scifi's best DECADE

[RobertScorpio]

There have been some great scifi movies, but which decade stands out as "the" decade for science fiction movies?

Is it the 50s? The Day the Earth Stood Still..War of the Worlds...Forbidden Planet. Thats a pretty good start right there.

Is it the 60s? 2001...The Time Machine...Fahrenheit 451...not bad!

Maybe it was the 70s...Star Wars, Close Encounters, Logans Run..

Or maybe it was the 80s-90s-2000s...

But which decade do you think created the most 'quality' of Scifi movies...not quantity...quality...

Rob

 

[john titor]

80s: Blade Runner, Empire strikes back, Robocop, Total Recall, The Terminator, Aliens, Tron etc. That said the best sci fi movie ever made Terminator 2 was a 90s flick.

 

[RobertScorpio]

90s do have Jurrasic Park, Abyss, Terminator 2, Bicentenial Man, Dark City, The Matrix, Gattaca,ID4,

 

[tomalak301]

The 90's. There was so much Scifi on, with the various Star Treks, Farscape, B5, Quantum Leap, and the various movies that came out during that time. It was really fun being a scifi fan.

 

[RobertScorpio]

The 90's. There was so much Scifi on, with the various Star Treks, Farscape, B5, Quantum Leap, and the various movies that came out during that time. It was really fun being a scifi fan.

If you add TV, you might be right. But TV is not to be considered here..only movies..

Rob

 

[tomalak301]

The 90's. There was so much Scifi on, with the various Star Treks, Farscape, B5, Quantum Leap, and the various movies that came out during that time. It was really fun being a scifi fan.

If you add TV, you might be right. But TV is not to be considered here..only movies..

Rob

Well, in that case I still say the 90s. Movies like The Matrix and Terminator 2 pushed the scope in our expectations in movies based on what can be done while still keeping the story. The 80's are really close though, with movies like Aliens and Terminator and Blade Runner all coming out the later part of the decade.

 

[RobertScorpio]

Im with you with the 90s..Blade Runner came out same year as WRATH OF KHAN...1982


Rob

 

[FreezeC77]

I'd go with the '90s for TV, but the '80s for movies.

If you're combining both the 90's win out just from TV adding a lot more to it.

 

[RAMA]

I'd have to say the 2000s were particularly good...the 70s also had a good record...

Pre 1950:

1. Things to Come(1936)
2. Metropolis(1926)
3. King Kong(1933)
4. Frankenstein(1931)
5. Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde(1932)
6. The Island of Lost Souls(1932)
7. The Invisible Man(1933)
8. The Lost World(1925)

1950s:

1. Forbidden Planet (1956)
2. War of the Worlds (1953)
3. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
4. Quatermass II: Enemy from Space (1957)
5. The Thing (1951)
6. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1952)
7. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
8. This Island Earth (1955)
9. When Worlds Collide (1951)
10. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
11. Invaders from Mars (1953)
12. The Creeping Unknown (1955)
13. Destination Moon (1956)
14. Conquest of Space (1955)
15. 1984 (1956)

1960s:

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2. Dr. Strangelove..(1964)
3. Charly (1968)
4. Planet of the Apes (1968)
5. Failsafe (1962)
6. 5 Million Years to Earth (1968)
7. Alphaville (1965)
8. Farhenheit 451 (1967)
9. The Time Machine (1960)
10. On the Beach (1966)
11. Day of the Triffids (1963)
12. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
13. Fantastic Voyage (1966)
14. The Illustrated Man (1969)
15. First Men in the Moon (1964)

1970s:

1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
2. Solaris (1972)
3. Alien (1979)
4. Star Wars (1977)
5. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
6. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
7. Superman (1978)
8. Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
9. Time After Time (1979)
10. ST:TMP (1979)
11. Slaughterhouse 5 (1972)
12. Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978)
13. Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
14. Westworld (1973)
15. Rollerball(1975)

1980s:

1. Blade Runner (1982)
2. Star Trek II (1982)
3. 2010 (1984)
4. The Empire Strikes back (1980)
5. Brazil (1985)
6. The Terminator (1984)
7. ST IV (1986)
8. Aliens (1986)
9. E.T. (1982)
10. Return of the Jedi (1983)
11. The Abyss(Director's Cut) (1989)
12. Robocop (1987)
13. Enemy Mine (1985)
14. Mad Max II (1981)
15. Escape from NY(1983)

1990s:

1. The Matrix(1999)
2. Contact(1997)
3. ST:First Contact(1996)
4. Twelve Monkeys(1995)
5. Dark City(1998)
6. Gattaca(1997)
7. ExistenZ(1999)
8. Jurassic Park(1993)
9. Strange Days(1995)
10. The Truman Show(1998)
11. Total Recall(1990)
12. Terminator II(1991)
13. Fifth Element(1997)
14. The Thirteenth Floor(1999)
15. Terminator III(1998)

2000s:

1. Star Trek(2009)
2. Minority Report(2003)
3. Matrix Revolution(2003)
4. Matrix Reloaded(2003)
5. Dark Knight(2008)
6. District 9(2009)
7. Iron Man(2008)
8. Day the Earth Stood Still(2008)
9. I, Robot(2004)
10. Sunshine(2007)
11. Avatar(2009)
12. Moon(2009)
13. War of the Worlds(2005)
14. X-Men 3(2006)
15. V for Vendetta(2006)

2010s:

1.

RAMA





RAMA

 

[caisson2delta]

I'd have to go with the eighties and the nineties a close second.

 

[Snaploud]

I think the '90s win in either the movie or tv categories. Though, the movie category is a tougher one.

 

[Kirkman1987]

I'm going with the 80's, but a lot of that is personal preference.

 

[chrisspringob]

The 80s. By which I really mean 1980-1986. After that there was a rather lengthy lull in quality SF at the cinema. 1987-1994 or so, I don't find to be very impressive. Then it started to get better again.

If we were talking SF TV though, then I'd go with the 90s.

 

[Mistral]

I don't know, a fair argument can be made for either the 80s or the 90s. Oddly, no one listed 2010. I guess a poll is needed Rob, along with a more concise list of movies(best of decade lists, maybe).

 

[CorporalClegg]

1950s No contest.

 

[Argus Skyhawk]

The 80's are really close though, with movies like Aliens and Terminator and Blade Runner all coming out the later part of the decade.

Actually, Terminator was in 1984 and Blade Runner was in 1982, so that was the earlier part of the decade.

Anyway, when it comes to decades I don't have a favorite. I think each one from the 50's onward had its share of excellent SF films.

I think one could make a good argument for 1982 being one of the most important single years for SF film: Blade Runner, ET, Tron, Star Trek 2, and probably some other significant ones I'm forgetting.

 

[RobertScorpio]

Poltergiest...And I do remember 1982 quite well...another of my non-scifi favorites came out too...TOOTSIE..

Rob

 

[Admiral2]

The NINETEEN FIFTIES! Without question!

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

The 1980s!

The Terminator alone seals it. Everything else is just gravy... Sweet, sweet gravy...

The Abyss, Aliens, Star Trek II, Star Trek IV...

1990s:
[...]
15. Terminator III(1998)

I was pretty sure that came out in 2003.

 

[RAMA]

The 1980s!

The Terminator alone seals it. Everything else is just gravy... Sweet, sweet gravy...

The Abyss, Aliens, Star Trek II, Star Trek IV...

1990s:
[...]
15. Terminator III(1998)

I was pretty sure that came out in 2003.

Prob a mistake in my editing...the original list is 14 years old now. :-)

RAMA