Okay time for the last vote of the year – and it’s a big one. Best Sci-Fi Film ever.

There are going to be lots of candidates and probably some discussion so I will kick it off with a few of my choices – in no particular order:

Blade Runner
Enemy Mine
Silent Running
2001: A Space Oddysey
Star Wars (all of them)
Star Trek (probably Wrath of Khan but I like a few others too)
Terminator
Dark City
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
X-Files – the Movie
Rocket to the Moon (for its sheer quaint charm)
Fantastic Voyage
The one with them surfing into the sun and the big inflatable alien.

I tried to post Gary’s comment for him because he was unable to but for some reason I was unable to either so here it is:
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1. Blade Runner (1982)
2. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes
Back (1980)
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
4. Alien
(1979)
5. Star Wars (1977)
6. ET: The Extra Terrestrial
(1982)
7. Aliens (1986)
8. Inception (2010)
9. The Matrix (1999)
10. The Terminator (1984)

Back to the Future (Trilogy)
Independence Day
Soylent Green
Omega Man
Planet of the Apes
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Original)
The Abyss
Time Machine (Original)
The Invisible Man
Avatar
Barbarella
Village of the Damned
Enemy Mine
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Original)
Equilibrium
Fahrenheit 451
Gattacca
Forbidden Planet
1984
Starship Troopers
Total Recall
Robocop
Zardoz
War of the Worlds (Original)
Zardoz
THX 1138 (Lukas’ debut movie)
Darkstar (Carpenter’s debut movie – The one with the guy surfing into the
sun)
2012
The Day after Tomorrow
Twelve Monkeys
Paycheck
The Thing
Predator
Strange Days
Screamers
Stargate (The Movie)
Puppet Masters
Forbidden Planet
Minority Report
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal skull
Jumper
Inner Space
Fantastic Voyage
Lost in Space
It came From Outer Space
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Island
The Island of Dr, Moreau
Enemy Mine
Men in Black
Star Trek 1-10 ???
On the Beach
I Robot
Serenity
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Metropolis
Videodrome
Species

Do the following qualify as SF ?:

King Kong
The Beast from 20 000 fathoms
Mad Max

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How could I forget Starship Troopers? Also Screamers which I did think of but couldn’t remember the name. Gary has included several more than once there and I have to agree that Enemy Mine is a very good film. Also I forgot Soylent Green and The Omega Man. Currently my provisional list would be:

10. Blade Runner
9. Soylent Green
8. 2001: A Space Oddyssey
7. Enemy Mine
6. Total Recall
5. Screamers
5. Star Trek: Wrath of Khan
4. Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country (actually only the first hour or so)
3. Mad Max
2. The Terminator
1. Total Recall

An honourable mention should go go two episodes of the original Star Trek series: The Corbomite Maneouvre and the original double episode The Menagerie (sometimes called The Cage)

I would certainly question your inclusion of Barbarella and all of the Star Treks Gary, but the Farenheit 451 is a good choice.

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