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Your 5 favorite Sci-fi Movies?

post #1 of 50
9/4/10 at 2:14am
Thread Starter 

I know restricting it to 5 is hard, but give it a try. Honorable mentions are of course allowed.

 

In no particular order:

 

Dark City

The Matrix

Star Wars (the old trilogy)

Gattaca

Twelve Monkies

 

Honorable mentions: Aliens, Total Recall, Terminator 2, Blade Runner

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post #2 of 50
9/4/10 at 2:18am

Not to sound like a film snob, but the original La Jetee was better than 12 Monkeys by a considerable margin. A lot shorter too. You should check it out some time.

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post #3 of 50
9/4/10 at 2:57am

Serenity but it requires that you have seen the FireFly serie before or it doesn´t make sense ;).

 

Except for those already mentioned I enjoyed Stargate and The Arrival I think the name was as well.

Close encounter of the third kind, ET and Cocoon for feel good Sci Fi.

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post #4 of 50
9/4/10 at 5:03am

I must agree with all the above responses....this question is too hard! I can't narrow my favorite sci-fi movies/series down by that much!

 

Incidentally, if my avatar doesn't lend a clue as to one movie that would certainly be on my list:

 

Serenity (under the assumption, as mentioned above, that one has the back-story from Firefly)

E.T.

Close Encounters of The Third Kind

Galaxy Quest

Dune (SciFi miniseries, if it can be counted as a movie 'series')

 

Not necessarily in that order and only marginally more favored than many others in my collection...


Edited by appophylite - 9/4/10 at 5:08am
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post #5 of 50
9/4/10 at 2:02pm

Although some consider the films campy I still enjoy many of the 50's "classics".

 

In no particular order...

  • Forbidden Planet
  • The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
  • War of the Worlds (1953)
  • Frankenstein
  • Star Wars (original trilogy)

 

EDIT: Honorable mentions: The Matrix, The Fly (1958), Star Trek Films (I, II, III)


Edited by balderon - 9/4/10 at 2:32pm
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post #6 of 50
9/4/10 at 2:22pm

I've never been much of a fan of movies with space travel and that sort things.

I prefer it when the story is closer to current reality.

 

Delicatessen

Metropolis

Clockwork Orange

The Fly

The City of Lost Children


Edited by limpidglitch - 9/4/10 at 2:26pm
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post #7 of 50
9/4/10 at 3:45pm
  • Ghost In The Shell [1995]
  • The Matrix
  • Blade Runner
  • Minority Report
  • Predator

Edited by joomongj - 9/4/10 at 4:43pm
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post #8 of 50
9/4/10 at 5:13pm

Forbidden Planet (I used to own a pair of Krell mono amps)
Blade Runner
Alien
The Terminator
The Matrix

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post #9 of 50
9/4/10 at 5:23pm
2001
Blade Runner
Gattaca
Forbidden Planet
Moon

I don't think the 1950s movies are cheesy, well, not all of them. What they might lack in special effects is easily countered by story and depth.
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post #10 of 50
9/4/10 at 7:03pm

Blade Runner

Tron

Ghost In The Shell

Akira

Alien

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post #11 of 50
9/4/10 at 8:06pm

In no particular order:

  • Donnie Darko
  • Matrix 1 and 2
  • Blade Runner
  • 2001
  • Alien 1
  • District-9

 

Other favorites: Terminator 1+2, Robocop, Predator 1, Star Trek movie (2009).

 

 

Edit: Added District-9.


Edited by kingtz - 9/5/10 at 1:17pm
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post #12 of 50
9/4/10 at 10:08pm

I would say:

Star Wars

The Matrix

The Brain That Wouldn't Die (50's camp)

Godzilla

Inception

 

Just off the top of my head

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post #13 of 50
9/4/10 at 11:47pm

wait, i missed Donnie Darko... that was Sci-fi?

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post #14 of 50
9/5/10 at 6:50am

I'm sure I missed some great movies, but at the moment I'm thinking ...

 

  • Akira
  • Ghost In The Shell
  • Solaris
  • Rollerball (the original version with James Caan)
  • Matrix

 

Does Mad Max count as Sci Fi? Watch Dark City earlier today, and it was fun too.

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post #15 of 50
9/5/10 at 8:43am
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Originally Posted by SiriuslyCold View Post

wait, i missed Donnie Darko... that was Sci-fi?

 

 

Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)

There's time travel in it, I believe it counts as borderline Sci-Fi.

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