50 Must-See Science Fiction Movies,

[HarveyDarkey]

I've seen 28 of them, how many have you seen?

http://www.listchallenges.com/50-must-see-science-fiction-movies?ref=share

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. I've seen 20....not my favorite genre, but some classics in that list

[Scuba]

2. Fourteen, much to my surprise, as I don't consider myself a scifi fan.

[IrishEyes]

3. I've seen 19 of them.

I didn't necessary like all 19. I like science fiction. Some of my favorites weren't on the list.

[pinboy3niner]

4. 44

And they didn't even include Fiend Without a Face or Them or The Blob!

[Paulie]

5. 41

No - Day the Earth Stood Still but Superman 2?

[Laelth]

86. 26

Strange collection.

-Laelth

[Aristus]

6. 37.

My favorites of the ones listed:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Rollerball
Dark City
Star Wars
Blade Runner

[petronius]

7. At least 29 - a couple I'm not sure if I've seen, or if I just think I have

because they get discussed so often...

[MindMover]

8. 35 and gonna now see the rest ... thanks for the post..

[Angleae]

9. 23 here

A couple I'm too afraid to admit I haven't seen. I also can't believe Outland didn't make the list.

[Ron Obvious]

10. Also 28, believe it or not..

Though probably not the same 28, of course.

[edbermac]

11. 35, but how could they leave out Plan 9 From Outer Space?

A must-see for its legendary awfulness.

[Art_from_Ark]

13. Yeah, and where's Flesh Gordon?

That ought to be on the list somewhere

[Recursion]

32. No The Day the Earth Stood Still? No Rocky Horror Picture Show? No Serenity?

This list is appalling...

[Dr. Strange]

42. You see? YOU SEE? Their stupid minds! STUPID! STUPID!

[BootinUp]

12. 31 I think

[Broken_Hero]

14. 39 nt

[nomorenomore08]

15. 17. Some of them though ("12 Monkeys," "Blade Runner," "Star Trek: Motion Picture, "Logan's Run")

I can't believe I haven't seen yet. Just never got around to it somehow.

[lame54]

22. 12 monkees is a must

[kentauros]

16. 46

Although I wouldn't call either Cloverfield or Sunshine as "must see".

They are missing Ghost in the Shell, and Solyaris, both of which I am surprised are missing from that list.

Also missing that are definitely must-see, The Day the Earth Stood Still (original), The Day of the Triffids, Five Million Years to Earth, and The Day the Earth Caught Fire.

[Rincewind]

17. 39 nt.

[Wounded Bear]

18. 30 that I'm pretty sure of...

Maybe a couple of more that sound familiar but .

[davidpdx]

19. Seen 18

The one that should be on there that is a cult classic is They Live.

[OriginalGeek]

62. My wife STILL makes fun of me

for picking that one time when it was my turn to pick the movie we went to see.

In my defense; that year I also picked Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, A Fish Called Wanda, Scrooged, Big and Heathers.

[davidpdx]

65. I don't know why. That was an awesome movie.

I actually happened to see it in the theater. It was a box office flop for sure, but has gained fans since.

The fight scene was one of the best.

[OriginalGeek]

70. Yep, we did too

I guess she didn't consider it a "date" movie. lol. She laughs at me for Shakes The Clown too and I love that movie.

[davidpdx]

76. I see, you picked it as a date movie

Ok, I agree with your wife now. That is strange.

[OriginalGeek]

77. Our first date ever

was to see Red Dawn and this was way better than that. Who wouldn't wanna go on a date with Rowdy Roddy Piper?!

[davidpdx]

82. Really, Red Dawn

That was a good movie too.

"I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubble gum"

[Recursion]

20. Eh? Where is Serenity? WHERE IS SERENITY!!???!?

I deny the authoritativeness of this list!

[pinboy3niner]

27. And believe it or not there's no mention of...

...Spaceballs!1!!




May the Schwartz be with you!

[Recursion]

29. Everything that's happening now, is happening now

What happened to then?

We passed it.

When?

Just now!

When will then be now?

SOON

[Hassin Bin Sober]

21. 45 that I'm sure I've see.

I may have seen a couple of the remaining 5 but not sure.

Metropolis is the only one I'm sure I've never seen.

[Paulie]

81. Slacker

[hobbit709]

23. 38 but they left out some classics

Plan 9, Destination Moon, and a bunch of others

[Walk away]

24. 38...how about "The 3 Stooges in Orbit"?

"Earth Girls are Easy" and "Spaceballs"?

[uriel1972]

25. 35, but seriously "Avatar" oh come on...nt

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

26. Only 38, but "Creature from the Black Lagoon" didn't make the list

Or Spaceballs

[Recursion]

30. And on that note, where's RHPS? Attack of the Killer Tomatoes?

This list is less and less useful to me...

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

34. "Plan 9 from Outer Space"

My score is unfairly low due to an incomplete list of the classics.

[magical thyme]

28. 15, but they left out a lot of oldies

as mentioned above. Where's "The Blob?" How about "Them?" and a host of others I don't remember the names of...

[Recursion]

31. Hold on. HOLD ON. No "The Day the Earth Stood Still"?

This list maker should be ashamed.

[pinboy3niner]

35. It looks like...

We're gonna need a bigger list.

[Recursion]

37. I would say you made me spit gravy

But I'd have to admit that I was surreptitiously drinking gravy from the bowl, so I'll skip that...

