[Indo-Chinese Food]

(Original post by trrr)
For me definitely Aliens.

Shocking lack of some of the best sci-fi films

ALIEN not aliens
The Thing (john carpenter)
Empire strikes back
28 days later
The Terminator
Mad Max
Back to the Future

Bit cheesy but i loved Predator too

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Although I voted for Aliens, there is some body of evidence that it's actually a war film rather than a scifi film - and James Cameron seemed to think it was more specifically a Vietnam War film.

I would have gone with Bladerunner for being the sine qua non of Cyberpunk; but it lost out for me due to the differing cuts and endings.

[Raiden10]

Star Wars.

[Aspiringlawstudent]

The Empire Strikes Back.

[Abiraleft]

I'm not going to vote because I haven't seen all the films, but surely Metropolis deserves to be on a 'sci-fi greatest' list?

[Jim-Jam]

Terminator 2. Just.. Awesome. My 13 year old self was blown away when I spent time watching the Terminator films, I just really wanted to get into that one and I did, never looked back, my favourite film!

[Christien]

In terms of scope and demonstrating what the genre's capable of, 2001 is pretty much the king. Gets a lot of criticism for flat characters and slow pacing though (even though both are intentional). Considering story and character, you'd have to go for Blade Runner. For pure entertainment/the childish wonder that big, blockbuster, event cinema is supposed to evoke, it's unquestionably Star Wars.

[RobertWhite]

Those films present no competition to such an epic film as Star Wars.

[Dirac Delta Function]

Terminator 2 is my personal favourite. In fairness, I'm gonna have to go with Star Wars.

[Dirac Delta Function]

(Original post by Jim-Jam)
Terminator 2. Just.. Awesome. My 13 year old self was blown away when I spent time watching the Terminator films, I just really wanted to get into that one and I did, never looked back, my favourite film!

I agree, for me T2 was just something exceptional. It is actually my favourite film ever, even after more than 20 years.

[Mister Dead]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossu...Forbin_Project

that's the greatest science fiction film ever made.

I watched this last week:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quiet_Earth_(film)

and it was ace. and if you believe Aliens to be a better film than Alien then you should probably be loaded into a cannon and fired into the sun.

[edd360]

Back to the Future!

[silent ninja]

Back To The Future, Empire Strikes Back, Alien, Aliens, Terminator 2, too many to choose.

Another one of my all time favourites is Gattaca. Awesome movie.

[Belowski]

2001: A Space Odyssey, without a shadow of a doubt.

[alex_hk90]

(Original post by Abiraleft)
I'm not going to vote because I haven't seen all the films, but surely Metropolis deserves to be on a 'sci-fi greatest' list?

Agreed. I saw Metropolis at a student cinema a year or two ago and it was something of an experience.

From that list I went for The Matrix, though 2001 and Star Wars are also good. For modern sci-fi I liked Minority Report.

[Pomppufiilis]

um, Starship Troopers anyone?

[Dutchman81]

I haven't sat through all the star wars films, but I have to say The Matrix. Can't wait for prometheus.

[walestudent]

Matrix - only first one
Star Wars (old trilogy)
and Back to the Future

[RetroRocker]

Much as I love Back to the Future, its got to be the original Star Wars trilogy...

So so psyched for Prometheus by the way, seemed like an appropriate place to say that...

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Alien for me