Recommend a great Sci Fi

[nothingspringstomind]

Maybe not each one the biggest classic, but lots of good ones can be found in the list

Spoiler

12:01 1993
1984 1984
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
2012 2009
2019 After The Fall of New York 1984
2081 Harrison Bergeron 2009
27th Day, The 1957
28/28 Days Later 2002
28/28 Weeks Later 2007
6th Day, The 2000
Abyss, The 1989
Aeon Flux 2005
AI 2001
Akira 1988
Alice 2009
Alien Agent 2007
Alien/Alien 1 - Alien 1979
Alien/Alien 2 - Aliens 1986
Alien/Alien 3 - Alien 3 1992
Alien/Alien 4 - Resurrection 1997
Alien Hunter 2004
Alien Nation 1988
Altered 2006
Android Apocalypse 2006
Andromeda Strain, The 1971
Antitrust 2001
A.P.E.X 1994
Appleseed/Appleseed 2004
Appleseed/Appleseed Ex Machina 2007
A Scanner Darkly 2006
A Sound Of Thunder 2005
A Trip to the Moon 1902
Avalon 2001
Avatar 2009
Babylon A.D. 2008
Back To The Future/Back To The Future I 1985
Back To The Future/Back To The Future II 1989
Back To The Future/Back To The Future III 1990
Banlieue 13 2004
Battlefield Earth 2000
Battle Royale 2000
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey 1991
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 1989
Black Hole, The 1979
Blade Runner 1982
Blue 2003
Box, The 2009
Boy And His Dog, A 1975
Brainstorm 1983
Brazil 1985
Butterfly Effect, The 2004
Cargo 2009
Casshern 2004
Cell, The 2000
Chik yeung tin si - So Close 2002
Children Of Men 2006
Chronicles Of Riddick 2004
Cl.One 2005
Code 46 2003
Colossus - The Forbin Project 1970
Contact 1997
Control Factor 2003
Cowboy Bebop - Knockin' On Heaven's Door 2001
Cube/Cube 1997
Cube/Cube 2 Hypercube 2002
Cube/Cube Zero 2004
Cyber Wars 2004
Cyborg 1989
Cyborg 2 1993
Cyborg She 2008
Cypher 2002
Dark City 1998
Dark Star 1974
Day After Tomorrow, The 2004
Daybreakers 2009
Day The Earth Stood Still/Day The Earth Stood Still, The 1951
Day The Earth Stood Still/Day The Earth Stood Still, The 2008
Death Machine 1995
Demolition Man 1993
Dernier Combat, Le 1983
District 9 2009
Donnie Darko 2001
Doom 2005
Doomsday 2008
Doppelgaenger 1969
Dune/Dune 1984
Dune/Dune 1 2000
Dune/Dune 2 - Muad'Dib 2000
Dune/Dune 3 - The Prophet 2000
Dune/Dune, Children Of 1 Dune Messiah 2003
Dune/Dune, Children Of 2 The Children 2003
Dune/Dune, Children Of 3 The Golden Path 2003
Electric Dreams 1984
Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 1971
Enemy Mine 1985
Equilibrium 2002
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind 2004
Event Horizon 1997
Evolver 1995
eXistenZ 1999
Face Of Another, The 1966
Fahrenheit 451 1966
Fifth Element, The 1997
Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within 2001
Final Programme, The 1973
Flash Gordon 1980
Fly, The 1986
Forbidden Planet 1956
Forgotten, The 2004
Frequency 2000
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel 2009
Game Box 1.0 2007
Gattaca 1997
Ghost in the Shell/Ghost in the Shell 1995
Ghost in the Shell/Ghost in the Shell 2 - Innocence 2004
Ghosts Of Mars 2001
Girl Who Lept Through Time, The 2006
Gunhed 1989
Hancock 2008
Hellboy/Hellboy 2004
Hellboy/Hellboy 2 - The Golden Army 2008
Hidden, The 1987
Hitchhikers Guide/Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The 2005
Hollow Man 2000
I Am Legend 2007
Immortal - Ad Vitam 2004
Impostor 2002
Independence Day 1996
Invisible Man, The 1933
I, Robot 2004
Island Of Dr Moreau, The 1996
Island, The 2005
Jetee, La 1962
Johnny Mnemonic 1995
Judge Dredd 1995
