The MoFo Top 100 Sci-Fi Films: Countdown

Met too! I had a monster list of over 250 sci fi films to narrow down to only 25 movies...impossible I tell ya

Interesting, we had similar viewing experiences for STTMP. I seen it first run at the drive-in, and it might have been the first drive-in I went to with friends. I was a huge Star Trek fan and just the fact that they finally brought the original cast back made the movie great for me. But more than that STTMP was and is, what I wished the original Star Trek would have been like, more serious! With less camp and more sciences...I know that's why GBG doesn't like it, as she likes ST for the fun camp. Which I like too, but I always wanted the crew of the Enterprise to be more serious and they were in STTMP.

Here's my list, plus the ones I was seriously considering. Maybe you will find one here worth watching. Feel free to comment too.

My sci fi voting list
1. Blade Runner
2. 2001 A Space Odyssey
3. Never Let Me Go (2010)
4. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
5. Logan's Run (1976)
6. Planet of the Apes (1968)
7. Solaris (1972)
8. Dune (1984)
9. Forbidden Planet (1956)
10. Soylent Green (1973)
11. Starship Troopers (1997)
12. Another Earth (2011)
13. Gattaca (1997)
14. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
15. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
16. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
17. The Abyss (1989)
18. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
19. Five Million Years to Earth (1967) AKA: Quatermass and the Pit
20. Donnie Darko (2001)
21. Predestination (2014)
22. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
23. Mad Max The Road Warrior (1981)
24. Death Race 2000 (1975)
25. Cherry 2000 (1987)

Also seriously considered and in chronological order.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)

Destination Moon (1950)
When Worlds Collide (1951)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
The Monolith Monsters (1957)
The Blob (1958)

The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Fantastic Voyage (1966)

The Andromeda Strain (1971)
The Omega Man (1971)

Silent Running (1972)
Dark Star (1974)
A Boy and His Dog (1975)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

TRON (1982)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Terminator (1984)
Mad Max Beyond Thunder Dome (1985)
The Fly (1986)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Stargate (1994)
Tank Girl (1995)
Powder (1995)
Waterworld (1995)

Strange Days (1995)
12 Monkeys (1995)
The Truman Show (1998)
The Matrix (1999)

Vanilla Sky (2001)
Minority Report (2002)
Solaris (2002)
Moon (2009)

Melancholia (2011)
Upside Down (2012)
Space Station 76 (2014)
Ex Machina (2015)

So I am working on a way to get my excel sheet into the thread, but until then here is #101 - #360 with the amount of points that each film got.

