Saturday, October 12, 2013

50 Science Fiction/Fantasy Films That Everyone Should See

Flavorwire (via SF Signal) has a list of "50 Science Fiction/Fantasy Films That Everyone Should See" (specifically excluding superhero movies, horror films, monster movies, and movies made primarily for children:
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Pan’s Labyrinth
Moon
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Princess Bride
Labyrinth
Men in Black
Edward Scissorhands
Mad Max
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Gattaca
Primer
Blade Runner
Fantastic Planet
The Wizard of Oz
The Secret of Roan Inish
Dark City
The Matrix
Time Bandits
Raiders of the Lost Ark
“La Jetée”
Brazil
Metropolis
Big Fish
Solaris (the Tarkovsky version)
Jurassic Park
Alien and Aliens
Orpheus
Dark Star
2001: A Space Odyssey
Avatar
Back to the Future
Star Wars Episodes IV-VI
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
A Clockwork Orange (It's on my shelf waiting.)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The Fountain
Sleeper
City of Lost Children
The Harry Potter series
The Day the Earth Stood Still ('50s version)
Donnie Darko
Invasion of the Body Snatchers ('50s version) "Also of note: the 1978 remake, which was, surprisingly, nearly as good."
Ghostbusters
Being John Malkovich
Akira
The Terminator and Terminator 2
Strange Days
Serenity
I've seen the ones in bold print and enjoyed them all except for E.T. and Back to the Future, which I never cared for. Of the ones I haven't seen, I've never heard of The Secret of Roan Inish or Strange Days. I'm disappointed not to see Stalker, The 5th Element, and Tron on this list.

4 comments:

  1. Donnie Darko is the first film that I noticed Danny Elfman's Soundtrack it is a pretty dark story with revenge as a major theme.

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    1. i picked this one up just recently and am looking forward to watching it.

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  2. Strange Days is a great film, I have seen it several times, although it was a few years. It is probably a bit awkward now, since the climax is the turn of the millenium new year´s eve. Can´t even remember the plot. Perhaps I wouldn´t like it at all now... Ralph Fiennes is all vulnerable-sexy, though, which is probably something to recommend it!

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    1. i'll have to see if our dvd store has that one

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