Top 25 sci-fi movies
Discussion
Crossflow Kid said:
How does the pantomime that is Moonraker make the list?
TBH I didn't listen to a word he said, just fast-forwarded through, watching just enough to make the list. He prattled on for over an hour!I think the only ones on the list I haven't actually seen are Upgrade and The Thing. Will give Upgrade a go since I enjoyed pretty much all the others.
MrsMiggins said:
BH I didn't listen to a word he said, just fast-forwarded through, watching just enough to make the list. He prattled on for over an hour!
I think the only ones on the list I haven't actually seen are Upgrade and The Thing. Will give Upgrade a go since I enjoyed pretty much all the others.
The Thing (as long as you’re talking about the Kurt Russell one) is brilliant.I think the only ones on the list I haven't actually seen are Upgrade and The Thing. Will give Upgrade a go since I enjoyed pretty much all the others.
A few on my list. Slight spoiler alert.
The day the Earth caught fire.
Accidentally synchronised US & USSR Atom bomb posturing blasts the earth towards the sun whilst an alcoholic journalist briefly makes the Daily Express look like a proper paper.
The day the Earth stood still. (Original)
Classic Brit actor arrives with a Theremin and a scary robot before telling us to mend our ways. Klatu barada nicto!
War of the worlds (Original)
Great special effects for the time with Alien craft on strings frying US soldiers and equipment with a heat ray before catching man flu.
Village of the damned.
Freaky eyed clone kids in rural England mind bend local yokels into shooting themselves enroute to world domination.
Aliens.
Crack Marines bottle it on scary planet whilst little girl and surrogate mum kick alien ass.
Phase 4
Tipping boiling water on an ants nest doesn't work out too well for isolated retro scientists in a moon dome baking in the desert.
Forbin Project.
Colossus goes self aware and moody before self identifying as a supreme being and linking up with his mate behind the iron curtain.
Barbarella.
Gorgeous but dense bint goes on a 1960's astro jolly in leather clad lesbian land with angels and Duran Duran on hand to tickle her fancy..
Sleeper.
Years before the rampant rabbit we had the Orgasmatron, self driving Google pods and tin foil hats in this big brother style comedy gem from WA.
2001
Visual feast years ahead of it's time with another rouge computer not content to take orders from Dave when there is a huge black slab of granite nearby.
Contact
Hitler phones home from Vega and e-mails his next history channel Nazi Mega Weapon plans to a cash strapped scientist who goes on a one way trip to neverland.
Logans Run
It's all the fun of the fair on the 23rd century carousel for the over 50's..
It makes being swindled by gypsies in a cold wet field on unsafe contraptions very appealing.
Soylent Green.
The non vegan answer to a starving population and dwindling resources doesn't go down too well with our old NRA nut job Charlton Heston.
The Fly.
You'll need more than a PoundLand £1 bug zapper to deal with this experimental cock up..
The Terminator.
I can't be reasoned with or bargained with, so my list is the best in this thread.
Wall-E
Cartoon kitchen bin compactor toiles endlessly to deal with our crap while we wallow around Saturn being force fed lard by a corporate behemoth bent on controlling every aspect of our lives. Sound familiar?
Star Wars.
These aren't the films you are looking for.... Genre defining Scfi with bells, whistles, ion cannons and a wayward father neglecting his parental duties.
The day the Earth caught fire.
Accidentally synchronised US & USSR Atom bomb posturing blasts the earth towards the sun whilst an alcoholic journalist briefly makes the Daily Express look like a proper paper.
The day the Earth stood still. (Original)
Classic Brit actor arrives with a Theremin and a scary robot before telling us to mend our ways. Klatu barada nicto!
War of the worlds (Original)
Great special effects for the time with Alien craft on strings frying US soldiers and equipment with a heat ray before catching man flu.
Village of the damned.
Freaky eyed clone kids in rural England mind bend local yokels into shooting themselves enroute to world domination.
Aliens.
Crack Marines bottle it on scary planet whilst little girl and surrogate mum kick alien ass.
Phase 4
Tipping boiling water on an ants nest doesn't work out too well for isolated retro scientists in a moon dome baking in the desert.
Forbin Project.
Colossus goes self aware and moody before self identifying as a supreme being and linking up with his mate behind the iron curtain.
Barbarella.
Gorgeous but dense bint goes on a 1960's astro jolly in leather clad lesbian land with angels and Duran Duran on hand to tickle her fancy..
Sleeper.
Years before the rampant rabbit we had the Orgasmatron, self driving Google pods and tin foil hats in this big brother style comedy gem from WA.
2001
Visual feast years ahead of it's time with another rouge computer not content to take orders from Dave when there is a huge black slab of granite nearby.
