Best SF Movies

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Solaris [2003] [DVD]
1.  Solaris [2003] [DVD] DVD ~ George Clooney
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  "Tarkovsky can keep his nineteen hour avant-garde bumfreezer... Soderburg, McElhone and Clooney are top notch, awesome production design, amazing musical score.  Hypnotic cinema."
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Alien [DVD] [1979]
2.  Alien [DVD] [1979] DVD ~ Sigourney Weaver
The list author says:
  "Disposable astronauts and a giant penis with teeth.  Edgy bonkers SF from the seventies."
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They Live [DVD] [1989]
3.  They Live [DVD] [1989] DVD ~ Roddy Piper
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  "'I have come here to kick ass and chew bubblegum.  And I'm all out of bubblegum.' Rowdy Roddy Piper is designated meathead for another John Carpenter classic.  OBEY!"
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Aliens - Special Edition [1986] [DVD]
4.  Aliens - Special Edition [1986] [DVD] DVD ~ Sigourney Weaver
The list author says:
  "Not better than the original, just a different approach to the genre.  Superb production design - from titles to slime, a compelling, entropic future vision."
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Silent Running [DVD]
5.  Silent Running [DVD] DVD ~ Bruce Dern
The list author says:
  "Bruce Dern murders his buddies and runs off into the cosmos with some robots and a bunch of plants.  Reefer madness? As a child, I cried when one of the robots gets it."
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Forbidden Planet - 50th Anniversary 2 Disc Special Edition [1956] [DVD] [1957]
6.  Forbidden Planet - 50th Anniversary 2 Disc Special Edition [1956] [DVD] [1957] DVD ~ Forbidden Planet
The list author says:
  "Monsters from the Id!! Superb fifties SF!"
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The Thing From Another World [DVD]
7.  The Thing From Another World [DVD] DVD ~ Kenneth Tobey
The list author says:
  "If you're a fan of the Carpenter remake, go to the original, it's a blast."
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This Island Earth [DVD] [1955] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
8.  This Island Earth [DVD] [1955] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Jeff Morrow
The list author says:
  "No PAL version? Catch it on BBC 2 in the middle of the night sometime! A great movie monster and some tall foreheads."
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Invaders From Mars [DVD]
9.  Invaders From Mars [DVD] DVD ~ Jimmy Hunt
The list author says:
  "Green Martians! Stock footage of the army! Wholesome Americans doing naughty things.  Anti-communist allegory gets no more blatant than this.  Awesome movie!"
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Blade Runner (Remastered Directors Cut)
10.  Blade Runner (Remastered Directors Cut) DVD ~ Harrison Ford
The list author says:
  "darkest and dirtiest of them all, this is the grandaddy of SF noir.  stylish, creepy, beautiful."
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The Matrix Trilogy : Matrix / Matrix Reloaded / Matrix Revolutions (3 Disc Box Set) [DVD]
11.  The Matrix Trilogy : Matrix / Matrix Reloaded / Matrix Revolutions (3 Disc Box Set) [DVD] DVD ~ Keanu Reeves
The list author says:
  "The best SF trilogy ever.  And I am a Starwars fan.  The first one is best, the last two are pottier than an Amsterdam coffeehouse, but win out on sheer verve and spectacle."
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War Of The Worlds (2 Disc Special Edition) [2005] [DVD]
12.  War Of The Worlds (2 Disc Special Edition) [2005] [DVD] DVD ~ Tom Cruise
The list author says:
  "I always loved the fifties version, but this one really knocked me out.  The first half hour is superbly atmospheric, and the sequence at the ferry is absolutely terrifying."
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