What are your Favorite sci fi movies?

[drzaius1]

My favourite sci-fi classics, excluding Star Wars and Empire, have to be the Heston Trilogy. POTA, Soylent Green and Omega Man. These are brilliant and the original books from which the movies are based are must reads. These stories demanded the classic Heston Overacting Style.
Other prominent faves are Westworld and Logan's Run. I named my son Logan after this movie. Chuck was second Choice but the wife wouldnt have it.
The one movie i have been dying to see again is Firebird 2015 A.D.. This movie was pure cheese but i remember staying up late to catch this more than once in the early eighties. I cannot seem to find a good copy of this anywhere, other than a few 25 year old VHS or Beta tapes on Ebay.
What are your Sci-Fi Faves? I'll post my non Sci FI faves later.

Drzaius1

[Thor]

The first 2 Star Trek movies (I like the others but these stick out in my memory).
The original Star Wars trilogy.
Blade Runner.

[Mikey]

1. (Star Trek Classic Movies)

2. The Black Hole

3. Robinson Crusoe on Mars

4. Forbidden Planet

5. Star Wars

6. Thunderbirds Are Go

7. Westworld

8. Earth vs the Flying Saucers

9. Daleks Invade Earth 2150 AD

10. Aliens

[Hector]

Will not include Superman...because I consider that more fantasy than sci-fi.

1. Original Star Wars Trilogy
2. ALIEN & Aliens
3. Blade Runner
4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
5. Planet of the Apes
6. The Terminator 1 & 2
7. John Carpenter's The Thing
8. 2001: A Space Odyssey
9. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
10.Avatar

Honorable mention: Predator, Forbidden Planet, The Thing From Another World, War of the Worlds, Metropolis, Mad Max, Cronenberg's The Fly, A Clockwork Orange, 12 Monkeys, Dark City, E.T.: The Extraterrestrial, Hunter Prey, The Abyss, Flash Gordon, and many more...

[alex]

silent running

[thunderbolt]

It, the Terror from Beyond Space (Ridley Scott's inspiration for Alien)
The Thing 1951
Them!
Forbidden Planet
Planet O' the Apes
Godzilla original
The Karloff Frankenstein trilogy
Man from Planet X
Colossus of New York

[kingdom warrior]

Flash Gordon Serials
Buck Rogers Serial
Star Wars Trilogy
Planet of the Apes
A Clockwork Orange
War of The Worlds(original)
earth vs the flying saucers
Metropolis
Aliens
Predator
Wrath of Khan
The Terminator
Westworld
Hunter Prey
Close Encounters

[bizzaro megomauler]

Not stating the obvious classics like SW, Alien and POTA, I love DARK CITY, Serenity, Akira, District 9, Predators, Cloverfield, just to name a few.

[kennermike]

Close Encounters of The Third Kind
Flash Gordon
Escape From Ney York
Battlestar Galactica Theater version
Star Wars Original Theater version TOP FIVE
Empire Strikes Back Original Theater version
The Black Hole
Blade Runner
Alien
Logans Run
Planet of the Apes
Star Trek The Motion Picture
Star Trek Wrath of Kahn
2001 A space Odessy
Saturn 3
Tron
ET
Return of the Jedi Original Theater Version

[The Bat]

Oh man, I'll try and remember them all.

The Matrix
The Matrix:Reloaded
Blade Runner
Planet of the Apes
Star Wars(Original Trilogy)
Star Trek-TMP
Star Trek-2, 3, 4, and 6
Terminator
T2
Starship Troopers
Aliens
The Valley of Gawangi
King Kong(original)
The Creature from the Black Lagoon
The Wolfman
Logan's Run

[Obibob]

In no particular order:

War of the Gargantuas
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
When Worlds Collide
The Amazing Colossal Man & War of the Colossal Beast
Godzilla (1954)
The Omega Man (1971)
The Land that Time Forgot
Forbidden Planet
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
20,000,000 Miles to Earth
All 5 of the original Planet of the Apes movies - especially Beneath & Escape
The Night Stalker (probably more horror than sci-fi)
The War of the Worlds (1988 TV series pilot movie)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space

and a whole bunch more that I'm probably forgetting!

[babycyclops]

As well as most of the films already named,

The Time Machine (1960)
War of the Worlds (1953)
Both these George Pal films are classics in my opinion

District 9
Children of Men

[Random Axe]

Ah hell, this is where I show my poor taste in sci-fi. I'm leaving out the obligatory Star Wars films. I'm only picking the absolute favs which furthers my demise.

Fifth Element - Quirky and uneven at times yet totally entertaining with a perfect blend of action and humor.

Predator - What else can be said? Arnold's best movie and possibly also the best action movie ever. Top five all-time material for me.

Star Trek(new one) - I'm just a wee bit young to really have an attachment to the original series, so their movies all kinda run together for me, though most are of high quality. This new version has so many cool nods to the past but adding contemporary elements. Badass in every sense.

Aliens - Much like Predator, this is very close to an action movie. Tense and funny at the same time. Bill Paxton slays. "Game over, man."

Terminator 2 - I never realized how much of a Cameron fan I am. Two in this list. Just too cool. "Liqvid metal." Here's a cool tidbit. Arnold's Terminator unit kills exactly...zero. The high body count in the first is equally matched by no kills in the second. I thought that was unique.

Alien Nation - I don't know of anyone else who likes this, but I thought is was a great buddy cop movie with a twist. Patinkin is perfectly cast. It also has Terrance Stamp. Nobody kneels, though.

I Come in Peace - Indie straight to video film that ruled my world. I wore out the VHS tape. It hasn't been released stateside on DVD, so I only have fond memories. Dolph Lundgren is a terrible actor, but this movie was beyond fun.

I have yet to see Avatar and am probably one of seven on the planet who haven't. I'll check it out when I get a blue-ray player.

[BlackKnight]

Predator
Predators
Aliens 4
The Mutant Chronicles
Star wass The Clone Wars Cartoon
Terminator 3 ... All The Terminator Flicks, but I just like this 1 the best for some reason ...


Sorta some of the 1's I always watch.

[The Bat]

Star Trek(new one) - I'm just a wee bit young to really have an attachment to the original series, so their movies all kinda run together for me, though most are of high quality. This new version has so many cool nods to the past but adding contemporary elements. Badass in every sense.

Aliens - Much like Predator, this is very close to an action movie. Tense and funny at the same time. Bill Paxton slays. "Game over, man."

Terminator 2 - I never realized how much of a Cameron fan I am. Two in this list. Just too cool. "Liqvid metal." Here's a cool tidbit. Arnold's Terminator unit kills exactly...zero. The high body count in the first is equally matched by no kills in the second. I thought that was unique.

Well, you're not totally hopeless. Those three picks TOTALLY KICK ARSE!!

But "The Fifth Element"???? Seriously? God I hated the Movie!