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[Shangounchained]

1. Terminator 2,
2. A.i by Steven Spielberg,
3. I robot,
4. Cyborg, Jean Claude Van damme!
5. Babylon A.D.

 

[Mista]

I mean thats your list but talking about "top" sci-fi movies without having The Matrix, Bladerunner, and Interstellar on the list is a crime maaaaaan

 

[Cato]

2001

 

[Shangounchained]

I mean thats your list but talking about "top" sci-fi movies without having The Matrix, Bladerunner, and Interstellar on the list is a crime maaaaaan

It's top 5 for top 10 id choose more but yeah matrix is a given

 

[AV]

A.I. is alright but doesn't belong anywhere near the top 5. I, Robot is mediocre as fuck.

The top 5 is probably some completely unrankable mix of 2001, Alien, Blade Runner, T2 and The Matrix.

 

[EviLore]

2001
Alien
Aliens
Blade Runner
Blade Runner 2049
Gattaca
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Akira
Terminator
Terminator 2
The Matrix
The Abyss
Minority Report
Inception
Interstellar
Robocop
Total Recall
Starship Troopers
Strange Days
Edge of Tomorrow
The Thing
12 Monkeys
They Live
Ex Machina
Annihilation

 

[AV]

2001
Alien
Aliens
Blade Runner
Blade Runner 2049
Gattaca
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Akira
Terminator
Terminator 2
The Matrix
The Abyss
Minority Report
Inception
Interstellar
Robocop
Total Recall
Starship Troopers
Strange Days
Edge of Tomorrow
The Thing
12 Monkeys
They Live
Ex Machina
Annihilation

While we're at it

Predator
The Fly
Children of Men
Inception
Interstellar
Moon
Star Wars / Empire
Back to the Future
Metropolis
Planet of the Apes

Special shout out to Event Horizon for being "the movie that could have been"

 

[V2Tommy]

No particular order:

-Alien
-2001
-Blade Runner
-T2
-Contact

 

[Shangounchained]

While we're at it

Predator
The Fly
Children of Men
Inception
Interstellar
Moon
Star Wars / Empire
Back to the Future
Metropolis
Planet of the Apes

Special shout out to Event Horizon for being "the movie that could have been"

Planet of the apes was fantastic and funny as fuck

 

[AlteredForms]

3. I robot,

 

[mcz117chief]

Star Wars
Alien
Ghost in the Shell (og)
Predator
The Thing

It's not easy

 

[Papa]

Anyone else like Sunshine by Danny Boyle?

 

[AV]

Anyone else like Sunshine by Danny Boyle?

I liked it before it ran out of ideas and became a slasher movie in the final act. At least that's what I remember happening, it's been about a decade.

 

[EviLore]

Sunshine's screenplay was by Alex Garland, who eventually bounced from his regular Danny Boyle team-up (28 Days Later, The Beach, Sunshine) to write+direct Ex Machina and Annihilation himself. He really came into his own once he took the director's helm on his stories. And yeah, I enjoyed Sunshine a bunch until the third act, but it's still a good flick.

 

[June]

2001: A Space Odyssey
2010
Alien
Altered States
Arrival
Children of Men
Contact
Ghost in the Shell
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War
Lucy
Mission to Mars
Predator
Prometheus
Starship Troopers
The Fountain
The Man from Earth
The Thing
Vanilla Sky

 

[sol_bad]

I'd put Matrix, Minority Report and Ex Machina near the top. Those 3 films are all pretty incredible both in their story telling, world building and/or visuals.
Never seen Cyborg or Babylon AD. I've heard Babylon AD was tampered with and ripped apart by the studio that released it, made me not want to watch it.

 

[AV]

Children of Men

Respect for also mentioning Children of Men. One of the greatest movies of the 21st century and criminally overlooked considering how much praise Alfonso Cuarón got for Gravity and Roma.

 

[June]

Respect for also mentioning Children of Men. One of the greatest movies of the 21st century and criminally overlooked considering how much praise Alfonso Cuarón got for Gravity and Roma.

I'm not sure how overlooked it is, but at least it's not underrated. It has been deservedly very well received.

I still hold Y tu Mamá También to be Cuarón's true masterpeice, though.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

No particular order:

-Alien
-2001
-Blade Runner
-T2
-Contact

This man got it right.

 

[AV]

I'm not sure how overlooked it is, but at least it's not underrated. It has been deservedly very well received.

Just doesn't come up nearly as often as it should in discussions where it's relevant. Also didn't even make its budget back at the box office.

