Plan 9 from Outer Space A monument to a atuer who refuise to let his lack of money and talent stop him from creating his vision
2001 A bit ponderous, but the first time they spent the money the genre deserved
Star Wars at last a real lived in uinverse that didn't look as it was cobbled together in the studio workshop, TRON "... wait, no" 
Serenuty sight unseen: In Joss We Trust
TV
Dr Who The long champ, (off to watch Robots of Death now - a robot story better than Asimov
Firefly the short champ - just 18 episodes - but Joss Whedon, so the womem are brave and strong, the men proud ans beautiful, the science dodgy, and the writing like the snow on the Feast of St Stephen - crisp and deep and even. (Plus Joss told the head actor, Nathan Fillon, to base his portrayal on John Wayne)
Babylon 5 The free market 23d century, much better than that socialist Gene Rodenberry version
Farscape "Sense of Wonder" - what the whole SF thing is all about.
