# Another list to drive clicks: Rolling Stone's top 150 Scifi movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 3, 2024, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-list-to-drive-clicks-rolling-stones-top-150-scifi-movies/995542 "2024-01-03T06:40:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-list-to-drive-clicks-rolling-stones-top-150-scifi-movies/995542/1 "2024-01-03T06:40:37Z")
I think I’d like to try watching through this list in 2024. There are lots on here I’ve always meant to see, some I have seen, and a few I dread rewatching. Below are the top _11_, because this list finally recognizes _Starship Troopers_ for the fine film I’ve always known it to be. I had to struggle to stay awake through _Children of Men_, so don’t trust my taste. 1. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ (1968) 2. _Stalker_ (1979) 3. _Close Encounters of the Third Kind_ (1977) 4. _Blade Runner_ (1982) 5. _Alien_ (1979) 6. _Under the Skin_ (2013) 7. _Children of Men_ (2006) 8. _Metropolis_ (1927) 9. _Star Wars_ (1977) 10. _The Matrix_ (1999) 11. _Starship Troopers_ (1997) The rest of the list is mainly David Cronenberg films. > **[The 150 Greatest Science Fiction Movies of All Time](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/best-sci-fi-movies-1234893930/tank-girl-1995-2-1234928496/)** > > From space odysseys to star wars, alien invaders to guardians of the galaxy — the best science films since the genre first took a trip to the moon. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-list-to-drive-clicks-rolling-stones-top-150-scifi-movies/995542/2 "2024-01-03T17:11:07Z")
I could quibble about the exact rankings (move _Dark Star_ up 90 places) but there doesn’t seem to be any glaring omissions and few if any films that don’t have at least one unique element. ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-list-to-drive-clicks-rolling-stones-top-150-scifi-movies/995542/3 "2024-01-03T17:39:34Z")
Stalker. . . that’s the one set in. . . eastern Europe or Russia? Right? I didn’t care for that one. Otherwise this list looks adequate but a little cliché. I think 2001 and Close Encounters are WAY overrated. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-list-to-drive-clicks-rolling-stones-top-150-scifi-movies/995542/4 "2024-01-03T18:19:28Z")
As I got into the top 50, I was getting worried there were going to be some glaring but understandable omissions – movies that were too niche, too blockbuster, too Tom Cruise – but was relieved to see them all. Minority Report, Edge of Tomorrow, Annihilation, Ex Machina, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Starship Troopers would have been in that list if you hadn’t called it out. There are a few I wouldn’t have included so high up, but I don’t know what I’d replace them with so I can’t complain. I too think 2001 should be more in the 30-40 range, not tops. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-list-to-drive-clicks-rolling-stones-top-150-scifi-movies/995542/5 "2024-01-05T01:43:13Z")
Only 66 that I’ve definitely seen all of. There are others I’m sure I’ve seen parts of but I don’t remember if I’ve seen the whole thing, and ones I might have seen decades ago but now don’t remember clearly if I have or not. A bunch of the list I’m embarrassed for _not_ seeing.