Below are your hosts Top 10 Science Fiction Films, as heard on TSFP Ep 001, here in text for easy reference.
STATION’S TOP 10 SCIENCE FICTION FILMS
1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
2. Prometheus (2012)
3. Predators (2010)
4. Gattaca (1997)
5. The Fifth Element (1997)
6. Mars Attacks! (1996)
7. Alien³ (1992)
8. Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)
9. My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
10. Predator (1987)
SOLO’S TOP 10 SCIENCE FICTION FILMS
1. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
2. Alien (1979)
3. Blade Runner (1982)
4. The Matrix (1999)
5. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
7. Gattaca (1997)
8. Planet of the Apes (1968)
9. Predator (1987)
10. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
MATTROID’S TOP 10 SCIENCE FICTION FILMS
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2. Aliens – The Extended Cut (1986)
3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
4. Alien³ – The Director’s Cut (1992)
5. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
6. Prometheus (2012)
7. Predator (1987)
8. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
9. Moon (2009)
10. Blade Runner (1982)
My Top Ten Sci-Fi Movies:
1. Bladerunner
2. Metropolis
3. Alien
4. Original Star Wars trilogy (this is probably cheating)
5. The Thing
6. Aliens
7. Total Recall
8. Jurassic Park
9. Brazil
10. District 9
Honourable mentions: Twelve Monkeys, Robocop, Forbidden Planet, The Fly, Terminators 1 & 2, Starship Troopers, Akira, Silent Running, Event Horizon
Here’s my list of top sci-fi movies of all time. I’m copying David’s format and include honorable mentions. Movies with an * I struggle to classify as sci-fi, but I’m recognize that the sci-fi element is strong in them. I did not include them in my top ten.
Top 10
1. Alien
2. Blade Runner
3. Aliens
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
4. The Terminator
5. Inception
6. District 9
7. Ghost in the Shell
8. Minority Report
9. Starship Troopers
10. Donnie Darko
Honorable Mentions (There are so many great movies that I felt bad not including)
1. Akira
2. Robocop*
3. Predator*
4. Back to the Future
5. Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey
6. Terminator 2
7. Dark City
8. The Matrix
9. Contact
10. Interstellar
11. Sunshine
12. Gattaca
13. Prometheus
14. Robot & Frank
15. Mars Attacks!
Ok, here we go…
My Top 10 Sci-Fi Films of All Time (as of now):
1. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
2. ALIEN (1979)
3. ALIENS (1986)
4. THE TERMINATOR (1984)
5. INTERSTELLAR (2014)
6. EVENT HORIZON (1997)
7. PREDATOR (1987)
8. MINORITY REPORT (2002)
9. PROMETHEUS (2012)
10. THE MATRIX (1999)
It’s a virtual dead heat between 2001 and ALIEN for my top spot, but I give the slight edge to Kubrick. Interestingly, Kubrick and Ridley Scott basically duke it out for top spot on my favorite horror list, too.
I struggled with where to place INTERSTELLAR. I knew it was in my top 10 – I love how the film deals with spacetime and relativity – but being so new I wasn’t exactly sure where it would fall. Another recent film I gave serious consideration to is GRAVITY (2013), but I’m still on the fence as to how I classify that film. I’m leaning towards including it as science fiction, which would likely slot it on my list just behind MINORITY REPORT. I didn’t include the STAR WARS films (namely, A NEW HOPE and THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK) because I consider them to be fantasy films.
Other movies that narrowly missed my top 10 include TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991), EDGE OF TOMORROW (2014), INCEPTION (2010), JURASSIC PARK (1993), SUNSHINE (2007), and THE FLY (1986), to name a few.
1. Flash Gordon
2. Hardware
3. Dreamscape
4. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
5. Repo Man
Yeah I know…I’m a sci fi weirdo…
TOP 10 SCI-FI MOVIES
1. The Thing
2. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
3. Star Wars (original trilogy)
4. Back to the Future
5. Blade Runner
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
7. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
8. Upstream Color
9. Gattaca
10. THX-1138
OTHERS:
Alien, Alphaville, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Fly, Jurassic Park, Metropolis, Primer, Sunshine, They Live, Time Crimes, Twelve Monkeys
I also quite like Her, Inception, Interstellar, Robot & Frank, and Under the Skin but being as new as they are, it’s too soon for me to call.
*modified from my Episode 01 posting*
Looking back on this, over a year later, I’d happily add Chappie to my “too soon to call” honorable mentions.
1. The Thing (1982)
2. Alien (1979) / Aliens (1986)
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
4. The Time Machine (1960)
5. Terminator 2 (1991)
6. Metropolis (1927)
7. Solaris (1972)
8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
9. The Matrix (1999)
10. Planet of the Apes (1968)