What are the Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time?

“Best of” lists are catchy, but when you start getting into the “best of” genre films, it becomes really tricky. The American Film Institute has picked 50 movies that they believe are among the best sci-fi films of all time, and on June 2008, they will narrow it down to 10 and present them on CBS as the Ten Best Sci-Fi Films of all time. But what do YOU think is the best sci-fi movies of all time?

Here are the list of films considered “the best” according to the AFI (listed alphabetically):

A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Alien
Altered States
The Andromeda Strain
Back to the Future
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
Blade Runner
Children of Men
A Clockwork Orange
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Cocoon
Contact
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Destination Moon
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Escape From New York
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fantastic Voyage
The Fly (1986)
Forbidden Planet
Frankenstein (1931)
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Independence Day
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
The Invisible Man (1933)
It Came From Outer Space
Jurassic Park
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
The Matrix
Men in Black
Minority Report
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Repo Man
RoboCop
Rollerball (1975)
Silent Running
Soylent Green
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
Star Wars: Episode IV–A New Hope
Starman
The Stepford Wives (1975)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Them!
The Thing From Another World
The Time Machine (1960)
Total Recall
Tron
2001: A Space Odyssey
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Westworld

I can already name a couple of films that doesn’t just deserve to be on that list, but in the Top 10 of all time. To name just a few: Cameron’s “Aliens” and the original “Terminator” (what, T2 but not “Terminator”? Stupid).

I can also name a couple of films that don’t deserve to be anywhere near the list, including “Total Recall” (what the hell?), “The Stepford Wives” (this is sci-fi????), and for God’s sake, “Independence Day”???? Egads.

You can watch the AFI reveal their Top 10 list June, 2008 on CBS. It’ll probably be stupendously idiotic, but go ahead and watch it anyway.