Jumper 2008
Jurassic Park/Jurassic Park 1993
Kin Dza Dza
Knowing 2009
Last Mimzy, The 2007
Last Sentinel, The 2007
Leviathan 1989
Lexx - The Dark Zone
Lost in Space 1998
Man From Earth, The 2007
Mars Attacks 1996
Marvel/Incredible Hulk, The 2008
Marvel/Iron Man, The 2008
Marvel/Iron Man 2 2010
Matrix/Animatrix, The 2003
Matrix/Matrix 1 - The Matrix 1999
Matrix/Matrix 2 - The Matrix Reloaded 2003
Matrix/Matrix 3 - The Matrix Revolutions 2003
Men In Black 1997
Metropia 2009
Millennium 1989
Minority Report 2002
Mission To Mars 2000
Moon 2009
Mr. Nobody 2009
Natural City 2003
Nemesis 1993
Next 2007
Nightmare City 2035 2007
Odyssey/2001 - A Space Odyssey 1968
Odyssey/2010 - The Year We Make Contact 1984
Omega Man, The 1971
One, The 2001
Pandorum 2009
Paycheck 2003
Phase IV 1974
Pitch Black 2000
Planet Of The Apes 1968
Planet Of The Apes 2001
Primer 2004
Princess of Mars 2009
Puppet Masters, The 1994
Push 2009
Quiet Earth, The 1985
Random Quest 2006
Red Planet 2000
Reign Of Fire 2002
Renaissance 2006
Repo The Genetic Opera 2008
Resident Evil/Resident Evil 1 2002
Resident Evil/Resident Evil 2 - Apocalypse 2004
Resident Evil/Resident Evil 3 - Extinction 2007
Resident Evil/Resident Evil 4 - Degeneration 2008
Retroactive 1997
Robocop 1987
Running Man, The 1987
Scanners/Scanners 1981
Scanners/Scanners 2 The New Order 1991
Scanners/Scanners 3 The Takeover 1992
Screamers/Screamers 1995
Screamers/Screamers The Hunting 2009
Seconds 1966
Serenity 2005
Signs 2002
Silent Running 1971
Six String Samurai 1998
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 2004
Slaughterhouse Five 1972
Sleep Dealer 2008
Slipstream 2005
Snake Plissken/Escape From L.A. 1996
Snake Plissken/Escape From New York 1981
Solar Crisis 1990
Solaris/Solaris 2002
Solaris/Solyaris 1972
Soylent Green 1973
Sphere 1998
Splice 2009
Spriggan 1998
Stalker 1979
Stargate 1994
Starman 1984
Starship Troopers 1997
Star Wars/Star Wars Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace 1999
Star Wars/Star Wars Episode 2 - Attack of The Clones 2002
Star Wars/Star Wars Episode 3 - Revenge of The Sith 2005
Star Wars/Star Wars Episode 4 - A New Hope 1977
Star Wars/Star Wars Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back 1980
Star Wars/Star Wars Episode 6 - Return of The Jedi 1983
Static 2008
Subject Two 2006
Sunshine 2007
Supernova 2000
Surrogates 2009
Terminator/Terminator 1 - The Terminator 1984
Terminator/Terminator 2 - Judgement Day 1991
Terminator/Terminator 3 - Rise Of The Machines 2003
Terminator/Terminator 4 - Salvation 2009
Thing, The 1982 109
Thirteenth Floor, The 1999
Thoughtcrimes 2003
Time After Time 1979
Timeline 2003
Time Machine/Time Machine, The 2002
Time Shifters, The 1999
Time Traveler's Wife, The 2009
Titan AE 2000
Total Recall 1990
Trancers/Trancers 1 1985
Trancers/Trancers 2 1991
Trancers/Trancers 3 1992
Trancers/Trancers 4 - Jack Of Swords 1994
Trancers/Trancers 5 - Sudden Deth 1994
Trancers/Trancers 6 - Life After Deth 2002
Transformers 2007
Tron 1982
Tron Legacy
Twelve Monkeys 1995
Ultraviolet 2006
Underworld/Underworld 2003
Underworld/Underworld Evolution 2006
Underworld/Underworld Rise Of The Lycans 2009
Vanilla Sky 2001
Vexille 2007
V For Vendetta 2005
Videodrome 1983
Virtuality 2009
Virtuosity 1995
Warning Sign 1985
War Of The Worlds/War Of The Worlds 1953
War Of The Worlds/War Of The Worlds 2005
Watchmen 2009
Westworld 1973
Wild Blue Yonder, The 2005
Wonderful Days 2003
Zardoz 1974

