Primer
Aliens
The Terminator
Planet of the Apes (original)
Matrix

The Fifth Element
Aliens
Blade Runner
2001 A Space odyssey
Star Wars (eps. IV)

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Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
Alien
Aliens
The Thing
Terminator
T2
War of The Worlds (new one)

2001 Space oddity...

For one reason and one reason only...

It was the first... and only 'Sci Fi' movie that dealt with the reality of weightlessness in a more or less realistic manner.

Following that the Star Wars Saga... Good story line.

In no particular order (but only becuase I'm mentally going back through my own DVD/VHS collection and over memories of films I've seen and admired over the years).

"Forbidden Planet" (Walter Pidgeon)--A classic. 'Nuff said (don't forget the formative beginnings of the genre! And frightening too it it's own way)

"2010" (Roy Scheider)--Fantastic film and very frightening (and uplifting too) on so many levels.

"Alien" (Sigourney Weaver)-- the second film, "Aliens" was fantastic too, but it would not have mattered as much, but for the original. The first one, in and of itself, truly gave new meaning...and fuel...to the simple phrase "night terrors." :D

"Star Trek III" (Leonard Nimoy)--"ST II" was fantastic, but, IMO, "ST III" still trancended it--"ST II was "about the death of a resiliant and tough enemy," while "ST III" was about the death of an honorable and well loved friend (and so the latter trumps the former. Or (and to borrow a well-turned phrase)... :D.... "the needs of the many (the latter) outweigh the needs of the few (the former)...").

Last: "Total Recall" (because is was mind-expanding in so many thoughtful ways (if not so much now, this was at least true at the time)).

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Honorable mention: HEHEHE...I'm mostly kidding, here, so DO take it with a very large grain of salt, please: "The Reluctant Astronaut" (Don Knotts).--Best scene ever! involving only "Peanut-Butter-and-Crackers" (my seven year old nephew really loves it to this very day. As did I too, when I liived, myself "back in the day.").

Hey...It's not always about being "frightening--sometimes it can be aboutsimple (and even marginally dumb) humor too! :D).

CS

Anyone ever see Screamers? Peter Weller movie from the 90's.

1. Tron
2. A New Hope
3. Empire Strikes Back
4. Aliens

Top 5 Sci-fi:hmm:

1. Serenity
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Starship Troopers
4. Ghost in a Shell or Appleseed
5. An Inconvenient Truth

x rated version of JAWS
 

I had to throw this in to the mix. The x rated version of JAWS was GUMS. When guys were swimming in the ocean, it (she) would come up swiftly from the deep and (well you know the rest!). And you thought I got my handle from submarine lore!http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/images/icons/icon10.gif

OK in no particular order:
Wow! No one has mentioned it . . . fine I will. Star Trek (VIII): First Contact, The only good Star Trek TNG movie.

Aliens
Starship Troopers; not as good as the book, and Rico was Filipino.
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, only movie with the B-Wing
Tenchi Muyo! In Love
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Predetor; because of Arnold and everyone else. Imagine two future Governors on screen at the same time.
The Fifth Element; because Bruce Willis is bad ass
Unbreakable; see above comment on Bruce Willis
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind; because it's Hayao Miyazaki
The Godzilla Movies
RoboCop
Enemy Mine
The Last Starfighter
Stargate
Mission to Mars
2001 & 2010
The Andromeda Strain
Jurassic Park
Demolition Man; "I am the law!"
Bicentenial Man
A.I.
Judge Dredd
Demolition Man
Outland
Dune
Final Fantasy: The Sprit Within; not the best movie, but they tried.
Virtuosity; because Russell Crow was a great villian
Minority Report
Virus (1980)
The Postman; Not as good as the book, but it's OK
12 Monkeys
Earth Girls are Easy
Galaxy Quest; how can I forget this one
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; not as good as the book but Zooey is cute in this one
My Stepmother is an Alien
Spaceballs
K-Pax
Outbreak
Pleasantville
War of the Worlds (1953)
The Final Countdown (1980)
Groundhogs Day
Equilibrium (2002)

top 5
 

I think we were asked to list the top 5, not the top 5,000. How about THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON?

Close Encounters
 

Sorry. I did not see the question. Close Encounters of the Third Kind stars Richard Dreyfus, Teri Garr and Francois Truffaut. It was on its way to breaking the all time box office record for movie sales when the head of Paramount (I think that was the company tha produced the movie) was charged with embezzling monies from the company for the second time. I personally think it is the greatest science fiction movie ever made, but certainly E.T., the Terminator and the original Time Machine are high on the list.

The Thing (both the original, and Carpenters)
Alien
Star Wars
Forbidden Planet
The Time Machine (1960)

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