Best Sci-Fi movie ever?

[Locut0s]

I love a good Sci-Fi flick but really good ones are few and far between. I'm hoping to find something really good that I've never seen before (probably a long shot but it will be fun trying). The best I've seen is definitely Blade Runner by a mile.

What's your best?

[BootinUp]

1. For something different Try Omega Man.

Early seventies, Charlton Heston.

[TuxedoKat]

83. Escape from New York

was pretty good.

[Pryderi]

141. When was the last time you watched it? I loved it when it

came out, but I tried to watch it again a couple of years ago and thought it was laughably terrible.

Kurt Russel in camouflage leotards.

[TuxedoKat]

145. It's been quite awhile

so I'll take your word that it didn't age well.

[Locut0s]

111. Heard of it, not exactly a Heston fan but will take a look thanks.

[BootinUp]

2. I also like Fantastic Voyage - same era

[BootinUp]

3. Brainstorm is a cool one - 80's

[kentauros]

4. I'll give a list of my best and favorites, combined :)

2001: A Space Odyssey
Solyaris (Russian version)
First Spaceship on Venus (by Stanislaw Lem, author of Solyaris)
Contact
Galaxy Quest
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
The Day the Earth Stood Still (original)
Forbidden Planet
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Metropolis (both the silent and the anime)
Akira
Ghost in the Shell

(I'll stop here.)

And if you want to browse the bad ones, try this site:
Public Domain Torrents - Movies that made History... Sort of...

[Locut0s]

112. Off those I've seen:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Contact
Galaxy QueAkira
Ghost in the Shell

Many of the others I've been meaning to see actually, thanks!

[BootinUp]

5. Starman...

The Dead Zone
Dreamscape

[Cheap_Trick]

6. Was going to recommend Blade Runner.....

Here's some others:
Moon
Source Code
Outland
The Man From Earth
Starman
Dark Star
Frequency
Lathe of Heaven (the PBS original, NOT the A&E remake)
Strange Days
Silent Running
Sunshine
Time After Time

I'm sure you've seen most of these.

The Man From Earth was written by Jerome Bixby before he died. An absolutely fantastic film taking place in mostly one room.

Lathe Of Heaven was the first made for PBS film. Very low budget and strays a little from the novel by Ursula K. Le Guin but excellent nonetheless.

[HarveyDarkey]

22. I uploaded Lathe of Heaven to Google & now it's at my You Tube account

I also uploaded the interview with Ursula K. Le Guin about it. Never saw the remake.

[Cheap_Trick]

71. Even though I have the DVD of this

I still watched it through your link. Mesmerizing film. The script, acting and score just draw me in every time.

[HarveyDarkey]

81. Did you see the remake?

I never did, I was so afraid of being disappointed.

[Cheap_Trick]

93. yeah I did

It was a disappointment. Parts of it did stick closer to the book but it doesn't hold a candle to the original. If you can catch it for free give it a shot just don't get your hopes up.

[Locut0s]

114. Wow, thanks for the link. Looks like an interesting classic!

[HarveyDarkey]

133. I watched it when PBS first broadcast it & it's been a favorite ever since

Well done story. Watch The interview too.

[arcane1]

52. I love "Time After Time"

It also has the distinction of being the only movie I can recall where the location is practically a character in the movie (in this case, San Francisco)

[Cheap_Trick]

69. Whatever you do, avoid the book sequel

"Jacklyn The Ripper" by the author of "Time After Time", Karl Alexander. Luckily I got it from Amazon for $3. Even that was too much.

[Locut0s]

113. Of those I've seen:

Moon
Source Code
Sunshine

So no I haven't seen most of them, thanks for the suggestions, lot's to go through!

[applegrove]

7. "Minority Report" is the only sci fi

flic I've been able to enjoy in a long while.

[Locut0s]

115. Seen it. Not my fav. But then..

I don't care much for Tom Hanks and I find Steven Spielberg messes up most of his films.

[lunatica]

157. Tom Hanks wasn't in the movie. It was Tom Cruise

I'm not crazy about him, but I liked him in Collateral Damage. Didn't like him in the Minority Report.

