CFE's 100 Science Fiction Film Countdown

[CFE]

CFE'S
100 SCIENCE FICTION FILM COUNTDOWN

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Since the dawn, humanity has looked to the heavens with an eye for imagination and a mind ripe for wonder...

Wonder of the Future...the unexplained...the majestic, the thrilling, the terrifying...

All leading to the pinnacle question...

What's out there?

What awaits us beyond the stars, beyond the present day...beyond reality itself...

And thus mankind set out to answer and speculate these dilemmas for itself...

Within the realm...of SCIENCE FICTION.

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The Countdown Begins...September 23rd​

 

[CFE]

Countdown Review Links:

1: [post=17894142]"2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY" (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)[/post]

2: [post=17891313]"STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK" (Irvin Kershner, 1980)[/post]
3: [post=17887273]"METROPOLIS" (Fritz Lang, 1927)[/post]

4: [post=17882672]"STAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE" (George Lucas, 1977)[/post]
5: [post=17880312]"ALIEN" (Ridley Scott, 1979)[/post]
6: [post=17878023]"BLADE RUNNER" (Ridley Scott, 1982)[/post]
7: [post=17875260]"ROBOCOP" (Paul Verhoeven, 1987)[/post]
8: [post=17872511]"ALIENS" (James Cameron, 1986)[/post]
9: [post=17870601]"THE TERMINATOR" (James Cameron, 1984)[/post]
10: [post=17865768]"TERMINATOR II: JUDGMENT DAY" (James Cameron, 1991)[/post]

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11: [post=17861193]"The Matrix" (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 1999)[/post]
12: [post=17858578]"Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" (Richard Marquand, 1983)[/post]
13: [post=17855474]"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (Nicholas Meyer, 1982)[/post]
14: [post=17851992]"Back to the Future" (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)[/post]
15: [post=17845945]"E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial" (Steven Spielberg, 1982)[/post]
16: [post=17842105]"Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (Don Siegel, 1956)[/post]
17: [post=17838371]"The Thing" (John Carpenter, 1982)[/post]
18: [post=17833928]"Brazil" (Terry Gilliam, 1985)[/post]
19: [post=17830623]"Planet of the Apes" (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968)[/post]
20: [post=17826348]"Total Recall" (Paul Verhoeven, 1990)[/post]

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21: [post=17822349]"Star Trek" (J.J. Abrams, 2009)[/post]
22: [post=17818164]"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (Steven Spielberg, 1977)[/post]
23: [post=17815330]"The Day the Earth Stood Still" (Robert Wise, 1951)[/post]
24: [post=17808955]"District 9" (Neill Blomkamp, 2009)[/post]
25: [post=17804815]"Forbidden Planet" (Fred M. Wilcox, 1956)[/post]
26: [post=17803216]"Equilibrium" (Kurt Wimmer, 2002)[/post]
27: [post=17799698]"Children of Men" (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)[/post]
28: [post=17795096]"The Abyss" (James Cameron, 1989)[/post]
29: [post=17790229]"Predator" (John McTiernan, 1987)[/post]
30: [post=17787755]"Escape from New York" (John Carpenter, 1981)[/post]

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31: [post=17782209]"The Road Warrior" (George Miller, 1981)[/post]
32: [post=17777271]"Twelve Monkeys" (Terry Gilliam, 1995)[/post]
33: [post=17774045]"Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" (George Lucas, 2005)[/post]
34: [post=17771206]"Minority Report" (Steven Spielberg, 2002)[/post]
35: [post=17768643]"Solyaris" (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972)[/post]
36: [post=17765896]"The Incredible Shrinking Man" (Jack Arnold, 1957)[/post]
37: [post=17762475]"Dark City" (Alex Proyas, 1998)[/post]
38: [post=17758597]"Gattaca" (Andrew Niccol, 1997)[/post]
39: [post=17755028]"The Fly" (David Cronenberg, 1986)[/post]
40: [post=17752256]"Star Trek: First Contact" (Jonathan Frakes, 1996)[/post]

