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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Quicky@lemmy.world to c/movies@lemmy.world
 

I was reading this list of the 50 greatest sci-fi movies of the last 50 years, and it was all fairly predictable. There’s only a couple that I’d disagree with, but there were a few that would have made the list in place of them if I were compiling it myself, and I realised my additions were less mainstream or less critically acclaimed than were on there.

What guilty-pleasure sci-fi movies would you recommend?

For starters, ones I’ve watched a bunch of times would be:

Dredd (2012)

Pandorum (2009)

Lockout (2012)

Monsters (2010)

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[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Guilty:

  • Ready Player One
  • Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
  • Godzilla vs Kong
  • Resident Evil
  • Transformers (first Michael Bay one)
  • Ghostbusters Afterlife
  • Dune 1984
  • Armageddon
  • The Day After Tomorrow
  • Johnny Mnemonic
  • Equilibrium

Not That Guilty:

  • Ghostbusters 2016
  • Pacific Rim
  • Bumblebee
  • Tron: Legacy
  • Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey
  • Bill & Ted Face the Music
  • Robocop
  • Alien Romulus
  • The Terminator
  • Terminator Dark Fate
  • Star Trek 2009
  • Star Wars Rogue One
  • Solo: a Star Wars Story
  • Minority Report
  • Upgrade
  • Short Circuit
  • V for Vendetta
  • Dredd
  • Hot Tub Time Machine

I Will Defend These To My Grave As Masterpieces

  • Interstellar
  • Independence Day
  • Tron
  • Back to the Future trilogy
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • The Matrix
  • The Fifth Element
  • Terminator 2
  • The Abyss
  • Arrival
  • Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049
  • Ghostbusters OG
  • Inception
  • The Martian
  • Mad Max Fury Road
  • Edge of Tomorrow
  • Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
  • Dune 2021
  • Alien and Aliens
  • Star Wars original trilogy
  • Total Recall
  • Event Horizon
  • Wall-E
  • The Rocketeer
[–] Quicky@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Great list, for Equilibrium alone, which I loved. Event Horizon also, that’s an unquestionable masterpiece.

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The extreme horror of Event Horizon limits its appeal but I think it’s brilliant.

[–] Quicky@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I read a while back that there was a much longer, far more gruesome version of the blood orgy scene that had to be cut because of how disturbing it was. I hate that sort of thing generally - I usually can’t watch horror without shitting myself - but the fact that it’s part of a film I loved makes me disappointed I won’t see it.

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I’ve heard of that too, that the original film decayed in a vault or something. Pity. I’m not a torture porn fan or total gorehound myself, but I’d pay to see that footage just out of curiosity.

[–] CCMan1701A@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Where would the movie The Cell end up on this list?

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Honestly I only saw it once. Might watch it again as a guilty pleasure though.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Rocketeer was so good. I’m amazed Disney hasn’t rebooted it as a TV series.

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

It’s one of the most underrated movies of all time in my opinion. It’s just a gem and it’s incredible fun for all ages.