[kentauros]

8. Just remembered:

Altered States
eXistenz
Scanners
Andromeda Strain
Soylent Green

[BootinUp]

9. Andromeda Strain - seconded.

[Locut0s]

116. I've seen:

Andromeda Strain
Soylent Green (not all of it)

I know of eXistenz and Scanners. Will have to check out Altered States.

Thanks.

[ZRT2209]

10. Contact

[sakabatou]

44. +1 *SPOILER WARNING*

I really enjoyed that movie, especially the "Through the Gate Vision" and "Beach" scenes.

[ZRT2209]

78. the movie was perfectly cast all around

[ZRT2209]

80. my favorite part: "for Carl"

[sakabatou]

135. When I was younger, I thought, "Who the hell is Carl?"

[Kennah]

96. The best because it is probably closer to the truth than anything else

[Locut0s]

117. Seen it. Good, but I did not care for the semi religious / spiritual aspects...

of the film. Maybe that's cause I'm a strong atheist?

[ZRT2209]

134. I think that is the genius part

by Carl Sagan. It's shows how closely related the two are - the religious and scientific views. The search for truth and meaning, the search for not being alone in the universe. "The only thing we found that made the emptiness bearable is each other." That's really quite brilliant. It can be religious, or completely secular, and still work.

[Lionel Mandrake]

11. It's a toss-up between ...

"The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951),
after which everybody knew that music from outer space would be played on a theremin, and

"Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956),
the authentic version of which featured the end of humanity, as did the first and best remake (1978).

[Graybeard]

139. +1 Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

The original (1956) is superior but the 1978 remake isn't bad.

[Lionel Mandrake]

142. I agree.

But watch out for the tacked-on happy ending in some prints of the 1956 movie.

[BootinUp]

12. Bicentennial Man

[BootinUp]

13. Logans Run

[Locut0s]

118. Hah lol. Considering how hippie dippy and corny it is, it's surprisingly good :P nt

[Liberal Veteran]

143. Logan's Run is a good movie. It also has the distinction of the least interesting orgy scene ever.

[BootinUp]

14. The Time Machine (Original)

[Zorro]

15. Total Recall (Arnold version) is pretty good

If you're looking at a dystopian future type movie, A Clockwork Orange is extraordinary (if slightly dated).

[kentauros]

18. Another dystopian future would be

Brazil

[SEMOVoter]

24. Brazil is one of my favorites! I love the Propaganda Posters in Brazil

[Locut0s]

120. Ahh yes I've seen Brazil. Very good but...

The goofy humour in it almost ruins it for me. I wish Terry Gilliam could have kept a little more of Money Python out of the film.

[Locut0s]

119. Yeah TR isn't bad now that I think of it...

Warning don't watch the remake

And of course Clockwork Orange is a masterpiece.

[ZRT2209]

16. The Fifth Element

[limpyhobbler]

90. I love this one too.

[ZRT2209]

94. doesn't take itself too seriously

and I love the sound track.

And I love "Aziz! Light!" and "Yeah, yeah, I got all the snakes..."

[limpyhobbler]

95. Are you classified as human?

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[ZRT2209]

103. lol!

[Locut0s]

121. Indeed seen it, I'll put it in the fun Sci-Fi category. nt

[BootinUp]

17. Soldier

[Cheap_Trick]

70. From one of the screenwriters of Blade Runner

There's even a police spinner in the junkyard.

[Locut0s]

122. I could be thinking of something else but isn't that supposed to be horrible? nt

[BootinUp]

130. No idea why anyone would say that

Its Kurt Russell, he does a decent job, story is good.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120157/

[jobycom]

153. It wasn't well received, but I liked it. nt

[pokerfan]

19. Blade Runner

Blade Runner - Any of the version. Harrison Ford as Sam Spade hunting replicants in a dystopian L.A. Science Fiction film noir. I like film noir.

Runners up:

Alien - Sequels have driven this franchise into the ground but the original holds up.

The Abyss - You don't have to go into space to find ET, or is that NT?

Contact - Not a perfect adaptation, but captures the essence of Sagan's novel.

