Wild that Gravity is on the list but Children of Men, A Clockwork Orange, 2001, RoboCop, 12 Monkeys, Planet of the Apes, and Blade Runner aren’t. Absolutely wild.
@@carastone3473 that’s why they included it here, but it’s a modern fiction movie. There isn’t any tech or science portrayed that didn’t exist in 2013, so it doesn’t fit the definition of “SciFi”. The most scifi aspect is Sandra Bullock’s acting abilities.
2001, Aliens, Terminator 2, Predator, Empire Strikes Back, Matrix, BladeRunner, Avatar, Prometheus, Ex Machina, 5th Element, District 9, Total Recall (1st one), Starship Troopers, Interstellar, Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Appleseed Alpha, Edge Of Tomorrow, etc.... There are heaps of great scifi movies that I love.
Great list! I own them all! Since were making our own list now though I'd like to add: Chappie, A.I., Edge of Tomorrow, Oblivion, Pacific Rim, Transformers - pick your favorite ones, Prospect, Automata, Tron 1 & 2, Rogue One, the 1st and 3rd Cloverfield movies, and a childhood favorite: Original Disney's The Black Hole. (City of Lost Children and City of Ember qualify in my book but adding them separate just in case.) Let's keep adding because my stack of sci-fi movies needs help people!!!!
Can't believe they weren't. Also Ex Machina Jurassic Park Collosus The Forbin Project Flight of the Navigator Wargames Also, the first 2/3rds of "Explorers" is incredible, but let down by the weird ending.
I'm reading this as I'm watching and I'm not sure I can finish knowing that 2001 and Blade Runner don't make the list. It's almost like general audiences don't appreciate deep, thought-provoking films that require you to think.
@@t0dd000 I agree, 2049 is the better film. Denis Villeneuve is one of my favorite directors and he did such great job capturing the look and feel of the original.
@@americansoccerunited that's a fair point, it does say that in the title. They also include any movie listed as a sci-fi, even if they're only sort of sci-fi.
I think this list is more effective at showing us the limitations of Metacritic than telling us the best scifi movies of all time. Aliens, Blade Runner should obviously be on this list.
There's some films on this list that are being called "science fiction" in a VERY charitable light, all while ignoring films like 2001? Metacritic seems to be a rather pretentious site, lol.
I love scifi and never heard of about four of these. The fact Forbidden Planet, Blade Runner, Logan's Run, Soylent Green, Day The Earth Stood Still didn't just confuses me. I also want to throw in the 1953 version of War of the Worlds since it is the best version of one of the greatest scifi stories of all time.
I grew up actually disliking the George Pal _War of the Worlds_ as the only connection to H.G. Wells' source material was the title, how the aliens died, and that they were from Mars...
"Forbidden Planet" has it all. The plot is based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest,." The sets were wonderfully designed. Robby was the first robot to have a personality. A Disney artist animated the Id Monster. That 1956 film was years ahead of its time, and provided inspiration for Gene Roddenberry's "Star Trek."
@@realbadger There were other episodes adapted from the book. The peace group men with the white flag being the first to get incinerated approaching the pit was in the book. When the scientist and his lady were trapped under a house hit by a cylinder that is later probed by the martians was like the curate. The exodus from London was like the exodus from LA. I wonder if when they drop the a-bomb was supposed to be like the attack of the Thundercloud. I'm just saying about half the book was sort of there.
Agree on that list except Logan's Run. It deserved a much bigger budget. I'd substitute Planet Of The Apes in its place. Agree on the '53 version of War Of The World's as well.
No Blade Runner???? And where's Interstellar, Gattaca, Alien(s), Annihilation, Ex Machina...? The people who made this list are clearly as old as most of the movies they put into it. What a bummer.
I already called them out on that. But it's not an 'age thing'. They picked some truly old films but I don't agree with their criteria. Off the top of my head I came up with 27 movies that I would put following the standards (Star Wars, E.T. , Close Encounters, etc...) and ahead of most of their choices. It's like they did a 'Cliff Notes' version of the topic and assumed that all Sci-Fi fans would be on board with that. Arrival, Dark City, 5th Element, The Girl with All The Gifts, all deserve to be on this list and beat out most of their choices.
"Metropolis" is one of those tragic film stories. It's complete, original form has been lost but has been pieced together so that its about 90% due to a Brazilian copy that was discovered a few years ago. Too bad that film wasn't recognized as a real art form right away so that filmmakers could take better care to preserve their creations.
Some of the younger viewers may not be aware there was a 70's remake of Invasion of the Bodysnatchers starring Donald Sutherland and Leonard Nimoy that is equally as good as the 50's version. It has the intense paranoia of the original but has no tacked-on hopeful ending.
That shot at the end with Donald Sutherland is utterly iconic. It's worth watching the whole movie just to experience it for the first time. And to still be inscribed enough in the public consciousness to reference for memes 30+ years later.
@@stevefratus1546 Yeah but it's sci-fi horror. Frankenstein is also considered horror. Invasion of the body snatchers as well. Star Wars is more fantasy than sci-fi, because the only thing that makes it sci-fi is the space setting.
Forbidden Planet was way ahead of its time and tried hard remain internally consistent while also exploring human psychology. Monsters from the ID, indeed...
I saw it first-run in '56 as a junior high kid. Didn't understand the meaning of "monsters from the id." After an interlude of about 30 years, I finally figured it out. No motion picture script should over the head of a 13 year-old boy. Otherwise, I give this classic an A+.
It’s a novel written by Michael Crichton who has references at the end of his books. This explains the excellent detail in the novel and as a result, the movie.
You are very right: From Wikipedia: Scientific response A 2003 publication by the Infectious Diseases Society of America noted that The Andromeda Strain is the "most significant, scientifically accurate, and prototypic of all films of this [killer virus] genre ... it accurately details the appearance of a deadly agent, its impact, and the efforts at containing it, and, finally, the work-up on its identification and clarification on why certain persons are immune to it."[15] --- Also what else made it realistic was the use of all the laboratory instruments that were loaned by countless institutions who wanted to do nothing more than to assist the legendary, versatile director Robert Wise when he insisted that his next science fiction film (Andromeda Strain) was going to be as realistic as possible in terms of the use of original instrumentation throughout the set! In fact if you look at half of the end credits they are filled with acknowledments from laboratory institutions and universities for their support! Those sets you see in there are the best equipment that American Scientific Society was working with at that time!
Arthur Hill's Andromeda Strain is *really* good, but too grounded for general consumption. And far better than Tony & Ridley Scott's remake sometime later, that one was dreadful…
@@jennatransgirl To many people, 2001 appears to make no sense the first time they see it. You can't watch it as a LATE MOVIE either. It is considered by most now as Outstanding for 1968
@@jennatransgirl 2001 inspired many great Sci-Fi films that much later had the huge benefits of CG effects. The movie had sparse dialog. The effects all had to be done with very creative means. 1968 was BEFORE Apollo 11 and WAY ahead of it's time. It is not suitable to be watched on an iPhone or iPad. It was filmed in "Cinerama' for special theaters and caused a strong 3D Effect like as if 'You were there' To truly understand the depth of the movie, it is wise to read the book that is clearly understood. ""Book"? No thanks' I'll wait for the movie to come out" does not apply.
