Rodent's 1950-Present Sci-Fi and Futuristic-Fantasy Movies
 

Well, it took a few days to get this list together, but I've managed to get a Countdown going on...


If you're a Sci-Fi fan, these are the films from each year that you must see.

May as well kick off with the first two then...

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I've not seen Flying Saucer. The Day The Earth Stood Still is OK.

Flying Saucer is a bit of a Marmite movie,there's a number of crapfests in this list, but they're still must see movies :D

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That's it for a bit. The 50s are done with :)

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Nice idea for a list, everyone knows your a big Sci-Fi fan, so this should be good.

Only seen Invasion Of The Body Snatchers so far, quite recently too, but I think it's a fantastic film :up:

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I'm hoping it's good :D


Bets are people will be scratching their heads with some of the choices though.

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The Day The Earth Stood Still
Journey To The Center Of The Earth
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
The Blob
Invaders From Mars
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

Seen em, Enjoyed them all!

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The Day the Earth Stood Still is just decent: solid enough, but nothing all that special.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Blob and Journey to the Center of the Earth are all awesome, though.

The original The Day The Earth Stood Still is one of my all-time favorite sci-fi films.

As I recall, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea is another great movie. I haven't seen it in a while though. I'll have to rewatch it again.

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers is a good movie, but a bit creepy, (which works well for this movie).

I liked the original version of The Blob, but it's another movie that I haven't seen in a while.

Journey To The Center Of The Earth is another good movie.


So far, this is a great list to use as a reference if we do a B movie science fiction and creature features HoF. :)

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I don't know if I've ever been able to sit through Quatermass or not. I think I've seen it all. Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers is brilliant. I have it on my 100. :up:

Maybe I should articulate some...

The Day The Earth Stood Still...if viewed with the mindset of someone from the 1950s, with the Red scare being pounded into your head....and THEN you see this refreshing movie that shows us that the unknown is not always something evil and that unbridled fear lives in the hearts of many men, then the film becomes a daring master piece. 5/5


Journey To The Center Of The Earth...This is just a great story line, almost like we're taking the journey ourselves. Interesting characters with the great James Mason and Pat Boone too, oh and the duck. 4/5


Invasion Of The Body Snatchers...This one also works as allegory about the threat of communist infration into American society. People where really scarred of this kind of thing. Well done film. 4/5


The Blob...It sounds like good stupid fun, but it's a fairly well done story. One of the best of the Bs. 3.5/5


Invaders From Mars...Pretty well done film, with more science in it than one would expect. 3.5/5


20,000 Leagues Under The Sea...Not as interesting as it could have been, but Kirk Douglas and James Mason help it out. 3/5

It's your list, but I would have preferred to see The Incredible Shrinking Man for 1957 and The Time Machine for '60. :)

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They were in the shortlist for those years tbh.

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Planet of the Vampires! I love their costumes.

I'm stopping for a bit now... 20/65, 1950s and 1960s done with.


I'll kick off the 70s in a little while.

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I love Fantastic Voyage, so there's plus rep for that. :up:

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Fun list so far!

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Awesome list so far Rodent!

70s!!!

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Even in genres I'm not a fan of, the 70's shines for me. Plus rep for The Stepford Wives, Logan's Run, Star Wars, Westworld and The Andromeda Strain. :cool:

I honestly don't know if I've seen Scream and Scream Again or not. I don't think I have, but some of it sounds very familiar.

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I had no idea you were a Sci-Fi nut. When do you find time to watch all of these things with your busy Young Guns schedule?

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Planet of the Apes, The Stepford Wives, Star Wars and Alien are all thoroughly awesome. Superman is good, but he was always dull as a character and, for as much as I can suspend disbelief, the "science" of the climax makes my head hurt.

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Scream And Scream Again is a great film.
Caused a bit of a stir though, people said it's too violent.


Underrated movie. Classic cast as well.

No idea I'm a sci-fi nut?
Not seen my Top 100 then? :D

I mean, I knew you liked this stuff, but I guess I didn't realize how much.

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Liking the Star Wars films. Scanners I remember everyone watching when I was a kid.

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BOO!

YAY!

:D

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I think you all knew Robo would get the 1987 slot :D


That's it for a bit... 90s, 00s and 2010s still to go yet though.

+ rep for all of these movies. They may not be the best of each year, but they're all good movies.

Alien and Aliens fall a little bit too close to horror for my taste, but I can't deny how good they are anyway.

Alien Nation was a good movie, but I liked the series even more than the movie.



The Nutty Professor is a sci-fi movie? I don't like Jerry Lewis, so I've never seen a lot of his movies, including this one. He's very annoying in most movies that I've seen him in, especially the ones with Dean Martin. (I love Dean Martin, so I've seen a few of the Martin and Lewis movies.)

I like the remake of Solaris with George Clooney, but I haven't seen the whole movie of the 1972 original version. I've only seen bits and pieces of it.

I've never seen Scanners, but many years ago at a sci-fi convention, they showed still pics from movies, and the audience had to guess what movie the pics were from. They showed one pic that looked like a guy's head exploding, and most people yelled out Scanners, but the pic turned out to be from Raiders of the Lost Ark, when the ark is opened.

