Europa report, I liked interstellar, most didnt... I love me some good sci-fi. 13th floor is pretty good too, it got overshadowed by the matrix though.. I'm pretty happy sure they came out around the same time...
1. Blade Runner
2. Star Wars
3. 2001
4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
4. E.T.
5. Star Trek
6. The Last Starfighter
7. Alien
8. Superman
9. The Empire Strikes Back
10. Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi
It's an unpopular opinion, but I didn't love Blade Runner. Don't get me wrong I like Phillip K. Dick as much as the next guy, the movie just wasn't there for me.
Same here. I loved the book (Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep?) but didn't care for the movie version at all as I felt it missed the magic of the book completely. Maybe as in most such cases what got read/seen first mattered.
Solid list. Im not a big anime fan but I also enjoyed Akira. Have you seen Paprika? Another great Sci-fi anime (on a short list for me), which Inception may have stolen ideas from (don't quote me on that).
Paprika was great. I'm not a big anime fan, but I'm also not opposed to watching them. I'm just not a fanboy. I do also really recommend Psycho-Pass if you are into Sci-Fi psychological thrillers.
Hmm, I would be surprised. I found the book quite interesting (despite mixed feelings about the politics) but the movie seemed pretty thin (and the grafted on drama really poor).
The Matrix
Terminator
Terminator Genisys
Inception (2010)
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Mad Max Fury Road (2015)
Captain America Civil War (2016)
The Dark Knight
Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice 2016
Yes, the big 80's/90's action-sci-fi, especially the ones with Arnold, were so god-damned entertaining. There are obivously lots of smaller sci-fi that's cool & entertaining as well, but with the big 80's/90's action-sci-fi, you get your money's worth.
That kind of juxtaposition is also in Repo! The Genetic Opera. It stars the singer of one of my favorite industrial bands - Ogre of Skinny Puppy - alongside Paris Hilton.
The book, [Roadside Picnic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_Picnic) it is based on is equally amazing and both the movie adaptation and the book stand great on their own even though the movie was an artistic interpretation.
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Blade Runner, gattaca, the matrix, alien etc.etc. basically just google "best sci fi movies of all time"
Edit: The Man From Earth if you can dig independent cinema.
Monsters...Monsters from the ID!
Source Code Pacific Rim The Martian Pandorum
Primer
Her
Upstream Color
- Minority Report (The TV show isn't bad either)
- Ex Machina
- District 9
- Elysium
- Oblivion
- Edge of Tomorrow
- Looper
- I am Legend
- Her
- The Martian
- The Matrix (Only 2 & 3 if you're super bored)
- Basically any of the Mad Max series
- Firefly (TV show, movies are OK)
- Dark Matter (TV show)
- Snow Piercer
- American Ultra
- Last Witch Hunter (more fantasy than SciFi)
- Riddick
- Dredd
- X Files (I mean, it's not NOT scifi...)
- Treasure Planet (Yes, the animated one)
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Gets a bad rap for being animated, but it has it's own language and everything)
- Serial Lain Experiments (anime)
- Watchmen
- The Dark Knight
- Inception
- The Prestige (technically SciFi)
I can go on for hours
Great choices though...for like the last 10 years maybe, I'll give you Matrix and X Files beyond that and that is it.
Would anyone like a real list from a 40 year old?
If it's to angsty for you, go watch Rebuilt, but the angst is part of the charm/insanity IMHO.
- Alien (talk about classic Sci-Fi Horror)
- Westworld (watch the movie before the show. Trust me)
- 2001 A Space Odyssey
- The Thing (I've only seen the old one)
- Moon
- Children of Men
- 12 Monkeys
- Gattaca
- Blade Runner
- Dark City
- Akira (anime)
- Primer (my favourite time travel film)
- Interstellar
- Black Mirror
- Psycho-Pass (anime)
And of course everyone needs to watch - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
I am fascinated with the concept of evil existing outside of the context of humanity and this movie is what planted that seed.
I'll throw another one in there for you as well: Starship Troopers.
Yeesh, we are clearly going to have to agree to disagree.
Primer is on here a bunch, but really worth watching if you like time travel conundrums.
2. Blade Runner
3. Starship Troopers
4. Superman 2
5. Aliens
6. Predator
7. Mad Max: Fury Road
8. Return of the Jedi
9. Star Wars
10. Empire Strikes Back
11. Dark City
12. Matrix Revolutions
13. Matrix
14. Matrix Reloaded
15. The Fifth Element
16. Robocop
17. Gravity
18. Godzilla (2014)
19. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
20. Jurassic Park
21. The Thing
22. Europa Report
23. THX-1138
24. Repo! The Genetic Opera
25. Santa Sangre
(.. ok this list could go on forever)
Yes, the big 80's/90's action-sci-fi, especially the ones with Arnold, were so god-damned entertaining. There are obivously lots of smaller sci-fi that's cool & entertaining as well, but with the big 80's/90's action-sci-fi, you get your money's worth.
=^D