9. Absolutely incredible movie with a lot of themes that are still very relevant today... Which is why I have such a hard time rewatching it.
unlabelledView post →Got this German import District 9 Steelbook that’s region free. It’s magnificent! An all time favorite of mine, I love this film. #physicalmedia #filmsky #promosky
unlabelledView post →OCD compels me to spreadsheet. Crunched the greatest-films-of-all-time lists. Here are the top 1,461 presented as a daily countdown to the end of the Trump Administration. #Film #Resist #MovieSky #Movies #1,452 District 9 (2009) dir. Neill Blomkamp
unlabelledView post →Now watching District 9 #district9 #NeillBlomkamp #sharltocopley #film
unlabelledView post →Watching District 9. I remember when I watched it for the first time with my then-boyfriend, he became FURIOUS when I started talking about apartheid because he insisted it was just a movie about aliens. bruh.
unlabelledView post →Rewatching District 9 for prep for a new gig and this is still one of the best uses of a snorricam in film.
unlabelledView post →Considering that Blomkamp did District 9 an anti apartheid movie, I don't think we have to worry about him fawning over fascism like Heinlein did.
unlabelledView post →Finishing off my first read of 2026 today: Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor Originally written in anger against the film District 9, I’ve had fun with this very fast paced, multi angled first contact thriller, that just about chucks everything into the mix 🪐📚💙
unlabelledView post →The 12 Days of Xmas is back! And the first day of Xmas is District 9 (2009), a science fiction film directed by Neill Blomkamp and produced by Peter Jackson, starring Sharlto Copley. youtu.be/OW0Oom3BWio
unlabelledView post →i think the movie i liked the most as a teenager that i’m the most scared to revisit due to assuming it actually mega sucks is District 9
unlabelledView post →A new Starship Troopers movie is in development, with Neill Blomkamp (District 9) set to direct. #movienews #90smovies #filmsky
unlabelledView post →The movie District 9 is a fascinating example because the movie is about apartheid but at the same time shows nigerian people as cannibal violent gang members.
unlabelledView post →#BlueZicos #MusicChallenge 06/05 - Sci-Fi Film: District 9 (2009) Music: Black Milk – Massive Attack www.youtube.com/watch?v=zncq...
unlabelledView post →Me and my family all really liked the film District 9 and for the last, like, 15 years, we've been making fun of the main character's name Wikus! Wikus Mondmumbler!
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching District 9 for the first time in quite awhile. Almost forgot just how damn good this film is.
unlabelledView post →District 9 (2009) Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just gifs. (Day 13) #FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥
unlabelledView post →Did a good thing today. Watched District 9. Damn, that film is good.
unlabelledView post →#FebruaryMovieChallenge #FilmSky 🎥 Spaceship in a movie. District 9 (2009)
unlabelledView post →💯 District 9 is a perfect movie that deserves a continuation. It’s easily the most empathetic movie ever made (on our planet at least).
unlabelledView post →Today's Movie recommendation is "District 9" A none-too-subtle metaphor for apartheid and immigration issues, this sci-fi movie uses a "documentary" style to explore what happens when an alien ship breaks down over earth, and its inhabitants become unwelcome "guests" of Earth. #Movies
unlabelledView post →Great example image on that post too: for anyone not aware the original short film that became District 9 actually used interviews with real South Africans about actual migrants. Many of the scenes about casually hating or even killing "them" refer not to the aliens but to those very real people.
unlabelledView post →Cannot understand directing a movie that looks like District 9 and thinking this looks like anything other than warmed over dog shit.
unlabelledView post →District 9 was pretty good. Blomkamp followed that up with Elysium, which was awful, and then with Chappie, one of the worst films ever made. "Plan 9 From Outer Space" bad. His most recent film is an adaptation of the video game Gran Turismo, which notably has no plot. Dude has no career to ruin.
unlabelledView post →Ugh how do you go from writing and directing something like Elysium, a film with themes exploring humanity's own ecocide, to making AI movies District 9 was one of my favourite sci-fi films... I'm so disappointed
unlabelledView post →District 9 is a movie worth returning to (or seeing for the first time) as a powerful allegory for South African apartheid most specifically but also imperialism, genocide and institutionalized racism generally. It’s literally “what if one of the genociders became one of the genocided?”, the movie.
