What's the best Sci Fi film ever made?

eXistenZ is up there with the best IMO.

2001 Space Odyssey
Star Wars ESB, ANH
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
War of the World (1953)
Alien
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Blade Runner
Metropolis
THX 1138
Planet of the Apes (1968)
The Matrix
Soylent Green
Logan's Run
Terminator 2
The Time Machine (1960)

These would be my top sci fi films

Star Wars Is The Best Hands Down

Althought I love the first 3 Star Wars Films, I don't think I classify them as Sci-Fi. They actually more ressemble fantasy, I think, since the movies adhere to a pretty strict myth-hero archetype. If you discount Star Wars, the best Sci-Films are:

1) 2001

2) Blade Runner (Director's Cut)

3) Twelve Monkeys

star wars

Metropolis

Forbidden Planet

The Day the Earth Stood Still

2001 & 2010

The Omega Man

Soylent Green

The Andromeda Strain

Rollerball

The Thing (John Carpenter's version)

Crossworlds

PitchBlack

And all the Alien films, just a few of a long list.

I thought the thing was a good early 80's movie and it is underrated also.

Predator
Terminator 2 and 3
The Thing was good, pretty weird.
Chronicles of Riddick
Men In Black
The Matrix
Matrix: Reloaded

Star Wars always struck me more as science fantasy, whereas 2001: a space odyssey is "hard" science fiction, very realistic. As such, I don't know if Star Wars and 2001 are fair comparisons: each have their own strengths.

But, strictly speaking, the best science fiction movie is 2001. Indeed, it is considered by critics to be one of the best movies--regardless of genre--ever made.

has anyone read STAR WARS rise of a dark lord, its a really good book becouse there is no more star wars movies. i know have to resort to reading the star wars books 📖

2010
Bladerunner
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Final Countdown
Aliens 2
All three Back to the Future movies
Timerider

ALIEN

TERMINATOR 2

Star Wars

Top 3:
1. Star Wars 1-6
2. Lord of the Rings 1-3
3. The Shawshank Redemption

Star Wars and Lord of the Rings are one class better than all other movies.

Wasn't Vanilla Sky about someone who had fantasies? I don't think you should consider it Sci-Fi. Of course it was at time hard to follow, as I only saw it once did I miss something?

As much as i am a huge SW original trilogy fan id go for THE ORIGINAL 1968 PLANET OF THE APES.

2001>Gattaca>Blade Runner

Originally posted by Hypernova
Someone mentioned Vanilla Sky was a sci-fi.

Then that someone is an idiot.

2001. Hands down. Best Sci-Fi flick..ever.

Originally posted by pulsar
Wasn't Vanilla Sky about someone who had fantasies? I don't think you should consider it Sci-Fi. Of course it was at time hard to follow, as I only saw it once did I miss something?

Vanilla Sky was a horrible movie with and even more horrid plot.