Classic Sci-Fi, a list by Riz

6.3

/179275/

68

/5886/

62

/2680/

2.8

/140293/

44

/77/

Audience

65

/71418/

41

/20/

1.0

age 13+

In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.

89

8.5

/950065/

84

/26376/

81

/13744/

4.3

/863922/

93

/196/

Audience

94

/461994/

89

/34/

4.0

age 15+

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

86

8.4

/762760/

83

/19322/

79

/9046/

4.2

/420833/

98

/86/

Audience

94

/431177/

84

/22/

3.5

age 15+

When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story—all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.

87

8.5

/1306259/

86

/38105/

83

/19073/

4.2

/1232970/

93

/110/

Audience

94

/1097316/

87

/26/

3.5

age 10+

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

82

8.1

/822837/

80

/26756/

79

/13289/

4.1

/865421/

89

/131/

Audience

91

/338977/

84

/15/

3.0

age 16+

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

89

8.6

/1449170/

85

/40743/

82

/19721/

4.2

/1253902/

93

/140/

Audience

96

/865491/

90

/24/

4.0

age 7+

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.

79

8.3

/881062/

80

/14700/

82

/12336/

4.1

/792160/

87

/82/

Audience

93

/437803/

77

/22/

2.0

age 17+

In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?

86

8.3

/719228/

80

/15433/

80

/11030/

4.3

/816051/

92

/118/

Audience

89

/300434/

84

/25/

4.0

age 12+

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

74

7.8

/454642/

78

/13637/

75

/7674/

3.8

/315954/

80

/60/

Audience

87

/17050/

47

/17/

3.0

age 16+

A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

84

8.1

/923863/

80

/22306/

77

/12391/

3.9

/506446/

100

/68/

Audience

89

/778168/

84

/21/

age 15+

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

78

8.2

/466423/

81

/11266/

80

/6516/

4.3

/597776/

84

/83/

Audience

92

/133254/

57

/13/

2.5

age 17+

In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.

76

7.5

/193163/

77

/5988/

73

/2786/

3.7

/86719/

89

/54/

Audience

83

/110428/

62

/14/

age 15+

A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.

80

8.0

/193081/

77

/5179/

76

/3279/

4.0

/122759/

87

/62/

Audience

88

/119379/

79

/14/

3.0

age 12+

Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.

64

6.7

/57208/

70

/1929/

66

/878/

3.2

/21904/

67

/36/

Audience

61

/25671/

53

/15/

While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.

78

7.6

/282984/

76

/9354/

73

/4794/

3.9

/238278/

92

/86/

Audience

84

/227184/

70

/17/

3.0

age 17+

In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.

89

8.7

/1379288/

86

/36076/

83

/16256/

4.4

/1112707/

95

/111/

Audience

97

/1060755/

82

/25/

4.0

age 8+

The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.

68

6.5

/61509/

69

/1915/

61

/898/

3.2

/35692/

83

/53/

Audience

69

/46838/

58

/13/

3.0

age 12+

A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

72

6.8

/222242/

69

/7603/

67

/4063/

3.4

/165097/

89

/65/

Audience

70

/142544/

73

/14/

age 16+

In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them.

82

8.3

/1121096/

84

/32411/

79

/14993/

4.0

/913555/

83

/103/

Audience

94

/1016008/

58

/24/

4.0

age 8+

Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all with a second dreaded Death Star.

80

7.6

/193627/

75

/6344/

74

/3452/

3.9

/136215/

93

/58/

Audience

86

/84817/

77

/15/

3.5

Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.

84

7.9

/437372/

78

/15170/

75

/10690/

3.9

/624433/

99

/145/

Audience

72

/32314349/

92

/30/

4.0

age 7+

An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliot who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliot, his brother, and his little sister Gertie form an emotional bond with their new friend, and try to help him find his way home.

64

6.6

/97383/

71

/2912/

65

/1307/

3.1

/59167/

60

/40/

Audience

69

/124741/

46

/8/

3.0

age 15+

Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.

71

7.0

/18150/

71

/652/

66

/364/

3.4

/7133/

86

/14/

Audience

69

/9647/

In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.

80

7.6

/201824/

75

/5721/

74

/4152/

4.0

/276211/

93

/75/

Audience

83

/90463/

81

/12/

age 16+

When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

81

7.4

/187483/

74

/5775/

71

/3606/

3.7

/121425/

94

/77/

Audience

86

/286664/

82

/21/

4.0

age 8+

Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.

74

7.4

/166874/

77

/4863/

74

/2677/

4.0

/401817/

80

/49/

Audience

85

/366911/

65

/12/

2.5

age 15+

Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named 'Rocky'. Harriet then spawns in and says hello and the credits roll!

