In no particular order, my personal TOP 10 Science Fiction Movies of All-TIme (movies)

submitted ago by Reverse-Flash

Planet of the Apes (1968)

Alien (1979)

The Matrix (1999)

Aliens (1986)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

The Terminator (1984)

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

The War of the Worlds (1953)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Wonder_Boy ago

Damn good top 10

ElDulce ago

Equilibrium

Pandorum

Blade Runner (Original)

Total Recall (Original)

Moon

Colossus: The Forbin Project

Alien

Time Trap

Pitch Black

The Edge of Tomorrow

Time Crimes (Los Cronocrimenes)

Lavender7 ago

Alien Nation (film) 1988. James Cann

475677 ago

These are my top 10 in no particular order:

They Live

Starship Troopers

2001: A Space Odyssey

Stargate

The Matrix

Moon

Back to the future

The Fifth Element

Terminator

Jurassic Park

475677 ago

yes

Reverse-Flash ago

Good list.

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Doglegwarrior ago

Dune!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reverse-Flash ago

Good movie

Bigwhistle ago

Forbidden Planet

Reverse-Flash ago

I was going to put that on the list, but it seemed disingenuous due to the fact that I didn't remember much about that movie for some reason.

capnflummox ago

At least half of all 'science fiction' movies are merely horror movies in a sci-fi wrapper. Case and point: Alien and Aliens.

Half of your list isn't even science fiction.

Reverse-Flash ago

90% of the list on most sites have fantasy and horror all over their lists. My picks are science fiction. Just because a movie is scary doesn't preclude it from being science fiction. Change my mind.

capnflummox ago

This isn't about your mind. This is about fact.

Just because a movie is scary doesn't preclude it from being science fiction.

I never said "scary". A smart person knows not to put words in others' mouths.

90% of the list "on most sites"... this is not an excuse to mislabel a movie or other work. I don't give a shit what (((90% of the sites))) have on (((their lists))). We're dealing with facts here, moron.

90% of movies listed as 'science fiction' are in fact horror (not scary!) movies in a sci-fi wrapper.

Reverse-Flash ago

How are Alien and Aliens not science fiction? My opinion is that some movies do traverse two genres. Those two are candidates.

capnflummox ago

It's almost as if you failed to read the three sentence post I made. Here's the important part:

horror movies in a sci-fi wrapper

Reverse-Flash ago

I think you are correct. And yes, you are also correct.

JohnGaltApproves ago

Dark City (1998)

Back to the Future (1985)

Ghostbusters (1984)

SpaceHunter (1983)

Capricorn One (1978)

Push (2009)

KrakenCentaur ago

You put Dark City at the top of your list. Good, you do not need your memory altered.

ElDulce ago

I just watched Push yesterday. Such a good movie. I think I might call it more fantasy with the whole superhero thing, but I get where you are going.

Doglegwarrior ago

Dune

ggolemg ago

Primer

Gattaca

Starship troopers

Day the earth stood still

Metropolis

Robocop

Close encounters of the third kind

Solaris

Brazil

Fire in the sky

And the others mentioned by everyone else here

LordSporkington ago

I was wondering when I was going to see "Primer" on one of these lists... So "Solaris" the remake (which wasn't as awful as I was expecting) or the original (with that tedious fucking 45 minute, real time bumper cam view of the Moscow freeway system?)

Doglegwarrior ago

Dune was great

ggolemg ago

Fuck yeah it was, books honestly were much better, and the made for tv movie was really good.

Doglegwarrior ago

Agree. Books where awsome i read up to the 3rd one then heard that the guy went liberal fsggot in the later books so just stopped before i got to that point .. ive reread the first one at least 3 times.

ggolemg ago

There were always the slight gay undertones, but yeah they become overtones later on. If you haven't seen the made for tv movie it's worth checking out.

Diggernicks ago

Gatraca is meh tier and only barely.

Deathperception ago

The 5th Element

& believe it or not,"The Running Man" had an important story to tell& I thought it was well done.

Reverse-Flash ago

Primer, Close Encounters of the Third Kind would make my top 15 list.

spaceman84 ago

They Live and The Thing are not on the list. You dun goofed OP.

Reverse-Flash ago

The Thing would likely make my top 20 list. They Live has a great story to tell, but it wouldn't come into play until I put a top 30 list together. Just my 2 cents.

WORF_MOTORBOATS_TROI ago

Using two movies from the same movie franchise

That seems like cheating

Reverse-Flash ago

Do you honestly think I ran out of movies I love and had to double up? Those are all my favs. Now hush-up and buy the next round!

WORF_MOTORBOATS_TROI ago

No, but it still seems like cheating, like you only made 8 selections

Reverse-Flash ago

Here's 11-20 in case you were wondering what I passed up to make my top 10 list:

Looper (2012)

Blade Runner (1982)

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Jurassic Park (1993)

The Incredible Shrinking Man 1957)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

Brazil (1985)

WORF_MOTORBOATS_TROI ago

I never saw Looper, thanks for the reccomendation

Woot balde runner

I never really thought of esotsm as a scifi movie

Edge of tomorrow is pretty solid, i dont really like that one actor, whats his nuts captain scientology, much but he's pretty good here. The other movie i liked him in was war of worlds. Both roles took advantage of his innate false-overconfidence by undermining it instead of trying to pretend it was legit like a lot of other movies he's in. The false "OHMAGAW GURL POWER SUPERSOLDIERETTE" bit would have been obnoxious if it didnt fit, plus that bitch gets smoked like twenty times so thats pretty satisfying.