The Day the Earth Stood Still - The original, not the Keanu Reeves remake. Classic fifties sci-fi.

Dune - I realize that this is probably controversial but I like it. I like the book better so perhaps in my mind I just combine the best elements of both.

The Wrath of Khan - Still the best of the Star Treks. KHAAAAAAAAN!!!

[OriginalGeek]

40. I know what you mean regarding Dune

I liked it because I loved the book so much.



Another movie I enjoyed but seem to be in the minority on: Enemy Mine

A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the human finds himself caring for his enemy in a completely unexpected way.

Dennis Quaid and Lou Gosset Jr.

[pokerfan]

87. Saw Enemy Mine (as well as Dune) in initial release

I remember the theater handed out single page Dune glossaries and my GF saying "what use are these once the lights go down?"

Enemy Mine is quite good as well and nearly made my also-ran list. Perhaps the fact that it isn't as epic in scale as the others kept it out. It would be a blast to see a theater production. Twelve Angry Men divided by six.

[FleetwoodMac]

55. The technology to make a proper Dune movie is sadly still not economically viable...

... Peter Berg walked away from the new Dune project because Paramount was only willing to spend $175 million.

And I hated, hated the movie and the miniseries.

Dune is arguably the greatest science fiction novel ever written (in my mind, only Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama comes anywhere close).

I hope a movie that can do the book justice will be made in my lifetime.

[pokerfan]

91. I would put Ringworld up there as well

The problem is that an adaptation is obviously just the director's interpretation. And his or hers interpretation might not be the same as mine. The other problem is what to toss out because you're going to jettisoning about 80% of any given novel. Yet no matter what any given director does to your favorite novel, the book remains. I look at film adaptations as a way to augment the novel, not replace it.

[Locut0s]

123. Lol seen all of them except The Day the Earth Stood Still, agree all of them are great!! nt

[lunatica]

159. I love Dune because you have to have read the book to understand it

When I saw it with my son and nephew they ended up loving it because I told them all the inside knowledge about the characters and plot as we watched it.

[SeattleVet]

20. "A Clockwork Orange"

Saw it the week it came out, and at least a dozen times since (in theaters). I see something 'new' n it almost every time (little asides, inside jokes, etc.).

[HarveyDarkey]

21. A Boy and His Dog

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It's where Mad Max stole all of its ideas



On edit: found it on You Tube, starring a VERY young Don Johnson

[MicaelS]

23. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

The Day the Earth Stood Still is still the best even after all these years. However, I also highly recommend those below.

The Thing from another World (1951)
The Thing (1982)
Silent Running (1972)
Andromedra Strain (1971)
Them! (1954)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
War of the Worlds (1953)
Starman (1984)
When Worlds Collide (1951)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Contact (1997)
Akira (1988)
Aliens (1986)
Bladerunner (1982)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

[fadedrose]

37. The remake is terrible

Went to see it and was so disappointed. The '51 version is the best and always will be...

[MicaelS]

45. Yes remake is truly awful. n/t

[fadedrose]

38. Day of the Trifids (?)

I saw this one at a drivein many years ago and never forgot it. I thought it was good then, but don't know how I'd feel about it now....

Not sure of the spelling..

[MicaelS]

47. "Triffids" with two Fs

Great book, 1962 movie was only OK IMO. Not very faithful adaptation of the book. The 1981 TV series was very faithful to the book. Haven't seen the 2009 TV series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_triffids

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Triffids_%28film%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Triffids_%281981_TV_series%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Triffids_%282009_TV_series%29

[SEMOVoter]

25. "Night Watch" and "Day Watch" are both very good

The beginning sequence of "Day Watch" is worth the price of admission.

Also the four books are very good.

[Locut0s]

124. Ahh thanks I forgot about these! I had them in my list long time back.

[harmonicon]

26. I think I also have to say Blade Runner and Metropolis.

I really like how Bring it On is subtly sci-fi.

As for something less well known, I'd highly recommend Sunshine:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/?ref_=sr_3

It didn't get much press, which is a shame, because it's very good. Perhaps it's because it does have an awful lot of similarities with Even Horizon, which came out only ten years earlier:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119081/?ref_=sr_1

[HarveyDarkey]

27. Day of the Triffids wasn't bad either

It's been remade a couple of times, haven't seen them

[fadedrose]

39. I saw your post after I posted mine...

Glad somebody else liked it...

