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Great movie. When I was making my first list, it was pretty much all French directors.

"MST3K" was one of my all time favorite TV shows as well.

"Horror of Spider Island" is their best from that series, imho.

I know you can see them on YouTube, but a few years back I was trying to add to my DVD collection , and they only come in "volume" packages (3 episodes per).

Volumes 1&2 cost me $40 each. Some are priced close to $100. No extras either.

No thanks.

"The Fly" (Jeff Goldblum) was fantastic.

I loved "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", and you're right , it's probably technically Sci-Fi .

I just always considered it a straight up love story.

The difference with something like "Solaris" is that their in space.

Incidentally,

I've always appreciated Jim Carey's dramatic stuff ( like Eternal) much more than the goofball stuff . Same applies for Robin Williams.

I liked "Fifth Element" for the reason you mentioned and more.

But,

the Chris Tucker character made me want to turn off the film.

Re: French directors in Sci-Fi -

How about "City of Lost Children"?

Loved the snarky original. But not paying that for them. Just ridiculous. Joel rocked it!

I love Chris trucker but agree... he was way over the top....

Expanse is IMHO the best sci-fi series from the last years. It's very well written, the Miller character is one of the best in some time, and it tries to respect the original where it can.

The Expanse universe is much better thought than of the others you mentioned. Belters are probably the best imaginary race in sci-fy universe.

American Gods
Dirk Gently
Altered Carbon
Black Mirror
Taboo

Are my top latest ones, Taboo is not sci-fy,but its a great one.

Didn't like Fifth element that much but anything from Junot & Carot is great (if you like Brazil, Delicatessen being the best)


Valerian is a great movie if you are a fan of the comic book.

is district 9 the one that kinda parallels the Israeli/Palestinian thing?

A bit, but the director was born and raised in South Africa, another apartheid state. He also directed Elysium and Chappie, which both share that same apartheid theme.

I don't think anything tops Blade Runner (2049 was fantastic as well). The Star Wars are all pretty solid to great as well. The Alien movies (including Prometheus) are top of the charts...


A few flying under the radar, or that I didn't notice anyone mentioning:

The Thing (1982)

Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes

Inception

Mad Max

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan



Sci-fi Albums?

Second to none:



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_World

Blade Runner director cut is my favorite sci fi film of all time, but I hate how it's not canocical with the series.

Was The Abyss mentioned?

"The Abyss " was great -
especially in that claustrophobic scene where the diver's lights go out and oxygen goes down while searching the derelict ship.

That movie was definitely the best of the trio of underwater films of the time, including "Deep-water Six" and "Leviathan ".

Soylent green is people!!!

Glad Portland brought up The Last Starfighter, but how has nobody mentioned the greatest, the ultimate, the most fantastical... ICE PIRATES! I loved everything about this movie when I was little except for the Robert Urich love scene in the rain.

What aboot Flash Gordon? "Everyone everywhere every woman every man it's Flash, aahaa savior of the universe."

Spaceballs also a good call. Love the dude combing the desert with the afropick. So many good one liners in this movie, I still quote it today.

We didn't mention it much, but the serials with Flash Gordon and such also included Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (band!) and a bunch of others. I loved those B&W shorts!