best sci-fi movies

my last fm profile! · Postby **rocklobster** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 6:18 am

The American Film Institute has compiled lots of lists about the best 100 movies in different categories. So what American Sci-fi movies would you compile in the best? I personally think the best one goes to Artificial Intelligence . This is a spectacular movie that is just awe-inspiring, not to mention saddening (poor David :sniffle:

).

Postby **Sync** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:47 am

Dark City, Alien, and Event Horizon; all three of which I never even saw in the theater.
Hopefully later this week I can say Silent Hill also.

Postby **DrNic** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:38 am

The Twelve Monkeys ('drools' greatest movie ever!!) and Bladerunner (has to be said.)

Postby **GrubbTheFragger** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:48 am

Alien, Aliens, Alien3, Alien resurrection(just kidding

), ALL STAR WARS (cept maybe ep 2) and well there are many many others

Postby **chibiphonebooth** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:49 am

i lliked 'The Island." that was good.

i like alot of sci-fi.

you know what would make an AMAZING sci-fi movie?

Feed.

Its an insanely good book. its so great.

Postby **glitch1501** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:51 am

some of my favs are Serenity, Minority Report, and Flight of the Navigator

there are alot more, but i cant think of them right now

Postby **Lynx** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:03 am

someone mentioned it, but... BLADERUNNER!!!!!!

titan AE was also pretty good, and star wars of course

Postby **Maledicte** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:10 pm

Blade Runner
Alien/Aliens
Star Wars (duuuuh)
Serenity
Minority Report
Solaris (original)
The Abyss
Jurassic Park
Mimic <--one of my personal favorites
Predator

Postby **DrNic** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:43 pm

Alien, Aliens, Alien3, Alien resurrection(just kidding ), ALL STAR WARS (cept maybe ep 2) and well there are many many others

Actually I thought Alien Rez was great. Alien 3 was the only one of the four that I didnt think was brilliant.

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:04 pm

*The Day The Earth Stood Still,THE classic Sci Fi movie about alien invasion and misunderstanding.The central alien figure is a Christ figure.I think this is one of the must see Sci Fi films of all time.

*Plan 9 From Outer Space,why?Because it is so aweful it's become a legend.This is a how to in how NOT to make a Sci Fi flick.I believe this was also Bela Lugosi's last film.

*Forbidden Planet,the(yes I am going to say it folks)CLASSIC retelling of Shakespeare's The Temptest.Don't forget Robbie The Robot.

*Alien,the original movie is still the best.Sigourney Weaver battling the Alien as one by one it picks off her crewmates until only she and the ship's cat are left.Especially tense during the final scenes.

*Star Wars,again the original trilogy is much better than the prequel.

*E.T.,hasn't everyone seen this one by now?E.T. call home.

*Logan's Run,based on the novel about a society where the age limit is 30.

*Enemy Mine,based on the World War 2 movie about a Allied navy captain who plays cat and mouse with a German U-Boat captain,in the Sci Fi version a human
plays cat and mouse with an enemy alien until they're both stranded on a deserted
planet.

*Highlander,more fantasy than Sci Fi,but it is the movie that started the franchise.

Postby **Locke** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:08 pm

[quote="Sync"]Dark City, Alien, and Event Horizon]

Event Horizon was the first movie to scar me, though not the last, and is one of my favorite movies.

Hmm..did anyone mention Space Balls? =P

Postby **Radical Dreamer** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:45 pm

Locke wrote:Hmm..did anyone mention Space Balls? =P

Not sure, but it deserves mention. XD I love that movie. :lol:

Anyways, I agree with those who said Star Wars, espescially the original trilogy. The prequel trilogy just wasn't as good, though episode 3 did come close (hey, it almost made me cry. In a good way. :lol:

).

Postby **Puritan** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:10 pm

Serenity and the original Star Wars trilogy would be my two selections. Space Balls would definately win my vote for best Sci-Fi film parody.

Postby **battletech** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:21 pm

Just because no one has mentioned them.
The 5th Element and Titan AE

Postby **GrubbTheFragger** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:26 pm

The 5th Element and Titan AE

Lynx mentioned Titan AE and the 5th element while cool was also very very weird

Postby **ShiroiHikari** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:29 pm

Fifth Element, Star Wars, Alien and Aliens are all great. Hmm, what else...Serenity/Firefly is also excellent.

I still don't know how I feel about AI. I mean, it was a well-done film, but it made me cry, and not in a good way.

Oh yeah, The Wrath of Khan is pretty good too.

Postby **That Dude** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 6:43 pm

Though it's been mentioned. Dark City. It's just darned cool.

Postby **ClosetOtaku** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:11 pm

Blade Runner
Alien (first one only)
Star Wars (IV and V)
The Matrix (first one only)
Metropolis (1927 version)
Forbidden Planet
The Day the Earth Stood Still (theme and story, not so much for effects)

Honorable Mentions:
Silent Running (more for theme than execution)
2001: A Space Odyssey (compare to other sci fi movies of the era, much better)
THX1138 (precursor to Logan's Run)
Terminator 2 (and only that one)

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:11 pm

Final Fantasy:The Spirits Within

Postby **EireWolf** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:22 pm

Since nobody's mentioned Gattaca, I felt the need. Even though it's not all space aliens and special effects, I felt it was a great sci-fi movie. I'd buy it.

Postby **the_lizardqueen** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:51 pm

So far the Sci-fi Parody pickings are looking a little slim, so I'd like to mention Galaxy Quest. It's a highly underrated film and it never ceases to amuse me, even on the twentieth re-watching when ya have all of the jokes memorized *has the DVD*

Then again, mebbe you have to be a Trekkie. Or in my case, raised by an obsessive uber-Trekkie (my father actually wanted to name me after a Vulcan Priestess) O_o

Postby **chimera189** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:13 pm

Enemy Mine
The Last Starfighter
Star Wars eps. 4-6
Flight of the Navigator

Postby **Maledicte** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:43 pm

I thought the first Terminator was a great movie as well.

Postby **Warrior 4 Jesus** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:13 am

Star Wars
Dark City
The Island
Equilibrium

Postby **Kkun** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:05 am

Terminator, Alien, the first Matrix, Predator, any of the Star Wars films, and Plan 9 From Outer Space.

Postby **Tommy** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:08 am

Spy Kids.....

XD XD XD

No seriously, Star Wars is the best IMO.

Postby **jon0** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:16 am

DUNE! I can't believe nobody said dune.
Minority Report
Matrix
I thought I was the only one that had seen plan 9 from Outer Space
Enemy Mine
and war of the worlds (new)

Postby **Warrior 4 Jesus** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:29 am

Dune? I didn't like the movie, sorry.

How could I forget The Matrix and Minority Report?
Existenz was also pretty good, and quite uh... gutsy, in an amphibian kind of way.

Postby **Radical Dreamer** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:10 pm

ShiroiHikari wrote:I still don't know how I feel about AI. I mean, it was a well-done film, but it made me cry, and not in a good way.

Ack, I didn't like AI at all. I saw it a few years ago, and it didn't do anything for me. [SPOILER]Besides, the whole Pinnochio-Blue Fairy-thing was so...dumb. XD I understand the whole thing about being a real boy, but...Whatever. XD AI was just stupid, in my opinion.[/SPOILER]

Postby **Maledicte** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:10 pm

jon0 wrote:DUNE! I can't believe nobody said dune.

The David Lynch film or the miniseries? I've only seen the two miniseries, I liked those a lot.

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