Top Five "ALL TIME" Sci Fi Movies??

John Casler · « **on:** 1 Jul 2005, 02:33 am »

On another forum I listed my Top Five Sci Fi movies

1) "NEW" War of the Worlds
2) Forbidden Planet
3) The Day the Earth Stood Still
4) Original Star Wars
5) Origninal Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Not in any order

Honorable Mention:

Original Alien
Original StarGate

Anyone else have a list?

suits_me · « **Reply #1 on:** 1 Jul 2005, 03:56 am »

1. Stalker
2. 2001

gitarretyp · « **Reply #2 on:** 1 Jul 2005, 04:00 am »

I hate to rank movies, but a few sci-fi movies i would highly recommend are:

-the original Solaris and Stalker, both directed by andrei tarkovsky (one of my favourite directors)
-Metropolis
-2001
-Equilibrium...sort of a matrix meets fahrenheit 451 and brave new world dystopic actiony sci-fi movie, but better than the matrix.
I would probably include some anime here too, but i'm not sure if everyone would agree that they belong in sci-fi.

Jon L · « **Reply #3 on:** 1 Jul 2005, 05:08 am »

Quote from: gitarretyp

I hate to rank movies, but a few sci-fi movies i would highly recommend are:

-the original Solaris and Stalker, both directed by andrei tarkovsky (one of my favourite directors)
-Metropolis
-2001
-Equilibrium...sort of a matrix meets fahrenheit 451 and brave new world dystopic actiony sci-fi movie, but better than the matrix.
I would probably include some anime here too, but i'm not sure if everyone would agree that they belong in sci-fi.

Oh, why not...

Macross Plus

Galaxy Express 999

Appleseed the Movie

Akira

Ghost in the Shell

gitarretyp · « **Reply #4 on:** 1 Jul 2005, 05:13 am »

Quote

Oh, why not...

Macross Plus

If you liked macross plus, you should check out macross zero also

gongos · « **Reply #5 on:** 1 Jul 2005, 08:40 am »

In no particular order:

2001
Original, non-special edition, Star Wars
Flash Gordon w/ Queen soundtrack
Original Planet of the Apes
They Live
V: miniseries
The Terminator
Robocop
Dune

5's no fun.

woodsyi · « **Reply #6 on:** 1 Jul 2005, 12:06 pm »

Blade Runner!
AND
I don't care what anybody else says. Mad Max kicks ass!

Jumpin · « **Reply #7 on:** 1 Jul 2005, 12:33 pm »

Total Recall and the Terminator are two good ones.
Arnold is the Man!

PhilNYC · « **Reply #8 on:** 1 Jul 2005, 12:35 pm »

Star Wars (original, unedited)
Terminator 2
Aliens
2001
The Matrix

Honorable mentions:
Back to the Future
Total Recall
Dark Star (Dan O'Bannon's first movie)
Star Trek Wrath of Khan
Robocop
Blade Runner

bubba966 · « **Reply #9 on:** 1 Jul 2005, 05:36 pm »

In no particular order:

Aliens (154 minute cut)
T2 (152 minute cut)
Robocop ("X Rated" cut)
Equilibrium
Total Recall
The Matrix
The Fifth Element

Guess that's a touch more than 5. So sue me...

marklivia · « **Reply #10 on:** 1 Jul 2005, 06:41 pm »

Close Encounters, Blade Runner, Star Wars, Dark City, The day the Earth Stood Still, 2001, 5th Element, Matrix, Starman, The last Starfighter (I'm sentimental).

zybar · « **Reply #11 on:** 1 Jul 2005, 11:37 pm »

Ok, I couldn't do just five.

How about these:

Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back
The Matrix
The Road Warrior
A Clockwork Orange
The Terminator/T2
ET
The Fifth Element
Blade Runner
Alien/Aliens
Jurrasic Park

George

PhilNYC · « **Reply #12 on:** 2 Jul 2005, 12:38 am »

Is the Road Warrior considered to be science fiction? If so, that definitely goes on my list.

Am surprised to see some list the Fifth Element...yes, the DVD is an excellent film/video transfer and the soundtrack sounds awesome on a great HT system, but IMHO it was a prime example of giving a frenchman (director) too much money and creative freedom to make a science fiction film...

zybar · « **Reply #13 on:** 2 Jul 2005, 12:52 am »

Quote from: PhilNYC

Is the Road Warrior considered to be science fiction? If so, that definitely goes on my list.

Am surprised to see some list the Fifth Element...yes, the DVD is an excellent film/video transfer and the soundtrack sounds awesome on a great HT system, but IMHO it was a prime example of giving a frenchman (director) too much money and creative freedom to make a science fiction film...

According to allmovie.com it is sci-fi:

http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:64375

You are probably right that the Fifth Element is a step below the other movies I listed.

George

ted_b · « **Reply #14 on:** 2 Jul 2005, 03:19 am »

Most have listed the great ones already, but I'm very glad to see the "second tier" ones show up. Dark City and Starman are amazing films. And George, I'm very glad to see another AC guy list Kubrick's other sci-fi masterpiece, A Clockwork Orange, on the top 5 list. Add that to 2001, Close Encounters, Terminator 2 and Empire Strikes Back for me.

And man do I wish Blade Runner was remastered for DVD!!

Ted

gitarretyp · « **Reply #15 on:** 2 Jul 2005, 05:44 am »

I forgot about Clockwork Orange. That is an excellent sci-fi film.

Another i forgot in my original post was Brazil.

mca · « **Reply #16 on:** 3 Jul 2005, 02:50 pm »

Some of my favorites:

Twelve Monkeys
The Thirteenth Floor
ExistenZ

Persiflage · « **Reply #17 on:** 3 Jul 2005, 02:58 pm »

My favorite that hasn't been mentioned yet: Gattaca.

orthobiz · « **Reply #18 on:** 3 Jul 2005, 08:17 pm »

I'm with Zybar.

Also,
Fahrenheit 451
Logan's Run

biz

PhilNYC · « **Reply #19 on:** 4 Jul 2005, 02:19 pm »

Logan's Run!?!?!

For the most part, I've found that movies (particularly sci-fi) with an overly-descriptive text introduction just don't do it for me...movies that have complex environments/situations that can stand on their own without the introductory reading are a good sign that the filmmaker knows what he's doing. Star Wars Episode 4 & 5 were exceptions, but IMHO they work great even without reading the intro-scroll..