The reason is, whoever made this list included silly popular movies like Star Wars, which is really not even science fiction. My list would be vastly different.
@@killmenow6663 Agreed. It includes Her. I watched that movie. It was okay. Not great. Certainly not a movie anyone should refer to as "near perfect". I'm not sure it'd even make a top 100 list of sci-fi movies if I were to make a list (and yes, Star Wars would NOT be on any sci-fi list I make because it's a fantasy movie).
2001:A Space Odyssey is one of the best movies ever made period and should definitely be on any best Sci-Fi film list. Although low budget compared to 2001, the original 1972 version of Solaris is one of the greatest psychological Sci-Fi films ever made. 1982’s Blade Runner should also be on any best movie list as well as one of the best Sci-Fi films. All these films were made long before CGI Sci-Fi films became all the rage
Fun fact: The technicians that created the special effects and cinematography for 2001 went on to create the effects and cinematography in Star Wars Ep 4: A New Hope.
@@darthwiizius Who are you talking about specifically? Douglas Trumbull who was credited with a lot of the SFX for 2001 did not work on Star Wars but, worked on Close Encounters of the Third Kind at the same time as Star Wars was being made
I think for me, the thing that makes BR such a good film is that its one of the rare examples of a sci fi film that creates a "believable" future in its look and feel. I thought the sequel also did an excellent job of recreating that and not making a balls of it.
It's also hard to take a list of sci-fi movies seriously when it includes Star Wars and doesn't include, for example, Arrival or The Day The Earth Stood Still.
The only actual purpose of any 'Best Of' list is to generate comments from those who disagree and therefore clicks/interactions for the algorithm. So from that point of view, the more incomplete the list is, the better for getting people to comment I suppose.
it's just discussing the top 18 ranked on metacritic which placed 2001 and Blade Runner at 35th and 34th place respectively. Looper took that list seriously when doing a "TOP 18" for whatever reason
What is imperfect about The Matrix or Terminator 2 Judgment Day? Both movies have great casts, stories that move along at just the right pace, memorable lines and scenes, action set pieces that were innovative & influenced movies which came after, had the right music mix and used both practical and special effects in just the right way. It’s difficult to find a flaw in either of them.
As I stated above, Metacritic must be composed of people who either don't watch science fiction or only use the 'cliff notes' descriptions to render their judgements. They should stick to rating games as that seems to be something they do have a talent for. Apparently if a movie is more than 20 years old and isn't foreign, it can't have any relevance to this list. That being said they didn't even include many foreign films that definitely should be here such as.....Dark City or Lucy.
I'm shocked that the classic movie "La Jetée" (1962) isn't included. TCM once commented that this movie is often required viewing for cinema students. La Jetée was also the inspiration for the 1995 movie, "12 Monkeys." If you haven't seen "La Jetée," you're missing an amazingly original and thought-provoking film.
This is an odd list. Seemingly anything fictional, like post apocalyptic or monster movies, qualifies as science fiction. I'd argue that post apocalyptic films, without the element of scientific advancement, do not qualify as Sci-fi. Therefore Fury Road, as awesome as it is, has no business on this list. And monster movies, despite some of their origin stories loosly based on science, are a genre all their own. I don't think Gravity belongs on here either, as it's simply a what-if representation of something that could happen today. True Sci-fi speculates on a future with scientific advancement. Blade Runner, Aliens and Serenity are movies deserving of being on this list.
I would include Fury Road because at least it is set in the Future, (after advanced weapons had been used in a war) not really much Science in King Kong though, he's a giant Gorilla, if the original story of Kong was that he was a science experiment to make a giant Gorilla and he had escaped from the lab then I would say it was Sci-Fi but that isn't the case. Even Jekyll and Hyde is more Sci-fi than King Kong at least he used a Scientific potion to turn into a monster.
Moon is a must-see for all Sci-Fi genre enthusiasts. Dark, moody and bleak sum it up pretty much how I'd describe it. The Road and Children of Men fall into the list of Sci-Fi favorites as well.
11:00 ET and the Martian are the same story, right down the the fact that ET is a botanist. They are both the story of a single person left behind on an alien world, and they have to figure out a way to "phone home" to let their friends know they are still alive.
It’s Such A Beautiful Day and King Kong aren’t science fiction. King Kong wasn’t created by science, nor was alien, nor used science as a plot device in any way shape or form. ISABD isn’t remotely sci-fi and the only link it has to the genre is that it shares a name with an Isaac Asimov short story.
BY far the list should have included "The Matrix" which questions the perception of reality and AI which led to the widely used phrase, being "red-pilled" in seeing the truth clearly.
Silly list. King Kong? It's not even science fiction. At least the Jurassic Park films tried to talk about DNA. No Blade Runner? Original blade runner has to be in the top 5 Sci-fi films. Real thought provoking stuff in there.
Didn't see any video mention of the movie "Arrival" with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner. One of my favorite sci-fi movies; a thought provoking and beautifully crafted movie. Worthy of a viewing by sci-fi buffs.
You forgot "The Day The Earth Stood Still" original version, "Things to Come" original version, "The Time Machine" original version, "Prometheus" and of course, "The Thing" original version.
When my mom saw "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" in the theater, she was so freaked out as a little girl that she refused to leave her seat, and her dad (my grandfather) had to come pick her up!
'Moon' is a better Sci-Fi film than Gravity, with a harder and more emotionally visceral definition of inhumanity and desensitized humanity than most films on this list... 🐺
The Best without question: "When Worlds Collide," "The War of the Worlds," (1953), "Forbidden Planet," "Earth vs The Flying Saucers," "I Married a Monster From Outer Space." That's it. Some might suggest Robot Monster, also (Just kidding).
@@liteney Science fiction isn’t *just* fantasy. It exaggerates some part of everyday life and asks societal questions. Basically, there has to be some science for it to be science fiction. Star Wars has magical muppets and space lasers going PEW. It’s thoroughly fantasy and not sci-fi. But thanks for being an asshole about it, I guess.
Great video! Most videos like this concentrate on films made after 2000 but you presented the real all-time classics. I am glad that you included Frankenstein, as it is technically a science fiction rather than horror film. And like Herr Lamas, I must agree that 2001, The Day the Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet definitely should be in the list!
John Carpenters “The Thing”, Interstellar, Blade Runner, 5th Element, Aliens, Wrath of Khan, Close Encounters, Terminator1 ,Arrival and Galaxy Quest are my top ten. This looper list is a bit lame.
@@greggibson33 Exactly. He's a big gorilla. He lives on an island that is trapped in pre-historic times. Unless he was enlarged by radiation or something like Godzilla, it's not really sci-fi.
