Top Ten Science Fiction Movies

10. Minority Report (2002)

• Director: Steven Spielberg
• Star(s): Tom Cruise

A very smart, yet simple story. In the mode of "A Brave New World", a great and very detailed future Eutopia. From transpotation to weapons the movie does a great job of portraying its vision of things to come.

9. Back to the Future (1985)

• Director: Robert Zemeckis
• Star(s): Michael J. Fox

While not develing in its sci-fi delimas, the contains very settle sublime story lines of things to come, a stranger in a new world, and greater knowledge. And just a fun as hell movie to watch.

8. Twelve Monkeys (1995)

• Director: Terry Gilliam
• Star(s): Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt

Best job of acting by Brad Pitt ever, and you can make a case for Bruce Willis too. A great time-travel flick, while having very in your face sci-fi delimas such as world-end, and effect of there after.

7. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

• Director: Stanley Kubrick
• Star(s): Malcolm McDowell

From the master, story of a balanced future, and societies best tries to unbalance it. A great performence from McDowell makes this distrubing story work.

6. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

• Director: James Cameron
• Star(s): Arnold Schwarzenegger

A great action film with a very good sci-fi story. While not as sci-fi oriented as the first films, the polish of the stroyline, and the special effects makes this sequel a stand out.

5. 2001: A space Odyssey (1968)

• Director: Stanley Kubrick
• Star(s): Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester

Kubrick's second film on this list. From aliens to artificial intelligens,and from evolution to space travel, this is the pure translation of a science fiction film.

4. Blade Runner (1982)

• Director: Ridley Scott
• Star(s): Harrison Ford

A movie about a detective just trying to do his job. From the major storyline to every single detail, this film gives a great glimps of a grimm and realistic future.

3. Metropolis (1927)

• Directer: Fritz Lang
• Star(s): Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm

First great Science Fiction Film. While truly a social movie about workers and corportations. The inovation in this film and the some that followed are the reason these other movies possible. And no one takes a movie to the extreme like Lang.

2. The Matrix (1999)

• Directors: Andy Wachowski, and Larry Wachowski
• Star(s): Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne

Story of A.I, the messiah, and virtual reality. It is the polish of the characters wit the special effects and the action that makes this movie inspration for many movies to come.

1. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

• Director: Irvin Kershner
• Star(s): Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher

Star Wars is the standard and most popular series in this sci-fi world. From Fighting in the snow, to sky city, and that certain father-son storyline this one works on every level. The best part of a play is the climax, which is often tragic, makes Empire Strikes Back the best of the series.

Honorable Mention: Alien, Aliens, Donnie Darko, Star Wars, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind