Sci-Fi is my favorite genre.

Here we go...

Forbidden Planet
War of the Worlds (original)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (original)
Dark City
The Thing (82)
Alien
The Black Hole
Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers
Predator
Star Trek - Wrath of Kahn

Honorable mentions:

The Time Machine, The Omega Man, Plant of the Apes (original), The Thing (52), Pitch Black

Event Horizon pisses me off every time I see it. There is a great movie in there, and they fucked it up big time.

I was 25 I think? The first half of the film is great...then it just dissolves into a Hellraiser wannabe vomit pile. The director was Paul Anderson, so we should be grateful for even a half decent film as he is such a hack.

Abyss was a great movie, as was it's sister film....can't remember the name but it started Peter Weller from RoboCop.

I was SO into film back in those years...mostly Sci-Fi..I went to conventions, film festivals, etc... - the horror genre lost me with the Scream/I Know what you did last summer films.

Did you ever see any of the Cube films? There were pretty good for indie films.

Nice list. The Road Warrior stands out among all the other Mad Max films, it is perfect. Just watched it a few months ago, and the last scene of Mel fading out with the voice over was so well done.

I like the 78 Invasion too, not as much as the original but it's good as well. The Fly is pretty too. Easily Croneberg's best film, or best commercial one.

That's it. Thanks! Not as good as Abyss, but entertaining and fun.

The first Cube is the best one (aren't they all), but the 2 sequels are decent enough. Check it out, they actually explain a bit more of what is going on.

I like Dune - I thought they did the best they could with it with the time they had. My biggest issue was I didn't care for the source material that much but the acting and cinematography was top notch. It got way too much criticism, but my guess was that fans of the book didn't think it was enough but the critics thought it was too much, and it was sunk.

I just watched it two days ago. The only thing that holds it back is the characterization...too edgy, too anti-hero....I get the Vin Diesel role but it was too much over the top. My favorite things about is, as you stated, is the filters they used and the shots of the planet with the rings on the horizon.

I know...I've tried several times and I just can't get into it. As I get older, I am leaning more into older gothic tales and the old Weird Tales pulps, but that's another thread topic.

An often overlooked film is DARK CITY that came out in the 90's, about the same time as The Matrix. Matrix gets all the fanboy and critic praise, but Dark City is the best Sci-Fil film that came out in the 90's. It's perfect in every way...story, script, effects, acting, mood...it is Proyas's best work.

The Fifth Element is a great film, but I'm a huge Chris Tucker fan so that may explain it.
Titan AE is pretty cool - I think that was a Don Bluth film (not using Google and going old school with using my memory )???, but I remember it lost a lot of $ when released.

That's the one with Charlie Sheen right?

The first one was filmed a shoestring budget. I remember seeing it a film festival in Chicago....it was generally well received.

I see many are skipping over the Ray Harryhausen films. Guess not showing them on creature feature and saturday afternoon UFH stations is taking its toll.

Nice pick. High Noon in space with Sean Connery. Not a great film, but pretty damn good. Watched in about 3 months. He was pretty damn good in it.

Soylent Green was the last film role of Edward G. Robinson - a major heavy in the black and white era.

The Running Man is so fi'ng good on so many levels. I watch it every other year....doesn't get a lot of love and I get why, but I love it. It's just like Demolition Man. Another film that is just fun to watch.

"I'll Be Back"
"Only in a rerun"....

Yup. He had a hell of a fun in the 70's.

Another great film from the 80's. It didn't do too well, but it's more highly regarded today. Loved that the "hero" gets killed 20 minutes into the film.

A film very much like it that I haven't seen mentioned is Tremors.

You are not going to be pleased.

A3 had a good movie in it, but it just didn't happen. There are many stories on the net about the "script by committee" issue. Same thing happens whenever big $ is involved or sequels are in the works. I am a fan of Scott's earlier work, but Prometheus falls in on itself. It tries to be too clever.

The trouble with that is that they are gambling a lot of on the successes of the first film. In addition, it's very difficult (back then), to get actors to commit to 2 films (let alone 3)...the costs are substantial....especially when the first film hasn't been released yet.

Spot on. What makes it tough to swallow is that it follows one of the best sci-fi horror movies of all time (based on a 1930ish novella), and a really good sequel that goes into another direction, but is also a stellar film.

Prometheus...while visually stunning has nothing to offer. It isn't interesting, it doesn't bring any sense of awe to it, it's just there. Like musicians, I think film directors lose their way when they get older. Scott isn't the first.

I was waiting for you to pop in! Them and When World Collides are solid choices! Actually, anything George Pal was behind was great.

Logan's Run could work depending on the Director.
Westworld already has been remade...twice.
No John Carpenter film should ever be remade, revisions, revisited...etc.