[Richard D]

33. 35

[mucifer]

36. Galaxy Quest is my favorite sci fi movie. It's not on the list

I liked the ones towards the bottom more than the ones towards the top.

But, I haven't see at least half of the movies listed there. But, still why would the original "Star Wars" be towards the bottom?

[sarge43]

38. No Starman, Destination Moon, Robinson Cruseo on Mars, Frankenstein (orignial or Young), The Thing?

Avatar, but no The Day the Earth Stood Still or Trek: TMP, but no Wrath or First Contact

Saw 22.

[loli phabay]

46. i agree about the thing, it should be on the list.

[sarge43]

47. It certainly scared the hell out of a lot of first wave boomers

She holds up hand

[loli phabay]

48. the new prequel is pretty good as well.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

61. 1951 The Thing? or 1951 The Thing from Another World?

Probably both.

[sarge43]

67. The Thing with James Arness. Never saw the other n/t

[nolabear]

39. 37. I got an early start. And they left out some of the best ones!

I mean, It, THEM, The Thing, Forbidden Planet, Day of the Triffids, Night of the Leapus...

[Paladin]

40. I would have been really pissed if "Silent Running" wasn't included.... (nt)

[NV Whino]

43. Silent Running is streaming on Netflix right now

I just watched again the other day.

[Paladin]

56. Enormously influential movie. (nt)

[JesterCS]

41. 37 here

AI Put me to sleep however, way too long =(

[hunter]

44. 37.

The modern world is more "Brazil" than "1984."

And how the heck did they forget "Nude on the Moon???"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nude_on_the_Moon

[jakeXT]

51. They don't even have "Abbott and Costello Go To Mars"

[loli phabay]

45. wow, seen them all, was hoping for a new one mayby we need a creature feature list as well

[jakeXT]

50. You just need a bigger list

http://www.imdb.com/search/title?at=0&genres=sci_fi&sort=moviemeter,asc&start=1&title_type=feature

[jakeXT]

49. 36: Why isn't Back the Future split up into 3 movies? They did it with Star Wars

I didn't watch

AI ---- I think I watched 10min of it
Akira
Alien Nation
Cloverfield
Dark City
Dark Star
Invaders from Mars
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) ---- I watched the 1993 version
Sphere
Sunshine
Superman II
Superman The Movie
War of the Worlds ---- I watched the Tom Cruise one
When Worlds Collide

[NewJeffCT]

52. Any list that has the original 3 Star Wars movies

at 37, 38 and 39 among Sci-Fi movies can't be taken seriously, especially with Return of the Jedi before A New Hope.

And, the original Star Trek movie was basically a suckfest. Wrath of Khan, Voyage Home and First Contact were all much better.

[bluedigger]

53. No Enemy Mine?

In addition to what they said about Abbott & Costello and the Star Trek disrespect.

[d_r]

54. 41

[rrneck]

55. 42 I'm slackin'. nt

[BlueJazz]

57. Every single one and more

[annabanana]

58. pooh.. no Men in Black?. . .n/t

[RebelOne]

59. My score was 27.

A lot of the other films I wasn't interested in seeing anyway.

[Sancho]

60. 41 but not all were my must see list...

[OriginalGeek]

63. I got a 39

but I didn;t count it unless I remembered for sure seeing the whole thing from beginning to end. There were a couple I'm pretty sure I've seen parts of.

I have no desire to see Cloverfield so the best I'll ever do is 49.

[Sognefjord]

64. And also should bve listed: Alphaville, Lathe of Heaven, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

and Journey to the Center of the Earth & The Time Machine.

[Frank Cannon]

66. 48

Never saw Sunshine or Sphere (but I read the book).

[RiffRandell]

68. 22.

I loved District 9...earlier this year my son stayed home sick from school and it was on so we watched it together.

I had seen it before, but he was too young when it came out.

[MrScorpio]

69. 49

I have several on DVD and video tape

[cliffordu]

71. 44

[CBGLuthier]

72. All of them except for Avatar. Since I have seen so many films no reason to watch

a derivative piece of shit from a hack director wtth a screenplay scribbled in crayons.

[sakabatou]

73. 40 of 50

[redwitch]

74. Son made us watch "Event Horizon" last night.

Scary. And I have seen 34/50 on this list.

[Sentath]

75. 43, I think

[benld74]

78. Done 'em all

[NuclearDem]

79. Only 24. I'll surrender my nerd card tomorrow.

[El Supremo]

80. A whole bunch. I'm sure glad they included this one:

[Xyzse]

83. I saw 27 out of these.

[pokerfan]

84. 43 but I'm an old nerd...

Some of those are old classics.

[livetohike]

85. 41. I love sci-fi movies, so I will have to go find the ones I didn't see from this list.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

87. Four that I haven't seen

although I probably saw them and can't remember (Moon, Dark City, Akira, Dark, Star). There are quite a few I would have added but I know there has to be a cut-off point (The Thing From Another World, Fahrenheit 451, The Andromeda Strain, Alphaville, Scanners, The Arrival, Solaris - the original Russian and not the US remake, Fantastic Planet, They Live, and several others).

[progressoid]

88. 45 but as stated above by others...list is lacking.

[SteveG]

89. 42

nt

[LWolf]

90. 21

I don't really count horror movies about aliens as SF, though. I leave them in the horror genre, and generally avoid them.