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# Which is the best sci fi movie you ever watched?

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#### carlj9189

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hey everyone,

which is the best sci-fi movie you ever watched?

#### CRT

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Aliens. Is it the best sci-fi movie? No. But when I watched it as a kid of the 80's I absolutely loved it.

More recently I would say Guardians of the Galaxy is the standout, again not the best movie, but hugely enjoyable.

One somewhat large caveat, the above favorites change depending on my mood, the time of day and recently watched films.

#### gap

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Blade Runner. Has to be.

Honourable mentions to Gattaca, District 9, Akira, The Matrix, Starship Troopers and Vanilla Sky.

#### lucasisking

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2001 A Space Odyssey is the best science fiction film and always will be.

Arrival is also a fantastic recent example.

#### dollag

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The Matrix is the standout for me. An amazing concept that was well executed.

runners up; as @gap said Akira, inception, Blade Runner, Intersteller but there are loads of great sci fi films ive probably missed out.

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#### systemsdead

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My Top 10 Sci- Fi in order...

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#### Jim Di Griz

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Blade Runner. Bet that's shocked some of you ;)

#### Abacus

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There are 3 that stand out for me (Rather than just 1) The War of The Worlds (1953 version), Forbidden Planet (1956) and 2001 A Space Odyssey. (1968)

For modern Sci-Fi, Star Wars, (1977) Blade Runner (1982) and Star Trek Wrath of Khan (1982)

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#### SteveU30

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Terminator

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#### Navvie

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Ghost in the Shell (1995).

#### sraper

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Contact!

Happened to walk into the cinema had no idea what to watch and picked Contact with no idea what it was about.

The Abyss (Special Edition)

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#### Loopthrough

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I really like post apocalyptic type flicks, so here's a shout for the underrated, flawed, yet still amazing HARDWARE (1990) by the underappreciated Richard Stanley.

I guess BLADE RUNNER is probably my all-time fav though. I'm not a huge Scifi fan and never cared for things about aliens (except, Alien and Aliens!) really.

Edit: People seem to hate it, but LIFEFORCE (85) is another one I love!

#### HeavenlyWarrior

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I'll go to my grave believing Predator is the best movie eva

#### QuestShield

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Blade Runner

Aliens

RoboCop

The usual ones I always pick.

#### Roohster

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No surprises here: Alien, Blade Runner.

A lot of people mispronounce it, but it sounds just the way it's spelled:

h-f-u-h-r-u-h-u-r-r.

#### indus

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#### theprestige

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Can't just go with one on this, specially as my favourite science fiction films are fusions of other genres.

The Matrix comes to mind immediately and then it's: Aliens, The Terminator, Frequency, Alien, Robocop, 2001, Interstellar, TimeCrimes, Back To Future, The Butterfly Effect, Looper, Empire Strikes Back, TimeCop, Cyborg.

Those are the only ones that come to mind right now.

EDIT - How can I forget The Thing!

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Now, where was I?

#### Drax1

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The Empire Strikes Back hands down.

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Honourable mentions(off the top of my head) -

Starman

Blade Runner 2049 (it bested the original for me)

Gravity

AI : Artificial Intelligence

Close Encounters

Star Trek II : The Wrath Of Khan

Alien

Aliens

The Terminator

T2 : Judgement Day

#### raduv1

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Ones I can shove on anytime and have a blast with .

Alien

Predator

Aliens

The Thing

Forbidden Planet

Empire

Fifth Element

Dune

2010

Starship Troopers

Event Horizon

Ones , no less entertaining but I need to be in the right mood .

2001

Interstellar

Blade Runner

Arrival

Looper

Gattaca

Solaris ( 2002 )

Sunshine

Many many more but if I were limited to one then i would probably go Alien , maybe .....ish :).

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#### raduv1

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Nice taste :smashin: yup I'm a big fan of both Hardware and Lifeforce . Society ( 89 ) is also great sci fi....ish in its Invasion of the Bodysnathers theme.

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#### redwing

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Dark City.

I probably like others more but this was so under the radar it made it more special. Out before The Matrix but a lot of similarities.

#### pinnocchio

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If you haven't seen the following can I humbly suggest.

1. DO NOT read anything about it before you see it.

2. Make sure you watch it in a darkened room and with no chance of distractions (so turn off your phone, etc.....).

3. Watch it with at least a couple of friends who also haven't seen it and don't know anything about it.

I promise if you do the above you'll get a lot more out of it.

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#### lucasisking

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Is that science fiction?

#### Drax1

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Well, it's most definitely not science fact! ;)

Difficult to know where to draw the boundaries for this, when as @theprestige says, many of these films are heavily blended with other genres. I was thinking of adding The Thing for example, but I class it as more of a horror film.

#### lucasisking

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All the Star Wars films are fantasy (with elements of war films/ western/ pirate films etc). There's next to no sci-fi content. They belong to the category of films known as 'space opera' which I suppose is technically a sub-genre of sci-fi.

However to say that Empire is 'hands down' the best sci-fi is really missing the point of what science fiction is all about (even though I love Empire).

The Thing is definitely science fiction though.

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