OK, so we've done the rounds of favourite fantasy films. Now how about favourite Sci-Fi films? I'll start the ball rolling with a few of mine. Leaving aside the obvious Star Wars and Star Trek titles and in no particular order:

Two Arnie Schwartzenegger flicks - The Running Man and Total Recall.

Luc Besson's The Fifth Element with the outrageously camp Chris Tucker.

The first Men in Black.

OK, over to you. 

Oh my. Where to start? There's so many.

In no particular order: The Terminator, Alien, Aliens, The Thing, Bladerunner, Predator, Predator 2, Pitch Black, District 9, 2001, Event Horizon, Serenity, The Matrix, Stargate, Silent Running, Dark Star, Planet Of The Apes (Chuck Heston one) & Return to .., The Omega Man, Soylent Green, Jurassic Park, Andromeda Strain, Westworld, Phase IV ....

I'm sure there's loads I haven't mentioned yet.

If I had to pick one .... The Terminator, I think. Or Serenity. Or Alien.

Cheers, Martyn
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OK Hertsblue, accepted are the 'starter for 10' Star Wars and Star Trek franchises...and also that we're voting on 'favourite', not 'best'...

Favourite sci-fi movie eh?  Well its almost impossible to narrow one down!  ITs also tricky since so many 'sci fi' films aren't actually sci-fi...

I think i'll have to go with Serenity.

Firefly is the greatest sci-fi (that is, sci-fantasy western, space opera(?)) series ever made of course and Rupert Murdoch will burn in hell The Black for cancelling it, and Serenity did the franchise proud (except for the culling of key characters...curse you Whedon!!!)  And of course it has JEwel Staite in it (i refer the honourable forumites to the Totty thread...)

Dune of course (but again, is this sci fi?) is a film i'll happily sit down and watch anytime.

I do have a soft spot for The Chronicles of Riddick too. 

Probably the closest to a sci-fi movie though i'd have to go with Blade Runner and also Strange Days.

1. War of the Worlds (Original)
2. Alien
3. Twelve Monkeys

Terminator

Aliens

Dark City

Nice...yes, Star Wars natch. In no particular order:

Pitch Black & Chronicles of Riddick
Ultraviolet
Aeon Flux [both animated & live action]
Equilibrium
Constantine [is this fantasy?]
Stargate
Firefly / Serenity
Tank Girl
Judge Dredd
Resident Evil series
Matrix Trilogy + Animatrix
V for Vendetta
War of the Worlds
Metropolis
Alien(s) - all of 'em
Transformers
Futurama  

At this moment in time, I'm gonna go with:

Predator - cos it was on the other night. 
Aliens - cos it's Aliens.
Matrix - cos it changed the game (but then dropped the ball completely, but that's a different discussion!)
District 9 - cos it was so much better than I was expecting it to be.

Worst?

Doom.  Some console games should be left in the medium they were designed for.

Heaven help us, what has happened to the Stanley Kubrick fans? I'm ashamed to be a wargamer!

Top film for me has to be K-Pax

Others in no order are Aliens, Alien, Alien 3 (but not Alien Resurrection - a good idea but it didn't work for me), Event Horizon, original Planet of the Apes, Star Wars (Episodes 4 & 5 only)

Fifth Element - absolutely hilarious.

Hmmmmm   

I`ll just list my favourites - kinda in order, and not mentioning Start Trek, Star Wars, etc.

Event Horizon
Firefly
Resident Evil (all)
Aliens (all)
Alien Versus Predator (all)
predator
Survivors
War of the Worlds
Day of the Triffids (series)
Terminator (all)
Dune (both series)
Dune (movie)
Ultraviolet
Neon Flux
Pitch Black & Chronicals of Riddick
I Am Legend
Blakes 7

If we're including TV series I would nominate the original Quatermass and the Pit (God, does that date me!). Also the original A for Andromeda which introduced the lovely Susan Hampshire.

Quote from: FierceKitty on 29 September 2011, 03:11:58 AM
Heaven help us, what has happened to the Stanley Kubrick fans? I'm ashamed to be a wargamer!

<small voice>But ... but ... I had 2001 in my list ... </small voice>

Also, honourable mentions to older films that I remember from my childhood, but that, to be honest, haven't aged that well. I'm talking about things like Them, Forbidden Planet, War of the Worlds and Day the Earth Stood Still.

Cheers, Martyn
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Blade Runner (Book is excellent as well)
Starship Troopers
Minority Report
The Omega Man
Escape from New York (Snake Plissken?  I thought you were dead?)
Plan 9 from Outer Space (Oh come on. It's a hoot).

One I'm sort of looking forward to is the film version of Joe Haldeman's 'Forever War'.  Ridley Scott's got hold of the film rights and there's been frantic script writing through 2010.  Should I be afraid?

Aliens
Predator
Starship Troopers


not necessarily in this particular order.