Posted on 12/23/2024 12:46:02 PM PST by Red Badger
In the words of one great work of science fiction, "The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity, and the ways our differences combine to create meaning and beauty." Sci-fi itself is a genre that contains multitudes — space opera, time travel, dystopia, cyberpunk, apocalypse and post-apocalypse, just to name a few. Sci-fi has been the domain of Hollywood blockbusters and independent art films, presented as comedy and drama, used to paint bright futures or portents of doom.
On this list, you'll find permutations of every sort, spread across a variety of decades, countries, and languages. While entries on our list date back as far as 1927, we must confess a preference for the new — nearly half of the entries on our list were made in this century, as digital filmmaking and effects have lowered the barrier for producing quality sci-fi and allowed more storytellers to project their bold imaginings.
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Fell asleep in 2001. Never saw the others.
Galaxy Quest.
Forbidden Planet should be in the top 20 just because of Anne Francis.
Santa Claus Defeats the Martians?
I like the cheesy old, grainy, B/W movies like...
‘Devil Girls from Mars’
‘The Earth Dies Screaming’
The Angry Red Planet
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
I watch that movie every year. It’ll be turned on after my wife goes to bed tonight.
Thought “Silent Running” would be in there somewhere. Probably the only movie where Bruce Dern didn’t act bats**t crazy.
I suppose old age does that to a person. Say, didn't 2001 come out almost 60 years ago?
When “Best Sci-Fi Movie” is mentioned, The Terminator comes quickly to mind.
For most of us Trekkers, the movies started with Wrath of Khan.
Star Trek - Born Again Trek - Julia Ecklar
https://youtu.be/vARV4JXK3R0
Turned 80 back in August. Nap-a-lot would be my Spirit Name, if I had one.
What’s with the stupid cartoons? They list the wrong version of “The Thing”, and about 20% of the rest are crap. Lots of good stuff missing! Not a good list.
LOL! Say, I miss your music/art videos. Those were great.
107. Zardoz
106. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (cartoon)
105. The Mitchells vs. The Machines (cartoon)
104. Demolition Man
103. Soylent Green
102. Advantageous
101. Independence Day
100. Donnie Darko
99. The Martian
98. Scanners
97. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (cartoon)
96. Creature from the Black Lagoon
95. Fast Color
94. Interstellar
93. Dredd
92. Melancholia
91. Forbidden Planet
90. Dark City
89. Space Sweepers
88. Seconds
87. Moon
86. The Andromeda Strain
85. Contact
84. Cloud Atlas
83. Lilo and Stitch (cartoon)
82. 10 Cloverfield Lane
81. Little Shop of Horrors
80. Escape From New York
79. Men in Black
78. Gravity
77. Gattaca
76. Black Panther
75. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
74. Pacific Rim
73. Mars Express (cartoon)
72. Sorry to Bother You
71. Looper
70. The Iron Giant (cartoon)
69. Minority Report
68. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
67. Galaxy Quest
66. Frankenstein
65. Predator
64. Ghost in the Shell (cartoon)
63. Edge of Tomorrow
62. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
61. The Invisible Man
60. Godzilla Minus One
59. Everything Everywhere All at Once (unwatchable)
58. The Day the Earth Stood Still
57. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
56. 12 Monkeys
55. Total Recall
54. A Clockwork Orange
53. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
52. Under the Skin
51. Superman: The Movie
50. Annihilation
49. Poor Things (cartoon)
48. The Host
47. Solaris
46. Attack the Block
45. Metropolis
44. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
43. Starship Troopers
42. Snowpiercer
41. The Fly
40. RoboCop
39. They Live
38. Dune: Part Two
37. Paprika (cartoon)
36. Inception (obtuse)
35. Akira (cartoon)
34. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
33. Planet of the Apes
32. Godzilla
31. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
30. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
29. Her
28. Back to the Future
27. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
26. The Shape of Water
25. Born in Flames
24. Brazil
23. The Prestige
22. Nope
21. Bride of Frankenstein
20. Videodrome
19. Jurassic Park
18. Strange Days
17. WALL-E (cartoon)
16. The Terminator
15. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (cartoon)
14. Ex Machina
13. Blade Runner 2049
12. Stalker
11. Blade Runner
10. Arrival
9. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
8. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
7. Mad Max: Fury Road
6. Aliens
5. The Thing
4. The Matrix
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Children of Men
1. Alien
where’s Fantastic Voyage?
I’ve seen 42.
“Mars Express” looks interesting.
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