SCI-FI Wire announced today that AFI has picked a “Top 50” list of science fiction movies. I’ve taken their list and bolded the ones I’ve seen. I have -18- 16 movies to see to catch up!
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence
- Alien
- Altered States
- The Andromeda Strain
- Back to the Future
- The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
- Blade Runner
- Children of Men
- A Clockwork Orange
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Cocoon
- Contact
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- Destination Moon
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Escape From New York
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Fantastic Voyage
- The Fly (1986)
- Forbidden Planet
- Frankenstein (1931)
- The Incredible Shrinking Man
- Independence Day
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
- The Invisible Man (1933)
- It Came From Outer Space
- Jurassic Park
- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
- The Matrix
- Men in Black
- Minority Report
- Planet of the Apes (1968)
- Repo Man
- RoboCop
- Rollerball (1975)
- Silent Running (one of my favourites)
- Soylent Green
- Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
- Star Wars: Episode IV–A New Hope
- Starman
- The Stepford Wives (1975)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Them!
- The Thing From Another World
- The Time Machine (1960)
- Total Recall
- Tron
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- The War of the Worlds (1953)
- Westworld
Update 2024: I’ve seen three more.