Your Top 5 Science Fiction Films of All Time

[stargazer01]

What are your most loved Sci-Fi films ever? Mention 5 or 7 please.

Mine are:

Contact
The Time Machine (the original)
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
Forbidden Planet
Logan's Run
The Matrix
Terminator 1 and 2

[AJBopp]

Not necessarily in order

Blade Runner
Andromeda Strain
Flash Gordon
Predator
The Fifth Element

[EmeraldGladiator]

Empire Strikes Back the film of my youth
Predator would have been a kick butt movie even without the Predator in it, awesome cast
Aliens kicked up the originals action up two notches
Planet of the Apes (the original 5 as a set)
Godzilla King of the Monsters (2019) I really liked this one
Honorable Mention:
Avengers: Endgame I guess this is considered Sci-fi my not being sure of that is why it is an honorable mention

[Kirby101]

Top is 2001. Not just Sci Fi, top movie.

Others in no order.

Aliens
Blade Runner
When Worlds Collide
Inception

[AJBopp]

Empire Strikes Back the film of my youth
Predator would have been a kick butt movie even without the Predator in it, awesome cast
Aliens kicked up the originals action up two notches
Planet of the Apes (the original 5 as a set)
Godzilla King of the Monsters (2019) I really liked this one
Honorable Mention:
Avengers: Endgame I guess this is considered Sci-fi my not being sure of that is why it is an honorable mention

It's more sci-fi than Empire Strikes Back anyway.

[Dr. Skeleton]

In no particular order:

Star Wars
The Matrix
Alien
War Of The Worlds (Original)
Forbidden Planet

[AndrewCrossett]

The Matrix
Men In Black
Blade Runner
Logan's Run
Alien
The Fifth Element
Inception

...Excluding superhero, horror, fantasy, and Mad Max movies (futuristic but not technically sci-fi)

[Powerboy]

2001
The Day the Earth Stood Still (original version, of course)
Forbidden Planet
This Island Earth
Metropolis

There are a lot of others I could mention but I don't really consider them science fiction. Obviously, Star Wars for one.

[TriggerWarning]

I consider most comic book movies more urban fantasy than sci fi so I'm excluding them with one obvious exception that will be obvious on my list but even though its from the comics its obviously sci fi. I know I'm probably forgetting something but these are the ones that first jump into my head. Serenity is easily my #1 and I say that as someone who hadn't even seen Firefly yet when I first saw Serenity. It was such a perfect movie and utterly accessible even to those like me who hadn't seen Firefly yet.

Serenity
Star Wars
Guardians of the Galaxy
Aliens
Matrix

[stargazer01]

I know the superhero genre has a lot of Sci-Fi elements in it, but I consider it its own genre. I also don't count Star Wars and Doctor Who as pure Sci-Fi. They are Science-Fantasy, imo.

[Tuck]

I know the superhero genre has a lot of Sci-Fi elements in it, but I consider it its own genre. I also don't count Star Wars and Doctor Who as pure Sci-Fi. They are Science-Fantasy, imo.

It's probably better to make it a list of speculative fiction movies if you want to avoid interpretation.

[stargazer01]

It's probably better to make it a list of speculative fiction movies if you want to avoid interpretation.

It's ok. I just wanted to see people's choices and what's more popular. It doesn't really matter if it's not exactly what I think.

[Punisher007]

I don't count Star Wars as they're more Science Fantasy than Sci-fi. Anyway:

-Star Trek Ii: The Wrath of Khan.
-The Terminator and Terminator 2 (I cannot decide between the two).
-Blade Runner.
-John Carpenter's The Thing.
-Alien and Aliens (again cannot decide between them).