25 classic science fiction movies that everybody must watch

[Bucky]

25 classic science fiction movies that everybody must watch (arguments for why these were chosen for the list are at the link)

Metropolis
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Forbidden Planet
Planet Of The Apes
2001: A Space Odyssey
Alien
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
Blade Runner
E.T.
Tron
Back To The Future
Brazil
RoboCop
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Ghost In The Shell [font size="1"]

I'd never heard of this one, but I'm intrigued

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The Matrix

Primer [font size="1"](not seen this either) [/font]

The Incredibles [font size="1" color="#4040c0"]<== (not sure I buy the author's argument on this one) [/font]
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Children Of Men

Moon [font size="1"](another one I'll need to look up) [/font]

District 9
Inception

which ones have you not seen?

[lunatica]

1. I haven't seen Metropolis or Ghost in the Machine

Haven't seen Moon either.

I also like Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Jurassic Park
Star Wars
Avatar
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (original and the remake)
Men in Black
War of the Worlds (both the original and the remake)
Independence Day

*******

I'm a science fiction fan

[In_The_Wind]

2. I've watched most of 'em. I missed a few. Thank You Bucky!

Ghost In The Shell (1995, dir. Mamoru Oshii) Like Akira, this is one of the first anime films to hit the U.S. and make a big impact, and impress on U.S. fans how powerful anime film-making was becoming. It's spawned a huge franchise, which for the most part hasn't diluted the awesomeness of the concept at all — Stand Alone Complex is considered one of the greatest science fiction anime shows, and it wouldn't exist without this film. With its theme of possibly false memories and cyber-weirdness, it had a huge influence on both cyberpunks and memory-altering works like Dark City and Dollhouse, but it turns into an amazing examination of the theme of sentience and the definition of life.
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Perhaps I'll be able to find this one somewhere.

[NewJeffCT]

3. Which version of Blade Runner?

there are several out there.

[Orrex]

10. The one where Deckard's not a Replicant.

Also, no voiceover.

[NewJeffCT]

11. but, he is a replicant

[Orrex]

12. Damn you! DAMN YOU!

[NewJeffCT]

14. Isn't that the latest "official" version director's cut

from Ridley Scott?

I think that has the voiceover, too, no?

[Orrex]

15. Ridley Scott has had nothing useful to say about Blade Runner in 25 years

Damn him, too!

[Bucky]

20. Deckard shot first

[NewJeffCT]

22. but, Han didn't anymore

now, George Lucas says it's a tie.

[Ikonoklast]

25. There is no version of the movie "Blade Runner" ever made in this or

in any of the alternate universes allowable in all eleven dimensions currently postulated by theoretical physicists, where Deckard IS NOT A REPLICANT.

[Orrex]

26. You're totally lying, you dirty lying liar

Why must you lie?

Liar!

[Ikonoklast]

27. Oh, for cryin' out loud.

Look at Deckard's haircut in that movie. Really look at it.

There is no real human being that would ever walk around looking like that.

Only a Replicant with little or no style sense and that didn't even know enough about being human would deliberately let himself be seen in public with a haircut that bad!




I rest my case.

You are wrong.







So there.

[Orrex]

28. A compelling argument, I admit

However, for all we know, Curious George may indeed have a big influence on human (NOT REPLICANT) hairstyles.

[Ikonoklast]

29. I own a Time Machine.

The answer is "No."


Better watch it, or I'll make sure your ancestors get eaten by lions.

[Orrex]

30. Ikonoklast is Ridley Scott. And desperate.

And Prometheus totally sucked!

[Ikonoklast]

31. All right, that's it.

Say farewell to your loved ones, for in about one hour, they will never have even known that you existed.

(sets control of Time Machine to Late Pleistocene)


Hope those prehistoric lions are good and hungry.










Yeah, Prometheus blew chunks. I wanted them all to die before it was over.

[jobycom]

35. Maybe in a replicant multiverse.

In this one it was pretty damned ambiguous. Ford thought he was human, Scott thought he was a replicant, and the writers wanted it ambiguous.

The film would be a minor cult classic if the Final Cut were released first. Without the overdub it loses a lot of the noir atmosphere that sold it, and with the ending basically mimicking Rachel's own discovery that she was a replicant, it just means nothing. If Deckard is human, you have a complex analysis of the nature of life and identity. If Deckard is a replicant, you have a silly "It was all a dream" ending that sounds sophomoric and uses the same device twice. It would be like a Neil Peart drum solo--lots of pizazz, but no soul.

[Ikonoklast]

39. If you see Leon, ask him to say "Hi!" to his Mom for me.

That should fix at least one vexatious tugger of loose ends here.

[CBGLuthier]

4. I have seen all of them. Most of them many times

Moon and Inception being newer films I have only seen those once. The others I have seen at least 3 or more times and I own DVDs or BluRays of about half of them.

I was really hoping there would be something here I had not seen.

Still, it is a fine list, nothing I would throw out.