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I liked Alien Nation and, like gbg, I really liked the series, too.

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Yeah, The Nutty Professor is borderline but it's classed as Sci-Fi.
It's been called a comedy version of Jekyll and Hyde.


All to do with sciencey potions and stuff.

Is it good enough that it's worth watching The Nutty Professor even if I don't like Jerry Lewis?

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Well, the list is a case of "if you're a sci-fi fan, watch these" kinda thing.


I'd definitely give it a look, regardless of cast.

You definitely have good taste in movies, so based on your recommendation, I'll give it a try.

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:up:


90s coming up in a few mintues

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Ah the 80's. EPIC decade for sci-fi. Premo choices dude!

I don't find Jerry Lewis funny either. Blew, the French can have him:)

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I've only seen six of these. I think that qualifies as being insanely behind on Sci-Fi flicks.

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Nice thread. In my opinion it could've been a bit better if contained sci-fi films before the 50s as well.

I trawled over the 40s and 30s.
There's not a great deal to choose from tbh.


Some years only have a couple sci-fi films.

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Clicked on Galaxy Quest's wiki page and it looks really fun, parody is one of my favorite genres yet sadly there aren't many, I'm happy to have found a new one.

My idea was to have all pre-50s sci-fi films in a single post.

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That's the problem I found with pre-50s.


Some years only have a couple and both/all three are pants. There'd end up being a few years with no entries.


I found a decent start with 1950.
65 years, 65 films.

+ rep for these movies.

I forgot how good Independence Day is until I watched it again recently.
Galaxy Quest is one of the funniest sci-fi spoofs ever.

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Like RoboCop in 87 I think you all knew Moon would take the 2009 spot :D


5 left to go... coming up soon.

No Planeta Bur? No Evil Brain from Outer Space?


There is. You can go all the way back. For 1918 watch Himmelskibet.

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World War Z? Well okay 2013 was a bad year for sci-fi I guess...

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It was either that or Oblivion... or Elysium... or After Earth... yeah, 2013 was pretty poor.


World War Z is a decent movie though. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, which is why it got the placement.

I must be further behind on recent movies than I realized. The only movies listed from 2000 on that I've seen are Signs and Moon. I liked Moon, but I didn't care for Signs. I thought the ending was kind of lame.

I really want to see Guardians of the Galaxy, but I haven't found the DVD at the right price yet.

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I got Guardians for £10 a couple weeks back. It's worth the 10 notes tbh.

That's about $15 in US dollars, right? That's still too much for me.

I'm cheap when it comes to buying DVDs. I buy a lot of DVDs, so I usually wait for them to hit Walmart's $5 bin, or even better, I buy a lot of garage sale DVDs for $1 or less.

It might even be on cable TV before I find the DVD, but I'll see it eventually. (I also DVR a lot of movies from TCM and other cable movie channels, and burn them to DVD until I can find the DVD at the right price.)

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Yeah £10 is about $15.


It's the starting price these days for newly released DVDs. Makes a change from years ago when a new release would set you back £20 or £25.


Hope you lot enjoyed the list though. I had fun watching all those reps flooding in :D


Cheers guys!

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Your 2011 movie should have been Source Code.

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I didn't find it that enjoyable tbh.


Jake isn't really a fave of mine either. He was excellent in Prisoners though.

I saw Source Code, and I agree. That was a great movie.

Awesome list! I love sci fi

I've seen 35 of your 1950 to 1999 movies. But only 1 of your movies from 2000-2014.

Nothing's preventing Marky from making his own list - instead he feels the need to chime in on others' :skeptical:

Is that not the point of posting a list?

Was Book of Eli mentioned or did I miss it? I've heard very mixed stuff on that one and debating on watching it (I might just for Denzel Washington).

Seems to me the point is to comment on the films themselves - not complain that the author didn't pick the movies you like.

Seriously man what's your problem with mark f?

Why try to turn a nice thread like this into a flame war... don't get it at all.

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No, Book Of Eli didn't make it... it didn't even get consideration tbh.

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I wouldn't say anyone chimes in on other peoples' picks exactly.


It's kinda the point of making a list that people can comment, say what they do or don't like, and what they would have considered in place of the writer's choices.


If anything, I like the input... and the rep :D


Mark is also a MoFo with more movie knowledge than anyone I've ever met either on or off t'web, so just having him rep my choices, let alone comment, is quite an honour :up:

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Next up, you need to do a countdown for COMEDIES that you like. I don't know what makes you laugh. Besides me.

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Not much makes me laugh.


Doubt I could put together a big list tbh.
I did a comedy Top 10 in my "Genres Kinda" thread.

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Well, think about it -- and don't include The Big Lebowski.

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I just thought... I can keep adding to this list as the years go on.


New movie at the end of 2015, end of 2016, end of 2017 etc. If I'm still here, that is.

He merely told Rodent that he would have preferred two other movies...out of 65. And it gave him a chance to mention two other movies that maybe Rodent hadn't seen, and now he may watch them. Or perhaps he could tell Mark why he chose not to include them. It's not really a big deal.