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41: [post=17749663]"Videodrome" (David Cronenberg, 1983)[/post]
42: [post=17744622]"The Thing from Another World" (Christian Nyby (Howard Hawks), 1951)[/post]
43: [post=17740671]"Serenity" (Joss Whedon, 2005)[/post]
44: [post=17740626]"CUBE" (Vincenzo Natali, 1997)[/post]
45: [post=17733037]"Logan's Run" (Michael Anderson, 1976)[/post]
46: [post=17730284]"Pi" (Darren Aronofsky, 1998)[/post]
47: [post=17725182]"Stargate" (Roland Emmerich, 1994)[/post]
48: [post=17721378]"TRON" (Steven Lisberger, 1982)[/post]
49: [post=17717675]"The Matrix Reloaded" (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 2003)[/post]
50: [post=17713755]"The Fifth Element" (Luc Besson, 1997)[/post]

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51: [post=17710762]"Sunshine" (Danny Boyle, 2007)[/post]
52: [post=17706710]"Contact" (Robert Zemeckis, 1997)[/post]
53: [post=17702895]"A.I. Artificial Intelligence" (Steven Spielberg, 2001)[/post]
54: [post=17700107]"Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" (Nicholas Meyer, 1991)[/post]
55: [post=17696766]"The War of the Worlds" (Byron Haskin, 1953)[/post]
56: [post=17692723]"Starship Troopers" (Paul Verhoeven, 1997)[/post]
57: [post=17688202]"The Andromeda Strain" (Robert Wise, 1971)[/post]
58: [post=17684738]"Fahrenheit 451" (François Truffaut, 1966)[/post]
59: [post=17680439]"Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" (Leonard Nimoy, 1986)[/post]
60: [post=17677892]"Alien III" (David Fincher, 1992)[/post]

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61: [post=17673022]"Westworld" (Michael Crichton, 1973)[/post]
62: [post=17670445]"I,Robot" (Alex Proyas, 2004)[/post]
63: [post=17665672]"Pitch Black" (David Twohy, 2000)[/post]
64: [post=17660595]"Soylent Green" (Richard Fleischer, 1973)[/post]
65: [post=17656330]"The Omega Man" (Boris Sagal, 1971)[/post]
66: [post=17652143]"Scanners" (David Cronenberg, 1981)[/post]
67: [post=17647620]"THX-1138" (George Lucas, 1971)[/post]
68: [post=17644542]"Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones" (George Lucas, 2002)[/post]
69: [post=17641376]"Them!" (Gordon Douglas, 1954)[/post]
70: [post=17639052]"Primer" (Shane Carruth, 2004)[/post]

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71: [post=17635360]"Silent Running" (Douglas Trumbull, 1972)[/post]
72: [post=17631948]"Time Bandits" (Terry Gilliam, 1981)[/post]
73: [post=17628120]"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (Garth Jennings, 2005)[/post]
74: [post=17624102]"Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" (George Lucas, 1999)[/post]
75: [post=17619786]"Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" (Leonard Nimoy, 1984)[/post]
76: [post=17615853]"Mad Max" (George Miller, 1979)[/post]
77: [post=17613302]"The Chronicles of Riddick" (David Twohy, 2004)[/post]
78: [post=17607283]"Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (Robert Wise, 1979)[/post]
79: [post=17603059]"Independence Day" (Roland Emmerich, 1996)[/post]
80: [post=17598777]"Dune" (David Lynch, 1984)[/post]

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81: [post=17594228]"Star Trek: Generations" (David Carson, 1994)[/post]
82: [post=17590527]"The Running Man" (Paul Michael Glaser, 1987)[/post]
83: [post=17586298]"Dark Star" (John Carpenter, 1974)[/post]
84: [post=17582281]"Rollerball" (Norman Jewison, 1975)[/post]
85: [post=17577111]"The Last Starfighter" (Nick Castle, 1984)[/post]
86: [post=17573177]"The Fury" (Brian De Palma, 1978)[/post]
87: [post=17568840]"Beneath the Planet of the Apes" (Ted Post, 1970)[/post]
88: [post=17563983]"Earth vs. The Flying Saucers" (Fred F. Sears, 1956)[/post]
89: [post=17560619]"Brainstorm" (Douglas Trumbull, 1983)[/post]
90: [post=17556342]"The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimenson" (W.D. Richter, 1984)[/post]