66

7.1

/206466/

75

/7136/

68

/2781/

3.4

/142905/

57

/47/

Audience

83

/435505/

46

/14/

2.5

age 12+

When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?

75

7.1

/157428/

72

/4735/

70

/2949/

3.6

/161468/

88

/72/

Audience

77

/73111/

76

/12/

age 16+

In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.

62

6.6

/167595/

70

/4395/

65

/2219/

3.2

/70592/

66

/47/

Audience

61

/81038/

45

/12/

2.5

By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.

83

7.6

/216803/

76

/5917/

73

/4014/

3.8

/188568/

90

/113/

Audience

85

/142481/

90

/10/

4.0

age 8+

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.

73

7.2

/145409/

74

/4685/

72

/2817/

3.8

/188895/

86

/74/

Audience

80

/39653/

55

/22/

age 16+

Nada, a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media and the government are comprised of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued, and that most of the social elite are skull-faced aliens bent on world domination. With this shocking discovery, Nada fights to free humanity from the mind-controlling aliens.

75

7.3

/68873/

75

/1792/

71

/1936/

3.8

/75313/

91

/46/

Audience

79

/55545/

66

/12/

3.0

When foreman Frank shows new employee Freddy a secret military experiment in a supply warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky, the two klutzes accidentally release a gas that reanimates corpses into flesh-eating zombies. As the epidemic spreads throughout the town, and the creatures satisfy their hunger in gory and outlandish ways, Frank and Freddy fight to survive with the help of their boss and a mysterious mortician.

74

7.8

/572362/

81

/23725/

77

/12247/

3.9

/548003/

62

/63/

Audience

85

/751124/

57

/17/

3.0

age 10+

Marty and Doc are at it again in this wacky sequel to the 1985 blockbuster as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.

85

8.0

/20065/

77

/755/

75

/279/

4.1

/32016/

100

/12/

Audience

92

/2863/

92

/5/

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

62

6.4

/166278/

68

/5445/

62

/2904/

3.1

/108360/

76

/37/

Audience

54

/696677/

63

/11/

2.0

age 6+

The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.

68

6.2

/147575/

66

/4864/

62

/2667/

3.0

/85062/

81

/54/

Audience

49

/68254/

71

/18/

4.0

Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.

69

7.1

/78966/

70

/2104/

68

/1331/

3.4

/39834/

73

/30/

Audience

71

/56264/

67

/8/

age 16+

George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

74

6.9

/68326/

71

/1652/

66

/933/

3.5

/49966/

91

/54/

Audience

77

/49852/

79

/18/

3.0

age 9+

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

74

6.9

/37736/

74

/1159/

66

/407/

3.5

/16104/

77

/35/

Audience

83

/34840/

71

/15/

3.5

age 13+

Chris is the top brain who just wants to party, Mitch is the 15-year-old college wiz kid. Supposedly hard at work on a lab project with a mysterious deadline, they still find time to use their genius to discover new ways to have fun.

65

6.8

/61018/

70

/1671/

66

/859/

3.3

/28851/

58

/36/

Audience

67

/44843/

53

/9/

3.0

age 13+

In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.

66

6.6

/43490/

69

/1324/

67

/819/

3.6

/53748/

66

/29/

Audience

58

/22598/

In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to discover the substance and live to tell about it, the trio witness the Blob destroying an elderly man, then it growing to a terrifying size. But no one else has seen the goo, and the police refuse to believe the kids without proof.

79

7.9

/211181/

78

/4394/

76

/3132/

4.1

/163293/

98

/55/

Audience

90

/103288/

84

/18/

2.0

age 17+

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

68

6.7

/68797/

70

/1932/

66

/1211/

3.3

/21532/

82

/49/

Audience

60

/64032/

65

/18/

age 13+

When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.

73

7.2

/102935/

71

/2583/

73

/2039/

3.9

/201165/

83

/58/

Audience

80

/41401/

58

/6/

As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.

79

7.1

/110690/

77

/4763/

71

/1748/

3.5

/59051/

94

/47/

Audience

76

/52845/

77

/15/

4.0

age 11+

High School student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

68

6.7

/46004/

73

/1946/

66

/647/

3.2

/17006/

76

/89/

Audience

70

/47585/

67

/8/

2.5

age 9+

Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering the video game The Last Starfighter, only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the attack.

65

6.2

/30880/

65

/816/

60

/445/

3.3

/24057/

82

/38/

Audience

63

/25910/

58

/14/

In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. Frankenstein, the mysterious returning champion, has become America's hero, but this time he has a passenger from the underground resistance.

60

6.6

/66309/

74

/3361/

66

/1390/

3.2

/26592/

61

/38/

Audience

67

/169090/

50

/12/