filkertom | Science Fiction Film Canon Meme, Modified

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This is the Science Fiction Film Canon, 50 most influential (not necessarily best or worst) films as listed by John Scalzi in his Rough Guide to Science Fiction Films. As usual, bold those you've seen; italicize those you want to see and strike those you have no desire whatsoever to put before your retinas.

Modification: Put an asterisk after the ones you own on DVD. (I do own a few of the others on VHS, but I haven't even turned that thing on in three years.)

* The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!*
* Akira*
* Alien
* Aliens
* ~~Alphaville~~
* Back to the Future
* Blade Runner*
* Brazil
* Bride of Frankenstein
* Brother From Another Planet
* A Clockwork Orange
* Close Encounters of the Third Kind*
* Contact*
* ~~The Damned~~
* ~~Destination Moon~~
* The Day The Earth Stood Still
* ~~Delicatessen~~
* Escape From New York*
* ET: The Extraterrestrial
* ~~Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers (serial)~~
* The Fly (1985 version)
* Forbidden Planet (Why don't I have this on DVD? Must rectify that very very soon)
* Ghost in the Shell (I actually had this at one point, tried to watch it, couldn't make sense of it -- I'll try again)
* Gojira/Godzilla
* The Incredibles*
* Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 version)
* Jurassic Park*
* Mad Max 2/The Road Warrior (ditto -- must get this soon)
* The Matrix
* Metropolis*
* ~~On the Beach~~
* Planet of the Apes (1968 version)
* Robocop
* Sleeper
* Solaris (1972 version)
* Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan*
* Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope*
* Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back*
* The Stepford Wives (I presume they mean the original version)
* Superman*
* Terminator 2: Judgement Day*
* The Thing From Another World
* ~~Things To Come~~
* Tron*
* 12 Monkeys
* 28 Days Later
* 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea*
* 2001: A Space Odyssey (damn! Another one I can't believe I haven't bought yet)
* La Voyage Dans la Lune
* War of the Worlds (1953 version)