Cool sci-fi movies?

Seeks

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

Wezoin

District 9 was awesome, but is still only in theatres.

Bionic Monkey

One of my favorites is Enemy Mine.

Iceman.USAF

Titan A.E. was a fun animated Sci-Fi flick that I still enjoy.

Stargate
Sunshine (Event Horizon-ish)

Elin

I will be ridiculed I'm sure but I LOVE Mutant Chronicles. Love it. Really.

Robos A Go Go

Moon, when it comes out on DVD. Farscape, if you can get a hold of it.

Nappuccino

*cough* Blade Runner???? *cough*

TechBoy

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)

Seeks

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.

SanderJK

The Fifth Element is pretty damn great.

TychoCelchuuu

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

Iceman.USAF

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?

-SPI-

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)

Tam

Metropolis

the original is central to sci fi

the anime is pretty good

Red Zone

Sunshine!!!

Seeks

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.

Tzyr

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...

projectmayhem

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

Seeks

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.

Egos

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

Spacehog

You said you've seen BSG, try Caprica.

Amazon wrote:

An astonishing breakthrough is taking shape on the planet Caprica. The rapidly evolving spheres of human and mechanical engineering have collided, along with the fates of two families. Joined by tragedy in an explosive instant of terror, two rival clans led by powerful patriarchs, Joseph Adama (Esai Morales, Jericho) and Daniel Graystone (Eric Stoltz, The Butterfly Effect) duel in an era of questionable ethics, corporate machinations and unbridled personal ambition as the final war for humanity looms. The latest phenomenon from the executive producers of Battlestar Galactica (Ronald D. Moore and David Eick), set in a time over 50 years earlier, Caprica is entirely its own world - provocative, thrilling and startling relevant to our own.

projectmayhem

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

Saddler

Barbarella is pretty spectacular.

Egos

Brazil is another good movie....though more totalitarian government....future than sci-fi.

Fandyien

2001, repo man, six string samurai, zone troopers, invasion of the bodysnatchers

i could go on

Elimination

Gattaca, Sunshine, Pitch Black are three fantastic films. Also Blade Runner but chances are you've seen it.

Drake

"Klytus... I'm bored."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUrJQbBFez8

Tav

Cube was a fantastic movie. I love the fact that the shot the entire movie using one room with different colour wall panels.

TwistedJester

Robocop

Drake

TwistedJester wrote: »

Robocop

Forkes

The Host was a really awesome movie.

All the Cubes are pretty good too.

Landwehr

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."

Zombiemambo

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.

Quoth

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

Clipse

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.

theDanger

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.

Cimmerii

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.

Elimination

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.