unlabelledView post →I'd like to think District 9 is a good enough movie but I'm not so certain how lie changing it is, I did love it though
unlabelledView post →In the movie District 9, aliens crash land in South Africa and immediately became the targets of hostile xenophobia. The fact that they managed interstellar travel granted them zero respect from those ppl.
unlabelledView post →NEW EPISODE COMING THIS SUNDAY! @poopsmcgee.bsky.social joins Adam and Ryan this Sunday to talk all about the 2009 sci-fi film, District 9. The directorial debut of Neill Blomkamp, and produced by Peter Jackson. #filmsky 🎦🎥
unlabelledView post →The District 9 guy was foaming at the mouth to make a Halo movie for like a decade and they ignored him. It's so funny.
unlabelledView post →I rewatched this sci-fi masterpiece last night 🏙️ 👽 📹 District 9 is as immersive and powerful as ever, in many ways. And I don't remember ever seeing such a detestable main character in a movie 🤮 #District9 #NeillBlomkamp #SharltoCopley #SciFi #Cinema #Movies
unlabelledView post →This isn't deeply important but Neill Blomkamp (the guy who made District 9, Chappie, bunch of other crap) is starting an Ai movie production company. And of course the little he's put (short films) are completely terrible. Once a hack loser ALWAYS A HACK LOSER!
unlabelledView post →Yes, I liked District 9. ...I was also a 20 years old braindead centrist shitlib when that movie was The New Hotness, it's probably okay for me to reflect and let go of it. "The only thing that can stop a bad enforcer of Apartheid is a good enforcer of Apartheid!"-ass movie.
unlabelledView post →What's your favorite movie from each decade of your life? 80s - Angel Heart 90s - Forrest Gump 00s - District 9 10s - Arrival 20s - Project Hail Mary
unlabelledView post →So District 9 is not a good background movie to play while I'm arting as I keep watching it and looking up to read the alien language subtitles. Oops.
unlabelledView post →District 9 is such a fascinating movie, you ever racism allegory so hard you end up with "turns out the aliens weren't the real monsters, it was Nigerians all along"?
unlabelledView post →Sounds like the movie District 9 !!
unlabelledView post →It's from a South African alien movie "District 9". Worth a watch Jokes are funnier the longer the explanation.
unlabelledView post →Neill Blomkamp’s directorial debut, written by him and his wife, Terri Tatchell. Neill was all ready to direct the Halo film with Peter Jackson producing and when that fell through, Peter gave him the money to make District 9. Our new episode with @poopsmcgee.bsky.social, this Sunday night. #filmsky
unlabelledView post →I still stand by the fact that Neill Blomkamp's Sci-fi anthology film series is probably the BEST Sci-fi anthology film series ever. District 9 - anti-refugee culture Chappie - colonial/apartheid police culture Elysium - white techno classist culture Told brilliantly through the eyes of Sci-fi.
unlabelledView post →WOW. Just saw Gareth Edwards of Rogue One fame new film The Creator. If you are a hard sci fan, this is a MUST SEE. Like District 9, Blade Runner and Ex Machina had a beautiful child. Remarkable film. #TheCreator
unlabelledView post →I rewatched this sci-fi masterpiece last night 🏙️ 👽 📹 District 9 is as immersive and powerful as ever, in many ways. And I don't remember ever seeing such a detestable main character in a movie 🤮 #District9 #NeillBlomkamp #SharltoCopley #SciFi #Cinema #Movies
unlabelledView post →Even though it’s half over. Watching District 9. Just how damn good is this film. #FilmSky
unlabelledView post →If you want to see well used 2010 SFX right now, rent “District 9” If you want a fun movie about survival horror movie, give “Cooties” a watch Cregger directs a fine gory flick, but the worst Western #ResidentEvil film podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... #filmsky #moviesky #horrorsky #gamingsky
unlabelledView post →Pitching my newest musical rom-com action horror movie: Mamma Mia, Shrek Lives in District 9! #LetterboxdFriday #Lastfourwatched
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