Sci Fi Movies

2001, followed by Clockwork Orange, out of the ones in the poll.

Others I like a lot not mentioned here are The Final Programme, Dark Star, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Quatermass and the Pit, The Man who Fell to Earth, Fahrenheit 451.

As Trouserpress said Moon is a very good recent one. I also quite liked Danny Boyle's Sunshine.

BaldFriede wrote: Out of these I would choose "2001". "Blade Runner" is in my opinion overrated; good but I was rather disappointed. Good SF-movies I would recommend are :""Phase IV" by Saul Bass about two scientists studying ants that sho suddenly show intelligent behaviour; it soon becomes unclear who is actually studying whom. I'd like to see a director's cut of this because the last 10 minutes or so were cut out against the director'#s will. "Silent Running" by Douglas Trumbull (why is it not on the list, by the way? It is pretty well known). "Welt am Draht" ("world on Wire") by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The theme of "The Matrix", but twenty-five years earlier and much more intelligent, without special effects but including nude women.

Absolutely, Friede. Silent Running was a magnificent film, and certainly years ahead of its time in the way it dealt with environmental issues. I think that Trumbull was actually involved in 2001 wasn't he?

Out of these I would choose "2001". "Blade Runner" is in my opinion overrated; good but I was rather disappointed.
Good SF-movies I would recommend are :""Phase IV" by Saul Bass about two scientists studying ants that sho suddenly show intelligent behaviour; it soon becomes unclear who is actually studying whom. I'd like to see a director's cut of this because the last 10 minutes or so were cut out against the director'#s will.
"Silent Running" by Douglas Trumbull (why is it not on the list, by the way? It is pretty well known).
"Welt am Draht" ("world on Wire") by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The theme of "The Matrix", but twenty-five years earlier and much more intelligent, without special effects but including nude women.

A recent sci-fi film which didn't get anywhere near enough attention on release is Moon. Beautiful sets/visuals (almost no CGI), intriguing premise and a top-notch performance from Sam Rockwell. In ten year's time I feel certain it will be talked about with the same sense of reverence as many of the 'cult classics' on this list.

Slartibartfast wrote: Atavachron wrote:  ^ I've been hearing people say that for years, but 1:  much important sci-fi is set in the past (H.G. Wells, Verne, etc), and 2: Star Wars is very science/tech oriented as opposed to Lord of the Rings or  other 'fantasies'      my vote goes to the father of modern sci-fi, Forbidden Planet.. or from this list the original TDtESS Considering what we see in the night sky already happened many years ago, it's from the past but here it is now.  If I not mistaken, Wells time machine story was set to be about about a character who existed in and traveled forward to beyond the era when Wells wrote it.

but it took place at around the turn of the 20 century, as did First Men in the Moon ["Scientific Romance"].. it usually was the non-human races in his stories that represented the - or a possible - future, but not us

Dune is another grey area between genres; fantasy? sci-fi? myth?

Atavachron wrote:  ^ I've been hearing people say that for years, but 1:  much important sci-fi is set in the past (H.G. Wells, Verne, etc), and 2: Star Wars is very science/tech oriented as opposed to Lord of the Rings or  other 'fantasies'       my vote goes to the father of modern sci-fi, Forbidden Planet.. or from this list the original TDtESS

Considering what we see in the night sky already happened many years ago, it's from the past but here it is now.  If I not mistaken, Wells time machine story was set to be about about a character who existed in and traveled forward to beyond the era when Wells wrote it. 

Trouserpress wrote: Snow Dog wrote: I wouldn't really consider Star Wars films SF even though I enjoy them. Whut? In what way is Star Wars NOT sci-fi?

Sci-Fi is set in the future, and Star Wars is set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

Star Wars original trilogy > Terminator 2 > 2001 > Blade Runner > rest

My top 10 are:

1. A Clockwork Orange....Stanley Kubrik
2. Blade Runner.....Riddley Scott
3. Alien.....Riddley Scott
4. Farenheit 451....Francois Truffaut
5. Close Encounters of the Third Kind....Steven Spielberg
6. Brazil....Terry Gilliam
7. Planet of the Apes....Frankin Schaffner
8. Robocop.....Paul Verhoeven
9. Terminator I....James Cameron
10. 2001 A Space Odyssey...Stanley Kubrik

Iván

Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - September 08 2010 at 11:18

I really like the Dune movie.  When it came out, I hadn't read any of the books and didn't know who the hell David Lynch was.  Went to see it at the movies several times.  It wasn't until someone got me to try Twin Peaks that I realized how much a Lynch movie it actually was.  I can see though that it did suffer from a form of TMI.  The story is just too complex to fit into a single movie.  A lot of the dialog often seemed unnatural as there was a lot of explaining to do.