Thread: Must-see sci-fi films?

First two recommended were aforementioned, but I've added The Outer Limits. Thanks. "Some of their number had been lost and those who had survived were weary"

It's from 2001, a really underrated Spanish film. Stars Vincent Gallo and Maria de Medeiros from Pulp Fiction

Definitely watch Contact and Aliens sometime. They're excellent! Though I must say that Contact isn't a typical sci-fi film and there isn't a whole lot of action or anything. In fact, it's almost more of a drama than a sci-fi film. The book, by Carl Sagan, is very good as well. I am Jack's inflamed sense of rejection.

Silent Running. I saw it as a kid and it really had an emotional effect on me. edit- Any original B & W 50's film: The Day the Earth Stood Still, etc. Mynx73

Here's my list, sorted chronologically. Most of them aren't blockbusters, at least not by today's standards, though a few certainly are - good writing and direction and interesting concepts definitely mean more to me overall than cool FX and lots of action. Top 10 are BOLD : Aelita (1924) Paris qui dort/The Crazy Ray (1925) Metropolis (1926) Frau im Mond/Woman on the Moon (1929) Frankenstein (1931) Island of Lost Souls (1933)...

The Incredible Shrinking Man Invaders From Mars All the episodes of the original Outer Limits....buy 'em or rent 'em!! Fatum ut Subsisto Familaris

Journey to the Far Side of the Sun Demon Seed Things to Come (the 1930's original) The entire run of episodes from the 1950s TV series Science Fiction Theater Metropolis (already mentioned by another poster, this is the grandaddy of Sci Fi films)

Primer

Dark City Children of Men Stalker Fantastic Planet Blade Runner 2001: A Space Odyssey The water line is rising, all we do is stand there.

They Live is a great movie. Do yourself a favour and concentrate without distraction on the first 30 minutes, before the action starts and then you'll think "WOW!!!" Recommendation: Capricorn One (1977)