Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
1.) Aliens (the second movie)
2.) Starship Troopers
3.) Battle Los Angeles
Some great picks here....I will add “The Fly” - the original with Vincent Price. “Help me.....”
One answer for three questions:
GHOSTBUSTERS, GHOSTBUSTERS, GHOSTBUSTER.
The conservative lessons and understones add to what is an already amazingly classic script and story- the best ever.
Think about it; regular citizens filling a nitch, having foresight against a coming storm, everyone telling them they are crazy, the EPA trying to shut down the business in the name of unproven science, the EPA eventually leading to a brutal terror of the civilization which would have been avoided if the EPA/Gov just stay out of the way; the narcissistic mayor who only thinks of the decision in terms of the election, rather than common sense or what is best for the city. and on and on and on.
Who ya gonna call?
The last has still not been made.
I would add the first 2 terminator movies
Another that I liked when I saw it in the theater was “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” (1961).
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Creation of the Humanoids
Robot Monster
“They Came From Outter Space” -
Wow, I think all of my favorites have been hit, and I have a lot of favorites.
Was Gattaca mentioned?
Inception was interesting.
District 9 was cool in many ways.
Donnie Darko
How about Iron Man or The Avengers? :D
Hunger Games? I guess I wasn’t totally impressed with that one, but it’s sci-fi. Some classic elements in it.
I’m not a big fan of Avatar, but you’ve got to admit it has some serious sci-fi magnitude to it.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was a interesting sci-fi twist.
Watchmen, an alternate universe of Earth. I found it interesting, though seriously flawed.
A Clockwork Orange.
Robocop.
That’s all I can think of at the moment.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
I agree with Nachum’s listing of Galaxy Quest. For similarly light science fiction, the 1980 Flash Gordon movie is one of my favorites along with 1975’s Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze.
Blade Runner
2001 A Space Odyssey
Then in any order
Equalibriumn
Dune (the mini series)
Children of Dune (the mini series)
Star Trek, Wrath of Khan
Alien
All other Philip K. Dick based movies
THX1138
Brazil
12 Monkeys
Forbidden Planet
Starship troopers (camp but okay with me)
Aliens, some of the best lines.
Bladerunner, Outland, Mars Attacks!
‘2001; A space Odyssey’. Not an easy movie to sit through; Turn all the lights off and let the movie get into your head. THEN it’s awesome.
Frequency, the ORIGINAL Star Wars, and the new Star Trek.
Logans Run
Idiocracy
Blade Runner
Forbidden Planet
also:
Battlrship Yamamoto (anime and live)
Sw new hope
Contact
Captain Zoom
Alien
Dune
