Movies I want to see (or see again), from Wired’s favorite sci-fi flicks (pre and post Star Wars).
- The Thing From Another World (1951)
- The Creation of the Humanoids (1962)
- Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
- Solaris (1972)
- Silent Running (1972)
- Zardoz (1974)
- A Boy and His Dog (1975)
- Logan’s Run (1976)
- Capricorn One (1978)
- Stalker (1979)
- Outland (1981)
- Liquid Sky (1982)
- 2010 (1984)
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
- The Hidden (1987)
- Robocop (1987)
- The Iron Giant (1999)
And from the comments: Enemy Mine (1985) and Tron (1982).
Some movies I’d have added: West World, Barbarella, Battlestar Galactica, Back to the Future, The Last Starfighter, Total Recall, Strange Days, Dark City, Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country (the best Trek movie by far), Fifth Element, Minority Report, Serenity.