 

[DoctorEkkoUK]

1. Terminator 2,
2. A.i by Steven Spielberg,
3. I robot,
4. Cyborg, Jean Claude Van damme!
5. Babylon A.D.

For me, the original predator movie has to be in there, Empire strikes back, Total Recall, Andromeda strain (70s movie). Jurassic Park...

 

[The Cockatrice]

Moral of the thread, OP got rekt.

 

[quickwhips]

While we're at it

Predator
The Fly
Children of Men
Inception
Interstellar
Moon
Star Wars / Empire
Back to the Future
Metropolis
Planet of the Apes

Special shout out to Event Horizon for being "the movie that could have been"

No event horizon?

 

[AV]

No event horizon?

It got the footnote because it's a movie that was absolutely butchered and bastardize by test audiences that could have been something so much greater than what we ended up with.

 

[Ingeniero]

1. Terminator 2,
2. A.i by Steven Spielberg,
3. I robot,
4. Cyborg, Jean Claude Van damme!
5. Babylon A.D.

LOL all of those are average at best.

 

[crowbrow]

2001: A Space Odyssey
2010
Alien
Altered States
Arrival
Children of Men
Contact
Ghost in the Shell
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War
Lucy
Mission to Mars
Predator
Prometheus
Starship Troopers
The Fountain
The Man from Earth
The Thing
Vanilla Sky

This is my favorite list here for adding Contact, The Fountain and Children of Men. I would also add Tarkovsky's masterpieces Stalker and Solaris. Maybe also a favorite of mine as I was a child Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

And for the lols the Xtro movies

 

[June]

This is my favorite list here for adding Contact, The Fountain and Children of Men. I would also add Tarkovsky's masterpieces Stalker and Solaris. Maybe also a favorite of mine as I was a child Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

And for the lols the Xtro movies

I'm not the biggest fan of Solaris. Watched it twice now but my opinion hasn't changed much. The atmosphere and visuals are fantastic, as is predictable for a Tarkovsky picture, but the human drama aspect and constant philosophising I found to be a bit dry in this film. I've been meaning to watch the remake for a while now.

I will give Stalker a rewatch though This time in glorious HD.

Close Encounters is just bad IMO. Spielberg sentimentalism at some of it's worst.

 

[MadAnon]

Can people explain me what they see in Blade Runner? I've seen majority of films listed here and Blade Runner is close to the top of the most unwatchable. And no, I don't need fast paced action and explosions. 2049 is good and I enjoyed it but the old one was a chore to watch. Never gonna rewatch it.

 

[ROMhack]

I have this theory that sci-fi doesn't lend as well to cinema as it does anime, videogames and books. With those you can create a totally new world and aren't as reliant on existing elements of reality. The only sci-fi films that really work for me are the ones based in the 'near future', or movies that have sci-fi elements in them but aren't completely consumed by futuristic worlds (e.g. noir films that just happen to be set 50 years into the future or whatever).

Regardless, here's some movies nobody has mentioned:

Upstream Colour
Alphaville
Fahrenheit 451
La Jetee
2046

 

[June]

Can people explain me what they see in Blade Runner? I've seen majority of films listed here and Blade Runner is close to the top of the most unwatchable. And no, I don't need fast paced action and explosions. 2049 was good and I enjoyed it but the old one was a chore to watch. Never gonna rewatch it.

I think a lot of it has to do with the time period it was released in. For a sci-fi film to look like that back in the 80s, with the dense cities and visual world building whatnot, must have been awe inspiring. Plus it has killer score to boot.

I absolutely agree with you though, the film feels emotionally dry and the direction has a detached feeling also. I think it's incredibly overrated as a film.

 

[AV]

Can people explain me what they see in Blade Runner?

Are you serious?

Film is first and foremost a visual medium and Blade Runner is beautiful. Not only that, but it's still beautiful today. Imagine how mind-blowing it was in 1982.

 

[V2Tommy]

Can people explain me what they see in Blade Runner? I've seen majority of films listed here and Blade Runner is close to the top of the most unwatchable. And no, I don't need fast paced action and explosions. 2049 is good and I enjoyed it but the old one was a chore to watch. Never gonna rewatch it.

Between the visuals and haunting Vangelis score, there hasn't been a film like it before or since. It's a slow-burn detective story set in the most interesting version of the future presented at the time of release.

 

[Shangounchained]

For me, the original predator movie has to be in there, Empire strikes back, Total Recall, Andromeda strain (70s movie). Jurassic Park...

I'll watch Andromeda strain I love old films

 

[Shangounchained]

A.I. is alright but doesn't belong anywhere near the top 5. I, Robot is mediocre as fuck.

The top 5 is probably some completely unrankable mix of 2001, Alien, Blade Runner, T2 and The Matrix.