I remember the lighthouse scene in the end - made me a nervous wreck

[nuxvomica]

28. I agree about Blade Runner

But here are some special ones you might enjoy:

Altered States -- Still mind-blowing after all these years. I scientist uses sensory deprivation to get in touch with his primordial self.
Primer -- The most realistic and therefore confusing movie about time travel I've ever seen.
The Quiet Earth -- A dreamlike post-apocalyptic from New Zealand.
Safety Not Guaranteed -- A charming story about quirky people and their relationships but much better than "A charming story about quirky people and their relationships" sounds.

[Locut0s]

125. Thanks will add those to my list, Primer is already on there...

Someone already mentioned Altered States and I've been meaning to watch Primer for a while.

[lastlib]

29. When someone makes "Childhood's End" into a movie, it'll be that one.....

"The City and the Stars" would be the next one.

"Dune" for now is #1. "The Andromeda Strain", "Marooned", and the original "The Day the Earth Stood Still" are next on the list.

[MicaelS]

48. Oooh, if Childhood's End was made into a move...

Imagine the reaction by the Religious Right when the Overlords reveal themselves.

[lastlib]

50. Heads would definitely explode!! Very messy, but in its own way, beautiful!!

[bif]

30. 2001: A Space Odyssey. Hands down.

"Moon" was pretty good as well.

[lunatica]

160. Space Odyssey was great! nt

[baldguy]

31. Some that haven't been mentioned:

Serenity
Dark City
Until the End of the World
Children of Men
THX 1138
Spirited Away
Cloud Atlas
Twelve Monkeys
Big Trouble in Little China
Time Bandits

[krispos42]

99. 12 Monkeys was pretty good, IIRC

Haven't seen it recently, tho

[Locut0s]

126. Thanks! Seen a few of these, specifically:

Dark City
Children of Men
Spirited Away
Cloud Atlas
Twelve Monkeys (Not quite all of it)

Will add the others to the list

[jobycom]

154. Great list! Serenity is underrated because it spun off a series, but it's fantastic

even without having seen the series. (I know this because I saw it not even knowing there had been a series. )

Children of Men is so good for so many reasons, especially the directing techniques used.

[femmocrat]

32. "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" is my favorite.

I don't like gross or scary movies, so that one is "just right" for me.

[lunatica]

161. ET

Great for the entire family.

[Ron Obvious]

33. Some less well-known ones

Blade Runner is my favourite as well, but here are some less well-known ones:

The 13th floor
Dark City
Strange Days
eXistenZ

They're similar in concept to the Matrix but vastly superior to that much-overrated film.

On edit: "less well-known", not "lesser well-known", which changes the meaning completely!

[Locut0s]

127. Seen Dark City (fantastic) will add the others, thanks. nt

[bobclark86]

34. Empire...

/thread

Or not... Wrath of Khan, which saved the franchise after the box office abortion of TMP, Aliens (the second one)... I also really, really liked Equilibrium and Serenity. ID4 was great, and my roommate swears by Event Horizon.

[OriginalGeek]

41. Definitely agree with Serenity

BUT I'm not sure how well it does of one hasn't watched and loved the TV series first...

[kudzu22]

67. I saw it before I knew about Firefly

And I thought it was ok, but nothing special. Years later a friend turned me on to Firefly, which I love dearly. Then I realized Serenity was the follow-up to the series and it was much better.

So, watch the complete Firefly series first (it's only 13 episodes), then watch Serenity.

[Paulie]

86. Event Horizon still freaks me out. n/t

[Locut0s]

128. Empire?...

Drawing a blank I'm afraid and IMDB is no help.

[Mosby]

35. Some good ones

Escape From New York
Westworld
Repo Man
Brother from another planet
New Jack City
Fahrenheit 451

[Locut0s]

129. Ohh some I haven't heard of (except 451) thanks! nt.

[graham4anything]

36. somewhere in time

[Jack Sprat]

106. My favorite too

Jane Seymour was perfectly beautiful. Great love story too.

