Greatest Sci-Fi Film

[Unrighteous]

The Man from Earth

[Lee909]

Empire strikes back.

[Paul]

There are some fucking great films on this list. One I really struggle with though is the most lauded. 2001 bores the arse off me.

 

Also, how is Brazil SF? Dystopian future type vibe, maybe? Seems a stretch, but then again I'm not sure what genre I'd call it.

[mars]

Forbidden Planet (deja vu here) - seems they are remaking this. There is also a UFO film (old TV series) suppoesedly in the works. I'd also say Pi should be on the list, and Stalker, and Ghost in the Shell, and Akira, and maybe Tetsuo just for its weirdness, oh and Eraserhead.

 

Put in the mood to watch a sci-fi film now - probably will be 12 Monkeys.

[Skidfingers McGonical]

Forbidden Planet (deja vu here) - seems they are remaking this. There is also a UFO film (old TV series) suppoesedly in the works. I'd also say Pi should be on the list, and Stalker, and Ghost in the Shell, and Akira, and maybe Tetsuo just for its weirdness, oh and Eraserhead.

 

Put in the mood to watch a sci-fi film now - probably will be 12 Monkeys.

 

12 Monkeys is anothet top shout.

[Skidfingers McGonical]

There are some fucking great films on this list. One I really struggle with though is the most lauded. 2001 bores the arse off me.

 

Also, how is Brazil SF? Dystopian future type vibe, maybe? Seems a stretch, but then again I'm not sure what genre I'd call it.

 

I have always felt the same about A Clockwork Orange. I'm a fan of Kubrick but not that piece of work.

[Sugar Ape]

I think some people have a narrow view of the Sci-Fi genre. I agree that Star Wars is mainly an adventure film, but seeing as it is set in space with a lot of Sci-Fi elements, it clearly comes under the genre for me. Also, some films in the list are not just Sci-Fi films. The Thing for example is as much a horror film as a Sci-Fi one. Brazil and A Clockwork Orange are the same.

 

One of my favourite Sci-Fi books - The Man In The High Castle - only has a vague mention of the Nazis colonizing space, and apart from that the book is pretty straight. However, as it is set in an alternate reality it comes under Science Fiction.

 

Also, and please try and take this in, you can only fit 25 options in a poll! I could easily have added another ten films to it off the top of my head but it's just not possible. If your film isn't listed then just state in the thread.

[The Flâneur]

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.

[aws]

There are some fucking great films on this list. One I really struggle with though is the most lauded. 2001 bores the arse off me.

 

Also, how is Brazil SF? Dystopian future type vibe, maybe? Seems a stretch, but then again I'm not sure what genre I'd call it.

 

Agree about 2001 - boring, pretentious rubbish.

 

Silent Running is a good shout by Brendan.

 

War of the Worlds (original) is a great film (for its time).

 

Alien and Predator are the two I can watch again and again.

 

On balance I'd go for Plan Nine From Outer Space. Keep watching the skies.

[Neil G]

Sci-fi should have a strong element of science, mystery or some kind of 'life's bigger questions' attached to it. Bladerunner, 2001, that kind of shit.

 

 

Or it should use a fantastic medium to comment on real social and political issues. That's why I've gone for Planet of the Apes, even though Star Wars is my favourite film in the list.

[akitared]

The Man from Earth

 

Great shout!

 

Absolutely mindblowing movie told with such conviction!

[Cardie]

Dark city with the fella off crystal maze and kieffer sutherland is good.

[mars]

Much as I enjoy Alien and Aliens I've always thought of them as more horror and action/horror films with a sci-fi setting rather than pure science fiction. The Thing is a great film but again I'd say it was more horror. Contrast these with, say, Starman or Kpax, which I would argue have a stronger science fiction theme.