I have:

12 monkeys
2001
2010
Alien
Bladerunner
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Code 46
Event Horizon
The Fifth Element
The Island
The Matrix
Mission to Mars
Starship Troopers
Stargate SG-1, Ark of Truth, Continuum
Saturn 3
Wargames
Dark City

What am I missing?

Children of Men? I love that movie.

Normally I hate Star Trek, but I have to admit that DS9 is a good show, so maybe add that?

Motherfucking Star Wars, son.

Stalker
2046
Alphaville
Videodrome
Brazil
Forbidden Planet
Contact
Zardoz
Solaris (1972)
eXistenZ
The Days of Eclipse
Dune
Soylent Green

The Twilight Zone (1960's series)

Independence Day.
The Thing.

FTW to those of you who said Contact and Event Horizon.

Fritz Lang's Metropolis.

I'd like to add "They Live" and "Logan's Run" to the list.

With all due respect--"Logan's Run"? Sheesh--silly premise and cheesy FX.

Awww, come on now. You let "Independence Day" slide past your radar on that criteria, but attack a 1976 classic?

...maybe for some sci-fi films have the same 30-year-death-sentence human beings did in the movie's silly premise.

Alien/Aliens.

Alien/Aliens.
I was gonna mention these two but as I was waiting for my slow ass computer to load the reply to topic screen they slipped my mind.

Aliens is made of nothing less than pure win.

Maybe the acting was sub-par (except for Ustinov), but I thought the story was good. It won a Special Achievement Academy Award for Visual Effects, but a year later Star Wars came out and set a new standard for special effects. The FX do seem cheesy today, but in 1976 it was impressive.

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Aliens (1986)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The Iron Giant (1999)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Pitch Black
Stargate
Gattaca

Soon to come- James Cameron's Avatar

Awww, come on now. You let "Independence Day" slide past your radar on that criteria, but attack a 1976 classic?

...maybe for some sci-fi films have the same 30-year-death-sentence human beings did in the movie's silly premise.

ID is almost beneath contempt, having shot past absurdity into the realm of sentimental, fantasy--more a buddy pic than SF. Thirty years from now, I doubt if anyone wll remember it.

LR is at least notable for the light it sheds on 70s pop culture--but I stand by my description of it as a film.

Note, too, the film I recommended is way older than 30 years.

Maybe the acting was sub-par (except for Ustinov), but I thought the story was good. It won a Special Achievement Academy Award for Visual Effects, but a year later Star Wars came out and set a new standard for special effects. The FX do seem cheesy today, but in 1976 it was impressive.

Point taken. I may have to re-think my position.

Im going to say 'A Clockwork Orange"

and 'Dune"

Not sure if 'The Matrix' counts but Im throwing it in there,as well.

Flash Gordon
Battlestar Galactica
Stargate
Fringe

Terminator series

fuck alphaville. Forbidden Planet is a must watch if you're a sci-fi fan.

RoboCop

I see two Tarkovsky films in there. :D

I'd agree with Stalker, Zardoz, and Brazil. All three are excellent. Stalker was really meaningful to me, especially considering that most of the cast died early deaths probably due to the massive amounts of exposure to the pollution in the area filming the movie twice. (See all that foam when Stalker is lying in the river? That's not natural... :()

Dune and Videodrome and good as well, but it's been a long time since I saw them.

None of the Stargate TV series' should be on these lists, they're deliberate parodies of good science fiction. You guys know that, right?

Doesn't make em bad?

Show was one of the only interesting things on TV for years.

Serenity! Can't believe no-one's said that yet. Gorgeous sci-fi movie.

And Firefly...

The new Battlestar Galactica is pretty sweet so far (so far being Season 1, for me). The only other thing I can think of that I've seen recently is The Day the Earth Stood Still, the original.

^Avoid the remake.

ET: the extra terrestrial. I Love this movie

planet of the apes (1968) stay away from the rest of the series

invasion of the body snatchers. a cult classic for a reason

Doesn't make em bad?

Show was one of the only interesting things on TV for years.

you must not have many channels

Though it doesn't take place in space, "Sphere" qualifies as sci-fi.

Doesn't make em bad?

Show was one of the only interesting things on TV for years.

There are a handful of "good" episodes but by and large it's just rehashes of shit that Star Trek did better the first time round.

there are a handful of "good" episodes but by and large it's just rehashes of shit that star trek did better the first time round.

lol!!

cloverfield

I know many dont like it but I personally loveeddddd it

Anything JJ Abrams has his hands in is overhyped fanboy garbage. Anyone watched Alias? It's like somebody hired a hormonal 13 year old boy to write what he thought would be a cool James Bond TV show.

Motherfucking Star Wars, son.

Motherfucking truth

Motherfucking truth

Motherfuckin A.

Fritz Lang's Metropolis.

This.

And Bladerunner sucks.

I would add a couple of B movies, but both very good in initial idea: They Live and The Hidden.
They live is Roddy Piper in his one good role outside the ring, alerting other humans to alien invasion. The Hidden has Kyle Mcdudeman? as an alien bounty hunter of sorts. In the humerous SCi Fi genre, I offer Glalaxy Quest. some very cool spec fx, S. Weaver in a push up bra, Hans Grubeman, Monk from Monk, Veronica Mars Dad and try to spot Rainn Wilson (Dwight from The Office) in an unbilled cameo.

Star Wars is barely science fiction. It is also shit.

Tron.

Sci fi/horror:

The Thing (1982).
The Blob.
Event Horizon.

The Thing (1982).


That's a good one. Also it reminded me of The Andromeda Strain, which I'll also have to get. I haven't seen it in years.