What are must watch sci-fi films? (1 Viewer)

[cockroach]

s1 of Firefly and Serenity are truly "Must Watch" Sci Fi

Anime like Akira I think fits the bill as well.

 

[nightmare]

Predators is good if you take it as a stand alone. Comparing it to the

first one is a mistake.

I thought it was super dull and Adrien Brody as an action hero couldn't have been a worse choice.

I liked AVP more than Predators.

Ah crap I was thinking of Predator II. I forgot about all the others.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Equilibrium, The Core and The Adjustment Bureau are guilty pleasures.

Others worth watching

Looper

Frequency

The Jacket

Real Steel

9

Super 8

Chronicle

Dredd

Oblivion

Pacific Rim

Tron Legacy

Ender's Game

Attack the Block

Demolition Man

Europa Report

Timecop

 

[Amused to Death]

dune

Read the book. Don't watch the movie.

Read the book(s) then watch the Sci-Fi Channel mini-series. They also did a "Children of Dune" series which covered Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. Far better than the David Lynch abomination.

 

[peaces]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

 

[-fish-]

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

12 Monkeys

Blade Runner (Director's Cut)

The Thing

Escape from New York

Fifth Element

Alien

Terminator

Mad Max

A Boy and His Dog

Serenity (but you pretty much have to watch S1 of Firefly)

Brazil

Silent Running

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Since liberal use of "sci-fi" in some of these lists.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Since liberal use of "sci-fi" in some of these lists.

As long as some science is used in the movie...

Revenge of the Nerds has a robot!!

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Since liberal use of "sci-fi" in some of these lists.

At least nobody's said Star Wars yet.

 

[hxperson]

Dunno if these have been said yet, but:

Predestination

Primer

Coherence

Triangle

Jupiter Ascending (just kidding)

 

[KarmaPolice]

Since liberal use of "sci-fi" in some of these lists.

At least nobody's said Star Wars yet.

That is fantasy

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Triangle

Triangle is more of a horror movie, but I really liked that one.

 

[fruity pebbles]

My fav of 2015..... Ex Machina

 

[JoeSteeler]

Didn't read every post so may have been mentioned..trying to think of ones that maybe arent listed

THX1138

Moon

Solaris

Fantastic Voyage

Minority Report

Iron Giant

Westworld

Total Recall (original)

The Abyss

Road Warrior

Solent Green

District 9

The 5th element

Invasion of the body snatchers

12 monkeys

Children of Men

 

[trogg78]

Space Truckers

 

[NewlyRetired]

s1 of Firefly and Serenity are truly "Must Watch" Sci Fi

Whedon does not really consider Firefly a SciFi show. He considers it a Western set in space.

But no matter, they are must watch no matter what they are considered

 

[Insein]

For the second Predator, did you mean Predators?

I liked the old Robocop but not the new one.

Alien is a brilliant movie and should be included even though it is very different from Aliens.

Didn't really mean to put it twice, although I liked the 2nd one. Probably not too many people do.It's best to forget the new Robocop even happened.

Alien should be included. I was just adhering to the thinking of it being more of a horror movie.

My list is more of a "worth watching" list than a "must watch list". In that vein, The Prestige and I, Robot are also worth seeing.

Predator 2 is a guilty pleasure. Danny Glover would not have been my first choice but he has grown on me over my 20+ viewings of the film.

 

[Ladsud]

Spaceballs?

 

[Insein]

Since liberal use of "sci-fi" in some of these lists.

At least nobody's said Star Wars yet.

Star Wars 4-6

 

[Barry]

Life of Brian

 

[Osaurus]

Not familiar with Donnie Carlo.

 

[(HULK)]

Not familiar with Donnie Carlo.

I think he meant Donnie Darko

 

[Osaurus]

Not familiar with Donnie Carlo.

I think he meant Donnie Darko

Yeah

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Not familiar with Donnie Carlo.

That's the one where instead of a jet engine, Donnie is smooshed by a Chevy coupe.

 

[JoeSteeler]

Gattaca is one of my all time favorite films.

Love it!

 

[JoeSteeler]

Not familiar with Donnie Carlo.

That's the one where instead of a jet engine, Donnie is smooshed by a Chevy coupe.

spoiler tags, jerk

 

[cstu]

Gattaca is one of my all time favorite films.

Love it!

Someone could call this the best sci-fi film of all-time and I wouldn't argue.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Doctor Who circa '74-'81 Tom Baker

"Robots of Death" best ever.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Since liberal use of "sci-fi" in some of these lists.

At least nobody's said Star Wars yet.

Star Wars 4-6

G dammit

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Since liberal use of "sci-fi" in some of these lists.

also a loose interpretation of "must watch"

 

[James Daulton]

Children of Men is a pretty good flick.

And anything with Vin Diesel.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Children of Men is a pretty good flick.

Yes

 

[Spike]

Children of Men is a pretty good flick.

And anything with Vin Diesel.

Every time "The Chronicles of Riddick" is on, I watch it.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Children of Men is a pretty good flick.

And anything with Vin Diesel.

The Pacifier is a must watch.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Watched Children of Men twice.

Overrated.

 

[Tom Servo]

One definitely not mentioned that is worth a look - The Quiet Earth

 

[Leroy Hoard]

blade runner

 

[kentric]

Planet of the Apes

Forbidden Planet

Fantastic Planet (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070544/)

District 9

The Blob

The Thing (Kurt Russel version)

Alien

Star Wars

Surprised that "The Fifth Element" is getting so much love. My wife and I both loved it but my brother and sister in law think its one of the worst movies ever.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Watched Children of Men twice.

Overrated.

Sure thing.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Star Wars

 

[bostonfred]

Star wars really doesn't hold up. When I was younger it seemed awesome but now it seems less like science fiction and more like science class. If I wanted a lecture on how the force works and ancient science fighters use their laser swords I'd read a book.

 

[kentric]

Star Wars

Hater...

 

[E Street Brat]

My fav of 2015..... Ex Machina

Good movie. I just seen it over the weekend.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I saw Lathe of Heaven

Very strange and not very good.

 

[Merlin]

An Inconvenient Truth

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Island of Lost Souls is a good, old movie.

 

[bcdjr1]

Why hasn't anyone here mentioned Barbarella?

 

[grateful zed]

planet earth

 

[KarmaPolice]

Since liberal use of "sci-fi" in some of these lists.

also a loose interpretation of "must watch"

 

[nightmare]

Guardians of the Galaxy. No, it is not "must Watch" but out of all the

recent super hero movies this one is the most fun.

Stargate and Starman. Stargate for the worm hole premise and Starman

for the simplicity of the story.