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    List your Top 10 Science Fiction (not Speculative Fiction) Movies

    So this got me thinking. I wonder how many are recent ones?

    Personally I think Brazil would be on my list, but I might need another watch of it to be certain. Starwars Empire Strikes Back or New Hope would also (probably not both).

    Hmm, first Matrix is a possibility. Serenity is a strong possibility.

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    While I might be pekkaing it, I think I will reply to myself. I hadn't wanted to initially, because I might forget some important movie. I still probably am, but ah well...

    Minority Report
    Brazil
    Starwars: A New Hope
    Serenity
    Matrix
    12 Monkeys
    Gattica
    Alien

    There I at least have a beggining. I am rememebering that the Day the Earth Stood Still (or something like that) was good, but I don't remember enough to be certain. Hmm, still thinking...

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    Brazil
    Dr. Strangelove
    Lathe of Heaven
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    The Terminator
    Serenity
    Donnie Darko
    A Clockwork Orange
    Blade Runner
    Empire Strikes Back
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    Blade Runner
    Solaris (Tarkovsky´s version of course)
    Stalker (i really like Tarkovsky)
    Alien
    A Clockwork Orange
    Brazil
    Planet of the Apes (the original one)
    The Time machine (the one made in 1960 )
    Dr. Strangelove
    2001: A Space Odyssey
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    Let's not forget Forbidden Planet

    This was the "father" of special effects SF movies. It was even nominated for an oscar (Best Effects, Special Effects) in 1956.

    The cast was classic, including Walter Pidgeon, the very beautiful Anne Francis, and who can forget Robby the Robot. Heck, Leslie Nielsen, was the big strong commander... not a comic

    The was really the first big time serious SF movie produced, and was one of the insperations for Star Wars

    I watched it again the other week with my youngest daughter, and even though it was produced in the 50's, it wasn't as cheesy as it could it have been.
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    10 is too many.

    Equilibrium
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    Some top picks...

    Twelve Monkeys
    Blade Runner
    The Terminator
    The Thing (so I liked it!)
    E.T. (Spielberg movies can be good ya know )
    Batteries not included (underrated, IMO - okay, it is weak on some levels, but it may be the cutest sci-fi movie I ever saw)
    Epoch (an awful ending, if it weren't for that, would be one of my all-time favorite movies)

    I can't list Tarkovsky's movies - I think that, for both Stalker and Solaris, the books are so far superior that it bears no mention. The movies are fine in their own right, but I could never get over how different they are from the books.

    The Matrix was okay, but I don't like it enough to put it on any top lists. And, being an embarrassment to geeks worldwide, I still haven't seen a minute of Star Wars.
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    The best is undoubtedly 2001: A Space Odyssey. I'll have to think about the rest.
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    Strangelove a Sci-Fi movie?? Great movie, yes... but SciFi?

    In no particular order:

    The Matrix (1st one only)
    12 Monkeys
    ESB
    Serenity
    Terminator
    Alien
    Planet of the Apes (original)
    Close Encounters
    ST: Wrath of Khan
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    Hmm. Serenity sounds really good with all that praise - guess I should get around to Firefly & Serenity someday.
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    Yeah, I wasn't sure about Dr. Strangelove either, which was why it wasn't on my list at first. I think I might agree that it is more Speculative Fiction then Science Fiction, but really, the genres are all mixed up.

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    Serenity wasn't that good a movie. It was okay, but there wasn't anything really special about it.

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    Alien
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    Star Wars: A New Hope
    The Empire Strikes Back
    The Matrix
    Blade Runner
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    Total Recall
    The Truman Show
    Minority Report

    Spaceballs just missed out (no, really!)

    I consider all superhero movies to be too much of a mix of sci-fi and fantasy, so I refrained from including them, but if I did, Spiderman 2 and X-Men 2 would find a place on the list.
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    Originally posted by Solver
    Hmm. Serenity sounds really good with all that praise - guess I should get around to Firefly & Serenity someday.
    Firefly was awesome, Serenity sucked. I was really disappointed in that.
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    top 10:

    Alien
    Aliens
    Matrix
    Dark Star
    Bladerunner
    Star Wars IV-VI
    Brazil
    Planet of the Apes
    Contact (So what? I like Jodie Foster...)
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    Originally posted by Jon Miller
    Yeah, I wasn't sure about Dr. Strangelove either, which was why it wasn't on my list at first. I think I might agree that it is more Speculative Fiction then Science Fiction, but really, the genres are all mixed up.

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    Even that's really pushing it. The only thing "sci-fi" or even "speculative" about it is the doomsday machine, but it's simply a plot device that's never really explained and certainly never shown. The whole movie is about the absurdity of some of the Cold War mentality, so classifying it as anything remotely close to sci-fi is totally off base, IMO.
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    In no particular order, here are some of the the ones I like that came to mind:

    Star Trek 2
    Star Trek 6
    Them!
    The Thing (original)
    War of the Worlds (original)
    Empire Strikes Back
    Return of the Jedi
    Quatermass 2
    Quatermass and the Pit
    The Invisible Man
    Forbidden Planet
    The Day The Earth Caught Fire

    But in general I tend to like older movies.
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    I must be the only person who doesn't like Brazil.

    12 Monkeys
    Star Trek 2
    Terminator 1 and 2
    Blade Runner
    Empire Strikes Back
    Planet of the Apes
    Total Recall
    Donnie Darko
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Yeah I just looked at you guys' lists and picked my favs from those. I'm lazy.

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    Blade Runner

    Sphere-Micheal Crichton (Jurassic Park)

    Alien-Never look into a pod

    Farenheit 451

    Planet of the Apes

    Contact

    Close Encounters

    Oh..may i say one that needs to NOT be nominated, Enemy Mine (Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett) terrible on a subterrainian level
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    Originally posted by Grandpa Troll
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    Originally posted by LordShiva


    I read this book for school, I think it was in maybe 1973 or so. the book was pretty good and the movie didnt quite do ray Bradbury justice but still was ok.

    Just my little old opinion

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    Originally posted by Zoid


    Firefly was awesome, Serenity sucked. I was really disappointed in that.
    I admit that I might judge it better than it deserves because of my love of Firefly.

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