Many thanks for the list...

But there's only about 10 i haven't seen...

God, i'm a geek.

 

[nothingspringstomind]

As far as books go, check out some H.P. Lovecraft. He's got a really unique, documentary-like blend of sci-fi and horror that really draws you in the more you read. Plus, all his stories are fairly short.
I recommend trying out
The Call of Cthulhu,
The Dunwich Horror,
At the Mountains of Madness,
The Shadow Over Innsmouth,
and
A Shadow Out of Time.

You will not be disappointed.

Love me some Lovecraft! Read the Neonomicon comic yet?

Cthuluhu mythos written by Alan FRAKKING Moore.

 

[Outcast107]

Warhammer 40K series. A very good Sci-fi theme game/books. A mix between fantasy and Sci-fi. Just check out the games (Dawn of War series) and or the book series (Which are a lot. Just don't read the ones written by C.S. Goto)

 

[HHammond]

Firefly. You're welcome.

 

[nothingspringstomind]

I don't know of any si-fi films but if you are interested in a good si-fi book then I would recomend anything written by Iain M Banks. I found The Use of Weapons in particular very enjoyable but again he is not exactly obscure.

Once I'm finished with the Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF, I'm Going to be digging into the Xeelee Omnibus

 

[ChildofGallifrey]

Moon, it's with Sam Rockwell, you need patience for this one though.

I was legitimately angry that Rockwell didn't get an Oscar nomination out of that.

OT: District 9 was an excellent, fairly original sci-fi movie. Great direction, fantastic acting (the lead actor had never acted before and improvised most of his dialogue and was excellent). And if that doesn't do it for you, there is a lightning gun that makes people explode like water balloons full of red paint. Always fun =)

 

[nothingspringstomind]

There's a good indie series called Pioneer One [http://vodo.net/pioneerone].

Thanks! Sounds interesting from the blurb, I'll get to watching it after season 2 of Gundam 00


Moon and District 9 were both excellent and sit in my DVD collection not far from my favourite movie of all time; 2001 A Space Odyssey

 

[let's rock]

GALEXY QUEST!!!!! The best movie, ever to exist, ever!

 

[Jegsimmons]

2001 a space odyssey...may be a little boring a slow...but my god is it epic.

oh and everything relating to the original star trek series and the first 6 movies.
enemy mine
Titan AE (not great but Don Bluth has great animation)
heavy metal (has violence drugs and tits)
Heavy Metal 2000 (same reason as above but better animation)
Dune (not great but the book rocks)
and district 9.

Spoiler: what to avoid

avoid Avatar if you want bad science, writing, and characters.
avoid Halo legends, even as a halo fan i hate those shorts
avoid Transformers except for the original show and movie
avoid Masters of the universe
avoid tank girl
avoid the wing commander movie
avoid battlefield Earth which is considered to be one of the worst sci-fi movie ever.

 

[Sandernista]

Moon, it's with Sam Rockwell, you need patience for this one though.

