While we wait for Robert to finally give me his top comedy list, here is my top 20 list of Science Fiction films. They have to be good films and at least decent Science Fiction.

These are not in any order. I started with a popular list of 100 SciFI movies and picked off of that and then added the ones I like that aren’t popular. Destination Moon made the list because of the great graphics and the fact that Heinlein consulted on the science. Enemy Mine was not an the list, but it is a good SF story, even if it is not the best movie. Terminator made it in spite of its popularity.

I have a definite preference for black and white movies form the 1950s when writing was more important than special effects.

The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1951
Forbidden Planet, 1956
2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968
Star Trek II – The Wrath of Khan, 1982
Brazil, 1985
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1956
The War of the Worlds, 1953
The Thing (From Another World), 1951
When Worlds Collide, 1951
This Island Earth, 1955
Frankenstein, 1931
The Incredible Shrinking Man, 1957
A Clockwork Orange, 1971
The Time Machine, 1960
Destination Moon, 1950
The Man Who Fell to Earth, 1976
Starman, 1984
Invaders from Mars, 1953
Enemy Mine, 1985
The Terminator, 1984