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91: [post=17552308]"Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome" (George Miller and Greg Ogilvie, 1985)[/post]
92: [post=17547154]"Escape from the Planet of the Apes" (Don Taylor, 1971)[/post]
93: [post=17543275]"It! The Terror from Beyond Space" (Edward L. Cahn, 1958)[/post]
94: [post=17538093]"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (Irwin Allen, 1961)[/post]
95: [post=17533309]"Conquest of the Planet of the Apes" (J. Lee Thompson, 1972)[/post]
96: [post=17529063]"Lifeforce" (Tobe Hooper, 1985)[/post]
97: [post=17524962]"Battle Beyond the Stars" (Jimmy T. Murakami (Roger Corman), 1980)[/post]
98: [post=17520991]"The Black Hole" (Gary Nelson, 1979)[/post]
99: [post=17517060]"Zardoz" (John Boorman, 1974)[/post]
100: [post=17511247]"This Island Earth" (Joseph M. Newman, 1955)[/post]

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Awesome, i'm on board for this CFE

 

[SuperFerret]

Looking forward to this.

 

[Bunker]

This should be kewl.

 

[Ash J. Williams]

Cool deal.

 

[SuperFerret]

I'm really looking forward to this, but I wonder, what'll happen when CFE does all the logical ideas for Top 100's? Will we get some really arbitrary categories, like Top 100 Arnold Schwarzenegger Films, or the Top 100 Films starring a dog (Old Yeller better be #1 there )?

 

[Bunker]

I just realized you posted my Sci Fi super trailer.

 

[8wid]

I like this idea.

 

[Spider-Vader]

Awesome, another one!

 

[dude stannis]

This is gonna be so sweet!

 

[omid17]

District 9 needs to be in it

 

[-Arya-]

I have a strong prediction of what the number one spot will be. Can't wait to see how this list pans out.

 

[theoneandonly]

im on board pal.

 

[nclemale]

nice t:

 

[Dark Victory]

Loved the video with Nine Inch Nails' "The Warning".


I'm looking forward to this.

 

[Motown Marvel]

blade runner FTW!!!

 

[Evil Twin]

I'm curious where the boundaries will be set.

There are plenty of movies with science fiction aspects to them that aren't necessarily thought of as "science fiction". Most superhero movies, for instance, have a psuedo-scientific premise to them, even Nolan's Batman movies have stuff like futuristic microwave emitters and cell phone sonar.

Then there are the horror hybrids. Anything with aliens, for instance, which would include The Thing, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Alien, etc. The Fly is based around a teleportation experiment. The various Frankenstein movies are based on the premise of a scientist going too far.

So, what's the definition of science fiction you're using?

 

[Evil Twin]

BTW, I'd highly recommend Keep Watching the Skies! by Bill Warren as a definitive guide to 50s science fiction films.

 

[CFE]

While a list of films based on Comic Books was significantly easier, you're right about the boundaries of Science Fiction...it's such a vast field that, in the end, it's all a matter of what I personally feel best defines the genre.

But it's hard...this list has be re-worked twice as many times as the Comic Book one.

 

[Evil Twin]

Yeah, I don't envy you trying to put together this sort of list. The field is very broad and the boundaries aren't clear.

One to consider, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

 

[SuperFerret]

The boundaries not being clear should make this list easier to make, not harder.

 

[gwynplaine]

From Georges Melies to Distict 9, there sure is a lot of ground to cover.
I hope there is a lot of the great scifi from the 70's, like Soylent Green, Silent Running, 2001, etc... and don't forget Woody Allen's Sleeper please

 

[CFE]

The boundaries not being clear should make this list easier to make, not harder.

making the list...sure.

narrowing it down to 100...not so much.

In fact I'm working on an additional list of 25 that are non-ranked...just because there are so many.

 

[Evil Twin]

My thought is that having fuzzy boundaries will make it really easy to come up with 100 great films. OTOH, the fuzzy boundaries raise the "what about..." questions. Or, is it in the genre or not? Or, it's a great movie, but is it a great example of science fiction?

There's a fairly objective measure of what's a comic book movie or not. Science fiction is much more open to debate. Heck, "Star Wars science fiction or fantasy?" is a classic debate.

We're not going to answer the question here, and it's CFE's list so whatever he says goes as far as the list, but I think it's always going to be an interesting question.