101 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - 49
102 Paprika (2006) - 47
103 Alien 3 (1992) - 43
104 The Abyss (1989) - 43
105 Frankenstein (1931) - 43
106 Unbreakable (2000) - 41
107 Coherence (2013) - 41
108 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) - 41
109 Mad Max (1979) - 40
110 The Matrix Reloaded (2003) - 39
111 Until the End of the World (1991) - 37
112 Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) - 37
113 The Island (2005) - 37
114 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) - 37
115 Alphaville (1965) - 36
116 The Re-Animator (1985) - 36
117 Soylent Green (1973) - 35
118 The Invisible Man (1933) - 35
119 Superman (1978) - 35
120 Iron Man (2008) - 35
121 Maximum Overdrive (1986) - 35
122 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) - 35
123 Under the Skin (2013) - 34
124 Timecrimes (2007) - 34
125 The World's End (2013) - 33
126 Pi (1998) - 32
127 Lilo and Stitch (2002) - 32
128 X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) - 31
129 Upstream Color (2013) - 31
130 A Scanner Darkly (2006) - 31
131 Cube (1997) - 31
132 2046 (2004) - 31
133 A Boy and His Dog (1975) - 30
134 Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) - 30
135 V for Vendetta (2005) - 30
136 Armaggedon (1998) - 29
137 The Face of Another (1966) - 28
138 The Quiet Earth (1985) - 28
139 The Mist (2007) - 28
140 The Matrix Revolutions (2003) - 27
141 Death Race 2000 (1975) - 27
142 War of the Worlds (2005) - 27
143 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) - 26
144 Cargo (2009) - 26
145 LFO (2013) - 25
146 Eraserhead (1977) - 25
147 Tron (1982) - 25
148 Godzilla (1954) - 25
149 Pacific Rim (2013) - 25
150 The Thing from Another World (1951) - 25
151 Chronicle (2012) - 25
152 Tremors (1990) - 25
153 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) - 24
154 The Signal (2007) - 24
155 Destination Moon (1950) - 24
156 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2003) - 24
157 Déjá Vu (2006) - 24
158 Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds (1989) - 23
159 Castle in the Sky (1986) - 23
160 Visitor of a Museum (1989) - 23
161 Acción Mutante (1993) - 23
162 Never Let Me Go (2010) - 23
163 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) - 23
164 Rollerball (1975) - 23
165 The Faculty (1998) - 23
166 Gunbuster (1988) - 22
167 Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) - 22
168 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) - 22
169 The City of Lost Children (1995) - 22
170 King Kong (2005) - 22
171 The 10th Victim (1965) - 22
172 Kaiba (2008) - 21
173 Tetsuo, The Iron Man (1989) - 21
174 Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985) - 21
175 A Trip to the Moon (1902) - 21
176 Disturbing Behavior (1998) - 21
177 A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) - 21
178 Night of the Comet (1984) - 21
179 Je t'amie, je t'aime (1968) - 20
180 Little Shop of Horrors (1986) - 20
181 Abre Los Ojos (1997) - 20
182 The Core (2003) - 20
183 Cocoon (1985) - 20
184 Lunopolis (2009) - 19
185 Genocyber (1988) - 19
186 The Lobster (2016) - 19
187 Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) - 19
188 The Cell (2000) - 19
189 Deep Impact (1998) - 19
190 Oblivion (2013) - 19
191 Flash Gordon (1980) - 19
192 The Host (2006) - 19
193 The Last Starfighter (1984) - 19
194 Star Trek: First Contact (1996) - 19
195 Dark Skies (2013) - 18
196 Dirty Pair: Project Eden (1987) - 18
197 Appleseed (2004) - 18
198 The Blob (1988) - 18
199 Tank Girl (1995) - 18
200 Critters (1986) - 18
201 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) - 17
202 Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into the Future (1985) - 17
203 Cloud Atlas (2012) - 17
204 The Final Countdown (1980) - 17
205 C.H.U.D (1984) - 17
206 Hardcore Henry (2015) - 16
207 Gandahar (1988) - 16
208 Kin Dza Dza (1986) - 16
209 Mauvais Sang (1986) - 16
210 X2: X-Men United (2003) - 16
211 Repo Man (1984) - 16
212 X-Men: First Class (2011) - 16
213 The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) - 16
214 Marooned (1969) - 16
215 Waterworld (1995) - 16
216 Real Steel (2011) - 16
217 Warning Sign (1985) - 16
218 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011) - 16
219 Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - 15
220 Batteries Not Included (1987) - 15
221 eXistenZ (1999) - 15
222 Fantastic Voyage (1966) - 15
223 Frequency (2000) - 15
224 Westworld (1973) - 15
225 Ant Man (2015) - 15
226 Demon Seed (1977) - 14
227 Farenheit 451 (1966) - 14
228 Fire in the Sky (1993) - 14
229 Monsters Inc. (2001) - 14
