86 - Invasion Of The Body Snatchers

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INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956, dir. Don Sigel)
Released in the late 1950s, director Don Sigel takes full advantage of the Red Scare that gripped the nation to tell the story of a race of beings slowly taking control of the country by inhabiting the bodies of the town's residents. Strong themes of paranoia and McCarthyist anti-communism are thinly veiled as Miles Bennell attempts to subvert the invasion by simply being himself. This (and its 1978 remake starring Donald Southerland) remain cemented as a classic science fiction story that does what sci-fi does best: grapple with the nature of humanity and what it means to be an individual.