Suggestion for those who may not have seen it - "2010 - The Year We Make Contact" I really love this movie, even more than 2001, which is of course awesome. In my opinion, 2010 is an underrated but top notch sci-fi classic. The story is great and it is a legitimately good sequel to 2001 with top notch actors delivering really great performances.
I enjoyed the film, BUT it was not as great as its predecessor. 2001 might be faulted for only asking questions, but it was an epic mystery. 2010 provided reasonably satisfying answers, it was never as unnerving or mysterious as the first film. Still worth the watch.
I also loved the original War of the Worlds, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Alien and it's immediate sequel and the Matrix. All are damn near perfect and should be on your list.
I have a top 10 1)terminator 2 2)the matrix 3) inception 4)spider man into the spider verse 5)everything everywhere all at once 6)the empire strikes back 7)the thing 8)2001 a space Odyssey 9)back to the future 10)predator
I remember being 11 years old in a dark theater watching ET and crying my eyes out at the ending. I was totally overwhelmed, I didn't even know why I was crying! I haven't cried watching a movie or a TV show since.
Not one but TWO Frankenstein movies, a clay ape, an actual MOVIE with nothing but stick figures, a guy talking to his cell phone and about 4 movies that were so “near perfect” that 99.99% of movie goers haven’t even heard of nevermind seen. Riiiiiight. Absurd.
I don't know if it has been put forth: GATTACA. its clarity of story progression, lack of unexplainable jumps, clear questioning about 'perfecting' the human person by perfecting the human body. nuture( genetic manipulation) vs. nature ( the aspiration of the human soul).
2 Frankenstein movies ,Wall-E, Mad Max Fury road(which is a decent movie but virtually no story), King Kong (which is a Monster movie and not really sci fi just like Frankenstein. but no Bladerunner ? Which is based on a story by Phillp K Dick, who is almost always included in the top ten all time best sci fi writers. Hmm. I think I know why you made the decision not to include it, but to make sure I am right I need to ask you a question. Your in the desert walking along in the sand when all of a sudden you look down and you see a tortoise who is crawling toward you. You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on it's back his belly baking in the hot sun and beating his legs trying to turn over but it can't. Not without your help, but your not helping. Why is that Looper?
Forbidden Planet. Children of Men. Twelve Monkeys. Annihilation. Ex Machina. Alien/Aliens. Bladerunner/2049. Metropolis (rock soundtrack). Stalker. 2001. This was a seriously flawed list, giving a lot of weight to critics and obscure art house movies.
Saw Bladerunner 2049. Need to see it again to decide if it’s really good or not. Alien I remember watching in the theater when it came out, and it holds up incredibly well.
Like most "best" lists it's sadly lacking. In fact, I find it ridiculous that films like "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (original), "Blade Runner", and "2001" are left off this list, but we have Wall-E included. Perhaps the creator of the list lives in a different dimension where these films don't exist.
Wall-E absolutely deserves to be on this list. But I also agree The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A and a few others are missing: A Clockwork Orange, The Thing (1982), The Planet of the Apes (1968), Stalker (1979), Brazil, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, World on a Wire and more. This is a pretty trashy YT channel made by know-nothing dimwits, though.
Some of those I don't know; I'll have to check them out. But several I consider classics are not on the list, and they should be. Contact, Forbidden Planet, The Andromeda Strain, The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 version), War of the Worlds (1953 version), Logan's Run, Stargate, The Arrival, Quatermass and the Pit, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010: The Year We Make Contact.
5 Million Years To Earth (Quatermass and the Pit) is an amazing movie. I ~think~ it's the first SciFi offering up organic spacecraft. The way it melds science to occultism makes it such a compelling story. The spacecraft was so damn ominous.
The Arrival is an interesting pick. I always thought it was underrated. Kinda seems like it needed just a little more budget and refinement to be perfect.
We got sucked in. Everybody that saw 2001 in Cinerama knows it is by far the ultimate Sci-Fi by a long shot. It pains me to imagine all the people that only remember it as a Late night movie in 'Pan and Scan' that fell asleep have way through. Get it up on the BIG TV now with full Stereo Surround! And read the damn book if you don't get the story.
These lists of sci-fi movies are so informative. I don’t think I’ll be able to watch all of them, but the lists give one a place to start. Some I’ve seen, and some, I’d never heard of. Beginning with Metropolis (1927); I have long wanted to see this classic (recently remastered)…
I loved the Solaris remake. Maybe I'm biased toward George Clooney, but I have seen the original and it just doesn't hit me in the feels like the remake did.
E.T., The Terminator, T2, The Matrix, Inception, Interstellar, Jurassic Park, Tron, Back to the Future, Star Wars (1977), Empire Strikes Back, War of the Worlds (original), When worlds collide, Journey to the Center of the Earth (original), The Blob (original), and Invasion of the body snatchers (original) are all the best science fiction movies ever made (that I've seen).
@@salarrue78 You got to be kidding. Christopher Nolan literally spent a decade after each of his previous films to fill in more of the plot of inception. It's a very intricate and multi-layered plot and Hans Zimmer's score transcends the film to a whole new level. You have no idea what you're talking about. And I feel sorry for you that you feel that way. Additionally, I would say E.T. and Star Wars and even The Terminator are more mediocre than Inception. All those movies don't have that much originality or creativity the way Inception does. They are all based on very simple-minded tropes.
My favourites are Soylent Green, Mad Max (the original), Mad Max 2, and Ender's Game. With Ender's Game, I love the story and was waiting for so long for it to be made into a movie. Then when they did, even though the kids were older than the ones in the original story, it worked well, the special effects were fantastic and the casting of Harrison Ford as Graf and Sir Ben Kingsley as Mazar Rackham was brilliant.
I think gravity should have been renamed," Why you don't want Sandra Bullock in Space." because my impression of the whole movie is that everything she touches ends up getting destroyed.
I've seen all of them and then some. Favourite? It's hard to say, but 2001, Blade Runner, The Martian, Elysium, Terminator, Total Recall, 2010, Close Encounters, and Star Trek series 2 and 3 take the prize IMHO.
Andromeda Strain, Gattaca, The Martian, Threshold, Numbers, Colossus: the Forbin Project, On the Beach, Creation of the Humanoids, La Jete/12 Monkeys, and other weird sci-fi movies.
That screen shot of Fury Road is my favorite scene. I've never before seen a movie where the sound track for the chase scene was built in to the chase itself :-).
Half of the movies are not very close to being in the category of science fiction. They may be significant (and critic rated) movies but this is a poor excuse to promote them.
Holy cow...I must've seen a trailer for Threads as a small child and the image of the terrified woman pissing herself has been burned into my memory ever since. I just thought of it again the other day and now I finally know where it came from!
Some of the movies on this list should be in the THE 18 worst movies ever made. I have no idea what criteria was used to select some of these abhorrent films.
I agree with you. About half of these movies are total crap, don't make any sense, and have little story. It's like the more absurd the movie the higher the score.
