(in no particular order)
Repo Man
Alien
Blade Runner
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Metropolis
Stalker
Road Warrior
Cube
Starship Troopers
Clockwork Orange
2001
Any one of these is as "deep" as "Alien." Not to knock it, but it's certainly nothing more than very good entertainment. The genre has more than a few films just as entertaining but with far more intelligent content.
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Topic - The best sci-fi films of all time? Here we go: - tinear 20:11:45 03/18/11 (80)
- RE: The best sci-fi films of all time? Here we go: - rmilewsk 20:53:57 04/04/11 (0)
- "Amazon Women on the Moon" What a classic ! :) nt - oscar 17:46:57 03/30/11 (0)
- Walter Hill's "Supernova" (2000)... - mpathus 01:10:22 03/26/11 (0)
- Nobody loves Gattica? Favorite sci-fi... - Harmonia 23:31:37 03/21/11 (10)
- RE: Nobody loves Gattica? Favorite sci-fi... - Rod H. 21:16:16 03/27/11 (0)
- Gattaca stunk - late 21:50:09 03/22/11 (0)
- Yep, I did. And, here comes the tomato throwing.... - grantv 13:59:14 03/22/11 (0)
- Good List - Jack G 08:02:08 03/22/11 (6)
- My fave scene in The Hidden... - Harmonia 12:33:17 03/23/11 (5)
- "I want this car." - Prisoners 06:46:31 03/24/11 (3)
- "I want this car." - oh yeah! - Harmonia 15:31:17 03/24/11 (2)
- Good taste in music too! nt - Prisoners 09:03:59 03/26/11 (0)
- "How do you like being human?" (nt) - Jack G 08:38:36 03/25/11 (0)
- I decided to watch it last night - Jack G 15:32:28 03/23/11 (0)
- The Black Hole - NuWave 18:54:48 03/21/11 (1)
- I'll 2nd "The Black Hole" - David S. 12:50:40 03/22/11 (0)
- RE: The best sci-fi films of all time? Here we go: - zarco 14:06:50 03/21/11 (0)
- Omega Man. (nt) - reelsmith. 13:53:39 03/21/11 (0)
- Time travel......? - afilado 11:24:48 03/21/11 (1)
- RE: Time travel......? "The Time Machine" too! ~t - mpathus 15:17:29 03/21/11 (0)
- Hmm, Starship Troopers... - grantv 10:38:07 03/21/11 (2)
- War of the Worlds - Jack G 12:27:13 03/21/11 (1)
- Will do NT - grantv 14:08:23 03/21/11 (0)
- A few more for the list, some less serious than others... - kSpace 21:29:39 03/20/11 (1)
- Oh yeah - Buckaroo Banzai!! great romp! ~t - mpathus 01:04:43 03/26/11 (0)
- Lifeforce, of course . . . . . - mr grits 15:47:03 03/20/11 (2)
- They should have called it 'Naked Vampires from Outer Space' - mbnx01 10:49:24 03/22/11 (0)
- RE: Lifeforce, of course . . . . . - grinagog 01:35:07 03/21/11 (0)
- Galaxy of Terror, nuff said. * - mr grits 15:32:58 03/20/11 (1)
- A 'One-Scene-Flick' if there ever was one. - Prisoners 17:15:48 03/20/11 (0)
- One we have all forgotten - Mike K 12:40:14 03/20/11 (1)
- By far her best effort ^ - Road Warrior 18:58:18 03/20/11 (0)
- Eh - Jack G 12:13:33 03/20/11 (1)
- RE: Eh - TUBESMADEINTHEUSA 20:41:49 04/06/11 (0)
- Existenz and much of Cronenberg - tunenut 11:36:53 03/20/11 (0)
- I'd like to add "Forbidden Planet" as a curio, and feel that "Alien"... - mpathus 11:30:11 03/20/11 (4)
- But "Forbidden Planet" gave us Krell... - musetap 14:25:51 03/20/11 (3)