[bif]

42. I forgot about "Gattaca".

A detective movie and a science fiction movie. Quite well done.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

43. Three bizarre French films

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La Jetée (1962) which was later remade and expanded in English as "12 Monkeys", Alphaville by Godard (1965), and the Blade-Runneresque Renaissance.

Forbidden Planet which I saw in first run at the theater when I was six years old will always be special.

[CBGLuthier]

56. You Probably meant Fantastic Planet for your third "French" film

French language, French author but very, very Czech in the animation. A true mind-blowing classic.

[RILib]

64. CBG, are you confusing Fantastic Planet with Forboidden Planet, youngling?

[CBGLuthier]

75. My bad eyes.

I missed Rennaisance as the third french film and saw the reference to Forbidden Planet and made a leap of poor logic.

I have at times mistakenly switched the names of those two films but usually I know one from the other. I have watched both of them within the past six months. Forbidden Planet on amazon HD and I found an HD print of Fantastic Planet online when the DVD I had did not have a proper anamorphic print. I am a huge fan of both films.

[Honeycombe8]

46. Gotta be 2001, for me. Old, but one of the best. Can anyone say "Dave" and not think of it?

Beautiful music, too.

[kudzu22]

49. For a gritty film noir style, try Dark City

Do yourself a favor and mute the sound at the beginning -- the voiceover gives away a major spoiler. Turn the sound back on after the guy looks at his watch.

[SalviaBlue]

61. Dark City is a great movie!

[arcane1]

51. The best sci-fi I've seen in a while is "Primer"

Excellent and true sci-fi rather than space opera. But be warned: you'll want to see it more than once


Link to Roger Ebert's review, which is what led me to it in the first place:
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041028/REVIEWS/40920013/1023

[WhoIsNumberNone]

53. Alien

Honorable mentions to:
The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
2001
Logan's Run
Metropolis
Rollerball (1976)
District 9
Clockwork Orange
Sunshine

[RebelOne]

54. The original "The Thing From Outer Space" from the '50s.

Nothing can compare with the original film. The remake was terrible. I have a tape of the movie. Someday I will have it converted to a DVD.

[FleetwoodMac]

57. Not the best, but often overlooked despite its quality...

The Jacket

The soundtrack is crazy good too, especially Roger Eno's Fleeting Smile and the cover of We Have All The Time In The World (with Iggy Pop). Takes you to another time and place.

[CBGLuthier]

58. I love Zardoz

Most people don't.

[datasuspect]

60. the movies with Yul Bryner as a cowboy robot.

[Mosby]

65. Westworld and Futureworld. nt

[lastlib]

155. Oh, God!! WORST.Movie.EVER!!

A total waste of celluloid!


(IMHO....)


Never could make any sense of it.....It's a clinic on how NOT to make a movie!

[lastlib]

162. Worst.Movie.Ever.

[whistler162]

59. Whey the question??????

Everyone knows it is Plan Nine From Outer Space.... GEEZ!

[RILib]

62. Forbidden Planet

and remember when watching it that the special effects of the time in other sf movies were on the order of paper plates = flying saucers. Also, it's about, you know, thinking, vs. toys.

Galaxy Quest is my second fav.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

66. I was blown away by the special effects when I was a kid

and I still am. By the way, Journey To The Center The Earth which I also saw as a young kid immediately turned me into an avid spelunker.

[RILib]

63. for plain beauty, Journey to the Center of the Earth

the version with James Mason and Arlene Dahl.

[Royal Sloan 09]

68. Lexx and Red Dwarf

both have movies and TV series, Good stuff!

[Cheap_Trick]

72. "The Man from Earth" trailer

[Demonaut]

147. not exactly scifi but very good

[Cheap_Trick]

73. 2010: The Year We Make Contact - Trailer

A great sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey

[Lionel Mandrake]

146. My God, it's full of

repetitions of a certain clip from "2001".

Kubrick tried very hard to prevent anything like "2010" from being filmed.

