Favorite Sci-Fi action movie from the 70's, 80's, 90's, and 00's

[Mass Nerder]

70's is a no brainer- Star Wars: A New Hope
80's, it's a REALLY tuff choice but I guess I'd have the pick Terminator 1
90's I'd have to say The Matrix (although Terminator 2: Judgement day is a very close 2nd)
00's would be Iron Man

Because the 80's had a lot of great Sci-fi action movies I just wanted to mention a few more of my Favorites:
Aliens
Bladerunner (was that the 80's or the 70's)
Predator
The Empire Strikes Back

 

[DACrowe]

Hurm, I'm going to do more than one per decade:

1970s: Star Wars, A Clockwork Orange and Alien.
1980s: The Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner and Return of the Jedi
1990s: Jurassic Park and The Matrix
2000s: Minority Report, Spider-Man 2 and District 9 (pretty weak selection)

This decade is off to a great start though with Inception, in my opinion.

 

[Incrediblejeff]

I'm doing a couple of more because I want to.

Before 1950's:Metropolis
1950's:The Day The Earth Stood Still
1960'slanet of The Apes and 2001
1970's:Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes
1980's:Tron or Blade Runner
1990's:12 Monkeys or Gattaca
2000's:Children of Men

 

[Sentinel X]

1970s: A Clockwork Orange
1980s: Aliens
1990s: The Matrix
2000s: District 9

In my opinion the best is the matrix (my favorite movie, so I'm biased). It just the perfect blend of action and brains while still maintain 100% entertaining through out the entire movie.

 

[Tron Bonne]

1970s: Alien
1980s: Blade Runner (maybe)
1990s: The Matrix
2000s: The Fountain

 

[Punisher Rising]

1970s - Alien and Star Wars

1980s - The Terminator, Aliens, Predator, RoboCop, The Thing The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi

1990s - Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Predator 2, Jurassic Park, Starship Troopers, Total Recall, Alien 3 and RoboCop 2

2000s - District 9

 

[Max J Power]

1970s: Alien, Star Wars,
1980s: Empire, Blade Runner, Aliens
1990s: Terminator 2, Dark City
2000s: Minority Report, Children of Men

 

[Wolfwood]

Wow, for some reason I thought Aliens had come out in the 90s. Guess that's a testament to how good that film looks.


70s: Star Wars
80s: Blade Runner
90s: Jurassic Park
00s: Children of Men

 

[Passdom]

70s: Star Wars
80s: Aliens (and Predator)
90s: Terminator 2
00s: Avatar

 

[The Morningstar]

70s: Alien, Mad Max, Star Wars, Logans Run
80s: Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, Aliens, Predator, Robocop, Terminator
90s: Matrix, Total Recall, T2, Alien 3, Face/Off, The Fifth Element
00s: Minority Report, X-2, Pitch Black, Iron Man, Children of Men, I Robot, District 9

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

Ok, I am not going to include Star Wars movies or comic book adaptations.

I see that you specified sci-fi 'action' movies, but folk are just picking sci-fi films in general, so I will put SR in there.

70s: Silent Running
80s: Robocop
90s: The Matrix
00s: I Am Legend

 

[VictusMortuus]

70's- Close Encounters of The 3rd Kind

80's- Aliens

90's- T2... also tied with TDK as my favorite movie.

00's- Children of Men, Moon, District 9

10's- Inception

 

[WolfCypher]

I'll pass on the 70s.

80s - The Thing, Aliens & Terminator
90s - Terminator 2
00s - Metropolis
10s - nothing...

 

[bullets]

70s Star Wars , Close Encounters of the third kind, Alien, Mad Max

80s Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, Back to the Future, Terminator , Aliens , Predator, Robocop

90s Total Recall, T2, Jurassic Park, The Matrix

00s A.i. , I Robot , Minority Report, Children of Men , Cloverfield , District 9, Moon, Avatar

 

[Mass Nerder]

Oh I'd like to add Highlander and The Road Warrior to my 80's list.


And no offesnse to anyone but, Bullets, how is ET a Sci-fi ACTION movie?

 

[The Morningstar]

You could say the BMX chase near the end is action i guess.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

Oh I'd like to add Highlander and The Road Warrior to my 80's list.


And no offesnse to anyone but, Bullets, how is ET a Sci-fi ACTION movie?

It is pretty funny how you are being so particular about folk only picking sci-fi 'action' films, when you have listed a movie with no sci-fi elements in it at all, to my memory anyway, in 'Highlander'.
I have not watched any of the sequels, as I heard they were so bad, so I don't care if they retroactively made out they were aliens from somewhere or other later on, the original movie is all based on magic. It's not a sci-fi movie.

edit: Also, I have to say, it kind of defeats the purpose of the thread if everyone just makes big lists of all the sci-fi movies they really liked in that decade, because most of the lists end up looking exactly the same. You don't get a sense of what ones are actually people's favourites.

 

[The Morningstar]

Yea I wanna add Mad Max 2 to my 80s list as well. Can't believe I forgot that after choosing the first one.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Heh, I didn't even notice the 'action' part in the title

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

Yea I wanna add Mad Max 2 to my 80s list as well. Can't believe I forgot that after choosing the first one.

Mad Max 2 aka The Booze Warrior(as it was released in Australia) is, strictly speaking, not sci-fi, not anymore anyway. The events of that movie are basically what happens over in Australia between the hours of 10pm- 10am, ever since they brought in a law to stop 24/7 booze shops.

 

[DieSmiling]

70s: Star Wars
80s: The Empire Strikes Back
90s: Terminator 2 Judgment Day/The Matrix
00s: None, really

 

[DACrowe]

Extras as others are doing earlier decades:

1920s: Metropolis

1930s: Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein and The Invisible Man

1940s: I don't think there was much sci-fi this decade other than the B-sequels to Frankenstein and its knock-offs

1950s: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Day the Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet

1960s: Planet of the Apes and 2001: A Space Odyssey

I just realized that nobody has mentioned two all-time great remakes for the '80s: The Thing and/or The Fly. Very interesting.

 

[The Morningstar]

Mad Max 2 aka The Booze Warrior(as it was released in Australia) is, strictly speaking, not sci-fi, not anymore anyway. The events of that movie are basically what happens over in Australia between the hours of 10pm- 10am, ever since they brought in a law to stop 24/7 booze shops.

haha nice.

 

[The Morningstar]

I just realized that nobody has mentioned two all-time great remakes for the '80s: The Thing and/or The Fly. Very interesting.

Damn, I love those movies, especially Carpenter's Thing. Can't believe I forgot those.

The Thing is like, one of my favourite movies ever.

 

[Duke]

1970's: Star Wars: A New Hope
1980's: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
1990's Jurassic Park
2000's Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith