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Cool sci-fi movies?

SeeksSeeks Registered User regular
edited September 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Hey, I'm in the mood for some good sci-fi movies, but I'm not extremely well-versed in the genre.

Movies I've seen/liked/etc.:

Firefly/Serenity
Star Wars
Star Trek
Event Horizon
Alien/s/3
Riddick
The new BSG
District 9
Bladerunner
Titan A.E.
Stargate
And a few I've forgotten.

Any recommendations?


Edit: Recommended movies that look appealing so far:

Sunshine
Moon
Enemy Mine
Mutant Chronicles
Impostor
Forbidden Planet (maybe)
Tron (seen it, but remember almost nothing)
The Black Hole
Metropolis
Dark City
Solaris
Sleeper
A Boy and His Dog
THX-1138 (the special edition)
Westworld (?)
Gattaca

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    WezoinWezoin Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    District 9 was awesome, but is still only in theatres.

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    Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2009
    One of my favorites is Enemy Mine.

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    Iceman.USAFIceman.USAF Major East CoastRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Titan A.E. was a fun animated Sci-Fi flick that I still enjoy.

    Stargate
    Sunshine (Event Horizon-ish)

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    ElinElin Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I will be ridiculed I'm sure but I LOVE Mutant Chronicles. Love it. Really.

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    Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Moon, when it comes out on DVD. Farscape, if you can get a hold of it.

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    NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    *cough* Blade Runner???? *cough*

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    TechBoyTechBoy Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Going by your movie list, I see a common theme of spaceships'n'aliens. As far as good sci-fi movies in that department go, I think you've got them covered. So here are some other sci-fi "classics".

    Action-y sci-fi:
    The Matrix
    Terminator 1&2
    Independence Day

    Not so action-y Sci-fi (Sci-fi / Drama? I dunno :P):
    Gattaca
    12 Monkeys
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    Solaris
    Contact
    Blade Runner
    Dark City
    Children of Men

    Anime:
    Akira
    Ghost in the Shell 1/2 (The movies, not the series, Stand Alone Complex)

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    SeeksSeeks Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Hmmm, a friend of mine has Mutant Chronicles. Might have to borrow it.

    Righto, thanks for the suggestions. Any more?

    Edit: Damn, apparently I've watched a lot of the sci-fi classics, haha.

    Not Dark City, though, and I've heard a lot about it.

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    SanderJKSanderJK Crocodylus Pontifex Sinterklasicus Madrid, 3000 ADRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    The Fifth Element is pretty damn great.

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    TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Solaris (the Tarkovsky version, not the George Clooney one)
    The Fifth Element
    Men in Black
    Sleeper
    THX-1138 (the special edition)
    A Boy and His Dog
    12 Monkeys
    Children of Men
    Dark City

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    Iceman.USAFIceman.USAF Major East CoastRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    SanderJK wrote: »
    The Fifth Element is pretty damn great.

    Hell. Yes. How did I forget that? One of my first Blu-Ray purchases (well, it came free from Sony).

    Also, did I just suggest something on your list or did you edit those in like a Ninja?

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    -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Some of my all time favourites:

    The original Planet of the Apes

    Also Soylent Green and the Omega Man while we're in Charlton Heston territory.

    Logan's Run
    Westworld
    They Live
    Them!
    Mad Max 1 & 2 (3 is ok as well, but not quite at the same level as the other two. Also be careful with 1 since some versions have the AWFUL american overdubbing of the original actors)
    Day the Earth Stood Still (original, not the keanu reeves abomination)

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    TamTam Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Metropolis

    the original is central to sci fi

    the anime is pretty good

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    Red ZoneRed Zone Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Sunshine!!!

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    SeeksSeeks Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Iceman.USAF wrote: »
    SanderJK wrote: »
    The Fifth Element is pretty damn great.

    Hell. Yes. How did I forget that? One of my first Blu-Ray purchases (well, it came free from Sony).

    Also, did I just suggest something on your list or did you edit those in like a Ninja?


    Yeah, I edited my list, sorry. Apparently there's a bunch of movies that I've seen that slipped my mind.

    I'd edit it again, but then it'd get a little long and ridiculous, so.... thanks for the suggestions everybody, I've got a few new flicks to pick out at Blockbuster later tonight. Hats off to you fine folks.

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    TzyrTzyr Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Given the kind of movies you like, you would probably like some Arnold movies: Predator, The Running Man and, Total Recall (Terminators were already mentioned)

    A classic: Forbidden Planet

    You liked Alien, so you would probably like this too: The Thing

    I always loved Tron. And the sequel is coming out.

    Starship Troopers is a great satire, with good CG and lots of bug killin'.
    Semi Distant future movies:

    Minority Report

    Imposter

    Equililbrium

    I have a soft spot for this movie (loved it when I was a kid): The Black Hole

    I actually liked Keanu's "abomination" of The Day the Earth Stood Still, though the original is better. Please note that there is very little action in the original so though a better movie, I can see why people might not enjoy it.

    You said you saw Riddict, does that also include Pitch Black ?

