[Film] Greatest sci fi films

[SkirlieWirlie]

Nothing wrong with a tenuous sci fi link. I'm currently rereading the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. In The Martian their ship the Ares, is a nod to the Mars Trilogy, as their ship is also called the Ares. Some might consider the Mars Trilogy an effort as they're 3 big books, but I can honestly say they are worth it. I absolutely love them. KSR is so logical in how everything unfolds, it seems completely plausible.

Will definitely have a look at those.

 

[The Clamp]

Ex Machina

Alien

Aliens

Moon

Sunshine

Interstellar

Close Encounters

As Astra

Life

Edge of Tomorrow


And tonnes more.


And that’s me done with NSC for a while. These adverts are impossible. Can’t be doing with them.

Have a lovely Christmas and NY one and all

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[Fignon's Ponytail]

Grew up loving the original Star Wars trilogy, obviously, but I also really liked Flight of the Navigator as a kid.
Will never be considered one of the greats, but a fun film nonetheless.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Day of the Triffids

Old school

 

[Pevenseagull]

Big fan of the genre and in favour of pretty much all of the films mentioned.

Keep meaning to give Interstellar another go. Saw it when it came out and it didn't think much of it. I'm probably wrong.

A few off the top of my head I've not seen mentioned that I rate very highly.

Forbidden Planet
Stalker
This Island Earth
Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers (70s one)
Ex Machina
Under The Skin
Akira
All the Quatermass films

 

[Red Squirrel]

The Thing

 

[Pevenseagull]

...and a spectacularly stupid one that I love. 'Lifeforce' .... Absolutely bonkers.

 

[Goldstone1976]

I love Sci Fi. The 'hard'er the better.

Many of the film I like have already been mentioned, but one that immediately springs to mind that has not is:

Primer

You need to have your wits about you when you watch it, and it'll probably take you multiple viewings to get all that's going on (or a cheat look at a plot map - the easiest one to find has an error in it, I think), but I loved it.

 

[bazbha]

Interstellar by a country mile. Probably one of the best films ever let alone Sci fi. Predictable I know but its just an amazing film. I like Knowing too. Contact & Arrival also great films.

 

[Boys 9d]

Plan 9 From Outer Space

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Glade Runner, one man's desperate supermarket dash to find an air freshener to mask the smell of his dump in the toilet before 'the' wife gets home.

 

[Comrade Sam]

Rogue One, like Andor it's how Star Wars should be done.

 

[raymondo]

The Empire Strikes Back, my favourite film.

Also worth a mention are The Andromeda Strain, and Saturn 3.

I thought Empire Strikes Back was a documentary

 

[raymondo]

The Martian

 

[raymondo]

Double post post

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

A Jude Law double-header for me, A.I. and Gattaca, Ethan Hawke excellent as always in the latter, plus Uma Thurman.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Arrival is because of the aliens and also her daughter hannah which itself is very clever. Their first hug, " I'd forgotten how good it was to be hugged by you " The most intelligent film I have seen

 

[dangull]

Terminator 2, although it straddles science fiction and action. A brilliant film with some of the best special effects ever (and they still hold up today, despite their age)

Terminator 1 was excellent as well as it was a low-budget film compared to the sequels.
Arnie is perfectly cast as a robot. The famous line' I'll be back ' was in this movie.

 

[TugWilson]

We just watched Romulus thought the age of the cast might be a teens film but well worth a watch.

 

[dangull]

Logans Run hasn't been mentioned yet from 1976