The Fiftiest SF Films Meme

[theodosia]

Ganked from serenada:

I didn't do so badly -- 40 out of the 50 or so. You can choose yourself as to what is the most egregious oversight, first on my haven't-seens, and then on Scalzi's list itself.

The 50 most influential SF films, according to John Scalzi's Rough Guide to Science Fiction:

key --
films I've seen
films I tried to watch
films I've never heard of

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!
Akira
Alien
Aliens
Alphaville
Back to the Future
Blade Runner
Brazil
Bride of Frankenstein
Brother From Another Planet
A Clockwork Orange
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Contact
The Damned
Destination Moon
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Delicatessen
Escape From New York
ET: The Extraterrestrial
Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers serial*1
The Fly 1985 version
Forbidden Planet
Ghost in the Shell
Gojira/Godzilla
The Incredibles
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Jurassic Park
Mad Max 2/The Road Warrior
The Matrix
Metropolis
On the Beach
Planet of the Apes (1968 version)
Robocop
Sleeper
Solaris (1972 version)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
The Stepford Wives - 1975 version
Superman
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Thing From Another World
Things To Come
Tron
12 Monkeys
28 Days Later
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
2001: A Space Odyssey
La Voyage Dans la Lune*2
War of the Worlds (1953 version)

*1- I'm not sure if this is the same serial that I've watched, but I have seen some of the original and serials. Still have to pause and think about them to figure out which is which....

*2- For a class on the history of cinema.