Top 150 sci-fi films

[krtek a houby]

.... according to Rolling Stone

111/150 still a few classics to see. How did you do? Any notable omissions?

Was glad to see God Told Me To in there.

ETA: link now included

The 150 Greatest Science Fiction Movies of All Time

From space odysseys to star wars, alien invaders to guardians of the galaxy — the best science films since the genre first took a trip to the moon.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[Gromit]

.... according to Rolling Stone

111/150 still a few classics to see. How did you do? Any notable omissions?

Was glad to see God Told Me To in there.

I’m missing 25.
A lot of them were pre-1980’s (primarily but not limited to 50’s) or foreign.
Although I still knew lots in those categories.

 

[Orang Utan]

Link would he helpful

 

[yield]

Link would he helpful

This I guess? The 150 Greatest Science Fiction Movies of All Time

 

[A380]

Got to about 90 before being so pissed off by adverts I sacked it off.

 

[yield]

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[Jennaonthebeach]

hmmmm

 

[ska invita]

THis is the list 1 to 150

2001: A Space Odyssey

Stalker

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Blade Runner

Alien

Under the Skin

Children of Men

Metropolis (1927)

Star Wars

The Matrix

Starship Troopers

The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Arrival

Edge of Tomorrow

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Planet of the Apes

Solaris (1972)

The Thing (1982)

The Empire Strikes Back

Snowpiercer

Minority Report

Quartermass and the Pit

The Fly (1986)

Alphaville

Brazil

Ex Machina

Mad Max: Fury Road

La Jetee

Akira

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Aliens

Her

Forbidden Planet

Godzilla

Inception

Wall-E

The Terminator

Videodrome

Back to the Future

They Live

Gravity

A Trip to the Moon (1902)

The Brother From Another Planet

Looper

The Road Warrior

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Martian

Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan

A Clockwork Orange

Dune: Part I

War of the Worlds (2005)

Seconds

Primer

Moon

Robocop

A Scanner Darkly

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

12 Monkeys

Contact

Avatar (2009)

Interstellar

Annihilation

Liquid Sky

Fantastic Planet

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

Escape from New York

Logan's Run

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Total Recall

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

The Host

Donnie Darko

High Life

Nope

Galaxy Quest

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Day of the Triffids

Strange Days

THX 1138

Paprika

Sunshine

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Blade Runner 2049

Scanners

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Cloverfield

Dark Star

The Incredible Shrinking Man

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The Iron Giant

Silent Running

Another Earth

Soylent Green

Rollerball (1975)

Predator (1987)

Starman

Westworld (1973)

This Island Earth

Space is the Place

Destination Moon

After Yang

Jurassic Park

Colossus: The Forbin Project

Invaders from Mars (1953)

Barbarella

Existenz

Serenity

Gattaca

Death Race 2000 (1975)

Them!

Rogue One

The Vast of Night

Guardians of the Galaxy

The Beast from 2000 Fathoms

The Time Machine (1954)

Dark City

Pi

Time Bandits

Phase IV (1974)

Attack the Block

Things to Come

God Told Me To

World on a Wire

Time after Time

Never Let Me Go

The Fifth Element

Ad Astra

2046

District 9

Born in Flames

Repo Man

Tron

Zardoz

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Independence Day

Dune (1984)

Idiocracy

Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai

Men in Black

The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Last Starfighter

The Running Man

Species

Demolition Man

The Omega Man

Tank Girl

 

[Elpenor]

My first thought from looking at that list is while I am not a massive fan of sci fi, I’m also not sure if there are 150 list worthy films and calling some of them sci-fi would be a stretch

 

[Jennaonthebeach]

Village of the Damned - for me - is the most obvious omission. Such a fucking classic, spooky as shit.

 

[Orang Utan]

Of course there are hundreds of sci-fi films!

 

[Jennaonthebeach]

Of course there are hundreds of sci-fi films!

only a few great ones.

 

[Spandex]

I'm sure similar lists have been done before and similar lists will be done again, but with 150 films it covers almost all the obvious choices and plenty of less obvious ones. As is always the case with these ranked lists anyone could quibble that this film is better than that film and how dare they put such and such so high/low and what about...

But I've enjoyed digging through and reading the write ups, making me think I want to watch that! Oh I never got round to that one! That one was shit! I haven't seen that for years, must watch it again! Which is the whole point of the thing.

I fucking love sci fi films.

Anyway, getting into the spirt of things: how can they they have Quatermass and the Pit but no Quatermass Experiment or Quatermass 2, when they're clearly better to anyone with eyes, ears and a brain? The bastards

 

[Orang Utan]

only a few great ones.

