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    #29 : AFI’s 10 Top 10: Science Fiction, Western and Sports

    On June 17, 2008 (on CBS) AFI will again air its AFI’s 100 Years…. series announcing the top 100 films. Instead of clumping all movies for all genres together, this time around AFI is choosing the top 10 movies of 10 major genres. Film Tops List #28 covered Animated, Fantasy and Gangster films. This list will cover AFI’s nominations for Science Fiction, Western and Sports films.

    SCIENCE FICTION

    Science Fiction has become one of my truly favorite genres. After watching The Matrix I just fell in love with the genre and realized I had always liked Sci-Fi actually. I used to watch My Secret Identity, Sliders and Out of this World when I was younger because of the Sci-Fi nature of the show. Other worlds, exceptional possibilities and science are fascinating!

    • 151A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
      DreamWorks, 2001
    • 152ALIEN
      Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
    • 153ALTERED STATES
      Warner Bros., 1980
    • 154THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN
      Universal, 1971
    • 155BACK TO THE FUTURE
      Universal, 1985
    • 156THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS
      Warner Bros., 1953
    • 157BLADE RUNNER
      Warner Bros., 1982
    • 158CHILDREN OF MEN
      Universal, 2006
    • 159A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
      Warner Bros., 1971
    • 160CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
      Columbia, 1977
    • 161COCOON
      Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
    • 162CONTACT
      Warner Bros., 1997
    • 163THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
      Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951
    • 164DESTINATION MOON
      Eagle-Lion, 1950
    • 165E.T. -THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL
    • 166ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
      AVCO Embassy, 1981
    • 167ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
      Focus, 2004
      This is perhaps the best whimsical science fiction romance film I’ve ever seen. Smart, damn well written and full of substance. It’s a thinking person’s film.
    • 168FANTASTIC VOYAGE
      Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966
    • 169THE FLY
      Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
      The Fly is a classic film that although feels very dated watching it in the 2000s, has lasting power. It’s your classic beauty and the beast story with a science fiction twist. Love it!
    • 170FORBIDDEN PLANET
      MGM, 1956
    • 171FRANKENSTEIN
      Universal, 1931
    • 172THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN
      Universal, 1957
    • 173INDEPENDENCE DAY
      Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
      I run hot and cold with Will Smith films, but when Independence Day came out in 1996, I watched it and loved it.
    • 174INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERSAllied Artists, 1956
      Hands down, this is my favorite classic science fiction film. Unlike most black and white science fiction films, Invasion was not intolerable to watch because of the really, really bad acting and really bad special effects. I suppose because the plot has a psychological undertone that’s more to do with something we can all truly relate to: the fear of loved ones becoming other people and suddenly being alone.
    • 175THE INVISIBLE MAN
      Universal, 1933
    • 176IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE
      Universal, 1953
    • 177JURASSIC PARK
      Universal, 1993
      I just loved Jurassic Park for the basic idea of the film. The idea of dinosaurs once again roaming the world after thousands of years of extinction.
    • 178MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME
      Warner Bros., 1985
    • 179THE MATRIX
      Warner Bros., 1999
      Though science fiction films, like technology itself, has evolved in leaps and bounds, The Matrix in 1999 just blew me away. The special effects and the philosophical and psychological undertones and scientific concepts were just amazing.
    • 180MEN IN BLACK
      Columbia, 1997
    • 181MINORITY REPORT
      Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002
    • 182PLANET OF THE APES
      Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968
    • 183REPO MAN
      Universal, 1984
    • 184ROBOCOP
      Orion, 1987
    • 185ROLLERBALL
      United Artists, 1975
    • 186SILENT RUNNING Universal, 1972
    • 187SOYLENT GREEN
      MGM, 1973
    • 188STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KHAN
      Paramount, 1982
    • 189STAR WARS: EPISODE IV -A NEW HOPE
      Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977
    • 190STARMAN
      Columbia, 1984
      I watched the Starman TV show way back when but had never seen the film until a couple of years ago and I must say it’s quite good and even elegant.
    • 191THE STEPFORD WIVES
      Columbia, 1975
      The Stepford Wives is one of those “what if” films that really captured the scenario of what if men replaced their wives with robots so they can control them. Of course the film is more of a feminist and moral commentary. It works and it’s great either way.
    • 192TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
      TriStar, 1991
      At the time, 8 years before The Matrix, T2 was a fascination for me. More than anything I was fascinated by the T-1000’s metallic, changeable makeup than anything. Watching the film now is a bit painful considering Edward Furlong’s acting is just awful and the writing borders on cheesy many times. But, at the time, back in the early 1990s, T2 brought it!
    • 193THEM!
      Warner Bros., 1954
    • 194THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD
      RKO, 1951
    • 195THE TIME MACHINE
      MGM, 1960
    • 196TOTAL RECALL
      TriStar, 1990
    • 197TRON
      Disney, 1982
    • 1982001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
      MGM, 1968
    • 199THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
      Paramount, 1953
    • 200 WESTWORLD
      MGM, 1973

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