Ghost in the Shell, the original one at least is very good with great music.

I love Primer like few films I have seen. It cost 7,000 dollars to make and tells a truly mind-blowing tale of time travel. Highly recommended. It is currently available on Netflix Instant.

[hibbing]

41. Primer..

Hi,
I was wondering what others thought of Primer. That was one very very odd movie, but I certainly enjoyed watching it.

Peace

[lastlib]

5. "Dune"--One of the best ever!

"Sci-Fi" movie NOT to watch EVER: "Zardoz". Greatest waste of celluloid film ever perpetrated!

[cyberswede]

6. Interesting list

I haven't seen these:

Alien (!)
Brazil
Ghost In The Shell
Primer
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Moon
District 9
Inception

I watched Forbidden Planet last night (on TCM HD) - it looked great.

I caught Children of Men one day while channel surfing - and I couldn't turn away. Good movie.

[Xyzse]

7. Ones I have not seen

Metropolis
The Day The Earth Stood Still - I saw the Keannu one... but that doesn't count.
Forbidden Planet
Planet Of The Apes
2001: A Space Odyssey
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Blade Runner
Tron
Brazil
Primer
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind - I have this on DVD, waiting to watch it at a special occasion
Moon

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Tron - I saw the new one too.
Ghost In The Shell - I prefer the Manga. The movie was ok, but since I read this first I couldn't get in to it.
The Incredibles - The Pixar one? I loved this movie.
Children Of Men - Awesome movie. This one was so good.
District 9 - It is ok. A little slow, but decently done for what it is.

[baldguy]

8. Missing so many....

How could they not list Close Encounters?
Carpenter's The Thing?

And:

Akira
A Clockwork Orange
12 Monkeys
Serenity
They Live
Galaxy Quest
Cronenburg's The Fly
Dark City
Wall-E

And that's just off the top of my head.

[El Supremo]

19. My favorite:

[RiffRandell]

9. Saw a lot of those.

I loved T2--poor Edward Furlong--I thought he was so cute, but I loved the first Terminator. I always watch bits and pieces when it's on.

Surprised it's not on the list. Loved Brazil---I recently watched The Hunger Games--wasn't impressed, but the makeup reminded me of Brazil.

[Earth_First]

13. I'm going to be the stick in the mud...

I have seen exactly three of those movies.

Sci-Fi never did anything for me, kung fu/martial arts films...same thing.

Now my wife on the other hand, she's a buff in this genre...

Sci-Fi movie gets put on in our house...nap time!

[Javaman]

16. Saw them all except Primer. nt

[Sekhmets Daughter]

17. Missed Tron...

I've seen and enjoyed, in varying degrees, all the rest. Great list.

[In_The_Wind]

32. I'm not surprised .........

g.m.t.a.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

33. 1982...Jordan was born

meaning I now had three children under the age of 3.5 years. I was never one to do things half-heartedly!

[Akoto]

18. Ghost in the Shell is a great movie/anime. Very philosophical. I recommend it. n/t

[talkingmime]

21. I've seen most of those. And what's wrong with "The Incredibles"? I LOVE that one!

[sakabatou]

23. I haven't seen...

Brazil
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Children Of Men
Moon

[Neoma]

24. Moon is fucked up...

[bluedigger]

34. Decent list.

I have not seen: Metropolis, Ghost In The Shell, Primer, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, or Moon.

I would add: Silent Running, The Andromeda Strain, Westworld, Logan's Run, and Outland.

[csziggy]

36. I haven't seen Ghost In The Shell, Inception, Moon, Alien

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, or Primer.

I've read a good amount about Primer - the dissection of the timeline and other stuff. It sounds really intriguing.

I tried to watch Ghost in the Shell but Japanese anime art style bothers me so I stopped watching part way through. I tried to watch Alien but it's just too gory and violent for my tastes. I prefer the older style of SF where most of the gore is left to your imagination - think the The Thing from Another World (1951) vs. The Thing (1982) - Alien is magnitudes worse.

I tried to watch Inception last year but it was while I was still taking lots of drugs (for my knee replacements, not for fun) and I couldn't follow the plot. I'll have to watch for it being re-run somewhere.

Moon and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind don't really sound like my kind of movie - too much introspection.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

38. You may be thinking of the sequel

Aliens vs Alien. There was very little actual screen violence in Alien, in fact the Alien only appears briefly.

[csziggy]

42. Could be - whichever one I saw part of turned my stomach

And I've avoided all of the series since.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

43. Watch the first one

it's really quite well done.

[MrScorpio]

37. I've seen them all except The Incredibles & Ghost in the Shell nt

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

40. What about

"The Time Machine" with Rod Taylor? And 'Invaders from Mars"? both great Sci Fi movies. But in general a good list. I'll have to Netflix the ones I've not seen.

[dimbear]

44. Metropolis should be counted twice.

Once for the ancient original and once for the anime.

[a la izquierda]

45. No The Fifth Element?

I hate most sci-fi, but that's a favorite of mine.