Where's Blade Runner? I know the original version of the film isn't great because of the changes made to it, but the final/directors cut is the best sci-fi/thriller movie from that era IMO. Also while not as successful, Primer deserves more attention, its story is written around its limitations and the fact that it was made with such a tiny budget is incredible.
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What is your favorite Sci-Fi movie of all time?
interstellar
i see in imax and god this movie is epic
5th Element. Surprised it wasnt on the list.
Blade Runner is considered the best Sci Fi film of all time by scientists.
2001
Battle Beyond the Stars. Nothing beats a spaceship with bewbs. Logan's Run a close second.
Wild that Gravity is on the list but Children of Men, A Clockwork Orange, 2001, RoboCop, 12 Monkeys, Planet of the Apes, and Blade Runner aren’t. Absolutely wild.
Gravity isn’t even SciFi
@@carastone3473 that’s why they included it here, but it’s a modern fiction movie. There isn’t any tech or science portrayed that didn’t exist in 2013, so it doesn’t fit the definition of “SciFi”. The most scifi aspect is Sandra Bullock’s acting abilities.
@@carastone3473 If it is set in modern day and uses modern day tech it is just a drama, just becuase it is set in space DOES not equate sci fi..lol
I would suggest that Interstellar was a better film ( sci-fi or otherwise) than Gravity.
I recently watched 12 Monkeys again. It's really not all that. Very cool concept. Great actors. Pointless ending
2001, Aliens, Terminator 2, Predator, Empire Strikes Back, Matrix, BladeRunner, Avatar, Prometheus, Ex Machina, 5th Element, District 9, Total Recall (1st one), Starship Troopers, Interstellar, Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Appleseed Alpha, Edge Of Tomorrow, etc.... There are heaps of great scifi movies that I love.
We'll never meet, but with this list, consider us as friends 😁
Great list! I own them all! Since were making our own list now though I'd like to add: Chappie, A.I., Edge of Tomorrow, Oblivion, Pacific Rim, Transformers - pick your favorite ones, Prospect, Automata, Tron 1 & 2, Rogue One, the 1st and 3rd Cloverfield movies, and a childhood favorite: Original Disney's The Black Hole.
(City of Lost Children and City of Ember qualify in my book but adding them separate just in case.)
Let's keep adding because my stack of sci-fi movies needs help people!!!!
and Contact !!!
If someone made a video about your list I'd watch the hell out if it
Good list!
Alien, Terminator, Blade Runner and Interstellar all deserve to be on this list.
I agree, Interstellar is my favorite movie of all time
And the fifth element
Can't believe they weren't.
Also
Ex Machina
Jurassic Park
Collosus The Forbin Project
Flight of the Navigator
Wargames
Also, the first 2/3rds of "Explorers" is incredible, but let down by the weird ending.
I can't believe gravity beat interstellar 🤦🏾♂️
Definitely interstellar, can watch that over and over
Any list of top Sci-Fi movies not including 2001 AND Blade Runner deserves absolutely no consideration.
Agreed
Impossible to argue with that.
konigstephan, I couldn't agree more. Well-said, sir.
And Contact. Also the Andromeda Strain.
I thought 2001 was going to be #1 in the video.
Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Day the Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet should be on this list.
I'm reading this as I'm watching and I'm not sure I can finish knowing that 2001 and Blade Runner don't make the list. It's almost like general audiences don't appreciate deep, thought-provoking films that require you to think.
Blade Runner 2049, I would think. The first BR, though one of my favorite films, has a lot of quirky flaws.
Do any of those have 90% on Metacritic?
@@t0dd000 I agree, 2049 is the better film. Denis Villeneuve is one of my favorite directors and he did such great job capturing the look and feel of the original.
@@americansoccerunited that's a fair point, it does say that in the title. They also include any movie listed as a sci-fi, even if they're only sort of sci-fi.
I think this list is more effective at showing us the limitations of Metacritic than telling us the best scifi movies of all time. Aliens, Blade Runner should obviously be on this list.
Ur damn skimpy
There's some films on this list that are being called "science fiction" in a VERY charitable light, all while ignoring films like 2001? Metacritic seems to be a rather pretentious site, lol.
2001. Considered by many critics as not only the best Science Fiction movie ever made, but arguably one of the greatest films. Certainly Kubrik’s best
I love scifi and never heard of about four of these. The fact Forbidden Planet, Blade Runner, Logan's Run, Soylent Green, Day The Earth Stood Still didn't just confuses me. I also want to throw in the 1953 version of War of the Worlds since it is the best version of one of the greatest scifi stories of all time.
I grew up actually disliking the George Pal _War of the Worlds_ as the only connection to H.G. Wells' source material was the title, how the aliens died, and that they were from Mars...
"Forbidden Planet" has it all. The plot is based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest,." The sets were wonderfully designed. Robby was the first robot to have a personality. A Disney artist animated the Id Monster. That 1956 film was years ahead of its time, and provided inspiration for Gene Roddenberry's "Star Trek."
@@realbadger There were other episodes adapted from the book. The peace group men with the white flag being the first to get incinerated approaching the pit was in the book. When the scientist and his lady were trapped under a house hit by a cylinder that is later probed by the martians was like the curate. The exodus from London was like the exodus from LA. I wonder if when they drop the a-bomb was supposed to be like the attack of the Thundercloud. I'm just saying about half the book was sort of there.
Agree on that list except Logan's Run. It deserved a much bigger budget. I'd substitute Planet Of The Apes in its place.
Agree on the '53 version of War Of The World's as well.
@@realbadger I had an LP of the original Wells radio broadcast.
No Blade Runner???? And where's Interstellar, Gattaca, Alien(s), Annihilation, Ex Machina...? The people who made this list are clearly as old as most of the movies they put into it. What a bummer.
I already called them out on that. But it's not an 'age thing'. They picked some truly old films but I don't agree with their criteria. Off the top of my head I came up with 27 movies that I would put following the standards (Star Wars, E.T. , Close Encounters, etc...) and ahead of most of their choices. It's like they did a 'Cliff Notes' version of the topic and assumed that all Sci-Fi fans would be on board with that. Arrival, Dark City, 5th Element, The Girl with All The Gifts, all deserve to be on this list and beat out most of their choices.
Yet they put in that stupid children's movie E.T.. Where's Silent Running?
@@Darrylizer1 and Demon Seed ?
"Metropolis" is one of those tragic film stories. It's complete, original form has been lost but has been pieced together so that its about 90% due to a Brazilian copy that was discovered a few years ago. Too bad that film wasn't recognized as a real art form right away so that filmmakers could take better care to preserve their creations.
Some of the younger viewers may not be aware there was a 70's remake of Invasion of the Bodysnatchers starring Donald Sutherland and Leonard Nimoy that is equally as good as the 50's version. It has the intense paranoia of the original but has no tacked-on hopeful ending.
Absolutely. Now that "Crack" is going around, the movie is becoming truer than ever! Yikes! My neighbors are stealing my road salt now!
