Top 25 Sci-Fi movies/tv (1982-present)

[TwinBahamut]

No Babylon 5 is indeed criminal.

Also, the complete lack of anything made outside the US or Britain is pretty pathetic. Practically half of anime counts as sci fi, and not a single quality anime series or movie is listed here? At the very least, the combined total of the UC calender Gundam series and movies should qualify, and either Robotech or its major component Macross and its sequels.

If Tim Allen parody movies like Galaxy Quest qualify, this really is a bad list... I don't agree with half of it.

Also, HeavenShallBurn... I really don't agree with your definition of sci fi. Whatever definition you are using, it is far more restrictive that any I have ever seen before.

 

[Darth Shoju]

-I despise Heroes and would like it off the list, especially considering the last season, but I can see why it is there. Still, I certainly don't think it should be higher than #25. Those other shows on the list are far better.

Starship Troopers is better? I don't think so. Same thing for V. I rented that a few years ago and my friend and I watched it in one sitting. We felt that time and nostalgia had done a lot of favours for that series.

-I saw Star Wars Clone Wars, but I'd hardly consider it worthy of the top 25. That's just pure fanboyism creeping in. It's as if they realized that Star Wars isn't on the list and wanted to somehow sneak it in there.

I'd say it is fine where it is. It was better than any of the prequel films (not that that is saying much).

-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? Really?

Well it was a good movie. Not sure it belongs on the list.

-Dr. Who should be much higher. It is consistently written far better than a number of those listed.

I haven't seen a lot of it, but I'd agree. It's an icon.

-Where's Babylon 5?

Agreed. That should have been top 5 at least.

Since they insist on putting Futurama in the list (which wasn't very good)

Futurama not good? I guess I'll just have to say I very much disagree. Although I doubt I would have thought to put it on a top 25 sci-fi list.

 

[trancejeremy]

Hmmmm.

Dark City should really be on it.

I really hated the Matrix on several levels, but given it's huge popularity, I guess it should be on the list.

I'm not an anime fan, but Ghost in the Shell and Cowboy Bebop should really be on the list. And so should Red Dwarf

 

[Thanee]

The Matrix (the movie, singular) was one of the best movies at all at its time IMHO, definitely belongs into the Top10 there.

Bye
Thanee

 

[TheLe]

Hmmmm.

Dark City should really be on it.

I really hated the Matrix on several levels, but given it's huge popularity, I guess it should be on the list.

I'm not an anime fan, but Ghost in the Shell and Cowboy Bebop should really be on the list. And so should Red Dwarf

Just thank your lucky stars that EW was smart enough to leave Matrix 2 and Matrix 3 off of the list.

*shiver*

~Le

 

[Darkwolf71]

The Matrix (the movie, singular) was one of the best movies at all at its time IMHO, definitely belongs into the Top10 there.

Bye
Thanee

Agreed. As a stand alone experience The Matrix was top notch. It was the sequels that made it a mess.

 

[Darkwolf71]

I'm not an anime fan, but Ghost in the Shell and Cowboy Bebop should really be on the list. And so should Red Dwarf

As much as I love Cowboy Bebop, I don't know that it's 'Top 25' material. Ghost in the Shell, absolutely. I could go of on an anime tangent, but I'll restrain myself.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

I guess they figured that anime deserves it's own category....

And thinking is considered criminal here in the US.... considering how much they want to spoon-feed us stuff as opposed to making our brains actually WORK for a change....

 

[Mistwell]

Personally, I don't think any animation belongs on the list (and if it did, it would probably be Miyazaki, and not Cowboy Friggen Bebop). This feels like a live-action type list, and animation should be on a separate list much like it is for things like Academy Awards.

Most of the list I agree with, though I would change the order. Matrix, as a stand alone, absolutely belongs on the list. As does Battlestar Galactica, and a Star Trek of some sort. These are things that changed Sci-Fi on TV or movies in a dramatic way for the long term. I'd have done either Lost or Heroes, as those (as a set) have also dramatically changed sci-fi on TV. Back to the Future, E.T., and Bladerunner also had a massive impact on the industry.

Dark City, 13th floor, and Gattaca, while all fine movies, did not leave a lasting impression on the hearts and minds of people regarding Sci-Fi. For many, they were good but relatively forgettable (or not seen at all, actually).

 

[Fast Learner]

It just goes to show how hard it would be to make such a list that would satisfy a large number of people. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is one of my top 5 films ever, Galaxy Quest is truly excellent, while Red Dwarf leaves me completely cold and Gattaca was barely watchable.