Metropolis – 1927 Silent, German Expressionism
Blade Runner – 1982 American sci-fi action thriller film, directed by Ridley Scott based on the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.
Deckard: [narrating in Blade Runner] I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life - anybody's life; my life. All he'd wanted were the same answers the rest of us want. Where did I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? All I could do was sit there and watch him die.
Brazil – 1985 English – directed and written by Terry Gilliam. The tone of this movie is surreal.
The only good ones I can think of are Metropolis (Not that entertaining but interesting from a film students POV) The Matrix, and Alien.... not a big fan of Sci Fi.... The Fly is pretty good too actually
Star Wars would be considered Sci-Fi, no? I nominate the last three (original 3) films of that series, giving Empire Strikes Back the edge over the other two.
Otherwise, I'm partial to Donnie Darko, and for the third, Grindhouse.
I've been a SciFi fan for a long time. I even took a class in HS on it.
I liked the first The Fly from 1958. Goldblum's wasn't bad, just a bit more gross.
Alien series, The first Matrix, Them, I could go on and on.
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Wars IV
Star Wars VI
Yay Sci-fi!!
1. The original Star Wars
2. Pitch black
3. Chronicles of Ridic
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if it were TV shows I would have to say
1. star track
2. planet of the apes
3. lost in space
Behind every strong soldier there is even a stronger woman who raised him " Proud Army Mom" Star Trek
DOOM
Does Dragonheart count?
Wait, no one has mentioned Kubrick or Tarkovsky yet??
Hmm, I will then.
Fave ones:
1. 2001: A space odyssey (by Stanley Kubrick)
2. Solyaris (by Andrei Tarkovsky)
3. Moon (by Duncan Jones, son of David Bowie)
There's many more but the first 2 are indisputable classics and the 3rd one is a new scifi from last year with an excellent performance by Sam Rockwell.
Of course none of these movies is fast paced or packed with action but rather slow, beautiful and thought provoking scifi movies.
Insert typical super smart ass comment courtesy of thepainter here.
Star Wars all of them except for the new ones all the Star Trek movies Predator
Only three *freaks out*..Okay if I have to...
Star Wars Empire Strikes back
Serenity
Fifth Element
1. Alien - The original and the best with creature designed and built by HR Giger.
2. The Man Who Fell to Earth - such as sad film, starring Bavid Bowie.
3. 2001 - Still a mystical experience watching this film even after all these years.
Star Wars, I like all of them. Screw all the haters.
Dune- Interesting Film, not as good as the book (but then films generally aren't).
Stargate- started off the longest running Sci-Fi series ever. Very underated film
Alien
Armaggedon
Colossus, the Forbin project
imho ....
1. Bladerunner (ah, Harrison Ford .... and a flipping Darryl Hannah - loved the eyeballs in the beaker!)
2. Minority Report (surprise - Tom Cruise did it well - for a change)
3. V for Vendetta (don't know why exactly - but it just did it for me!)
of course, on the list is the Matrix and the Watchmen.
1. 2001
2. Bladerunner
3. Johnny Mnemonic
Runners up would be: Strange Days, the latest Terminator, 20th Century Boys, Watchmen, Iron Man.
The Matrix
Blade Runner
Serenity
1. Back to the Future
2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
3. Robocop
mmm I have alot.
1. Doom
2. Aliens
3. Predators
a lot
I like some classics, like; Forbidden Planet
I like some of the more recent ones, like Chronicles of Riddick
the original Planet of the Apes
Alien
Blade Runner
Starship Troopers
Star Wars (Pick one, except episode 1)
Matrix (The first one)
Pandora
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I have been a sci fi reader and fan since the mid 50's so I have a lot of favourites but the thought provoking ones that have not yet been mentioned I can think of are , The Day The Earth Stood Still, Silent Running and Enemy Mine.