Top 25 sci-fi movies

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Halb

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Thursday 1st August 2019
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This fella has a very dry delivery style which can have you nodding off, plus he doesn't rewatch stuff, relies on memory and gets stuff wrong, but it's a list to get you chatting at any rate.

Rob Ager's top 25 sci-fi movies of all time
https://youtu.be/qWviNXW4wEU

Halb

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Thursday 31st October 2019
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If You Like Military Sci-Fi - Try these 8 Movies Out - Movie Suggestions
HyperDrive
https://youtu.be/pV0tzsUXm9c

irocfan

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189 months

Thursday 31st October 2019
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may have to give this a watch once the RWC is over - curious to see how badly my choices have fared!

BMW A6

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63 months

Thursday 31st October 2019
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Alien.
Directed by Ridley Scott.

Captain Smerc

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115 months

Thursday 31st October 2019
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BMW A6 said:
Alien.
Directed by Ridley Scott.
Bang on yes

jimmythingy

312 posts

61 months

Thursday 31st October 2019
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Silent Running is a great film, it does seem to pull at all the emotions.

Captain Smerc

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115 months

Thursday 31st October 2019
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The Terminator.

Andeh1

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205 months

Thursday 31st October 2019
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Watching this thread for recommendations, thanks!

Rumblestripe

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161 months

Friday 1st November 2019
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BMW A6 said:
Alien.
Directed by Ridley Scott.
Honestly find Aliens a better and more "re-watchable" film.

Can someone pop the list up as text, I can't be a*sed to watch a talking head on You Tube but I do love a list with suggestions that I might not have seen.

SeanyD

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199 months

Friday 1st November 2019
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Annihilation.

Bonus points for having the very lovely Natalie Portman in it.

MrsMiggins

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234 months

Friday 1st November 2019
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Rumblestripe said:
Honestly find Aliens a better and more "re-watchable" film.

Can someone pop the list up as text, I can't be a*sed to watch a talking head on You Tube but I do love a list with suggestions that I might not have seen.
Runaway
The Abyss
Gattaca
The Fantastic Voyage
Aliens
Rollerball (James Caan)
Prometheus
Terminator 1&2
The Andromeda Strain
Star Wars eps 4,5,6
Blade Runner
The Last Starfighter
The Thing
Upgrade
AI
The Forbidden Planet
Total Recall (arnie version)
Wall-E
Alien
THX 1138
The Outer Limits (a specific 1hr episode)
Moonraker
The Matrix
Star Trek the [slow] motion picture
2001 a space odyssey

Some good films there, but some cheating in defining a movie top 25 which contains an episode of a TV programme and also lumps 2x Terminator and 3x Star Wars films into 2 slots.

ETA - above is in order 25-1

Hedobot

655 posts

148 months

Friday 1st November 2019
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Twelve Monkeys is one of my favourites. Who doesn't like a bit of time travel nerd

NewNameNeeded

2,560 posts

224 months

Friday 1st November 2019
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I'd have to have:

Star Trek (2009)
Rogue One
District 9

MrsMiggins

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234 months

Friday 1st November 2019
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Halb said:
If You Like Military Sci-Fi - Try these 8 Movies Out - Movie Suggestions
HyperDrive
https://youtu.be/pV0tzsUXm9c
This one specifically excludes big blockbusters. From 8 to 1:
Starship Troopers
The Forbidden Planet
Soldier
Screamers
Edge of Tomorrow
Enemy Mine
Stargate (movie, not TV)
Babylon 5 (movie, not TV)

MrsMiggins

2,808 posts

234 months

Friday 1st November 2019
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I wouldn't say it's my favourite sci-fi film, but Oblivion is worth a watch.

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 1st November 2019
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How does the pantomime that is Moonraker make the list?
It’s a pretty mediocre Bond film, and not very sci-fi at all.
The inclusion of the Shuttle fleet and an evil lair in orbit is always acknowledged as EON desperately trying to cash in on the whole Star Wars thing.

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 1st November 2019
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MrsMiggins said:
I wouldn't say it's my favourite sci-fi film, but Oblivion is worth a watch.
I’ve always enjoyed Oblivion.

I’d also add:

Interstellar
Sunshine
Event Horizon

Nezquick

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125 months

Friday 1st November 2019
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garyhun said:
MrsMiggins said:
I wouldn't say it's my favourite sci-fi film, but Oblivion is worth a watch.
I’ve always enjoyed Oblivion.

I’d also add:

Interstellar
Sunshine
Event Horizon
Some good ones there. I'd also add:

Equilibrium
ET
Gravity
Mad Max

Mark-C

5,010 posts

204 months

Friday 1st November 2019
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Short Circuit should be on this list ... the gateway into Sci-Fi for both my kids

Halb

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Friday 1st November 2019
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MrsMiggins said:
This one specifically excludes big blockbusters. From 8 to 1:
Starship Troopers
The Forbidden Planet
Soldier
Screamers
Edge of Tomorrow
Enemy Mine
Stargate (movie, not TV)
Babylon 5 (movie, not TV)
ore of his lists keep popping up for me, I've gone throigh a few and seen films I've not been aware of that are now on my radar. Currently going through tech noir and another one, watched these today.
SCIFI FILMS
If You Want to Get into Hard Sci Fi - Watch These 8 Movies - Movie Suggestions
HyperDrive
https://youtu.be/LniCiCOm4j8
If You're a fan of Dystopian Sci-fi - Watch These 8 Movies - Movie Suggestions
HyperDrive
https://youtu.be/stTwXisT93M
Love Psychological Sci-Fi Movies? Try These 8 films Out - Movie Suggestions
HyperDrive
https://youtu.be/cC0YtghJvf0

Edited by Halb on Friday 1st November 17:52