Greatest Sci fI movie?

[Ecstatic]

All-time number one: 2001. Kubrick and Clarke, what an amazing combination. The sequels were OK, but not a patch on the original. Great effects, serious SF, a movie which not only delivered to SF fans who had grown up on a diet of Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Pohl, and other greats, but which also was ideal for its time, meshing both the space race and the psychedelic acid era with the star gate sequence. (As a side note, my all-time pick as greatest TV show ever--not just SF, as it melded numerous genres together--is The Prisoner, which also both transcends its time yet reflects the issues of its time powerfully.)

Other first rank SF movies: Forbidden Planet (Shakespeare's The Tempest in outer space, plus Robbie the Robot, how can you not love it?), Bladerunner, Star Wars IV & V, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Metropolis, Alien, The Matrix, Solaris (the original), and Fifth Element (ok, the last is a guilty pleasure, but it also featured the graphic designs of Jean Giraud (Moebius) and Jean-Claude Mézières).

[Arc-Angel]

[bellamy]

All are good choices. I really like Gattaca I would not have thought of that but it was a good movie.

[Thatiger23]

one of my all time favorites is GUYVER

[rbso13]

1) Close Encounters

2) Blade Runner

[BeardedOne]

While Kubrick had a fantastic eye for the visual, I never took to his story-telling and have always disliked 2001 as a whole (Though still marvel at its imagery).

So many good films (And shows, such as The Prisoner) mentioned here.

If I had to narrow it down to one, landmark film, it would have to be The Day The Earth Stood Still.

Aside from its excellent story, flowing imagery, and top-notch cast, it put its mark on an entire culture in a number of ways. Two examples:

"Klatuu, we're outta neckties"

And the penultimate tribute:

"Michael Rennie was ill,
the day the earth stood still,
but he told us where to stand."

[stillies77]

Yeah my order goes like this...

1. Empire
2. Aliens
3. Blade Runner
4. A New Hope
5. Jedi
6. Predator
7. Fifth Element
8. Transformers
9. Revenge of the Sith
10. The Matrix

[BeardedOne]

Stillies needs to see more movies. :P

[Coroner]

Stillies needs to see more movies. :P

Yes. His list is full of crap. Sorry, stillies bro.

1. 2001
2. Metropolis
3. Letters From A Dead Man
4. Solaris
5. Blade Runner
6. Amphibian Man
7. Alphaville
8. Futureworld
9. Woman in The Moon
10. The End of Eternity

[stillies77]

to be fair at least 5 of the ones on my list are among the greatest sci fi movies of all time.