Off the beaten path scifi movies

NinXeno426 and Deep Space (sorry if I missed anyone)- Thanks to your name drops I went through my dad's DVD collection again (more than 400) and found Sunshine and not only THE Arrival but The Arrival 2!

The Arrival is a good sci-fi film imo, with a brilliant Charlie Sheen in the lead role. 

If you want some 90's cyberpunk, I recommend Virtuosity with Denzel Washington and Russell Crow as the villain who, when damaged, regenerates by literally absorbing or eating glass!

Johnny Mnemonic is another cyberpunk film starring a young Keanu Reeves.

Here is the trailer from They Live. I forgot Childs from The Thing is in it. Question- would anyone be interested if trailers from the above movies were posted to whet members' appetites? It could be a fairly tedious task.

They Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJC4R1uXDaE

Ugh The Arrival 2 isn't very good lol but i own it anyway(it was direct to video)Here's a batch of Animation.1.Akira.Final Fantasy The Spirits Within.3.Appleseed(2004)4.Ghost in the Shell.I'll be honest I don't love Ghost in the Shell nearly as much as others do.I read the graphic novel first and was a bit spoiled by it,the animated film just didn't meet my expectations,i prefer the Stand Alone Complex series.But i did watch it recently for the first time in nearly a decade because of the new movie and came out with a new appreciation for the film 

Here's some more underappreciated batch on sci fi movies.The Last Starfighter.Pacific Rim.Edge of Tomorrow.Ghosts of Mars(that one could have been Escape 3)Elysium(Neill Blomkamp that one,not District 9,but better than Chappie)The Fifth Element(ok maybe that one isn't overlooked but it's still awesome)and Lucy.

@ninXeno If we're gonna go all anime/animation then "Heavy Metal" is must see SciFi!

A few of my favorites:

* Slaughterhouse Five

* Invasion of the Body Snatchers

* Westworld

* The Terminal Man

* Logan's Run

* The Man Who Fell to Earth

* The Andromeda Strain

* Scanners

* Outland

* Fire in the Sky

* The Ice Pirates

Fire in the Sky is excellent!Based on a true story too,another one I thought only I liked.Ironically I was thinking about it earlier 

BigChap72- Westworld is fantastic! "I think someone needs his mama" lol. Arguably the original Terminator in a way as far as Brenner's character.

Did anyone like Lawnmower Man?

All great lists, can't think of anything extra to add except that I add specific emphasis for Event Horizon and Soldier!

The Man Who Fell To Earth~ how did I miss it out...it's another Nic Roeg masterpiece!

The Hunger~ Bowie and Deneuve, in Tony Scott's classy, stylish shocker.

Xtro~ Ultra creepy British sci-fi/horror!

POSSESSION Andrzej Zulawski's intense, weird, shocking horror with Sam Neil and Isabelle Adjani.

Totally forgot about Possession.  That's a classic yo.  Very, very different, that one is.

Lone- Man Who Fell to Earth- I saw that a couple days after Bowie died. It was slow but a pretty interesting movie.

makes me feel good to see others who are connoisseur of classic sifi. When I have friends over and they see them on the shelf I get weird looks or a head shake and when my wifes friends come over they just laugh at me. but I'm cool with it. lol

they have now idea.

DK/Lone - watched Man Who Fell to Earth as a kid in the 80s.  It left a weird impression.  I watched it more recently and still feel it has a very odd, dare I say, alien, vibe to it.  Slow moving but the 'eye' scene sticks in my head.  I guess it's as much a moral tale about greed than it is a sci-fi?

Shasta - All my DVDs are out of sight (they just are - no guilty reason lol) but my bookcase is in full view.  There is a noticeable amount of sci-fi on it such as Iain M Banks, Asimov, Arthur C Clarke and P K Dick.  I get the same odd looks . . .

Thing is, sci-fi is just that - fiction about science related themes.  Many genres dip in or cross over as well.  For me, and I like other genres just as much, if the writing/film making is good then it's worth a look, surely?

I think it's the scope of sci-fi that really grips me.  Similar to fantasy in some instances, but even harder stuff like Clarke's work can build fantastical yet believable worlds . . . 

There's trash out there, sure, but just sci-fi?  Na!  I'm gonna go out on a limb and say my generation and back it probably was seen as more 'geeky' or niche but I had the impression sci-fi was a bit 'cooler' these days?

This is what having kids and getting middle aged does to a man - we have to ask what's cool ha ha! ;) 

Does Army of Darkness fit in as Sci Fi? It has time travel so I would think so. Another one for The List. Shop smart- shop S Mart!

I have so many DVDs that I have had to store most in big tupper ware bins and so they become out of sight out of mind.

Bowie was absolutely perfect for the role of Newton in TMWFTE. Nic Roeg saw him in the documentary Cracked Actor and knew he need look no further for his lead!

I've always been in love with Bowie, and that just adds to the fascinatation I have with that film!

exactly Shasta, no class, there are some classic old scifi/horror out there, don't forget ed woods classic- Plan 9 from Outer Space.

airshaft_surprise- I sound like a broken record but Plan 9 from Outer Space is taken to hilarious levels in the MST3K version.

I laughed when i first saw Plan 9 dk, but it is what it is i guess and still is a classic, even though it is bad hahaha!

How about some John Hurt guys?

Besides A L I E N he was in 1984, Hellboy, V For Vendetta, Outlander and Snowpiercer.

Lone- 1984 (slaps forehead)!

I trust you guys have all seen BladeRunner??? o.O

Ay Lone, the end of Spaceballs - the chestburster parody lol!

He played Dr Oxley in Indiana Jones And the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls.

played John Merrick the Elephant Man.

Was in a Paul McCartney music vid back in the 80's, for the song - Take it Away, man! the list of acting roles this bloke done is huge, he was a legend in my eyes.   

Absolutely JH was one of the greats, he elevated any film!

To anyone who hasn't seen BladeRunner yet.......

*sends out the dildomorphs*

...see them running excitedly about your feet?...good...you will now be anally probed by dildomorph!

I got a couple more that shouldn't have to be said but I'm going to say them any way.The Fly(1986) and Serenity/FireFly.I also think Oblivion is a bit underrated

Reanimator?

Only seen parts.A scene that stood out involved a re animated severed head and a women lol 

Some that haven't been mentioned yet:

Tron: Legacy, Edge of Tommorow, Sourcecode, Children of Men, Starship Troopers, The Running Man.

I thought Edge of Tomorrow was mentioned somewhere.I totally forgot to do Children of Men,that's one of my all time favorites and still better than Gravity which I like.Tron Legacy is another good choice better than the original Tron in my opinion,and of course can't go wrong with Starship Troopers 

Stan Winston (deceased) Solid entries especially Running Man imo.

I really like and enjoy "Fire in the sky".

Have any of you seen "Laserblast"? Check out the trailer, it's a blast hehe: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHCxnMaHObw

Wing commander? Lol

Necronom IV

I did not see that movie but played the Atari 2600 game of the same title. Took a picture of the screen when I reached 1 million points back in the day.

Lone-

Saw the John Hurt version of 1984 again last night. I forgot how utterly dismal it is. Good to know that could never happen...

A duo of underrated Stephen King sci fi adaptations:The Mist and Dreamcatcher

Children of Men is brilliant (even though it has Julianne Moore in it).  Edge of Tomorrow was good but Hollywood marred it by not sticking with the original Japanese Novella "All you need is Kill" storyline.  Emily Blunt is very good in the film as is Tom Cruise. 

What about Minority Report?

One of my favorite's is AI: Artificial Intelligence.  I thought it was excellent.

Great choice with Minority Report