Contact
Hitler phones home from Vega and e-mails his next history channel Nazi Mega Weapon plans to a cash strapped scientist who goes on a one way trip to neverland.
Logans Run
It's all the fun of the fair on the 23rd century carousel for the over 50's..
It makes being swindled by gypsies in a cold wet field on unsafe contraptions very appealing.
Soylent Green.
The non vegan answer to a starving population and dwindling resources doesn't go down too well with our old NRA nut job Charlton Heston.
The Fly.
You'll need more than a PoundLand £1 bug zapper to deal with this experimental cock up..
The Terminator.
I can't be reasoned with or bargained with, so my list is the best in this thread.
Wall-E
Cartoon kitchen bin compactor toiles endlessly to deal with our crap while we wallow around Saturn being force fed lard by a corporate behemoth bent on controlling every aspect of our lives. Sound familiar?
Star Wars.
These aren't the films you are looking for.... Genre defining Scfi with bells, whistles, ion cannons and a wayward father neglecting his parental duties.
Edited by peterperkins on Friday 1st November 18:31
peterperkins said:
A few on my list. Slight spoiler alert.
The day the Earth caught fire.
Accidentally synchronised US & USSR Atom bomb posturing blasts the earth towards the sun whilst an alcoholic journalist briefly makes the Daily Express look like a proper paper.
The day the Earth stood still. (Original)
Classic Brit actor arrives with a Theremin and a scary robot before telling us to mend our ways. Klatu barada nicto!
War of the worlds (Original)
Great special effects for the time with Alien craft on strings frying US soldiers and equipment with a heat ray before catching man flu.
Village of the damned.
Freaky eyed clone kids in rural England mind bend local yokels into shooting themselves enroute to world domination.
Aliens.
Crack Marines bottle it on scary planet whilst little girl and surrogate mum kick alien ass.
Phase 4
Tipping boiling water on an ants nest doesn't work out too well for isolated retro scientists in a moon dome baking in the desert.
Forbin Project.
Colossus goes self aware and moody before self identifying as a supreme being and linking up with his mate behind the iron curtain.
Barbarella.
Gorgeous but dense bint goes on a 1960's astro jolly in leather clad lesbian land with angels and Duran Duran on hand to tickle her fancy..
Sleeper.
Years before the rampant rabbit we had the Orgasmatron, self driving Google pods and tin foil hats in this big brother style comedy gem from WA.
2001
Visual feast years ahead of it's time with another rouge computer not content to take orders from Dave when there is a huge black slab of granite nearby.
Contact
Hitler phones home from Vega and e-mails his next history channel Nazi Mega Weapon plans to a cash strapped scientist who goes on a one way trip to neverland.
Logans Run
It's all the fun of the fair on the 23rd century carousel for the over 50's..
It makes being swindled by gypsies in a cold wet field on unsafe contraptions very appealing.
Soylent Green.
The non vegan answer to a starving population and dwindling resources doesn't go down too well with our old NRA nut job Charlton Heston.
The Fly.
You'll need more than a PoundLand £1 bug zapper to deal with this experimental cock up..
The Terminator.
I can't be reasoned with or bargained with, so my list is the best in this thread.
Wall-E
Cartoon kitchen bin compactor toiles endlessly to deal with our crap while we wallow around Saturn being force fed lard by a corporate behemoth bent on controlling every aspect of our lives. Sound familiar?
Star Wars.
These aren't the films you are looking for.... Genre defining Scfi with bells, whistles, ion cannons and a wayward father neglecting his parental duties.
Excellent list, not even heard of some of them! But I've seen the vast majority.The day the Earth caught fire.
Accidentally synchronised US & USSR Atom bomb posturing blasts the earth towards the sun whilst an alcoholic journalist briefly makes the Daily Express look like a proper paper.
The day the Earth stood still. (Original)
Classic Brit actor arrives with a Theremin and a scary robot before telling us to mend our ways. Klatu barada nicto!
War of the worlds (Original)
Great special effects for the time with Alien craft on strings frying US soldiers and equipment with a heat ray before catching man flu.
Village of the damned.
Freaky eyed clone kids in rural England mind bend local yokels into shooting themselves enroute to world domination.
Aliens.
Crack Marines bottle it on scary planet whilst little girl and surrogate mum kick alien ass.
Phase 4
Tipping boiling water on an ants nest doesn't work out too well for isolated retro scientists in a moon dome baking in the desert.
Forbin Project.
Colossus goes self aware and moody before self identifying as a supreme being and linking up with his mate behind the iron curtain.
Barbarella.
Gorgeous but dense bint goes on a 1960's astro jolly in leather clad lesbian land with angels and Duran Duran on hand to tickle her fancy..
