my ten favorite sci-fi films

as pulled from the Rolling Stone Top 150 Science Fiction films:

1. Under the Skin
2. Alien
3. The Thing
4. Everything Everywhere All at Once
5. Galaxy Quest
6. Annihilation
7. Inception
8. Children of Men
9. Contact
10. Tron

With honorable mentions to

• Serenity
• The Fifth Element
• Blade Runner
• Dark City
• Sunshine
• Total Recall
• Looper
• The Fly
• La Jetée
• Stalker

This was tougher than I thought to make! Every movie in my top 10 is my favorite example of that particular kind of movie, although notably I clearly have a soft spot for sci-fi horror considering my top 3. The only exceptions to that are Contact and Tron… I’m not certain these are the best movies but they are the ones that I have and will continue to re-watch over and over for my whole life. A movie like 2001: A Space Odyssey which I recognize as an all-time great movie, conversely, isn’t one I’d necessarily consider a personal top 10 or one that I would seek out to watch these days, despite its clear greatness.