We can argue about I robot but AI I'd a masterpiece most people don't acknowledge for one it's not famous and second its not too violent it's more an emotional film!

 

[dan76]

2001
Blade Runner
Alien
Star Wars
Solaris (Tarkovsky)
Honerable mention goes to ... Tron.

Spielburgs A.I is God awaful. Mawkish sentimental claptrap - everything Kubrick is not. Also, how anyone can dislike Blade Runner and like science fiction is beyond me.

 

[GreyHorace]

Aliens
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Blade Runner 2049
Robocop
Inception

That's my list.

 

[MilkyJoe]

1. Terminator 2,
2. A.i by Steven Spielberg,
3. I robot,
4. Cyborg, Jean Claude Van damme!
5. Babylon A.D.

T2 fine, WTF is with the rest of that list? Jinkies!!!

 

[Gargus]

1. Terminator 2,
2. A.i by Steven Spielberg,
3. I robot,
4. Cyborg, Jean Claude Van damme!
5. Babylon A.D.

Well since its opinion based I cant prove you wrong.

All I can say is 2, 3 and 5 arent that good and probably belong in the 40s of a 100 list. And terminator 1 is better than 2, and cyborg is a good action movie but for scifi it probablly belongs in the 60s.

 

[Birdo]

2001
Alien
Aliens
Blade Runner
Blade Runner 2049
Gattaca
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Akira
Terminator
Terminator 2
The Matrix
The Abyss
Minority Report
Inception
Interstellar
Robocop
Total Recall
Starship Troopers
Strange Days
Edge of Tomorrow
The Thing
12 Monkeys
They Live
Ex Machina
Annihilation

This is more like it (Although missing Star Wars)

Even has the Verhoeven three.

 

[plushyp]

How about Primer (2004) ? Although I'd say it was more a film about friendship with science fiction elements. I think I'll give it a rewatch again.

Some others that haven't been mentioned: The Signal (2014) , Dark City (1998), Time Lapse (2014)

 

[AlphaMale]

1. Terminator 2,
2. A.i by Steven Spielberg,
3. I robot,
4. Cyborg, Jean Claude Van damme!
5. Babylon A.D.

Not a chance! lol

My list would be:
1. Blade Runner
2. Aliens
3. The Matrix
4. The Terminator
5. Star Wars (original one where Han shoots first)

 

[T8SC]

Your list does not include "Aliens", therefore, it is inaccurate. Of your choices, only Terminator 2 belongs on the list.

But opinions are opinions.

1: Aliens
2: The Empire Strikes Back
3: Terminator 2
4: Predator
5: Starship Troopers / Event Horizon

 

[Slings and Arrows]

Timecop
Battlefield Earth
Waterworld
Hot tub time machine
Contact

 

[Shangounchained]

M

Not a chance! lol

My list would be:
1. Blade Runner
2. Aliens
3. The Matrix
4. The Terminator
5. Star Wars (original one where Han shoots first)

Most on my list are underappreciated ones not the most famous cause everybody will list the matrix

 

[Sub_Level]

No particular order:

-Alien
-2001
-Blade Runner
-T2
-Contact

Replace T2 with The Matrix and I agree. Love T2 but it doesn't delve too deep into sci-fi themes. Only surface level. The other films on your list are more thought provoking, which the Matrix fits in with.

Solaris (Tarkovsky)

This is a very frustrating film to watch. I always start falling asleep.

 

[MacReady13]

The Terminator (original).
John Carpenter's The Thing.
2001.
Blade Runner.
The Matrix.
The Day The Earth Stood Still (original).
Forbidden Planet.

I believe they all should be in anyone's top 10 sci/fi films somewhere...

 

[V2Tommy]

Replace T2 with The Matrix and I agree. Love T2 but it doesn't delve too deep into sci-fi themes. Only surface level. The other films on your list are more thought provoking, which the Matrix fits in with.

But it's also silly and "fun", which is the opposite of what I personally find to be a good film. If a kid could enjoy it, I probably hate it. A serious reboot of The Matrix would be a masterpiece.

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

My top 5, no particular order

Contact
Total Recall
Close Encounters
Starship Troopers
Independance Day

 

[nush]

Can people explain me what they see in Blade Runner? I've seen majority of films listed here and Blade Runner is close to the top of the most unwatchable. And no, I don't need fast paced action and explosions. 2049 is good and I enjoyed it but the old one was a chore to watch. Never gonna rewatch it.

You appear to have watched the "wrong" version, try one of the other six until you find the one you like.

 

[Nymphae]

Back to the Future deserves a nod I think. Accessible time travel/sci fi trilogy that everyone can enjoy without feeling like a nerd.