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.

[BenKenobi]

Ooh, another good movie no one has mentioned yet.

Demolition Man

[BenKenobi]

1. Star Trek II, Wrath of Khan
2. Star Wars, A New Hope
3. Matrix
4. Gattaca
5. Back to the Future, Part II
6. Tron
7. Star Trek VIII, First Contact
8. Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back
9. Blade Runner
10. 2001 A Space Odyssey
11. Demolition Man
12. Logan’s Run
13. Terminator 2 Judgment Day
14. Children of Men
15. The Fifth Element
16. 12 Monkeys
17. Men In Black
18. Alien
19. Robocop
20. Star Trek VI, The Undiscovered Country
21. Truman Show
22. Judge Dredd
23. Total Recall
24. Omega Man
25. Space Balls!
26. Mad Max
27. Soylent Green
28. A Clockwork Orange
29. War of the Worlds (1950’s Version)
30. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
31. ET The Extra Terrestrials
32. Aliens
33. Planet of the Apes
34. Dune
35. Day of the Triffids
36. Forbidden Planet
37. Andromeda Strain (1971)
38. Serenity
39. Galaxy Quest
40. Mars Attacks!
41. The Last Starfighter
42. Predator
43. Armageddon
44. The Thing
45. The Day the Earth Stayed Still
46. They Live
47. The Time Machine
48. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
49. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
50. Contact

[Calvin Locke]

Actually, Battle Beyond the Stars is “The Seven Samurai” set in space.

John-Boy Walton & Judy Robinson go looking for [space] mercs, and come up with Robert Vaughan & George Peppard, among other type-casted "theme" characters.

[DollyCali]

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[ClearBlueSky]

I agree- the SW films are SciFan. I also agree that leaving them out would make the fan GIRLS nuts.
I think they’re in a class-and on a list- by themselves.
Oh- and I have to defend ROTJ. The first SW film I ever saw. Eliminate the Ewoks and the stupid ‘convenient siblings’ BS and its a great movie.
Actually, eliminate George Lucas from the process by Jedi would have ensured a second ESB.

[RansomOttawa]

For alien-on-Earth movies, how about District 9?

I haven't seen it yet, but friends who have did recommend it.

[seoul62]

Yes, but if he was a replicant, how was he able to exist without being terminated from the authorities? Many questions go left unanswered.

[seoul62]

Yes, but if he was a replicant, how was he able to exist without being terminated from the authorities? Many questions go left unanswered.

[WestwardHo]

What? Where’s “Killer Clowns From Outerspace”?

I’m stuned!!! SANTA CONQUERS THE MARTIONS is not on the list!

[ctdonath2]

Eli and Legend are post apocalyptic horrors, not scifi.

[Calvin Locke]

So, Star Trek with the "V'ger" story, you are saying that *they* attached themselves to a canine by an inclined plane, wrapped helically around an axis on that one?

[Kartographer]

Then the same could be said for

43: The Omega Man
49: Things to Come

[Betis70]

These two are guffaw worthy:
16: Starship Troopers
15: Independence Day

I am a sci-fi fan, but “2001: A Space Odyssey” puts me to sleep almost every time I try to watch it. Not sure it would make my personal Top 10. Might be a generational thing.

“Alien” is better than “The Matrix” by at least a touchdown.

[caww]

I liked the Dune series..though the first one was by far the best.

[Little Ray]

I know for certain that “Starship Troopers” doesn’t belong on this list.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Where’s Don Johnson in “A Boy and his Dog”??

I also think the original Planet of the Apes HAS to be on this list... and, “Them”..

But, hands down, The Matrix is #1 to me.

I’m STILL freaked out by that movie.

[Jmouse007]

I agree, “The Core” is a very good movie and the character development is excellent. You really care about them when things do not go as planned.

[fso301]

Please take me off this list.

[Tanniker Smith]

I agree- the SW films are SciFan.

Empire is generally considered more Sci-Fi than Sci-Fan, but overall, yeah, it's generally fantasy. The original (IV) is a fairy tale set in space, once upon a time in the faraway galaxy of ... there was a princess in danger ...

[LRS]

Also, Richard Matherson's classic sci-fi novel "I am Legend" was made three times, as "The Last Man on Earth", "The Omega Man", and "I Am Legend" with Will Smith. I would rate The Omega Man as the best of the three, though the first one with Vincent Price in "The Last Man on Earth" was closest the source material. Will Smith's version was bleh.

Agree. BTW, all 3 represented their individual eras, and all that was good and bad with movies in each. The Smith version as well. And, while I don't totally trash it, after seeing it a couple of times, I just don't want to see it again, unlike the Price and Heston movies. (I find a lot of the "modern" era movies like that. )