Gattaca

A striking debut from director Niccol, Gattaca posits a not-too-distant future in which a person's genetic makeup is determined before birth. No diseases, no lazy eyes, no mediocrity, just faster, stronger, smarter -- except for an unlucky few. These unfortunates are the “In-valids” and their lot in this brave new world is to act as the new underclass. Vincent Freeman (Hawke) is one such person. He dreamed of becoming a space traveler but it's a dream he'll never achieve. Then one day he sees his opportunity. For all its genre-hopping (science fiction, mystery, love story, socio-political exploration), Gattaca never gets away from itself; making this less a sci-fi epic than a simple (and simply wonderful) lesson in humanity and the direction in which one hopes it's not heading.