Kind of a stretch to call jurassic ark sci-fi, it seems more of an action/suspense movie than anything else. Maybe that's a bias from having read the book. I saw this movie before I read the book, and this is what convinced me that it's best to seec the movie before you read the book because then you can think both are great. With Congo, Sphere, and Timeline I read the book before I saw the movie and I thought the movies were a big disappointment.

Men can't sh4ink unless they get into a cold pool.

Close encounters of a third kind is pretty good, but it doesnt feel like scifi to me because the setting is normal reality. There ares no unusual setting conditions thsa t you have to accept in order to appreciate the plot, it's just 'normal guy in normal world goes wacky because some cracker ass aliens be fuckin with his brain and sheeit".

Star Wars.

Meh. I heard spielberg is a pedo he probably made this so he could fuck that one kid up the butt

Brazil

I've tried to watch this on multiple occassions but I think i fell asleep every time. I have jo idea if it's good.

Reverse-Flash ago

Here's 11-20 in case you were wondering what I passed up to make my top 10 list:

Looper (2012)

Blade Runner (1982)

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Jurassic Park (1993)

The Incredible Shrinking Man 1957)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

Blade Runner (1982)

con77 ago

Original Bladerunner

Deathperception ago

"Skinjobs" . Rayciss cop.

Reverse-Flash ago

That would probably make my top 12 list.

RedditSureDoesSuck ago

Just admit you forgot it.

Reverse-Flash ago

I know it is considered the fine wine of science fiction movies but for some reason it just didn't make the top 10. It made my top 20 though.

Here's 11-20.

Looper (2012)

Blade Runner (1982)

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Jurassic Park (1993)

The Incredible Shrinking Man 1957)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

Brazil (1985)

RedditSureDoesSuck ago

Ugh, you had me then you lost me.

Diggernicks ago

T2?

Lolno

It's an ok early 90s action movie, hardly James Cameron's finest

Deathperception ago

Loved that movie. One of the few sequals that exceeded expectations.

The rest sucked,imo.

spaceman84 ago

It's been overrated for a long time. The original was a better film.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

I always heard Alien was a horror movie.

ElDulce ago

I consider Sifi to be a medium. You have have different movies made in a style that have different feelings. You have funny sifi like Hitchhicker's Guide. You have Dramatic Sifi like Moon. You have action sifi like Edge of Tomorrow. You have horror Sifi like Alien.

Science Fiction is just a way to use the future to bring attention to things in the present.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

Makes sense.

Star Wars is epic storytelling in scifi setting.

ElDulce ago

Yup, You could probably make the argument that Safety Not Guaranteed would be a Rom-Com Sifi film.

The same thing happens with Kung-fu. There is funny like Kungfu Hustle, there is epic like House of Flying Daggers or Hero, there is sifi like The One there is action like Chocolate. Though granted in the west people usually just go for the action Kungfu flicks.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

dude truth

kung fu hustle is legit

Deathperception ago

More than 1 thing can be true at the same time.

capnflummox ago

Yes, but in these cases, most science fiction movies are just horror movies in a sci-fi wrapper.

I would not, and do not, consider those movies as 'science fiction'. Case and point: Alien and Aliens. Those are horror movies.

Deathperception ago

I had the pleasure of reading all of H.P. Lovecraft's works in one volume & I still claim itz a 60/ 40 blend.The library had 2 threaten me to return it.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

No it can't.

Deathperception ago

Yes,more than 1 proposition can be true at the same time! True story! Your intellect lacks a certain gestalt!

clamhurt_legbeard ago

more than 1 proposition can be true at the same

Prove this. I dare you.

Deathperception ago

Solipsism much?

clamhurt_legbeard ago

Hey, you're the one stating basic truths as though they're profound.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

OH MY GOD

Reverse-Flash ago

I would probably put both movies on my top 10 horror movie list, also.

pshawman ago

Moon

amendthediscourse ago

12 Monkeys, the HBO Westworld series season 1 and Predator. I’m in agreement with the original Terminator and 2001 from your list.

spaceman84 ago

Original Predator is sublime. Despite having the simplest plot, it's damn near flawless.

ggolemg ago

It's nearly a perfect movie.

Wonder_Boy ago

What's imperfect?

Diggernicks ago

Buncha slack jawed faggots in here.

This will make you a sexual TYRANNOSAURUS.

Native ago

If you haven’t yet, you should watch the 12 monkeys TV show it’s surprisingly very good

LordSporkington ago

Really? I tried the first episode and it just... it really rubbed me the wrong way. Was that a pilot, where the rest of teh season has a different feel?

Native ago

Oops, I have a dueling convo shitting on Game of Thrones and didn’t realize this was about 12 monkeys.

The first two episodes are pretty bland (as all tv shows are) because it’s setting the stage and building up characters. However it quickly improves after that and every season is better than the last, which in my opinion is rare

LordSporkington ago

So it's not just a member berries cash grab?

I'll give it another day in court, thanks!

Native ago

No cash grab. 100% original story line with a few Easter eggs to the movie sprinkled into the seasons.

I don’t make promises often to random strangers, however, with such shite Hollywood entertainment these days, 12 monkeys is pleasantly surprising.

Native ago

I read the books first before I watched the tv show. I would figure the first few episodes look confusing because there are so many characters.

At this point, don’t even bother with the show because the ending ruins it.

And yes the rest of the show is high drama.

Reverse-Flash ago

the HBO Westworld series season 1

Movies.

amendthediscourse ago

I know. Too good not to mention though.

Reverse-Flash ago

I haven't seen it, but it is on my short list.

amendthediscourse ago

Shorten that list to one. Obviously entertainment is subjective, but, I couldn’t recommend it more.