I stole this meme from Orac, but the list of movies is Scalzi’s list of the most influential SF movies of all time. The ones I’ve seen are in bold.
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (I will see this someday)
- Akira (I saw this late one night on Channel 4, don’t remember much of it)
- Alien
- Aliens
- Alphaville
- Back to the Future (where is II and III?)
- Blade Runner
- Brazil
- Bride of Frankenstein
- Brother From Another Planet
- A Clockwork Orange
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Contact (disappointing, despite Sagan’s involvement)
- The Damned
- Destination Moon
- The Day The Earth Stood Still (Klaatu barada nikto!)
- Delicatessen (Another one I want to see)
- Escape From New York
- ET: The Extraterrestrial
- Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers (serial)
- The Fly (1985 version)
- Forbidden Planet
- Ghost in the Shell
- Gojira/Godzilla (Another late night Channel 4 viewing)
- The Incredibles(Is this really sci-fi?)
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 version) (and the remake)
- Jurassic Park
- The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2)
- The Matrix
- Metropolis
- On the Beach
- Planet of the Apes (1968 version)
- Robocop (this should not be on this list!)
- Sleeper
- Solaris (1972 version)
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!!!!)
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (The best SW movie)
- The Stepford Wives (both versions)
- Superman
- Terminator 2: Judgement Day (Come on, the first one was the best)
- The Thing From Another World
- Things to Come
- Tron
- 12 Monkeys
- 28 Days Later (this shouldn’t be here either)
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- La Voyage Dans la Lune
- War of the Worlds (1953 version)
Thirty two out of fifty, my geekhood is confirmed.
I don’t agree with this list entirely, some stuff is too crap to be on here or is not really sci-fi, and there are definitely some omissions. Here are a few I would add:
- Donnie Darko
- Serenity
- The other Star Wars movies
- The Matrix II and III
- Silent Running
- Men In Black
- The Time Machine (the original movie)
- Gattaca
- Fantastic Voyage
- Logan’s Run
- Being John Malkovich
- Time Bandits
- Predator
- Running Man
- The Cube
- Wargames
