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The Best Sci-Fi Movies Of All Time (www.empireonline.com)

submitted 7 months ago by livus@kbin.social to c/movies@kbin.social

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Empire's list of the 50 greatest science fiction movies of all time, from 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Matrix to Blade Runner.

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[–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Very US-centric list but has a few interesting recs. Silent Running is underrated.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Interstellar rated below Robocop????

[–] livus@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It is quite a strange list. Robocop but no Starship Troopers.

No Gattaca.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No 5th element? No Close Encounters

THAT'S IT, I'M CALLING SHENANIGANS!

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There was close encounters. No Brazil. And children of men was criminally underrated.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I missed that, and absolutely agree on the other points.

Speaking of Brazil, have you seen Beau is Afraid? IMO it's this generations Brazil.

[–] livus@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

That's been on my watchlist for a while now. The Brazil comparison is enticing...

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What are good sci-fi movies not US-centric?

[–] livus@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago

@kratoz29 I partly meant the way they think the top 10-15 are US.

But yeah some films I'd include are Clockwork Orange, Alphaville, Mad Max, Brain Dead, The Quiet Earth, Okja, Brazil, Run Lola Run, Attack The Block, Threads, Accion Mutante, Videodrome.

[–] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Great read. Makes me want to go back and watch them all again. I think it's interesting to include Star Wars as sci-fi and also Guardians of the Galaxy. For me sci-fi is about stories where technology is a tool to help us to better understand ourselves/ or to tackle ethical dilemmas. I think that just being in space isn't enough to be sci-fi.