[jobycom]

156. Very underrated, IMHO. nt

[Cheap_Trick]

74. Sunshine Movie Trailer (2007)

[ZRT2209]

79. +1

[Dr. Strange]

150. Excellent movie!

[edbermac]

76. Plan Nine From Outer Space

A classic that will never be equaled.

[krispos42]

100. I saw that last Thursday on the big screen, actually

The veterans of MST3k do something called "RiffTrax", and a few times a year they do a live simucast via satellite.

They did the replay of the riff of "Plan 9" just last Thursday.


What a horrible movie!

[mucifer]

77. Galaxy Quest nt

[Katashi_itto]

82. Watch this....."BLINKY"

&list=FLQ_8IaT-Wbt7aj43vt2csDQ&index=53

[AsahinaKimi]

84. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

[SecularMotion]

85. All of the above and Kin-Dza-Dza

[limpyhobbler]

88. Nobody said Star Wars???111?!1!1

In 89 posts nobody has said it???? I don't know about you guys.

[MrMickeysMom]

89. Steven Speilberg's 6 part series, "Taken"

I have the DVD set. It never was as huge a TV mini series as may have been thought. Dakota Fanning's great debut.

Anyway, I love the story line of the three families and the sci-fi mixed with history.

[Skip Intro]

92. Not the "best" but "Maxiumum Overdrive" needs to be mentioned. nt

[Kennah]

97. I have to mention "Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan"

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

98. On The Beach is another film that affected me as a kid

and as an apocalyptic end-of-the-world story was very scary to young people living in those times.

[840high]

104. .....

[Wounded Bear]

101. What? No love for "Spaceballs"?

[Dragonbreathp9d]

102. Moon. Hands down.

I was not prepared for the depth of this movie. It will blow your mind!

[riderinthestorm]

105. While not my fave (others have mentioned those), have you seen Timeline (a Crichton story)? nt

[Separation]

107. Moon with Kevin Spacey & Sam Rockwell.

That was a really good movie.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

152. +1

[Brother Buzz]

108. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Bill and Ted Got Time Travel Right!

[1983law]

109. The Road Warrior

End the thread.

[TexasBushwhacker]

110. No love for "Planet of the Apes"?

How about "They Live"? Cheesy sci-fi with nice political subtext.

[SEMOVoter]

131. "Silent Running" made me cry

Haven't seen this in a long time.

[dogknob]

136. Me three! Great great great! n/t

[dogknob]

137. Nobody mentioned The Man Who Fell To Earth. Hmmm....

I know Nicholas Roeg is a problem for many, but really? Nobody?

[SEMOVoter]

138. ooh- another good one

Haven't seen that one in awhile either.

[Graybeard]

132. District 9

Quirky and funny but with strong social commentary this is Sci-Fi refreshing in it's originality. The special effects are great and the CGI aliens are amazing.

The search of a huge disabled space-ship reveals a large group of suffering aliens in what seems to be the steerage hold. They are soon determined to be docile and harmless and are allowed to live together openly. But their refugee camp becomes a segregated slum and in their little inter-action with humans they are always disparaged as 'the prawns'.

This one is worth a look.

[Demo_Chris]

140. In no particular order

AI
District 9
Minority Report
Galaxy Quest
5th Element
Contact
Event Horizon
Twelve Monkeys
2001
Aliens
Alien

[Liberal Veteran]

144. Contact is the best, but A.I. was fairly good from my viewpoint.

I think a lot of the flack the movie gets is from the last scene. I could have lived with the movie had it not been there and ended in the previous fade to black, but I didn't hate the final scene (except maybe how the mechas were portrayed which confused a lot of people about the ending).

[Demonaut]

148. not the best but "The Fountain"..not the confused with the fountainhead bullshit ayn rand crap

[Paladin]

149. "Metropolis" (nt)

[CBGLuthier]

151. World on a Wire

70's Fassbinder version of the same novel that was later adapted into The 13th floor and scavenged for plot elements of The Matrix. Made for German TV.

[Downtown Hound]

158. I can never pick just one, so I'll give ya a list:

Prometheus
Alien
2001: A Space Odyssey
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Dark City
District 9
The Time Machine (the 1960 George Pal version)
Blade Runner