Favorite Sci Fi movies?

[boiledeggs456]

Hey everyone, just wanted to ask all of you what some of your favorite sci fi movies are?

in particular order here are mines: Dune, Chronicles of Hollow Earth: The Next Race(definitely worth checking out), The Matrix (1st and 3rd), Akira, Starship Troopers (HA!), Event Horizon (this movie scared the crap out of me when I was a kid), FIFTH ELEMENT (of course)...aaannndddd, that's all I can think of right now.

So what about you guys?

[badllama]

...dude, you and I are like on the same page with all of your movie choices. I've actually heard of The Next Race too, which earns you bonus points.

[therealjohng]

moved to Best/Worst/Favorites

[bigred760]

Star Wars movies
The Matrix movies

[FireCaptain4]

Some good sci-fi movies that are hardly ever mentioned:
Solaris (2002)- Almost as great as the original IMO.
Cypher
Cube
Gattaca

[poguesfan]

The best SCI FI movie of all time will always be Blade Runner in my mind.

[FireCaptain4]

I hate to sound like a prick, but I'm gonna have to say Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" is the best sci-fi movie ever made--and yes, I've actually seen it.

[athf1980]

Star wars series
Alien series
Spaceballs

[JackassFan]

The Matrix
Serenity
Blade Runner
The Empire Strikes Back
Aliens
T2
2001: A Space Odyssey
Planet of the Apes (68)
The Thing
Back To The Future
Donnie Darko

[Powerslave]

The Star Wars Trilogy
2001
The Matrix
Blade Runner
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
E.T.
Metropolis (1927)
Dark City
Alien
Aliens
The Terminator
T2: Judgement Day
The Thing
12 Monkeys
Brazil
Back to the Future
Robocop

If you wanna throw animated features into the mix...
Akira
Ghost in the Shell
Paprika

...and there's some others I know I'm forgetting.

Really, there's few things better than a great, well-done Sci Fi movie. They come along far too rarely.

[Kings-Rook1]

Got to give a shout out for Outland, Zardoz, Barbarella, A Boy and His Dog and Darkstar.

[Natty]

Can't really think of any that haven't been mentioned but my personal fav is The Star Wars Saga

[Mr. Creasy]

Star Wars, Independence Day, I Robot, Minority Report and The Fifth Element

[Zizou]

aliens
alien
the thing
the terminator
star wars: v - empire strike back
star wars: iv - a new hope
star wars: vi - return of the jedi
total recall
blade runner
predator

[Tony_Montana]

The Original Star Wars Trilogy (but of course...)
Clockwork Orange (does it count?)
The Matrix
Terminator + T2
Jurassic Park
Alien + Aliens
Predator
Pitch Black
Wall-E (if we're going animated)
12 Monkeys
Total Recall
Robocop

Also gotta give shout-outs to Demolition Man and Star Trek: First Contact!

[jbar1026]

star wars - all 6 well maybe not ep 2
star trek - all movies both crews (11 i think)
serenity - if you like scifi you will like this
soilder - hey! i like it
the fifth element - another great scfi film
riddick movies - mostly pitched black

animated
wall-e - fanatastic movie
goast in th shell - gets a bit long in the middle but still good
vampire hunter d - scifi horror at its best. although sometimes the script is weak

[Le_Big_Mac]

2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Blade Runner
The Thing (1982)
Metropolis
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Alien
Aliens
Back to the Future
The Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Fly (1986)
12 Monkeys
Children of Men
The Thing From Another World

[dannywalker17]

I'm a big fan of the more cerebral sci-fi over the more popcorn sci-fi.

My Top Sci-Fi

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2. Blade Runner (1982)
3. Back to the Future (1985)
4. Alien (1979)
5. Sunshine (2007)
6. Unbreakable (2000)
7. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
8. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
9. Back to the Future Part II (1989)
10. The Fountain (2006)
11. Aliens (1986)
12. Gattaca (1997)
13. Deep Impact (1998)
14. Back to the Future Part III (1990)
15. Minority Report (2002)
16. Children of Men (2006)
17. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
18. Star Trek: Generations (1994)
19. Star Wars (1977)
20. The Island (2005)

Honorable Mention: The Matrix, Cloverfield, Star Trek: First Contact, War of the Worlds (2005), The Fifth Element, Wall-E, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Contact, Signs, Return of the Jedi, Dune

[Hucksta G]

My Favorite Ten

1. Donnie Darko
2. Vanilla Sky
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. The Fountain
5. Starship Troopers
6. Unbreakable
7. V for Vendetta
8. eXistenZ
9.The Empire Strikes Back
10. Blade Runner

[boiledeggs456]

lets keep this thread going. you all got some good picks, bunch of movies that are in my top 20 as well. how bout i switch it up...what about lesser known sci fi movies? anybody heard of the next race?

[breedppts2fight]

so glad someone finally mentioned Sunshine, i fuckin love that movie.

My other favourites are:

Back to the future trilogy
the First Matrix
Casshern(although cant really remember what it was about, i can just remember thinkign it was pretty badass)
Serenity
JP
Twelve Monkeys
Terminator 1 & 2

[NuclearMisfit]

The Day the Earth Stood Still - Non Keanu Reeves thank you.
Cube
Stargate

[ivana]

Blade Runner
Back to the Future
12 Monkeys
Brazil

[sarah1980]

E.T.
Terminator 1 and 2
Dune
Serenity
Star Wars
Star Trek
The Fifth Element
Alien series
The Abyss
Back To The Future
Transformers
Forbidden Planet
The War Of The Worlds (1954)
The Day The Earth Still Still
The Time Machine (1960)
Event Horizon
Godzilla films
Jurassic Park
The Matrix
Sunshine

just to name a few ;)

[poopontheshoes7]

Heavily edited:

Blade Runner
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Aliens
Jurassic Park
BTTF trilogy
T2
2001: A Space Odyssey (It has taken me a looooong time to really warm up to this movie, but damn if it didn't pull me in eventually.)
A Clockwork Orange
Star Wars trilogy
ET
The Fly
Dark City
Sunshine
AI
Minority Report
The Abyss
The Matrix
The Fountain
Planet of the Apes (original)
Starship Troopers
Children of Men
The Fifth Element
Robocop
Total Recall
Equilibrium
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 70s version (50s version is pretty cool too.)
The Chronicles of Riddick
Pitch Black (horror/sci-fi)


Other favorites I wouldn't classify 100% sci-fi:

I don't consider Alien, the Fly or The Thing to be sci-fi. Alien is a straight up horror movie imo, just with a sci-fi setting. The Thing is pure horror imo, the killer just happens to be an alien. The Fly is heavy with sci-fi but I would call it horror before sci-fi if asked on the street. Donnie Darko pretty much defies all genres. It's not one genre any more then another. I honestly don't know what I would call it. Eternal Sunshine I guess is sci-fi, but I don't think of it that way. I always saw it as a straight up love story. First and foremost.