- The other thing about Alien... - Harmonia 23:38:55 03/21/11 (0)
- RE: But "Forbidden Planet" gave us Krell... - mpathus 15:37:39 03/21/11 (1)
- You can get the sound track - Jack G 15:35:25 03/22/11 (0)
- Where's The Thing? - Mike K 09:24:07 03/20/11 (1)
- Not alone. - grantv 10:09:09 03/21/11 (0)
- "The Thing (from Another World)" 1951 - dwill123 08:08:46 03/20/11 (0)
- RE: No Frankenstein? - patrickU 02:30:09 03/20/11 (4)
- RE: No Frankenstein? - Jeff Starrs 05:00:25 03/20/11 (3)
- RE: No Frankenstein? - patrickU 07:28:30 03/20/11 (2)
- Yes; Frankenstein may have preceded the sci-fi lable...... - mpathus 15:13:02 03/21/11 (1)
- RE: Yes; Frankenstein may have preceded the sci-fi lable...... - patrickU 02:15:26 03/22/11 (0)
- Anything by Fellini (nt) - agattu 23:07:12 03/19/11 (4)
- RE: Big Boobs donĀ“t qualifies. nt - patrickU 02:30:56 03/20/11 (3)
- Sure they do - Tinear started the thread, and he's a big boob!...N/T - musetap 13:59:25 03/20/11 (0)
- Most certainly do . . . . - mr grits 09:02:14 03/20/11 (1)
- RE: That is very unkind of you. - patrickU 09:11:57 03/20/11 (0)
- WTF am I doing on yer list? - Road Warrior 20:52:34 03/19/11 (0)
- Moon. - Prisoners 14:33:29 03/19/11 (3)
- The "un-SciFi" SciFi - Jon L 00:42:42 03/21/11 (1)
- I like that description... nt - late 14:11:28 03/21/11 (0)
- I LOVED it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (NT) - jeffreybehr 17:03:37 03/19/11 (0)
- RE: The best sci-fi films of all time? Here we go: - Analog Scott 11:37:23 03/19/11 (3)
- I liked Children of Men, but should it be classified as sci fi? NT - Jazz Inmate 13:03:58 03/19/11 (2)
- every bit as much as Soylent green. - Analog Scott 15:36:57 03/19/11 (0)
- Yes, as part of the Post Apocalyptic sub-genre. * - Tony D. 13:21:30 03/19/11 (0)
- List...did someone say list? - mkuller 10:51:48 03/19/11 (0)
- RE: The best sci-fi films of all time? Here we go: - Rod H. 07:34:11 03/19/11 (3)
- Strangelove is SciFi ?? - Mike K 09:18:54 03/20/11 (2)
- Barely. There is a doomsday device. nt - Analog Scott 10:13:36 03/20/11 (1)
- Don't forget the mad scientist. nt - Rod H. 10:26:55 03/20/11 (0)
- Starship Troopers? Really? //nt - MaxwellP 07:24:04 03/19/11 (1)
- Absolutely! nt - tinear 10:21:53 03/19/11 (0)
- The Man Who Fell To Earth? nt - Bill McNeal 00:04:02 03/19/11 (1)
- Fersher!! - Harmonia 14:47:52 03/19/11 (0)
- RE:Where is Avatar District 9 the Terminator...Invasion of body snatchers??? - Eldragon@gmx.com 23:00:58 03/18/11 (2)
- Avatar is exactly where it belongs.... - mrspindlelegs 12:01:24 03/24/11 (0)
- Great list - Road Warrior 20:56:00 03/19/11 (0)
- 'Dark City' is a classic - mbnx01 22:49:42 03/18/11 (2)
- RE: 'Dark City' is a classic - The Duke 18:48:49 03/20/11 (1)
- Jennifer Connely - mbnx01 10:50:32 03/22/11 (0)
- Close Encounters is better than half the stuff on that list NT - Jazz Inmate 22:41:28 03/18/11 (0)
- It's a short list - late 22:08:26 03/18/11 (1)
- a few more........... - HI FI BOB 12:29:40 03/20/11 (0)