230 Night of the Living Dead (1968) - 14
231 The Andromeda Strain (1971) - 14
232 Heavy Metal (1981) - 13
233 Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993) - 13
234 Hardware (1990) - 13
235 Phantasm (1979) - 13
236 Blade II (2002) - 13
237 The Fountain (2006) - 13
238 Universal Soldier (1992) - 13
239 Mr. Nobody (2009) - 13
240 The Zero Theorum (2013) - 13
241 The Skin I Live In (2011) - 13
242 The Stepford Wives (1975) - 13
243 Solaris (2002) - 13
244 Wings of Honneamise (1987) - 12
245 The Holy Mountain (1973) - 12
246 Pitch Black (2000) - 12
247 Star Trek V: The Final Fronteir (1990) - 12
248 Night of the Creeps (1986) - 12
249 The Increadible Shrinking Man (1957) - 12
250 X-Men (2000) - 12
251 2010 (1984) - 12
252 WarGames (1983) - 12
253 Jurassic World (2016) - 12
254 Face/Off (1997) - 12
255 Prometheus (2012) - 12
256 A Matter of Life and Death (1946) - 11
257 Meet the Robinsons (2007) - 11
258 Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) - 11
259 Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) - 11
260 Transformers (2007) - 10
261 The Ugly Swans (2006) - 10
262 Lucy (2014) - 10
263 Letters from a Dead Man (1986) - 10
264 One Point O (2004) - 10
265 Johnny Mnemonic (1995) - 10
266 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) - 10
267 King Kong (1933) - 10
268 The Postman (1997) - 10
269 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) - 10
270 Scanners (1981) - 10
271 Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003) - 10
272 The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) - 10
273 Evolution (2001) - 10
274 Edward Scissorhands (1990) - 10
275 Superman II (1980) - 9
276 Altered (2006) - 9
277 Ender's Game (2013) - 9
278 Avion (2001) - 9
279 Equilibrium (2002) - 9
280 The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) - 9
281 Vanilla Sky (2001) - 9
282 Sleeper (1973) - 9
283 Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars (1988) - 8
284 X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) - 8
285 Time Lapse (2014) - 8
286 Animatrix (2003) - 8
287 King Kong Escapes (1967) - 8
288 Starman (1984) - 8
289 The Adjustmen Bureau (2011) - 8
290 Europa Report (2013) - 8
291 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) - 8
292 Invaders from Mars (1953) - 7
293 Ever Since the World Ended (2001) - 7
294 Divergent (2014) - 7
295 Midnight Special (2016) - 7
296 Black Moon (1975) - 7
297 Looker (1981) - 7
298 Five Million Years to Earth (1967) - 7
299 Being John Malkovich (1999) - 7
300 Gremlins (1984) - 7
301 Creation of the Humanoids (1962) - 7
302 The Running Man (1987) - 7
303 I, Robot (2004) - 7
304 Voyage to the End of the Universe (1963) - 7
305 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) - 7
306 Kingsglaive (2016) - 6
307 Melancholia (2011) - 6
308 Tron: Legacy (2010) - 6
309 Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009) - 6
310 Split Second (1992) - 6
311 Time After Time (1979) - 6
312 Saturn 3 (1980) - 5
313 American Ultra (2015) - 5
314 The Hunger Games (2012) - 5
315 Apleseed: Alpha (2014) - 5
316 THX 1138 (1971) - 5
317 Captain America: Civil War (2016) - 5
318 Dark Star (1974) - 5
319 Shivers (1975) - 5
320 The X-Files (1998) - 5
321 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) - 5
322 Meet the Applegates (1990) - 4
323 About Time (2013) - 4
324 Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) - 4
325 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) - 4
326 Star Trek Nemesis (2002) - 4
327 Hunter Prey (2010) - 3
328 The Thirteenth Floor (1999) - 3
329 Contagion (2011) - 3
330 Paul (2011) - 3
331 The Machine (2013) - 3
332 Nerve (2016) - 3
333 Grantz (2010) - 2
334 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) - 2
335 1984 (1984) - 2
336 Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) - 2
337 Barbarella (1968) - 2
338 Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) - 2
339 Spider-Man (2002) - 2
340 The Brood (1979) - 2
341 Invasion of the Saucer Man (1957) - 2
342 The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) - 2
343 Short Circuit (1986) - 1
344 Phase 7 (2011) - 1
345 Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) - 1
346 Earthbound (2012) - 1
347 O-Bai, O-Bai: The End of Civilization (1985) - 1
348 Coneheads (1993) - 1
349 Caveman (1981) - 1
350 Cherry 2000 (1987) - 1
351 Space Cop (2016) - 1
352 Die Tür (2009) - 1
353 The Butterfly Effect (2004) - 1
354 Spaceballs (1987) - 1
355 Triangle (2009) - 1
356 Terminator Salvation (2009) - 1
357 Jumper (2008) - 1
358 Transatlantic Tunnel (1935) - 1
359 The Invasion (2007) - 1
360 Cloverfield (2008) - 1