Sleeper.
Years before the rampant rabbit we had the Orgasmatron, self driving Google pods and tin foil hats in this big brother style comedy gem from WA.
2001
Visual feast years ahead of it's time with another rouge computer not content to take orders from Dave when there is a huge black slab of granite nearby.
Contact
Hitler phones home from Vega and e-mails his next history channel Nazi Mega Weapon plans to a cash strapped scientist who goes on a one way trip to neverland.
Logans Run
It's all the fun of the fair on the 23rd century carousel for the over 50's..
It makes being swindled by gypsies in a cold wet field on unsafe contraptions very appealing.
Soylent Green.
The non vegan answer to a starving population and dwindling resources doesn't go down too well with our old NRA nut job Charlton Heston.
The Fly.
You'll need more than a PoundLand £1 bug zapper to deal with this experimental cock up..
The Terminator.
I can't be reasoned with or bargained with, so my list is the best in this thread.
Wall-E
Cartoon kitchen bin compactor toiles endlessly to deal with our crap while we wallow around Saturn being force fed lard by a corporate behemoth bent on controlling every aspect of our lives. Sound familiar?
Star Wars.
These aren't the films you are looking for.... Genre defining Scfi with bells, whistles, ion cannons and a wayward father neglecting his parental duties.
Edited by peterperkins on Friday 1st November 18:31
The Thing - insist on the John Carpenter/ Kurt Russel version
Good call on Wall-E one of my favourite Disney films just wish they had had the conviction to keep the second half like teh first.
One from the vaults (and one I haven't dared revisit in case it doesn't hold up) Dark Star, absolutely loved it back in the day. Also dir John Carpenter.
Soft spot for Independence Day if only for Will Smith punching out the Alien "Welcome to Earth!"
I suspect Jurassic Park deserves a mention too.
Good call on Wall-E one of my favourite Disney films just wish they had had the conviction to keep the second half like teh first.
One from the vaults (and one I haven't dared revisit in case it doesn't hold up) Dark Star, absolutely loved it back in the day. Also dir John Carpenter.
Soft spot for Independence Day if only for Will Smith punching out the Alien "Welcome to Earth!"
I suspect Jurassic Park deserves a mention too.
sparks_190e said:
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan needs to be in there.
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ChocolateFrog said:
Bloody loved The Last Starfighter as a kid.
I'd add
Dune
Fifth Element
And for a bit of Mel Brooks
Spaceballs
Same, but that's one film I'd advocate for a remake, or at least the George Lucas treatment for the effects. Great story though. Never really liked Spaceballs, thought it wasn't a patch on Mel's earlier stuff. But I really liked robot chicken and family guystar wars. I'd add
Dune
Fifth Element
And for a bit of Mel Brooks
Spaceballs
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take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey said:
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So many good films being listed, and Silent Running definitely deserves to be included. If I was to list films I fell in love with at the cinema, Alien, Blade Runner and The Matrix are always going to be near the top of my list.
For older films I discovered on TV, Forbidden Planet and Day The Earth Stood Still are classics I can watch repeatedly.
A couple of personal favourites that no one has mentioned.
Incredible Shrinking Man. first half is a man facing a crisis of identity as his own sense of masculinity shrinks away. And then he has to battle a giant spider.
When Worlds Collide. The world is gonna end, and there’s nothing we can do about it. But a few plucky scientists plan to start a new Eden, lead by an evil billionaire.
SpudLink said:
A couple of personal favourites that no one has mentioned.
Incredible Shrinking Man. first half is a man facing a crisis of identity as his own sense of masculinity shrinks away. And then he has to battle a giant spider.
When Worlds Collide. The world is gonna end, and there’s nothing we can do about it. But a few plucky scientists plan to start a new Eden, lead by an evil billionaire.
Agree with those. I got bored typing earlier. Incredible Shrinking Man. first half is a man facing a crisis of identity as his own sense of masculinity shrinks away. And then he has to battle a giant spider.
When Worlds Collide. The world is gonna end, and there’s nothing we can do about it. But a few plucky scientists plan to start a new Eden, lead by an evil billionaire.
Incredible Shrinking Man.
Irradiated insecure snowflake fades away before gorging on lemon drizzle cake and fighting back projected arachnid and attaining enlightenment once he is small enough to fit through a sieve.
When World Collide.
Megalomaniac sponsors elderly nerds to save him from a comet while scientists daughter plans to repopulate the new planet with dumb pilot.
The wheel chair scene is especially touching as they blast off and leave Elon Musk/Bill Gates et al behind.
Edited by peterperkins on Sunday 3rd November 19:00
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