What Are The Best / Your Favorite Sci-Fi Movies?

[White Borders]

My Top 12 Sci-Fi Movies (Pre-1990)

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[Butch7999]

Not sure why there's a 1990 cut-off, but here are a dozen of our pre-1990 favourites
and our top 10 from 1990 onward, surely arguable depending on one's taste
and on one's definition of what does and doesn't qualify as "sci-fi"...

The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1951
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1956
2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968
Colossus: The Forbin Project, 1970
Silent Running, 1972
Sleeper, 1973
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1978
Alien, 1979
Blade Runner, 1982
The Thing, 1982
Lifeforce, 1985
Aliens, 1986

Total Recall, 1990
Contact, 1997
Dark City, 1998
Galaxy Quest, 1999
Solaris, 2002
The Host, 2006
Cloverfield, 2008
Apollo 18, 2011
World War Z, 2013
Arrival, 2016

[mikemb]

My top 5:

The Giant Behemoth (1959)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Target Earth (1954)
Earth vs the Flying Saucers (1956)
The Monitors (1969)

Mike

[White Borders]

Originally Posted by Butch7999

Not sure why there's a 1990 cut-off

There's not a 1990 cutoff or a limit. There are also many that I like 1990-present, such as Hunger Games, Jurassic Park, The Martian. I might share those in a future post. 1990 was just a good break-point for me. BTW - It was very hard for me to leave "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "Soylent Green" off of my list.

[rats60]

My top 10 regardless of date
The Empire Strikes Back
A Clockwork Orange
The Matrix
Back to the Future
Inception
Terminator 2 Judgment Day
Interstellar
Mad Max Fury Road
Blade Runner
2001 A Space Odyssey

[Butch7999]

Hey, we hear ya. We could easily have compiled a Top 50 of our own favourites, and several on our list above
are "on the bubble," subject to replacement by Forbidden Planet, Soylent Green, The Martian,
Return of the Living Dead, and more, depending on our mood and our ever-shifting definition of "sci-fi"
at any particular moment. Along with the obligatory obvious choices, we deliberately included a few
slightly more obscure films that other sci-fi fans here might have overlooked...

[2dueces]

All the above are excellent choices!

[Prof_Plum]

guess these would be considered sci-fi

Godzilla movies
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Attack of the 50 ft Woman
Them!
Flash Gordon - with Buster Crabbe
...and there was another old black and white series where some 'hero' guy would put on a helmet and be able to fly, can't remember the name (rocketman????)

[rgpete]

As a kid could not wait to watch Creature Feature and Chiller Theatre on Saturdays My favorites are from the 50's The Thing, Them, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Earth vs the Flying Saucers, Invasion of the Saucer Men

[packs]

Fire In The Sky has always freaked me out.

[AustinMike]

Many great movies listed. One i haven't seen listed yet is "Invaders From Mars" from 1953. I saw this on TV in about 1961 when I was 7. This is definitely in my top 10.

On a side note and not meaning to hijack the thread, another sci-fi movie I would recommend is "Plan 9 From Outer Space." It is sooooo BAD, it is kind of entertaining.

[mikemb]

Originally Posted by AustinMike

Many great movies listed. One i haven't seen listed yet is "Invaders From Mars" from 1953. I saw this on TV in about 1961 when I was 7. This is definitely in my top 10.

On a side note and not meaning to hijack the thread, another sci-fi movie I would recommend is "Plan 9 From Outer Space." It is sooooo BAD, it is kind of entertaining.

Inxvders from Mars is a great movie that scared me. Plan 9 from Outer Space is really bad but it is so funny!!

Mike

[edtiques]

No love for Independence Day?

[Jcfowler6]

You guys are nailing it on the movies. I’ve enjoyed most of them and will watch a few I haven’t seen listed.

I’m just gonna say this dude was good and is one of my favorite non-sports cards.





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[White Borders]

Love the Verne card!

[Butch7999]

Very cool card, JC. Hearing Verne interviewed, several years ago, on some ancient audio seemed like
science fiction itself. We think the more obscure entries on our list above (post #3) are worth a look...

Clyde/Ray/Robbie, we love anything by Lynch, with Eraserhead right near the top of our list of favourites.
Only reason we didn't include it is that we were going by our narrower definition of sci-fi; Eraserhead,
to us, is more "surrealism," like an extended hallucination.

Craig, well put. Actually, though, we've found Verne and Wells film adaptations generally disappointing.
The 1936 Shape of Things holds up pretty well despite the Flash Gordon-level space launch and the
requisite miniskirts-and capes look for men (why does all 1930s-'40s sci-fi and space opera have guys
dressed in miniskirts or 1970s NBA hotpants and capes?). The whole altruistic Air Men versus
the Boss' anti-science thugs is visionary, particularly in today's climate.

A few more nominees for discussion:
Metropolis (1927), rightfully a classic
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), deeply philosophical in its way
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), slow and hard to follow, but, hey, Roeg and Bowie
Robocop (1987) -- Verhoeven's penchant for ultraviolence came thisclose to chasing us from the theatre
in the opening 15 minutes. Glad we stuck around.
Gravity (2013), pretty solid tech and spectacular big-screen visuals
Annihilation (2018), improves with a second or third viewing

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Butch7999

Very cool card, JC. Hearing Verne interviewed, several years ago, on some ancient audio seemed like
science fiction itself. We think the more obscure entries on our list above (post #3) are worth a look...

Clyde/Ray/Robbie, we love anything by Lynch, with Eraserhead right near the top of our list of favourites.
Only reason we didn't include it is that we were going by our narrower definition of sci-fi; Eraserhead,
to us, is more "surrealism," like an extended hallucination.

Craig, well put. Actually, though, we've found Verne and Wells film adaptations generally disappointing.
The 1936 Shape of Things holds up pretty well despite the Flash Gordon-level space launch and the
requisite miniskirts-and capes look for men (why does all 1930s-'40s sci-fi and space opera have guys
dressed in miniskirts or 1970s NBA hotpants and capes?). The whole altruistic Air Men versus
the Boss' anti-science thugs is visionary, particularly in today's climate.

A few more nominees for discussion:
Metropolis (1927), rightfully a classic
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), deeply philosophical in its way
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), slow and hard to follow, but, hey, Roeg and Bowie
Robocop (1987) -- Verhoeven's penchant for ultraviolence came thisclose to chasing us from the theatre
in the opening 15 minutes. Glad we stuck around.
Gravity (2013), pretty solid tech and spectacular big-screen visuals
Annihilation (2018), improves with a second or third viewing

Obviously, I did not 'do' as much as y'all did...so, to me, it was sci-fi.

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[clydepepper]

....also...Godzilla, King of the Monsters is terrible!

Especially, the way it ended.


Besides, we all know who's King...


no. Not Alf!



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[Jcfowler6]

I liked Enemy Mine and The Last Star Fighter.


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[White Borders]

Originally Posted by Jcfowler6

I liked Enemy Mine and The Last Star Fighter

I wonder how many quarters were dropped into arcade games by kids hoping to become the next Last Starfighter

[Jcfowler6]

Originally Posted by White Borders

I wonder how many quarters were dropped into arcade games by kids hoping to become the next Last Starfighter

No kidding. I remember thinking I bet someone is watching when I played games.


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