Favourite Sci-fi movie??

[Rodders]

I enjoyed both Enemy Mine and Soldier a lot. I wouldn't put them in my list of favourite movies though.

 

[austin_cambridge]

Blade Runner, Tron and The Running Man are movies I like to watch more than a few times....especially Running Man.

 

[paranoid marvin]

If you like The Running Man, then try reading the short story by Stephen King that it's based on. Quite different but enjoyable to read.

 

[Venusian Broon]

If you like The Running Man, then try reading the short story by Stephen King that it's based on. Quite different but enjoyable to read.

Or The Long Walk which is a similar sort-of approach - a sort of public game that involves most of the contestants getting shot or dying. It's the Hunger Games if the games were one actual event: long-distance walking. Sounds odd as something that might possibly be difficult to be exciting, but I remember reading it quite avidly when I was going through my pre-teen Stephen King phase. (Hence if it's a pile of now, I apologise in advance )

 

[paranoid marvin]

Will look out for that thanks. The Hunger Games was a real disappointment for me; not because its particularly bad, but because it could have been so much better than it was.

 

[Venusian Broon]

Will look out for that thanks. The Hunger Games was a real disappointment for me; not because its particularly bad, but because it could have been so much better than it was.

I believe it was one of his 'Bachman' books if there is a bit of ambiguity in trying to find it.

As for the film of The Running Man, I agree, a pretty weird interpretation of the book possibly because it was re-conditioned as a vehicle for Arnie. Definitely one of his misses.

 

[F.J. Hansen]

How to Train Your Dragon - Dragons.
Flight of the Navigator - It involves time travel.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - Space travel, time travel, and whales (my favorite animals). And, it's Star Trek.
Battle for Terra - I love the dilemma facing the main characters.
Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi - Battle of Endor remains one of my favorite space battles ever presented on screen.

 

[HareBrain]

I believe it was one of his 'Bachman' books if there is a bit of ambiguity in trying to find it.

It was. The Long Walk still haunts me after thirty-odd years if I think about it. He made it so convincing, which The Hunger Games never really was.

As for favourite sci-fi film, probably Aliens. If we're allowed fantasy, Princess Mononoke.

 

[Cascade]

BRAZIL is an all time favourite, and 12 Monkeys is good too. I liked Fifth Element but it is a guilty pleasure. Are we counting A Clockwork Orange as sci fi.

 

[PizzaCaviar]

After going through this post there obviously are some classics I need to catch up on.

Still, here are some of the movies that I really dug, not in order: (only the movies not mentioned previously are in bold characters)

Blade Runner
Wall-e
Serenity
Looper
Planet of the Apes (1968)
2001
Moon
Gravity
Children of men
Being John Malkovitch (Malkovitch, malkovitch?)
Her
Mr Nobody
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

Many more, including Jurassic Park which I am surprised not to have seen mentioned above.

 

[tf_y]

I vote for 'Man from Earth' .. surely has been mentioned before ..

 

[redbrick]

Saw an interesting movie recently called 'iOrigin'. ...check it out...not for everyone...but if you like movies with big ideas then this is a good one.

 

[Anne Spackman]

I liked the Star Wars films best. I can't watch scary sci-fi films anymore, though I once could. The X-Men films are fun, and I enjoyed the Matrix as well.

 

[markpud]

iOrigin

I like the look of this, will check it out. Steven Yeun too!

 

[markpud]

Watched last night and really enjoyed! Thanks for the recommendation

Spoiler: I Origins

Science vs faith is common fodder these days, but it was really well done. The twist with his girlfriend was unexpected, and the ending was nice and ambiguous without trying to force a conclusion down your throat.

 

[clovis-man]

Don't know why I never weighed in before. Pretty much everything I might have noted has already been listed, though. But another plug from me for Forbidden Planet. Pretty dated at this point on several levels, but still a treat to watch as one of the really great early space operas. The electronic soundtrack by Bebe and Louis Barron was ground-breaking and the various special effects were good for their time. I especially continue to be struck by the ant-like images of the three men emerging on the gigantic catwalk amidst the Krell underground power plant. Even now, the portrayed scale is impressive. Walter Pidgeon is great as the enigmatic Dr. Morbius. And Leslie Nielsen in a straight role? What's not to like?

 

[HanaBi]

Tastes inevitably change over time; and right now my favourite THREE SF films would be:-

BladeRunner
The War of the Worlds (the 1953 version)
Metropolis

A few years ago it would have been something more contemporary like

BladeRunner
SW: A New Hope
The Matrix

 

[BAYLOR]

Alien

 

[dask]

2001: A Space Odyssey
A Journey To The Center Of The Earth (1959)
The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
Write them on separate pieces of paper, drop them into a hat and pull one out, that'd come real close to being my favorite sf movie at that moment.

 

[BAYLOR]

When World Collide

Conquest of Space

Them

Cyborg 1967