Best Sci-fi

[CoinsCoinsEverywhere]

For a movie, I would go with Avatar (although the plot could have been less predictable) or maybe one of the Star Trek or Star Wars movies.  I loved Star Trek: Into Darkness.  The role reversal between Kirk and Spock compared with Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn was fantastic!

If you're looking for a series, then I second Babylon 5.  It takes some time to get into, but it's the best written sci-fi series I've seen.  The storyline is absolutely amazing with lots of twists and turns that aren't easy to predict.

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[dKingston]

Avatar
Prometheus
Stargate
Oblivion
Edge of Tomorrow
Transendance

[ensurance982]

I think the best sci-fi is The Matrix and Independence Day.

[Thai]

Edge of Tomorrow was excellent, fun, and on par with Oblivion. Both were great!

[Brewins]

I think the best sci-fi is The Matrix and Independence Day.

Mars attacks is 100x better than independence day

[e1ghtSpace]

The Terminal Man.

I have never seen it but I want to.

I found Pi good, even though it isn't really Sci-fi and it's black and white (but it is made in the 80's)

[josephliton]

transcendence

[u9y42]

I think the best sci-fi is The Matrix and Independence Day.

Mars attacks is 100x better than independence day

Agreed, and I'd say Mars Attacks is probably better than a lot of the other movies mentioned in the thread so far, though it's kind of an unfair comparison; it's a comedy after all, not a sci-fi movie.

transcendence

I have to admit I haven't seen Transcendence yet, but both the plot summary, and the votes and reviews on imdb aren't that great. Is the movie really worth the 2 hours?

[jaberwock]

I think the best sci-fi is The Matrix and Independence Day.

Mars attacks is 100x better than independence day

Agreed, and I'd say Mars Attacks is probably better than a lot of the other movies mentioned in the thread so far, though it's kind of an unfair comparison; it's a comedy after all, not a sci-fi movie.

transcendence

I have to admit I haven't seen Transcendence yet, but both the plot summary, and the votes and reviews on imdb aren't that great. Is the movie really worth the 2 hours?

I think its worth it. If you like science fiction this is for you. The movie presented what would happen if singularity is achieve. So many advance ideas that I'm sure will be possible in the near future. You can download it on piratebay.se or in kickass.to, dvdrip is already available.

[bajlox]

SCi-fi?

Try Star trek
Star wars
Aliens

from new try all

[mcculum0010]

New movies - Oblivion, Transcendence

Old Movies - Matrix Triology, Riddick

[hlynur]

Brazil by Terry Gilliam (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846)
and
Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944)

both movies blew my mind when I first watched them, though Stalker can be a bit difficult to grasp without reading the book by Strugatzki Brothers.


besides these two there were many good sci-fi movies during the last decades:

Snowpiercer
Children of Men
District 9
Pi
12 Monkeys
Code 46
Moon
Sunshine
Equilibrium
Solaris (by Kubrick, not that shitty remake with clooney)
Matrix (first one)
Dark City
13th Floor
Dante 01
Cube (original from 1997)
Idiocracy (not the best comedy, but i loved the idea)
The Road (more a post-apocalyptic tale)


classics:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Brazil (masterpiece by terry gilliam)
Blade Runner
Alien
The day the earth stood still (original from 1951)
A Boy and his dog
THX 1138 (first movie by George Lucas)
Dark Star (with the famous philosophising bomb scene)
Soylent Green
Fahrenheit 451
1984
Silent Running
A Clockwork Orange
Altered States
Metropolis

[Kipsy89]

Star Trek, man! Everyone may do what they want and don't have to work if they don't like to. That's awesome, man. Also you can travel everywhere you like and probably eat all day long for free. You'd have to be careful and watch out for those Borg people, I guess!

[CoinsCoinsEverywhere]

Star Trek, man! Everyone may do what they want and don't have to work if they don't like to. That's awesome, man. Also you can travel everywhere you like and probably eat all day long for free. You'd have to be careful and watch out for those Borg people, I guess!

Yep.  It's communism (perhaps more socialism) made possible by the invention of the replicator.

[protokol]

Brazil by Terry Gilliam (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846)
and
Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944)

both movies blew my mind when I first watched them, though Stalker can be a bit difficult to grasp without reading the book by Strugatzki Brothers.


besides these two there were many good sci-fi movies during the last decades:

Snowpiercer
Children of Men
District 9
Pi
12 Monkeys
Code 46
Moon
Sunshine
Equilibrium
Solaris (by Kubrick, not that shitty remake with clooney)
Matrix (first one)
Dark City
13th Floor
Dante 01
Cube (original from 1997)
Idiocracy (not the best comedy, but i loved the idea)
The Road (more a post-apocalyptic tale)


classics:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Brazil (masterpiece by terry gilliam)
Blade Runner
Alien
The day the earth stood still (original from 1951)
A Boy and his dog
THX 1138 (first movie by George Lucas)
Dark Star (with the famous philosophising bomb scene)
Soylent Green
Fahrenheit 451
1984
Silent Running
A Clockwork Orange
Altered States
Metropolis

These are some great recommendations, I'd throw in a couple of classic animes too : Akira and Ghost in the Shell.

[Daniel91]

It's not easy to choose but ...
Star Wars
Star Trek
Independence Day
Fifth Element
Aliens
The Thing

[wachtwoord]

Grab a book, the best Science Fiction is written in books. I recommend anything by Peter F. Hamilton as a start (but there are so many more so feel free to completely ignore my specific advice).

Night's Dawn trilogy - a wild look at possession of people in the far future...every space fairing species knows about it but no-one talks about it.

Overall, a great sci-fi opera writer, one of the best.

Possession .... from beyond the grave (and told in believable fashion).

The commonwealth saga/void triology (same universe) is/are also great though. As is a stand alone novel like Fallen Dragon. Damn, such a shame I read all of that already and I have to wait for him to start writing a new book (in the Commonwealth saga/void trilogy universe).

I never read his detective novels though (before he started writing SF)

[Benjig]

Lord of the rings and Matrix sagas

[hlynur]

These are some great recommendations, I'd throw in a couple of classic animes too : Akira and Ghost in the Shell.

thanks for mentioning, these are probably two of the biggest milestones of japanese animation.

i haven't watched many animes during the last years,
but i'll add "Paprika" (2006), "Metropolis" (2001)
and especially "Wings of Honneamise" (1987) to that row which is a 2hour-long animated space opera with one of the best endings i've ever seen in that genre.

edit: has somebody already mentioned "Cloud Atlas"?

[Snorek]

Blade Runner with Han Solo and Dune with Sting.