Sci Fi Movies

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

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

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...

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. 

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?

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.

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.

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?

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.

SaltyJon wrote: Dune is pretty widely recognized as one of the seminal works of science fiction, and I've always viewed it that way (as sci-fi, and as for the books as some of the most important/great books of the genre).  As for the comment earlier about Brazil not being sci-fi, I think it is, but it's definitely more of a borderline case.

Sadly I have not seen one Dune release that gives credit to Frank Herbert's works. Personally I find the films/series an abomination