50 Greatest Science-Fiction Movies of All Time

MSN.com ^ | Glenn Kenny

[EveningStar]

The science-fiction genre has been around almost as long as movies themselves have.

[RansomOttawa]

This author certainly has a love of remakes and sequels. And while I'll admit a fair number of these movies are personal guilty pleasures (e.g. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers or They Live), I'd hardly hold them up as examples of sci-fi greatness.

Free up some space for Planet of the Apes, Silent Running, THX-1138, Signs or Contact.

[Lancey Howard]

Back in those days (late ‘60s) I belonged to ‘The Science Fiction Book Club’, and ordered books every month. One of them was the Arthur C. Clarke book (still up in the attic somewhere) and I remember looking forward to the movie. I remember that cinematically, it was a nifty spectacle, but the story line plodded.

By the way, speaking of Kubrick, the omission of ‘A Clockwork Orange’ from this list is inexcusable.

[BibChr]

Dude! Who knew you were a Serenity fan? Me too. It's a shame it wasn't the hit it deserved to be.

In case you're interested, here's my review.

[Bayan]

Awful movie, major disappointment.

[Paradox]

The top 10 is about right. I’d swap 1 and 2, and I dont know #7. dunno about the rest though, so many to choose from.

[altura]

ping for possible guide to netflix selections, but already disagree with list.

[Prokopton]

What? Nobody else liked The Illustrated Man?,/I>

I did. I'd love to see it on Blu Ray.

[Liberty Ship]

Forbidden Planet — Based on Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” I believe...

[altura]

I’ve been looking for Outland, but apparently it isn’t out on DVD yet.

[altura]

I disagree with the top 3. None of them were classics in my view.

[ClearBlueSky]

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

nothing else compares

[altura]

Agree. Loved Forbidden Planet. Not only ground breaking but a really good movie. Scary, too.

[antiRepublicrat]

Remove Starship Troopers. It was a GREAT Heinlein novel, but the movie had no relation, just a dumb “kill the bug aliens” shoot ‘em up.

[SJSAMPLE]

Agreed.
Impeccably well done.
Loved the ending with the lab tech.

[ClearBlueSky]

Actually, the SW films( first three- others are swill) are on a list by themselves. The Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Phenomenon List.

[RansomOttawa]

I think “Bladerunner” deserves to be Number 1

Personally, I'd have swapped #1 and #2, 2001: A Space Odyssey, but they're both great.

And speaking of Blade Runner, I just noticed that Minority Report wasn't on the list, despite being one of the more intelligent SF movies of the last decade. I wish more directors would tackle Philip K. Dick stories. (Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly was pretty good, too, though a bit weird, but then so was Dick's novel.)

[seton89]

Where’s “Killer Clowns From Outerspace”?

At the DNC.

[Prokopton]

The Lathe of Heaven (1980)

[Stonewall Jackson]

Dink, dink.

[Kartographer]

Marshal William T. O'Neil: Hey, Sheppard. Guess what I just found in a meat locker.

Station Manager Sheppard: Y'know, I have a feeling that you'll tell me even if I don't guess.

Marshal William T. O'Neil: 250 pounds of hamburger named Yario that works for you. I also found your shipment of PDE. So, I threw the hamburger in the jail, and the PDE in the toilet. Or was it the other way around? I can't remember now.