I found the Donald Sutherland / Leonard Nimoy one to be much improved over the older one.
@@scottslotterbeck3796 I have that 1st one. I should watch it again. 'Body Snatchers'.
That shot at the end with Donald Sutherland is utterly iconic. It's worth watching the whole movie just to experience it for the first time. And to still be inscribed enough in the public consciousness to reference for memes 30+ years later.
I think it is even better than the original.
Wow no the The Thing (1982) or Blade Runner (1981)!!!
The Thing is considered horror. King Kong too if I remember correctly. I don’t get this list.
@@stevefratus1546 Yeah but it's sci-fi horror. Frankenstein is also considered horror. Invasion of the body snatchers as well. Star Wars is more fantasy than sci-fi, because the only thing that makes it sci-fi is the space setting.
@@stevefratus1546 Yeah....no. Aliens land on Earth and absorb and mimic human bodies? That's sci-fi.
Forbidden Planet was way ahead of its time and tried hard remain internally consistent while also exploring human psychology.
Monsters from the ID, indeed...
Just remember, never press the big red button when the crazy dying madman scientist insists that you do.
Forbidden Planet is a TERRIFIC film!
Forbidden Planet doesn't seem as outdated as others of it's period. It's amazing.
@@jc.1191 A big budget, color, wide-screen sci-fi adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest". What would you do with the power of a God?
I saw it first-run in '56 as a junior high kid. Didn't understand the meaning of "monsters from the id." After an interlude of about 30 years, I finally figured it out. No motion picture script should over the head of a 13 year-old boy. Otherwise, I give this classic an A+.
The Andromeda Strain is a great movie. Perhaps not fantastical, but I found it really interesting. Perhaps the realism is what made it scary
‘Hard sci-fi vs soft sci-fi’, back when they cared about details
Saw it on acid. Thought it was incredible. So was Fritz Lang's Siegfried.
It’s a novel written by Michael Crichton who has references at the end of his books. This explains the excellent detail in the novel and as a result, the movie.
You are very right: From Wikipedia:
Scientific response
A 2003 publication by the Infectious Diseases Society of America noted that The Andromeda Strain is the "most significant, scientifically accurate, and prototypic of all films of this [killer virus] genre ... it accurately details the appearance of a deadly agent, its impact, and the efforts at containing it, and, finally, the work-up on its identification and clarification on why certain persons are immune to it."[15]
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Also what else made it realistic was the use of all the laboratory instruments that were loaned by countless institutions who wanted to do nothing more than to assist the legendary, versatile director Robert Wise when he insisted that his next science fiction film (Andromeda Strain) was going to be as realistic as possible in terms of the use of original instrumentation throughout the set! In fact if you look at half of the end credits they are filled with acknowledments from laboratory institutions and universities for their support! Those sets you see in there are the best equipment that American Scientific Society was working with at that time!
Arthur Hill's Andromeda Strain is *really* good, but too grounded for general consumption.
And far better than Tony & Ridley Scott's remake sometime later, that one was dreadful…
Can't comprehend how one of the best sci-fi movie of all time, _2001, A Space Odyssey,_ wasn't included on this list!
It is missing to generate more comments for the algorithm. We have been tricked.
@@jennatransgirl To many people, 2001 appears to make no sense the first time they see it. You can't watch it as a LATE MOVIE either. It is considered by most now as Outstanding for 1968
@@jennatransgirl 2001 inspired many great Sci-Fi films that much later had the huge benefits of CG effects. The movie had sparse dialog. The effects all had to be done with very creative means.
1968 was BEFORE Apollo 11 and WAY ahead of it's time. It is not suitable to be watched on an iPhone or iPad. It was filmed in "Cinerama' for special theaters and caused a strong 3D Effect like as if 'You were there'
To truly understand the depth of the movie, it is wise to read the book that is clearly understood.
""Book"? No thanks' I'll wait for the movie to come out" does not apply.
The reason is, whoever made this list included silly popular movies like Star Wars, which is really not even science fiction. My list would be vastly different.
@@killmenow6663 Agreed. It includes Her. I watched that movie. It was okay. Not great. Certainly not a movie anyone should refer to as "near perfect". I'm not sure it'd even make a top 100 list of sci-fi movies if I were to make a list (and yes, Star Wars would NOT be on any sci-fi list I make because it's a fantasy movie).
No 'The Thing', no 'Alien', no 'Blade Runner', no '2001 a space odyssey'...
You just cannot have scifi without these movies....
Those are cyberpunk movies
@@justinparker6518 Definition of cyberpunk "Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction..."
lmfao😂😂😅😅
Alien and The Thing are more horror than sci-fi.
Good call on the The Thing, either version, but the Kurt Russell version was awesome.
2001:A Space Odyssey is one of the best movies ever made period and should definitely be on any best Sci-Fi film list. Although low budget compared to 2001, the original 1972 version of Solaris is one of the greatest psychological Sci-Fi films ever made. 1982’s Blade Runner should also be on any best movie list as well as one of the best Sci-Fi films. All these films were made long before CGI Sci-Fi films became all the rage
Fun fact: The technicians that created the special effects and cinematography for 2001 went on to create the effects and cinematography in Star Wars Ep 4: A New Hope.
@@darthwiizius Who are you talking about specifically? Douglas Trumbull who was credited with a lot of the SFX for 2001 did not work on Star Wars but, worked on Close Encounters of the Third Kind at the same time as Star Wars was being made
I think for me, the thing that makes BR such a good film is that its one of the rare examples of a sci fi film that creates a "believable" future in its look and feel. I thought the sequel also did an excellent job of recreating that and not making a balls of it.
@@casinodelonge I totally agree
David, I agree with you completely, on every comment you make. 2001: A Space Odyssey is my favorite film of all time.
Hard to take a list seriously when several great movies are left off and movies that are less than a year old are on the list.
It's also hard to take a list of sci-fi movies seriously when it includes Star Wars and doesn't include, for example, Arrival or The Day The Earth Stood Still.
The only actual purpose of any 'Best Of' list is to generate comments from those who disagree and therefore clicks/interactions for the algorithm. So from that point of view, the more incomplete the list is, the better for getting people to comment I suppose.
💯 Agree
Yeah, it's a list for and by millennials. .. SIGH
it's just discussing the top 18 ranked on metacritic which placed 2001 and Blade Runner at 35th and 34th place respectively. Looper took that list seriously when doing a "TOP 18" for whatever reason
What is imperfect about The Matrix or Terminator 2 Judgment Day? Both movies have great casts, stories that move along at just the right pace, memorable lines and scenes, action set pieces that were innovative & influenced movies which came after, had the right music mix and used both practical and special effects in just the right way. It’s difficult to find a flaw in either of them.
As I stated above, Metacritic must be composed of people who either don't watch science fiction or only use the 'cliff notes' descriptions to render their judgements. They should stick to rating games as that seems to be something they do have a talent for. Apparently if a movie is more than 20 years old and isn't foreign, it can't have any relevance to this list. That being said they didn't even include many foreign films that definitely should be here such as.....Dark City or Lucy.
