Surefire Argument Fuel: The Best Science Fiction Movies Ever

TimeOut dares to go there, and they did it in a big fashion, by making a ranked list of the 100 best science fiction films of all time. But it wasn't just the TimeOut staff who contributed opinions. They also asked a few experts, "from Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Sir Paul Nurse, to Oscar-decorated film director Guillermo del Toro, to Game of Thrones writer George RR Martin and Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker," to make the list seems more, uh, professional.

Since this is a list of 100 movies, I expected it to begin with some that are pretty bad, but no. There have been so many good science fiction films over the past century that the entire list is worth a watch. The list is populated with good movies interspersed with movies I haven't yet seen, and in that it works as a recommendation list. You'll want to argue about the rankings, and maybe the categorization of some movies, but you have to admit that it's a treasure trove of sci-fi goodness. -via Metafilter


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2001 is a movie I really dislike. Placing it as #1? sheesh. I was enjoying reading the list all the way to the top until... It's boring and list makers love to put 2001 at the top of their lists the same way Citizen Kane is lauded and placed at the top of other lists. Maybe I'm just too grumpy today but I believe the list would be better placing that movie lower down on that list.
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I'm glad that Gattaca is on the list. It's underappreciated.
Starship Troopers is a work of genius and should have a higher ranking. Verhoeven tried to mock the source material and failed.
I never liked Blade Runner. It's far too slow.
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