Top five sci-fi films of all time

[Vivo]

((dammit netflix sux, none of these good titles are on there, not even Contact))

Quatermass and the Pit - the whole movie on you tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qfgPI3PijU&feature=plcp

[outsidesys]

Not in my top 5, but Escape from New York is fun. Was Fantastic Voyage (1966) or Barbarella (1968) mentioned? I don't remember seeing them listed.

+1 for They Live. Watching some of the Fox News anchors will remind me of this movie.

[3dot...]

[H20nly]

so, movie night at 3dots... place

[ian_halsall]

more like movie week

[simmerdown]

ok

saw Avengers again last night....putting aside my earlier 'annoyances' its was good, even very good...and there was some very funny stuff like thor's: 'he's...adopted', lol..ok ok...and though a comic movie, there is a lot that blurs the line into this scifi list

[LoopStationZebra]

The last 2 Matrix movies were nearly UNWATCHABLE.

[LoopStationZebra]

Dark City

Glad you mentioned this because it's easily in my top10 fav scifi flicks.

[oblique strategies]

[artpunk]

There are so many listed here that I love. Oblique Strategies nailed most of them... I would be hard pressed to make a top 5 as I think what you enjoy or want to watch at any given time is dependant on your current state of mind and mood, much like listening to music.

I was pleased to see Zardoz... and Dark Star! What a classic! Dark Star was written by Dan O'Bannon who was also behind the script for Alien, there are actually quite a few precursor ideas that materialised in Alien (minus the slap-stick feel) in Dark Star. The concept of teaching a smart bomb phenomenology being included in a film's plot... still makes me laugh, sheer brilliance!

Has anyone mentioned "Outland"? I loved that film, very much a Western set in space, but also very much a classic sci-fi film. Those who listed Moon - check out Outland, Moon has references to that film, (along with homage to a few other sic-fi classics).



I will put my vote in for Alien over Aliens. The original was the epitome of brilliant edge of your seat, suspense-thriller, schlock-horror science fiction. James Cameron's sequel was great fun, but like most things James Cameron does was as subtle as a sledge-hammer. Speaking of James Cameron, The Abyss deserves a mention in this list.

Quatermass and the Pit scared the hell out of me when I was a kid, almost as much as Alien did when I saw it at the cinema when it first came out...before anyone knew what the Alien actually looked like (a big part of the suspense in the film, not knowing what the Alien actually was or looked like)

[Tarekith]

Good call, haven't seen Outland in forever, thanks!

[stringtapper]

The last 2 Matrix movies were nearly UNWATCHABLE.

NO SHIT.

2nd one was almost bearable. 3rd one was total SHIT. Talk about losing the plot.

[simmerdown]

just finished watching Prometheus for the first time, holyish....in my current state of shock i would have to put it in my top 5....visually just about the most amazing flick ive seen

outland, that was in heavy rotation on HBO in about 84, i think i saw it 10 times, but not since

[artpunk]

All of Ridley Scott's Science Fiction films are a feast of sci-fi production/cinematography/conceptual goodness. I really enjoyed Prometheus.

[steko]

Loopsie, I'm glad you mentioned being glad I mentioned it!

I'm also glad ze2be & oblique mentioned it.



+1 The man who fell to earth!