Ur damn skimpy
I thought the Matrix was great but veered off the rails in the sequels, retroactively ruining the first one for me.
This list is missing the No.1 sci-fi film... GALAXY QUEST.
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Absolutely!
It isn't *really* scifi, it's fantasy wish fulfillment for star trek nerds. That said, it's better than any Star Trek movie ever made.
By Grabthar’s hammer, we shall be avenged!!!!!
@@ohwiseone7069 BY THE SUNS OF WARVAN!
I'm shocked that the classic movie "La Jetée" (1962) isn't included. TCM once commented that this movie is often required viewing for cinema students. La Jetée was also the inspiration for the 1995 movie, "12 Monkeys."
If you haven't seen "La Jetée," you're missing an amazingly original and thought-provoking film.
I am shocked, shocked that this unique sci-fi document re-made as12 Monkeys should be ignored.
recently saw "Everything Everywhere All at once"...it NEEDS to be in this list...
This is an odd list. Seemingly anything fictional, like post apocalyptic or monster movies, qualifies as science fiction. I'd argue that post apocalyptic films, without the element of scientific advancement, do not qualify as Sci-fi. Therefore Fury Road, as awesome as it is, has no business on this list. And monster movies, despite some of their origin stories loosly based on science, are a genre all their own. I don't think Gravity belongs on here either, as it's simply a what-if representation of something that could happen today. True Sci-fi speculates on a future with scientific advancement.
Blade Runner, Aliens and Serenity are movies deserving of being on this list.
If SHTF movies don't qualify as SF, then what category would you put them in? PANIC IN THE YEAR 0 for example. Not challenging. Merely curious.
Excellent point!
I may be in a minority I liked the last mad max movie but to me it wasn't as good as the first ones were.
@@TopCat2021 100% Agree the new version was way too over the top!
I would include Fury Road because at least it is set in the Future, (after advanced weapons had been used in a war) not really much Science in King Kong though, he's a giant Gorilla, if the original story of Kong was that he was a science experiment to make a giant Gorilla and he had escaped from the lab then I would say it was Sci-Fi but that isn't the case.
Even Jekyll and Hyde is more Sci-fi than King Kong at least he used a Scientific potion to turn into a monster.
Moon should be on here. Such an amazing and underrated movie.
What about The Fifth Element?
That’s a near-perfect sci-fi film. And Leelu is perfect, technically.
That is one of my all time favorite movies ever. I really liked Bruce Willis in Looper as well.
I think if you haven't watched it for a few years and come back to it, its like watching a totally new film, its fantastic.
@@standupp2885 Also in 12 Monkeys.
Tiger H. Lore :- Agreed.
It's not really science fiction, but fantasy, at most, soft science fiction, like Star Wars, really fantasy/adventure.
Moon is a must-see for all Sci-Fi genre enthusiasts. Dark, moody and bleak sum it up pretty much how I'd describe it. The Road and Children of Men fall into the list of Sci-Fi favorites as well.
personally-- Blade Runner (and 2049), Contact, Arrival, Interstellar, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Akira, The Thing (original), Minority Report, Dune (2021), The 5th Element, Looper
I’ve noticed that the more critics love a movie the less I like it. Your list has many movies only a critic could love.
it's not their list, it's Metacritic's...
I would like to skew in your favour on this one. I understand why they chose it... But doesn't mean it is entertaining or lovable.
Plus most of the movies are not happy. Mood wise
@@bipolarminddroppings Isn't that just, kinda like, _'all_ the critics'?
11:00 ET and the Martian are the same story, right down the the fact that ET is a botanist.
They are both the story of a single person left behind on an alien world, and they have to figure out a way to "phone home" to let their friends know they are still alive.
I was done with ET when the bicycle flew. That was a fling-your-popcorn moment (but I restrained myself).
It’s Such A Beautiful Day and King Kong aren’t science fiction. King Kong wasn’t created by science, nor was alien, nor used science as a plot device in any way shape or form. ISABD isn’t remotely sci-fi and the only link it has to the genre is that it shares a name with an Isaac Asimov short story.
BY far the list should have included "The Matrix" which questions the perception of reality and AI which led to the widely used phrase, being "red-pilled" in seeing the truth clearly.
The Matrix is actually a documentary.
@@Brian-vk1hm as is Idiocracy unfortunately, they can exist at the same time if you think about it.
Nah man, that's actual Sci-Fi, so it doesn't make this absurd list.
NO ALIEN..really.
Forbidden Planet should have had a score of 100!
Damn right
The Monster from the Id scared me silly when I was kid - fantastic film.
I have a soft spot for AI: Artificial Intelligence. It's such a strange mix of Spielberg and Kubrick and it's unlike anything I've seen since.
Yeah it’s such a great movie never gets boring , still have the special edition DVD , along with bicentennial man
A.I. is a highly underrated film. I got emotionally invested just as much or more than when I was young and saw E.T.
Pinnochio 2000 was good for 1 watch only. Otherwise known as AI
@@quatchkopf3658 I thought it was affective, but also admit I felt emotionally manipulated by the film.
Solaris, along with Stalker, were Andrei Tarkovsky's masterpieces....Now, more than ever, we need visionaries like him in today's film industry...
Silly list. King Kong? It's not even science fiction. At least the Jurassic Park films tried to talk about DNA.
No Blade Runner? Original blade runner has to be in the top 5 Sci-fi films. Real thought provoking stuff in there.
I assumed Arrival would be on this list.
Arrival
Edge of Tomorrow
Aliens (plural)
Children of Men
Are among my favorite movies
Aliens was surprisingly (to me) good.
Alien was a quieter, more subtle film, and Aliens was interstellar war.
Arrival is great
Edge of tomorrow great flick. Predestination best time paradox movie
Am I the only one who thinks that dune (2021) was great? I know it's only half of the first book, but I think it was a great start.
Tarkovsky's "Solaris" should head that list, followed by "2001 - A Space Odyssey" and "The Andromeda Strain."
"The Andromeda Strain" was absolutely brilliant. One of these days I really need to see Solaris; I've always heard good things about it.
Sorry. I found Solaris one of the most tedious, boring, and non-sense movies of all time. I tried to give it another go, but only lasted ten minutes.
I also suggest a personal favorite Melancholia. Glorious. 🌒🌍💫☄️💥
Didn't see any video mention of the movie "Arrival" with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner. One of my favorite sci-fi movies; a thought provoking and beautifully crafted movie. Worthy of a viewing by sci-fi buffs.
You forgot "The Day The Earth Stood Still" original version, "Things to Come" original version, "The Time Machine" original version, "Prometheus" and of course, "The Thing" original version.
The Thing 1982 is in all ways the superior version. "The Thing From Outer Space was such a betrayal of the source material.
The Time Machine is a cracking film.
I'm with you on these. I'd add Forbidden Planet.
When my mom saw "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" in the theater, she was so freaked out as a little girl that she refused to leave her seat, and her dad (my grandfather) had to come pick her up!
'Moon' is a better Sci-Fi film than Gravity, with a harder and more emotionally visceral definition of inhumanity and desensitized humanity than most films on this list... 🐺
I agree. Moon was awesome.
Moon was great, it's a shame it's so relatively unknown. Gravity was pap it just looked good is all
@@F.ord_Prefect yep Gravity was Avatar in space.
Only down in Moon is the "twist" was so obvious
I'd say there's a ton better than Gravity.
The Best without question: "When Worlds Collide," "The War of the Worlds," (1953), "Forbidden Planet," "Earth vs The Flying Saucers," "I Married a Monster From Outer Space." That's it. Some might suggest Robot Monster, also (Just kidding).
Star Wars has never been sci-fi. It's a fantasy series that takes place in a setting with some futuristic technology.
It's Science Fiction, of course it's fantasy. What kind of moronic comment is that?
@@liteney Science fiction isn’t *just* fantasy. It exaggerates some part of everyday life and asks societal questions. Basically, there has to be some science for it to be science fiction. Star Wars has magical muppets and space lasers going PEW. It’s thoroughly fantasy and not sci-fi. But thanks for being an asshole about it, I guess.
So sci-fi haha?
@@liteney These "it's not scifi it's fantasy" kids are so stupid haha.
@@liteney Thank you. Based on the comments, it seems that quite a few people don't actually understand what Science Fiction is.
Great video! Most videos like this concentrate on films made after 2000 but you presented the real all-time classics. I am glad that you included Frankenstein, as it is technically a science fiction rather than horror film. And like Herr Lamas, I must agree that 2001, The Day the Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet definitely should be in the list!
John Carpenters “The Thing”, Interstellar, Blade Runner, 5th Element, Aliens, Wrath of Khan, Close Encounters, Terminator1 ,Arrival and Galaxy Quest are my top ten.
This looper list is a bit lame.
The Thing isn’t science fiction.
@@stevefratus1546 how so?
@@Kraz3e987 It's more science fiction than King Kong. Unless Kong was a robot.
@@greggibson33 Exactly. He's a big gorilla. He lives on an island that is trapped in pre-historic times. Unless he was enlarged by radiation or something like Godzilla, it's not really sci-fi.
@@stevefratus1546 Yes it absolutely is haha.
Suggestion for those who may not have seen it - "2010 - The Year We Make Contact" I really love this movie, even more than 2001, which is of course awesome. In my opinion, 2010 is an underrated but top notch sci-fi classic. The story is great and it is a legitimately good sequel to 2001 with top notch actors delivering really great performances.
Agree
I really like that movie as well
2010 is completely underated...and that ending with thousands of monoliths still gives me chills.
You get to read the book too!
I enjoyed the film, BUT it was not as great as its predecessor. 2001 might be faulted for only asking questions, but it was an epic mystery. 2010 provided reasonably satisfying answers, it was never as unnerving or mysterious as the first film. Still worth the watch.
I also loved the original War of the Worlds, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Alien and it's immediate sequel and the Matrix. All are damn near perfect and should be on your list.
The Time Machine.
I have a top 10
1)terminator 2
2)the matrix
3) inception
4)spider man into the spider verse
5)everything everywhere all at once
6)the empire strikes back
7)the thing
8)2001 a space Odyssey
9)back to the future
10)predator
I remember being 11 years old in a dark theater watching ET and crying my eyes out at the ending. I was totally overwhelmed, I didn't even know why I was crying! I haven't cried watching a movie or a TV show since.
I can't believe "Gravity" is on this list. There are literally dozens of SF films with more impact and significance.
Not to mention one of the worst depictions of orbital dynamics on screen. Sheesh!
Agreed. Gravity blows.
it's not about impact or significance, it's about that movie as a self-contained thing. And it's still wrong...
@@terencef5806 Uhhhmmm... aaacctualllyyyy.... technicallyyy... Gravity sucks.
Gravity sucked. Felt like a antispace movie.
Not one but TWO Frankenstein movies, a clay ape, an actual MOVIE with nothing but stick figures, a guy talking to his cell phone and about 4 movies that were so “near perfect” that 99.99% of movie goers haven’t even heard of nevermind seen. Riiiiiight. Absurd.
@@scottslotterbeck3796 I enjoyed it too. One of “only 18 near perfect Sci-Fi movies?” No lol. It’s a decent love story with very good acting.
hmmm Jurassic park? Inception? Interstellar? 2001? an d Back to the Future??? a list with several films Ive never seen is very welcome tho.
Nope. This list is a joke. Left out some of the greatest sci fi movies of all time.
I don't know if it has been put forth: GATTACA. its clarity of story progression, lack of unexplainable jumps, clear questioning about 'perfecting' the human person by perfecting the human body. nuture( genetic manipulation) vs. nature ( the aspiration of the human soul).
The terminator , T2 Termintor 2 , star wars , star trek first contact , Screamers , species , Alien and predator deserve to be on this list
2 Frankenstein movies ,Wall-E, Mad Max Fury road(which is a decent movie but virtually no story), King Kong (which is a Monster movie and not really sci fi just like Frankenstein. but no Bladerunner ? Which is based on a story by Phillp K Dick, who is almost always included in the top ten all time best sci fi writers.
Hmm. I think I know why you made the decision not to include it, but to make sure I am right
I need to ask you a question.
Your in the desert walking along in the sand when all of a sudden
you look down and you see a tortoise who is crawling toward you.
You reach down and you flip the tortoise over on it's back
his belly baking in the hot sun and beating his legs trying to turn over but it can't.
Not without your help, but your not helping.
Why is that Looper?
Forbidden Planet. Children of Men. Twelve Monkeys. Annihilation. Ex Machina. Alien/Aliens. Bladerunner/2049. Metropolis (rock soundtrack). Stalker. 2001. This was a seriously flawed list, giving a lot of weight to critics and obscure art house movies.
I have been scared to watch a meteor shower since I watched the original "The Day of the Triffids".
My favorite Sci Fi movie.
The Wrath of Khan.
Not just a great Star Trek movie, but a great movie.
A Moby Dick quality obsession.
It wasn't the first time that Star Trek ripped off Moby Dick...
...And it wouldn't be the last...😉🖖
Wow, I didn’t see this coming for sure. I haven’t seen many of them. Thank you, really.
This list has been drawn up from out of a hat. Go through the comments for much better ideas
Swing and a miss on several of these picks. Blade Runner, Alien and 2001: A Space Odyessy were missing to name a few.
Good to see Threads on there. Alien and Bladerunner 2049 are my two favourite sci fi movies.
Saw Bladerunner 2049. Need to see it again to decide if it’s really good or not. Alien I remember watching in the theater when it came out, and it holds up incredibly well.
Like most "best" lists it's sadly lacking. In fact, I find it ridiculous that films like "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (original), "Blade Runner", and "2001" are left off this list, but we have Wall-E included. Perhaps the creator of the list lives in a different dimension where these films don't exist.
