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That would be my #2, right behind "Howard the Duck."
Will Rogers never met me.
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From the boiled down list it has to be Forbidden Plant.
From the other suggestions Alien, without the bloody 's'.
Jack of all trades, master of none, though often times better than master of one.
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I'm not really able to pick a favorite one.. to name a few of my favorites, which maybe not everybody has heard about yet: Metropolis, Solaris, Stalker.
And for those who do know Metropolis already: Maybe it's new to you that since 2010 there's a "new" version which resembles the until then believed to be lost forever original version to about 95%, after a damaged print of the original cut was found in a museum in Argentina. So viewing it again might be interesting.
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Blade Runner is pretty good
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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I was waiting for someone else to rate this classic.
Shame it's being re-done though. 
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It depends what you class as "sci-fi". Both Triangle[^] and Timecrimes[^] were very good, but possibly more "thriller" than "sci-fi".
The Thirteenth Floor[^] and Dark City[^] are good examples of what The Matrix could have been, if it was any good.
Pontypool[^] probably strays too far into the "horror" category.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Timecrimes movie is really good in my book. My favorite in this genre. Triangle is also great. I love also Primer and newly. If you like Thirteenth Floor. Check the World on a Wire (original Thirteenth Floor from Germany). Thirteenth Floor is basically a remake but is different enough to warrant seeing the original. I would also recommend quite new Time Lapse reminds me of Primer and really funny Brazilian movie The Man from the Future (it says romantic comedy, but I would say time travel is pretty major plot in this movie).
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Tremors 1
"They're under the gall dang ground!"
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Avengers (series) is the best.
End of story! I don't wanna hear why you wouldn't like it.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Difficult...
Possibly one of these - all films I'd watch again...
The Abyss
Mad Max 2
Quatermass and the Pit
The Fifth Element
Brazil
Dark Star
The Matrix
Blade Runner
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Of the Quatermas films/mini series, this is my favorite: Quatermas II [^]
I remember seeing this as kid and it frightened the crap out of me. Fortunately, there was a Morecombe and Wise on after it so all ended well. 
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Yep. The special effects were rubbish, and the acting was... Um... Stilted... But that meant they had to have a storyline that worked.
And scared the crap out of you as well...: thumbsup:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You are talking about Morecombe and Wise? 
On that note, there was a comedy play a few years ago called "The Play What I Wrote" which was about those 2. It was elephanting hilarious.
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Dark Star
Fantastic movie - I could watch it (and have) time and again.
And even just writing this I have the theme tune in my head!
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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_Maxxx_ wrote: I have the theme tune in my head!
Benson, Arizona[^]
Teaching phenomenology to a bomb 
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Karel Čapek wrote: Entirely subjective, of course,
Indeed. Including my submissions: Two contemporary films.
Another Earth (2011) If you can suspend disbelief at the physical consequences of having another orbiting mass so close to earth, it was not too bad. It doesn't hurt that the protagonist (Brit Marling) is very easy on the eyes.
Europa Report (2013) A manned exploratory space flight to Jupiter's moon. No spoilers.
What we got here is a failure to communicate
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The Day The Earth Stood Still; original version with Michael Rennie.
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Karel Čapek wrote: but let's leave out total fantasy
Wait, what? Planet of the Apes isn't total fantasy? The Terminator is a documentary? Forbidden Planet's breathable atmosphere and humanoid aliens is more believable than a war between good and evil in a far distant galaxy?
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Not meant to be taken seriously - I was referring only to Star Wars, of course!
Besides, there is a difference between science fiction and science fantasy and then there are sub-genres of each.
BTW: what humanoid aliens in Forbidden Planet??? The Krell? In any case why shouldn't aliens be humanoid in appearance? Just as much chance of that as any other form/ I suppose there might be some that look like a mattress...
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Karel Čapek wrote: there might be some that look like a mattress
Voon!
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