I was legitimately angry that Rockwell didn't get an Oscar nomination out of that.

OT: District 9 was an excellent, fairly original sci-fi movie. Great direction, fantastic acting (the lead actor had never acted before and improvised most of his dialogue and was excellent). And if that doesn't do it for you, there is a lightning gun that makes people explode like water balloons full of red paint. Always fun =)

I'd like to second both Moon and District 9. Two of my favorite sci-fi movies.

 

[Quaidis]

Am I late to the party?

I have only two suggestions for you, if you have not seen them.

Titan AE is the first, which you've seen many others bring up.

Fifth Element is the second. It's an extremely good movie.




And, on the side, if you want b-grade terrible but hilarious sci fi, check out Space Truckers.

 

[Adam Galli]

Have you watched Plan 9 from Outer Space? It was cheesy yet entertaining.

 

[Timedraven 117]

Screw Movies watch Stargate Sg-1 best series ever.

what he said about 9 seasons with 2/3 movies worth it to buy it 2 rpgs worth of entertainment

 

[thelonewolf266]

Screw Movies watch Stargate Sg-1 best series ever.

what he said about 9 seasons with 2/3 movies worth it to buy it 2 rpgs worth of entertainment

Yeah the two SG-1 Movies are The Ark of Truth and Continuum.Then there is the original Movie Stargate.Plus there are five Seasons of Stargate Atlantis and two Seasons of Stargate Universe all of which are fantastic problem is it would cost a lot to get them all.

 

[nothingspringstomind]

Screw Movies watch Stargate Sg-1 best series ever.

what he said about 9 seasons with 2/3 movies worth it to buy it 2 rpgs worth of entertainment

Got all of Sg-1 on DVD and getting Atlantis asap Still need to finish watching Universe which IMO was better than the first two series.

 

[evenest]

Ignoring anything beyond the last couple of years, I would say the two movies that I keep re-renting (to the point where I should just buy them on blu-ray) are:

Moon

Pandorum (I wish they would leave all the declensions of Pandora alone).

 

[Baconmaninspace]

As far as books go, check out some H.P. Lovecraft. He's got a really unique, documentary-like blend of sci-fi and horror that really draws you in the more you read. Plus, all his stories are fairly short.
I recommend trying out
The Call of Cthulhu,
The Dunwich Horror,
At the Mountains of Madness,
The Shadow Over Innsmouth,
and
A Shadow Out of Time.

You will not be disappointed.

Love me some Lovecraft! Read the Neonomicon comic yet?

Cthuluhu mythos written by Alan FRAKKING Moore.

 

[SadakoMoose]

So yeah,
Quatermass
Alternative 3
anything by Nigel Kneale

 

[nothingspringstomind]

As far as books go, check out some H.P. Lovecraft. He's got a really unique, documentary-like blend of sci-fi and horror that really draws you in the more you read. Plus, all his stories are fairly short.
I recommend trying out
The Call of Cthulhu,
The Dunwich Horror,
At the Mountains of Madness,
The Shadow Over Innsmouth,
and
A Shadow Out of Time.

You will not be disappointed.

Love me some Lovecraft! Read the Neonomicon comic yet?

Cthuluhu mythos written by Alan FRAKKING Moore.

Yeah. Four Issues published by Avatar.

Read The Courtyard first Neonomicon is the sequel.

I'm hoping Guillieurmo Del Toro gets At The Mountains Of Madness off the ground.
The guy who did Hellboy 1+2 and Pan's Labyrinth with full artistic control over a H.P. Lovecraft story?

This. Makes. Me. Wet.

 

[nothingspringstomind]

So yeah,
Quatermass
Alternative 3
anything by Nigel Kneale

Seen all the Quatermass it is possible to see (Some of the tapes were deleted by the BBC.)
Have you seen the extremely low budget remake of the Quatermass Experiment by the BBC?
About the only thing it's got going for it is that it's Quatermass and it's got David Tennant in it.