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Must watch classic SciFi movies?

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So far this year I have watched Metropolis and Zardoz for the first time. What are some other must see SciFi movies?

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lemmyng@beehaw.org
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Well in that case:

  • The Matrix
  • Dark City
  • Pi
  • Confluence
  • Predestination
  • Primer
  • Brazil
  • Time Bandits
  • Gremlins
  • They Live!
  • Escape from NY/LA
  • Big Trouble in Little China
  • The Fifth Element
  • 12 Monkeys
  • Six String Samurai
  • Robocop
  • Total Recall
  • Terminator & Terminator 2
  • Event Horizon
  • Stargate
  • Johnny Mnemonic
  • Soldier
  • The Truman Show
  • Mars Attacks!
  • Demolition Man
  • Starship Troopers
  • Tank Girl
  • Cube
  • Species
  • Men in Black
  • Iron Sky
  • Robot Jox

… and many more!

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NotTheOnlyGamer@kbin.social
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A few you missed:

  • Johnny Mnemonic
  • ExistenZ
  • The 13th Floor
  • A Scanner Darkly
  • WarGames
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iAmTheTot@kbin.social
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The Truman Show is great but I’m not really sure I would put it in a list of sci fi classics.

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Gamaxray@kbin.social
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Being John Malkovich is in a similar vein.

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mPony@kbin.social
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The Truman Show is stealth sci-fi. It has literal world-building.

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HunnyBadger@kbin.social
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Yeah, now that I think about it, if you described Truman show to someone that has never seen it, they would have to think it was sci-fi. But it’s done so well and plays so close to the realm of possibility that I’ve never really considered it sci-fi…
Whatever it is, it’s brilliant.

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Durandal@kbin.social
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Would make a good double feature with Inception.

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khab@kbin.social
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Alien
Aliens
Alien3

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RheingoldRiver@kbin.social
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Glad you included Primer. That’s the only mandatory one imo.

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frasassi@kbin.social
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@lemmyng This is the list I was about to pit together so ty

@MooseGas

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