Best 50's Science Fiction Movie

[General Zod]

I'll go with the original "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"
It still gives me the creeps, even after repeated viewings.

The scene where Kevin McCarty kisses Dana Wynter, only to realize she has been taken over by the pods, is still one of the most terrifying scenes in movie history.

Honorable mention: The Thing From Another World

[NightTrain]

1. I've always liked THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL.

FORBIDDEN PLANET also was quite good. In fact, I have the soundtrack LP to that one!

[MarianJack]

13. YES! The Day the Earth Stood Still!

I'm amazed that everyone associated with that movie didn't get their asses majorly blacklisted!

[flamingyouth]

16. That's an awesome movie

Definitely my pick, and I agree with your blacklisting comment.

[Flaxbee]

26. "I am impatient with stupidity. My people have learned to live

without it." Great, great movie.

[WMliberal]

21. there's a DUer named KlaatuBNikto

i think he/she likes it too

[barb162]

30. both movies are wonderful.. I also liked "Them"

[billbuckhead]

2. Invaders from Mars

:scared:

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[LizW]

27. THAT movie made me scared for, like, twenty years!

:scared:

[kodi]

3. both effectively playing upon cold war paranoia

.

[democracyindanger]

4. Forbidden Planet

Although The Day The World Stood Still was pretty damn good, too.

[NightTrain]

6. Hmm.... Great minds think alike!

See post #1.

[democracyindanger]

7. :D

[bobthedrummer]

8. 1956's "Forbidden Planet" was the best of that era.

Absolutely.

[Brundle_Fly]

11. agreed

and kick to the poster of it and robbie on my wall

[cruadin]

5. "Them" ---how can you go wrong with giant ants?

[General Zod]

10. That's my favorite giant bug movie

The effects are still quite impressive.

[sendero]

9. The Day the Earth Stood Still....

... is the defacto best IMHO. It will be hard to beat, I can't think of another movie that worked like it did.

[tigereye]

19. Them and The Day the Earth Stood Still

seem to cover it.

[frylock]

12. "the thing from another world" was always one of my favs..

probably followed by "Them!"; the movie about the giant ants. I always try and catch that when it's on.

[General Zod]

22. Keep Watching the Skies!

[argyl]

14. "The Incredible Shrinking Man" deserves a mention.

[barb162]

29. yeah, what ever happend to him at the end? Did he shrink to

the size of an atom or something?

[Cornjob]

15. War of the Worlds is amazing!

The special effects were far beyond their time. They are still very good even by today's standards.

Cool movie!

[General Zod]

18. Spielberg is doing a remake of War of the Worlds.....

.....starring Tom Cruise!!! I can't believe it. It's gonna totally suck!

[HeeBGBz]

17. The Day the Earth Stood Still, War of the Worlds

The Martians in WotW still scare the crap outa me.

The Day the Earth Stood Still rocks. Message was cool.

Gort. Gladys, Nick Toons, oh shit...

[AverageJoe]

20. All great choices

How about these, too?

The Deadly Mantis
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
This Island Earth

[kskiska]

23. It Came From Outer Space

It seems that Richard Carlson was in most of these. And there was always a woman friend dressed in a tight skirt and high heels who accompanied him to investigate the saucer landing site. She invariably sprained her ankle just as they had to beat it out of there and he had to carry her.

I grew up on these things.

[SheilaT]

24. The original version

of 1984. Saw it on late night TV about 1961. Much better, in my opinion, and the pretentious one made in the real year 1984.

[norml]

25. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers; 1956

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049169/

[rug]

28. The Tingler