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New Poll: What's Your Favorite Sci-Fi Movie of All Time?

2009-06-30T11:23:50Z

Well, we are nearing the midway point of the year, so we thought it would be fun to have a non tech poll, that is simply for fun. Let me start by saying that I am not a big fan of sci-fi movies, and I didn't come up with the list of choices. So, I am sure there are many missing from the list. Please go ahead and leave any missing selections you would like to see in comments and I'll try to get them added.

With that being said, our poll question this week is very simple, What's Your Favorite Sci-Fi Movie of All Time? To take part in this poll, please click here.

UPDATE: I just voted for Matrix. How could I not when I just named my new baby girl Trinity last week. :-)

Comment from john on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T15:25:30Z

Blade Runner is not on the list? Really?

Comment from ejb on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T15:29:17Z

is the matrix not a sci-fi film???

Comment from Pablo on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T15:34:32Z

In my opinion, Terminator II

Comment from Kevin Suttle on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T15:35:01Z

The first Matrix. Hands down.

Comment from bOynOiz on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T15:37:27Z

No "The Matrix"... why not?

Comment from samBrown on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T15:39:22Z

Kubrick's 2010 - hands down. Dude was pulling off some jaw dropping affects before the age of digital effects. They just don't make movies like that anymore.

Comment from benb on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T15:44:12Z

agree with john, where is Blade Runner?

Comment from polyGeek on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T15:53:06Z

I would vote for the Matrix trilogy as a whole or just as the first episode.

But why is Star Trek I is on the list? Whaaaaaat? Just because it's ST doesn't mean it doesn't suck. Same goes for any of the first 3 eps of StarWars - IMHO.

But Blade Runner, 2001, 2010, Terminator I/II, Aliens, should all be on the list. And I'm still missing a bunch.

But don't worry. You can't have any poll dealing with anything related to SciFi without offending someone. Like what's the best space ship? "OMG, you left off the Defant? You moron! That's the best ship pound for pound in the entire galaxy."

I have no doubt that some geek has commented that somewhere at some time in response to that polling question. :)

Comment from samBrown on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T16:00:13Z

whoops, clearly Kubrick did 2001........

@polyGeek - lol!

Comment from Poleholio on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T16:56:44Z

These poles are really bad. Please make a choice from this limited selection so we can learn absolutely nothing about anything except the ineptitude of the person conducting them.

Comment from kouri on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T17:03:00Z

SilverLight of Microsoft !!

Comment from Bertrand Riché on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T17:12:01Z

And what about Blade Runner ?? :-)

Comment from Adi R on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T17:13:54Z

Total Recall
Matrix came later, close contender

Comment from Ross R on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T17:15:47Z

Very surprised that Blade Runner and the Matrix trilogy did not make that list.

Especially as Blade Runner is widely regarded as the best sci-fi movie of all time.

Comment from Scott H. on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T17:17:36Z

My favorite? The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. There's nothing cooler than Buckaroo.

The best, it's gotta be Blade Runner.

Comment from Rachel on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T17:51:29Z

Thanks for your comments, we added these to the list:

Blade Runner
The Matrix
Terminator
Terminator II
2010
Aliens

@polyGeek, love your space ship poll!

Comment from Steve G on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T18:12:12Z

You have 2010 instead of 2001

Comment from APC on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T20:43:19Z

Solaris - the Soderbergh/Clooney remake, not the interminable original (although that did have a cool synth soundtrack)

Comment from Clayton Wilchowy on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T21:14:41Z

Of all time? Might take some flak for this, but it also has to do with the age I was at when I first saw it. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Comment from Michael Duerr on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T21:59:58Z

Gattaca

Narrowly edging out: Outland, Bladerunner, Andromeda Strain

Honorable mentions to Rollerball, Logan's Run, Buckaroo Banzai, Farenheit 451, Dune, Total Recall, Johnny Mnemonic, Impostor, Dr Strangelove, Slaughterhouse 5

It would seem I have a fondness for dystopias, at least in my SciFi ...

Comment from Amol Mittal on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T22:10:20Z

Gattaca should definitely be on the list.
But i really like 12 Monkeys a lot as well.

Comment from Steve W on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T22:19:19Z

Aside from the obvious favorites mentioned above, you need to add Silent Running and Soylent Green to the list. @Clayton, for pure entertainment, Bill and Ted is a good choice.

Comment from Steve W on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T22:22:15Z

I forgot to add Independence Day and Men in Black which were great in their own right.

Comment from Amy Blankenship on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T22:50:25Z

Escape from New York!

Comment from Ed on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T22:57:14Z

Serenity

Comment from Ed on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T22:58:54Z

Serenity

Comment from Justin J. Moses on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T23:24:55Z

What about -

Dune, the Fifth Element, Screamers, Total Recall, Twelve Monkeys, Wall-E.

Comment from Anonymous on 2009-06-30

2009-07-01T02:49:35Z

Back to the Future!

Comment from Jeroen on 2009-07-01

2009-07-01T10:27:32Z

Plan 9 from outer space

Comment from Nico on 2009-07-01

2009-07-01T11:17:53Z

Brazil of course. Followed by Blade Runner.

Comment from Adam Cameron on 2009-07-01

2009-07-01T13:37:02Z

No "2001: A Space Odyssey"? Whether or not it's a person's favourite, it certainly should be the first on any list of science fiction films. It's like having a "Favourite Civil War Films Starring Clark Gable" poll and omitting "Gone with the Wind".

Which version of of The Day the Earth Stood Still do you mean? Clearly the recent one has no place on a poll about "best" films (even "best Keanu Reeves films"), but the original certainly has a place on this list.

Which version of Planet of the Apes? the 1968 one might qualify for this list; the Tim Burton one surely does not.

No Invasion of the Body Snatchers (either '56 or '78 version should qualify for this list).

Other glaring omissions:
No 12 Monkeys.
No Gattaca.
No 28 Days Later...
No The Thing (Carpenter version; the Hawkes version is a bit daft).
No Solyaris (I disagree with the earlier poster that the remake should be considered over the original, but hey).

It's hard to take this poll seriously (even as seriously as a throw-away poll on "favourite CF films" should be taken, I mean).

Oh... and for my money: it's Alien.

--
Adam

Comment from Tom Chiverton on 2009-07-01

2009-07-01T14:58:52Z

Also missing (shocked I am, shocked :-) )

The Abyss
The Thing
Toys (might be stretching 'scifi')
Small Soldiers

Comment from Gilles Guillemin on 2009-07-01

2009-07-02T05:25:51Z

And why everybody seems to forget Minority Report?

Comment from randygland on 2009-07-02

2009-07-02T09:14:31Z

Because Minority Report was poo.. and i agree with the guy that said you should probably stick to writing polls you actually know something about.

Comment from Steve Howard on 2009-07-05

2009-07-05T13:03:30Z

Robby the Robot.

:-)

Comment from Mars on 2009-07-06

2009-07-06T09:31:16Z

"Close to you"...
the system the girls are using there is amazing... the world panorama...;)

Comment from Ian on 2009-07-09

2009-07-09T07:40:08Z

John Carpenters " The Thing".

Comment from shreyas on 2009-07-12

2009-07-12T07:46:02Z

RESIDENT EVIL {almost all parts}.....

itz aWesome, movie must see !!

Comment from solerous on 2009-07-15

2009-07-15T19:35:20Z

Serenity.

It's not even on the list, but it's my favorite Sci-fi movie of all time and nothing else even comes close. And I say that as a big Sci-fi fan.