If you want to know what specific placements any film got, for now just ask me.

@gbgoodies you said you wanted to see this.

Aw damn... a higher placement for Coherence COULD have made a difference

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That's way too soon, IMO!

I think she means she will make the Intro thread (where she has the rules for the upcoming countdown), and will allow many months for people to watch the films before making the actual countdown thread. Just like the other host have done.

Yes! That's what I like to see!

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My list:
1. Star wars: Return of the Jedi
2. Star wars: a new hope
3. Star wars: Empire strikes back
4. Star wars: Attack of the clones
5. Star wars: Revenge of the Sith
6. Back to the future Part 3
7. Back to the future Part 1
8. Back to the future Part 2
9. Aliens
10. Avengers (2012)
11. Ghostbusters (1984)
12. Terminator 2
13. E.T. the extra-terrestrial
14. Jurassic park
15. Jurassic park 2
16. Avatar
17. Iron man
18. X-men
19. Total recall (1990)
20. Island (2005)
21. Abyss
22. Star wars: Phantom menace
23. Iron giant
24. Captain America: the first Avenger
25. Alien

SWEET!! Thanks for grabbing the reins, SV!!!

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and I see the two that didn't place for me were all the way down in the 200's

269 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) - 10
279 Equilibrium (2002) - 9

I know the others who had Equilibrium, so else had 20,000 Leagues?

Rules, haven't responded because there's a lot here I'd like to comment on. Just a couple to start with:

The Incredible Shrinking Man was a ground breaker in concept and effects (many of its props were reused by other movies & TV shows) - it was handled seriously and even philosophically making it quite a deep film. I might have put it on my list if I remembered it at the time.

Robinson Crusoe on Mars is another past favorite (poor Adam West gets killed early on!) I don't remember why, but it seemed like it lost a little steam for me toward the end. Maybe I didn't buy Friday as an alien? I'll need a rewatch.

Soylent Green - I support making the kind of voluntary euthanasia depicted in the film a reality.
(The other part, about food resources, I have mixed feelings on.)

Wow Dr Strangelove was #101. Now I LOVE Dr Strangelove and have written about my love for the film on multiple occasions. But I left it off my list. While I can see how some people would consider it sci-fi, I just never did. To Me Dr Strangelove is a comedy first and foremost. While the nuclear Armageddon angle and Doomsday Machine could make it qualify, I just can't call it science fiction.

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Alien 3 was close
I shoulda put it as my #1.

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Captain Steel and Citizen, I also love Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Saw it twice in the cinema and was so pleased to see the beloved crew on the big screen. To be fair, there was some humor in it, like McCoy and Chapel seeing Spock and McCoy saying, "Spock! So help me, I'm actually pleased to see you!" and Spock just giving him the old "stone face." Or this following exchange, which is my favorite in the movie:
McCoy: Spock, you haven't changed a bit. You're just as warm and sociable as ever.
Spock: Nor have you, doctor, as your continued predilection for irrelevancy demonstrates.

I loved that they didn't dumb down anything and banked on the fact that the audience would know what they were talking about (when it got to the science part) and would appreciate it when the science and the humanity joined at the end. Great, intelligent action movie.

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I wasn't a "Star Trek" fan when I first saw STTMP. My mother was a huge ST fan, and I saw it with her. Neither of us liked it, but for different reasons. I just thought it was a bad movie, regardless of it being a ST movie. My mom didn't like it because it wasn't the ST that she fell in love with so many years earlier. She said that the ST crew were all out of character, and the movie took the focus away from the characters that she wanted to see, and put it on Decker and Ilia.

I became a ST fan after seeing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. I didn't love the movie because it was a ST movie. I became a ST fan because the movie was amazing. I loved the interaction between the characters, and the movie was just a great action movie too.

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I came very close to putting The Abyss (1989), Predestination (2014) and Ex Machina (2015) on my list. If I made my list a year or two from now, after I've had a chance to rewatch these movies a few more times, they might all make my list. But it's hard to break into a list of favorite movies, (movies that I've seen so many times), with movies that I've only seen once.

Thank You.