No, there are way more than 150. In any genre.

 

[Jennaonthebeach]

No, there are way more than 150. In any genre.

In my opinion, quite a few in that list are not great. Some aren't even science fiction.

I said a few - i didn't put a number on it.

 

[Elpenor]

In my opinion, quite a few in that list are not great. Some aren't even science fiction.

I said a few - i didn't put a number on it.

Yeah that was my take too, but I’ll freely admit sci-fi isn’t my favourite genre and I don’t go out of my way to watch sci-fi films

 

[Orang Utan]

In my opinion, quite a few in that list are not great. Some aren't even science fiction.

I said a few - i didn't put a number on it.

I was just continuing the conversation as Elpenor implied that he could not conceive of more than 150 great scifi films worthy of being on such a list, which would be absurd

 

[ska invita]

the desire to make a list is strooooongggg....
heres my favourites - lots of very good films i like not on here, but these are bonafide favourites would happily watch again without skipping...eg. all the Alien films are very good but I wont go out of my way to ever see them again. Italcised ones werent on the RS list I dont think, plus ive included a few tv shows

2001: A Space Odyssey
Brazil (if it counts as sci-fi - just about)
Solaris (1972)
Blakes 7 TV Series all of it
Mystery Science Theatre 3000 all of it
Hitchikers Guide Original TV Series
Dune (The Lynch One)
Sleeper
Star Wars first two
Akira
Flash Gordon
Stalker
Dark Star
All the Predator + AvP films including Prey which was good
Dredd (2012)
Total Recall
Planete Sauvage / Fantastic Planet
Star Trek Next Generation
Red Dwarf
The Day the Earth Stood Still

 

[krtek a houby]

This I guess? The 150 Greatest Science Fiction Movies of All Time

Link would he helpful

Apologies and thanks

 

[Orang Utan]

the desire to make a list is strooooongggg....
heres my favourites - lots of very good films i like not on here, but these are bonafide favourites would happily watch again without skipping...eg. all the Alien films are very good but I wont go out of my way to ever see them again. Italcised ones werent on the RS list I dont think, plus ive included a few tv shows

2001: A Space Odyssey
Brazil (if it counts as sci-fi - just about)
Solaris (1972)
Blakes 7 TV Series all of it
Mystery Science Theatre 3000 all of it
Hitchikers Guide TV Series
Dune (The Lynch One)
Sleeper
Star Wars first two
Akira
Flash Gordon
Stalker
Dark Star
All the Predator + AvP films including Prey which was good
Dredd (2012)
Total Recall
Planete Sauvage / Fantastic Planet
Star Trek Next Generation
Red Dwarf
RoboCop (1987)
The Day the Earth Stood Still

What’s the quibble about Brazil?

 

[ska invita]

What’s the quibble about Brazil?

doesnt feel like sci-fi to me...not enough space in it - more an alternative reality

also Time Bandits is great but thats fantasy shirley

 

[krtek a houby]

doesnt feel like sci-fi to me...not enough space in it - more an alternative reality

also Time Bandits is great but thats fantasy shirley

Fantasy overlapping with sci-fi perhaps

 

[Orang Utan]

doesnt feel like sci-fi to me...not enough space in it - more an alternative reality

also Time Bandits is great but thats fantasy shirley

alternative reality is scifi though.
And why is Time Bandits not scifi but fantasy horror. All scifi is fantasy

 

[Epona]

I can't stand 2001: A Space Odyssey

 

[ska invita]

one film that never comes up on lists even of cult films is

Sex Mission (1984) ⭐ 7.5 | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

2h 2m | 15

www.imdb.com

...people in Poland love this, its like Life of Brian for a certain generation. It deals with sexual politics including the slobishness of men - and is a dig at totalitarianism - its a scifi comedy made in the communist era - havent seen it in years but may be worth a watch if you're looking for something different....

 

[ska invita]

Fantasy overlapping with sci-fi perhaps

yeah...brazil a bit more scifi, time bandits not at all in my book
its my list so i make the rules

 

[Elpenor]

Is Jurassic park sci-fi? That was the one I struggled with the most

 

[Orang Utan]

yeah...brazil a bit more scifi, time bandits not at all in my book
its my list so i make the rules

What are the rules then?

 

[AverageJoe]

If Iron Sky or it's sequel aren't on it, then it's not a proper list.

 

[Orang Utan]

Is Jurassic park sci-fi? That was the one I struggled with the most

Yes of course. Why are people struggling with the concept?