    Children of Men (more about the demise of the human race)

    In a similar vein, Babylon AD. Not really great, but entertaining.

    Another James Cameron classic: The Abyss

    Enemy of the State is cool.

    If you liked Event Horizon, you might enjoy Sphere (though I still prefer EH).

    Though more fantasy, and the fact I love Dragons, I like Reign of Fire

    I like Will Smith movies, some have mentioned the Men in Black, I also liked I, Robot and I am Legend.

    Though an independent film and more about time travel, Primer is good.

    Well, that's gone through the list of all the ones I have..but I'm pretty sure I'm missing a lot of classics...hmm...

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    projectmayhemprojectmayhem Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Moon

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIexG8179K8

    Sunshine

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ2-xR54UDU

    The Fountain

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLzcuPxOPMc

    Gattaca

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_nkVmRSpfE&feature=related

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    SeeksSeeks Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    You said you saw Riddict, does that also include Pitch Black?

    Yup, it includes Pitch Black.

    I've seen everything you listed except for a few, if you count me not remembering Tron as having not seen it.

    So far it looks like my list of movies that I need to check out goes like this (and I'll update the OP, too):

    Sunshine
    Moon
    Enemy Mine
    Mutant Chronicles
    Impostor
    Forbidden Planet (maybe)
    Tron (seen it, but remember almost nothing)
    The Black Hole
    Metropolis
    Dark City
    Solaris
    Sleeper
    A Boy and His Dog
    THX-1138 (the special edition)
    Westworld (?)
    Gattaca


    Hmm, looks like I might have my hands full. Excellent.


    *Caveat: I'm not really a fan of stuff made before the 1970s when it come to Sci-Fi, or movies in general, which is why I haven't added a few suggestions to the list. I need to be in a special mood to appreciate the camp value... that being said, I'm still going to check out Metropolis because I saw a clip of it and it looked pretty cool. Also, The Day the Earth Stood Still was okay.

    Edit: Wow, that Moon movie looks like exactly what I'm in the mood for. The others look cool too, but damn.

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    EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Existenz is a good one. You should enjoy if you happen to like Cronenberg in addition to Video Games :)

    Trailer
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAdbdUt_h9M

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    SpacehogSpacehog Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    You said you've seen BSG, try Caprica.
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    projectmayhemprojectmayhem Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Egos wrote: »
    Existenz is a good one. You should enjoy if you happen to like Cronenberg in addition to Video Games :)

    Trailer
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAdbdUt_h9M

    This movie is beyond strange. And yes Moon is brilliant, one of my favorites of the year so far.

    Also. Buckaroo Banzai

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gNJ1z-ulB4

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    SaddlerSaddler Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Barbarella is pretty spectacular.

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    EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Brazil is another good movie....though more totalitarian government....future than sci-fi.

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    FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    2001, repo man, six string samurai, zone troopers, invasion of the bodysnatchers

    i could go on

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    EliminationElimination Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Gattaca, Sunshine, Pitch Black are three fantastic films. Also Blade Runner but chances are you've seen it.

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    DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    "Klytus... I'm bored."

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    TavTav Irish Minister for DefenceRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Cube was a fantastic movie. I love the fact that the shot the entire movie using one room with different colour wall panels.

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    TwistedJesterTwistedJester Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Robocop

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    DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    TwistedJester wrote: »
    Robocop

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    ForkesForkes Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    The Host was a really awesome movie.

    All the Cubes are pretty good too.

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    LandwehrLandwehr Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    They Live - Aliens secretly rule the world. Put on these sunglasses and you can see through their propaganda and lies. "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum...and I'm all out of bubblegum."

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    ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Mutant Chronicles is one of the worst movies I've ever seen and you'd do yourself a favor if you stay as far away from it as you can.

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    QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    City of Lost Children
    Returner
    Metropolis
    2001
    Close Encounters
    Total Recall
    The Fly
    The Abyss
    Delicatessen
    Andromeda Strain
    Omega Man
    Minority Report
    Mad Max
    Soylent Green

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    ClipseClipse Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Outland is probably worth a watch as well. It's nothing to write home about, but it's a fairly solid (if somewhat predictable) sci-fi movie of the Space Western variety. Also, it stars Sean Connery.

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    theDangertheDanger Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Sunshine and Moon are both great movies, you wont regret watching them. I want to second the nomination of primer--that is a great movie which really does time travel better than any I've ever seen.

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    CimmeriiCimmerii SpaceOperaGhost Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Eureka - the scifi channel show (now syfy, in an attempt to lower their ratings.)

    I found THQ 1138 terribly boring. But that's just me.

    Second / Third much of the list above, they are good recommendations.

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    EliminationElimination Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    theDanger wrote: »
    Sunshine and Moon are both great movies, you wont regret watching them. I want to second the nomination of primer--that is a great movie which really does time travel better than any I've ever seen.

    I forgot about Primer! For a super low budget film its aboslutely spectacular plot wise. You also won't really notice it's as low budget as it is. It just simply doesn't use any special effects, which honestly goes to its benefit imo, it makes for a much more realistic experience.

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