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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:


Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)


I prefer the 1956 version.


Usually I prefer the original (or older) versions, but I love the direction of the Kaufman version, the effects, and it has a very powerful for me ending.   Another film where I prefer the remake to the original is with The Fly (which I could have listed). I certainly would take the Tarkovsky version of Solaris, which is another that would have made a longer list, over the Hollywood version (still prefer the Lem novel to either).

Good to see other admirers of Zardoz. I think it gets a bum wrap (that looks suspiciously like a red diaper). ;)
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The Thing (from Another World) - 1951
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers - 1956
Them! - 1954
The Amazing Colossal Man - 1957
The War of the Worlds - 1953
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1980
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan 1982
The Time Machine - 1960
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I have too many to list but here are some favorites (not in order of preference)

Blade Runner
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Interstellar
The Fifth Element
Slaughterhouse-Five
Alien Nation
12 Monkeys
Guardians Of The Galaxy
Spaceballs
Moon
Galaxy Quest
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy 
Predator (1 and 2)
Stargate
Mars Attacks!
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:


Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)


I prefer the 1956 version.


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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:


Honorable mentions to Logan's Run and Zardoz, which I respect a hell of a lot more than most.


Yeah, Zardoz is really good.
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Very difficult one, but I'll give it a try.

1) "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) by Stanley Kubrick.

2) "Silent Running" (1972) by Douglas Trumbull.

3) "Welt am Draht" (1973; English title "World on a Wire") by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

4) "Zardoz" (1974) by John Boorman.

5) "Twelve Monkeys" (1995) by Terry Gilliam.

6) "Village of the Damned" (1960) by Wolf Rilla.

7) "Phase IV" (1974) by Saul Bass.

8) "The Time Machine" (1960) by George Pal.

9) "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956) by Don Siegel.

10) "Alphaville" (1965) by Jean-Luc Godard.

The Fassbinder movie is very little known because it was originally a TV-movie in two parts and not available for a long time. Here the two parts with English subtitles:








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In no particular order:

Alien
Twelve Monkeys
Gattaca
Terminator
Forbidden Planet
Death Race 2000
The Fly
Ghosbusters (the original, obviously)
Jurassic Park
Escape from New York

...and many, many more
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Depends for me on how loosely one describes a film as being SF. Ten is hard, but these are the first to spring to mind.

2001: A Space Odyssey
Under the Skin
Brazil
A Clockwork Orange
THX 1138
The Andromeda Strain
Alphaville
Stalker
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
The Man Who Fell to Earth

Honorable mentions to Logan's Run and Zardoz, which I respect a hell of a lot more than most.
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Its classied as a Science Fiction Comedy and Stanley Kubricks finiest moment
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If we want a Kubrick movie in such a liste, there's 2001...
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I definitely love Dr Strangelove too,  but I think it's a comedy film. 
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The WASP Woman - 1959 version although haven't seen the 1995 version, Iron Sky is pretty cool too


Favourite would have to be Dr Strangelove
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I didn't realize how many sci fi DVDs I own until my grand daughter pointed them out. In no particular order, these are my favs: 1) The Day The Earth Stood Still 2) War Of The Worlds (1951), 3) Planet Of The Apes 4) Soylant Green 5) Jaws (a horror movie perhaps) 6) Alien 7) Predator 8) Terminator 9) Terminator 2 10) The Thing. 

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