Wall-E absolutely deserves to be on this list. But I also agree The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A and a few others are missing: A Clockwork Orange, The Thing (1982), The Planet of the Apes (1968), Stalker (1979), Brazil, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, World on a Wire and more. This is a pretty trashy YT channel made by know-nothing dimwits, though.
Some of those I don't know; I'll have to check them out. But several I consider classics are not on the list, and they should be. Contact, Forbidden Planet, The Andromeda Strain, The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 version), War of the Worlds (1953 version), Logan's Run, Stargate, The Arrival, Quatermass and the Pit, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010: The Year We Make Contact.
5 Million Years To Earth (Quatermass and the Pit) is an amazing movie. I ~think~ it's the first SciFi offering up organic spacecraft. The way it melds science to occultism makes it such a compelling story. The spacecraft was so damn ominous.
The Arrival is an interesting pick. I always thought it was underrated. Kinda seems like it needed just a little more budget and refinement to be perfect.
The single greatest science fiction movie of all time is sadly missing. 2001 A Space Odyssey
We got sucked in. Everybody that saw 2001 in Cinerama knows it is by far the ultimate Sci-Fi by a long shot. It pains me to imagine all the people that only remember it as a Late night movie in 'Pan and Scan' that fell asleep have way through. Get it up on the BIG TV now with full Stereo Surround! And read the damn book if you don't get the story.
These lists of sci-fi movies are so informative. I don’t think I’ll be able to watch all of them, but the lists give one a place to start. Some I’ve seen, and some, I’d never heard of. Beginning with Metropolis (1927); I have long wanted to see this classic (recently remastered)…
I forget how broad the genre of Sci-Fi is because most of these films are a bit of a stretch for being true Sci-Fi, in my opinion
ET was a Jedi. His race is part of the Senate in Star Wars. That's how he can move things with his mind and recognizes Yoda at Halloween.
I loved the Solaris remake. Maybe I'm biased toward George Clooney, but I have seen the original and it just doesn't hit me in the feels like the remake did.
As remakes go, it wasnt at all bad.
E.T., The Terminator, T2, The Matrix, Inception, Interstellar, Jurassic Park, Tron, Back to the Future, Star Wars (1977), Empire Strikes Back, War of the Worlds (original), When worlds collide, Journey to the Center of the Earth (original), The Blob (original), and Invasion of the body snatchers (original) are all the best science fiction movies ever made (that I've seen).
Inception is a mediocre film
@@salarrue78 You got to be kidding. Christopher Nolan literally spent a decade after each of his previous films to fill in more of the plot of inception. It's a very intricate and multi-layered plot and Hans Zimmer's score transcends the film to a whole new level. You have no idea what you're talking about. And I feel sorry for you that you feel that way. Additionally, I would say E.T. and Star Wars and even The Terminator are more mediocre than Inception. All those movies don't have that much originality or creativity the way Inception does. They are all based on very simple-minded tropes.
My favourites are Soylent Green, Mad Max (the original), Mad Max 2, and Ender's Game. With Ender's Game, I love the story and was waiting for so long for it to be made into a movie. Then when they did, even though the kids were older than the ones in the original story, it worked well, the special effects were fantastic and the casting of Harrison Ford as Graf and Sir Ben Kingsley as Mazar Rackham was brilliant.
You good SIR have composed this edit absolutely BRILLIANTLY. Thank You
This list is proof Metacritic is as bad off as Rotten Tomatoes. Thanks for finally answering that question.
I think gravity should have been renamed," Why you don't want Sandra Bullock in Space." because my impression of the whole movie is that everything she touches ends up getting destroyed.
I saw Metropolis back in the 60's on PBS. Been a total fan ever since. Seen almost all of the others on the list...
I love Metropolis but found it interesting that it was actually on PBS . Did they actually play alot of film's on that channel back then?
@@feck2594 They did.. Think it was late 60's for Metropolis... Channel 11, here in Chicago. I remember seeing "of Mice and Men" on there, too...
I've seen all of them and then some. Favourite? It's hard to say, but 2001, Blade Runner, The Martian, Elysium, Terminator, Total Recall, 2010, Close Encounters, and Star Trek series 2 and 3 take the prize IMHO.
I thought "Forbidden Planet" was the best sci-fi I have ever seen.
Shane Carruth's "Primer" should be on this list.
Primer is SOOOO complex and magnificently matter-of-fact!
Star Wars was not any kind of science fiction, it was a nostalgic evocation of old cinema serials.
old cinema serials such as Flash Gordon, which is science fiction.
Andromeda Strain, Gattaca, The Martian, Threshold, Numbers, Colossus: the Forbin Project, On the Beach, Creation of the Humanoids, La Jete/12 Monkeys, and other weird sci-fi movies.
@@scottslotterbeck3796
I'd like to see kind of a remake of "The Forbin Project..." But I'm guessing that "Terminator" might have been the remake.
WTF, Gravity? For real? Omg 😐
Where is the Terminator 2?
Where is The Thing?
Where is Blade Runner?
Obviously Morbius is the best sci fi film ever, it's the best film period.
That screen shot of Fury Road is my favorite scene. I've never before seen a movie where the sound track for the chase scene was built in to the chase itself :-).
Pitch Black is a cracking sci-fi film and Event Horizon..🤔
Shocked at no mention of Le Jette that might have included a note on 'Twelve Monkeys'. Others mentioned below.
La Jetée [French] (1962, 28 mins) Black & white.
Half of the movies are not very close to being in the category of science fiction. They may be significant (and critic rated) movies but this is a poor excuse to promote them.
You can't have a list of masterpiece Sci-Fi movies without Mars Attacks! in the #1 spot.
THAT'S RIGHT!!
The 5th Element is the greatest ever. Multi pass
This is interesting but the best 4 scifis of all time are not even on the list: blade runner, forbidden planet, 2001, alien
You failed to include the greatest movie EVER made: ST II - The Wrath of Khan. This invalidates this entire video.
Holy cow...I must've seen a trailer for Threads as a small child and the image of the terrified woman pissing herself has been burned into my memory ever since. I just thought of it again the other day and now I finally know where it came from!
for me it was always the armed traffic warden
In my case, "One shot, to kill"
Some of the movies on this list should be in the THE 18 worst movies ever made. I have no idea what criteria was used to select some of these abhorrent films.
I agree with you. About half of these movies are total crap, don't make any sense, and have little story. It's like the more absurd the movie the higher the score.
Where's Blade Runner? I know the original version of the film isn't great because of the changes made to it, but the final/directors cut is the best sci-fi/thriller movie from that era IMO. Also while not as successful, Primer deserves more attention, its story is written around its limitations and the fact that it was made with such a tiny budget is incredible.
Intelligent list. I can never see Bride of Frankenstein without reliving Gene Hackman's brilliant parody of the blind hermit in Young Frankenstein.
Fury Road does not belong on this list.