Practicality is one of the key aspects of the ISTJ personality. Thus, it only seems logical that the science fiction film would be a perfect fit for them, since so many are based on the practical applications of science.
However, as any fan of the genre knows, not all sci-fi is created equal, and there are some films in the genre that become a little too self-indulgent and caught up in their own cleverness for the ISTJ to really enjoy. In fact they might just hate them!
10 Love: Jurassic Park (1993)
This is one of those science fiction films that really did seem to be far ahead of its time. Its special effects still amaze, even almost thirty years after its release, and the snarkiness of both Ian Malcolm and Dr. Grant are still iconic.
In fact, it is precisely these two characters, with their emphasis on logic and on rationality, that are the key draws for the ISTJ, and it definitely helps the film’s appeal that they end up being right in the end.
9 Hate: The Matrix (1999)
This was one of those science fiction films that set out to challenge everything that its audience thought to be true about the world and, ultimately, about the nature of reality itself.
To some extent it accomplished this goal, though the ISTJ will soon find themselves growing a little impatient, both with the film’s central conceit of human beings being enmeshed in a mass delusion and in the sometimes indulgent use of special effects and slow motion.
8 Love: Alien (1979)
There’s a great deal to love about this film, which remains one of the most viscerally disturbing films set in outer space. With its focus on the permeability of the human body, it forces the viewer to confront the most unpleasant parts of being flesh and bone.
The draw for the ISTJ, however, will of course be Sigourney Weaver’s character of Ripley, one of the most rational and relentlessly pragmatic characters to have ever appeared in a science fiction film.
7 Hate: Avatar (2009)
Though this film cost an astronomical amount of money, it went on to become one of the most successful films ever made.
It is undoubtedly a beautiful film to watch, but the fact that the plot is an unoriginal one and that it the film is a bit too on the nose, and a bit too sentimental, in its approach to its material will soon begin to put a strain on the ISTJ’s ability to take any pleasure in it.
6 Love: The Martian (2015)
There is perhaps no thought more terrifying than being trapped in space with little certainty that one will be able to make it back to the safety of Earth. That is the premise of this film, based on the popular novel of the same name.
The film pays a great deal of attention to the details of what it would take to survive in outer space, and the ISTJ will find much to enjoy in these various minutiae.
5 Hate: Galaxy Quest (1999)
Some films like to take a loving if satirical approach to the genre, and that is the case with this film, which focuses on the stars of a fictional television series who are recruited by aliens that think their characters are real.
It’s one of those very goofy films that doesn’t take itself too seriously, and that doesn't encourage the audience to do so either. Thus, it is highly unlikely that the relentlessly practical ISTJ will find much to take pleasure in.
4 Love: Arrival (2016)
Declared by many critics to be one of the best films of 2016, this film focuses on the efforts of a linguist to interpret the language of a group of invading extraterrestrials before a global war erupts. It is one of the more thoughtful science fiction films of recent vintage, particularly since it devotes so much attention to the ways in which language shapes the way that we look at the world.
The ISTJ will appreciate the fact that it is the practical application of linguistics that saves the world from destruction.
3 Hate: Spaceballs (1987)
Mel Brooks has a well-earned reputation for being able to send up almost any genre of Hollywood film. In this film, which lampoons every variety of science fiction film imaginable, his signature humor is on display, though here it is slightly more self-indulgent than it is in some of his other efforts.
Unfortunately, it is precisely the crassness of the humor, which lacks some of the sophisticated bite of his earlier efforts, which will make this a poor choice for the ISTJ.
2 Love: Demolition Man (1993)
Given that this film was made in the early 1990s, when almost the entire country was discussing the impact of crime on American society and culture at large, its central concern with crime and personal freedom shouldn’t come as a surprise.
Despite the fact that in many ways it is a straightforward action film, the ISTJ will nevertheless like that the film asks some important questions about the nature of criminality, questions which still haunt us today.
1 Hate: Evolution (2001)
Sometimes, a film sets out with the best intentions of being funny but, for one reason or another, simply fails to be so.
That is the case with this film, which features a very strong cast but some weak writing that keeps its multitudinous jokes from really landing with the intensity that they should. Comedy is already something of a weak genre for the ISTJ, and this one is even weaker than most.
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