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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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    • #3
      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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      • #4
        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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        • #5
          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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          • #6
            10 is too many.

            Equilibrium
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            • #7
              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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              • #8
                The best is undoubtedly 2001: A Space Odyssey. I'll have to think about the rest.
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                • #9
                  Invasion of the Body Snatchers

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                  • #10
                    Transformers: TAM
                    Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
                    The Last Starfighter
                    Star Wars
                    E.T.
                    Short Circuit
                    X-Men
                    Predator
                    Serenity
                    Spider-Man
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                    • #11
                      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
                      2001

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                      • #12
                        Hmm. Serenity sounds really good with all that praise - guess I should get around to Firefly & Serenity someday.
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                        • #13
                          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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                          • #14
                            Serenity wasn't that good a movie. It was okay, but there wasn't anything really special about it.

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                            • #15
                              Alien
                              Aliens
                              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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