It's difficult to narrow it down to 10. In no particular order:

The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003) To me it's one package. I won't have it take up 3 slots on a 10 entry list.
Sin City (2005)
A Clcokwork Orange (1971)
Stalker (1979)
The Witness (1969)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Blade Runner (1982)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Road (2009)
The Terminator (1984)

The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
Get Shorty (1995)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Sliver (1993)
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
Cruel Intentions (1999)
Identity (2003)
Triangle (2009)
Stand by Me (1986)

You're not allowed to submit 2 lists, haha, that would be too easy.

Limiting it to just 10 is difficult... but if pushed:

Aliens
The Abyss
The Hunt for Red October
Conan the Barbarian
Bladerunner
The Lord of the Rings (all three of the trilogy - that's a cop out and I readily admit it!)
Terminator 2
The Thing
Gremlins
Tron

megatron-uk wrote on 2026-02-14, 19:06:

The Lord of the Rings (all three of the trilogy - that's a cop out and I readily admit it!)

For me, it's very logical - all three are just parts of a single story, it doesn't make sense to watch only one or two.

Similarly, I would include at least two first Terminator films as one entry - you must see the first one to fully understand the second!
Though in this case, I don't care about the later installments...

I'll also admit that I have a real soft spot for Flash Gordon (1980).

It's not a great film by any metric, but really doesn't take itself seriously, has a stellar cast and is pure pulp fun. Of course the soundtrack by Queen helps out... "Flash!!! Ahhhhhh... He'll save every one of us!"

😁

Flash Gordon is a great movie. It's actually hard to make entertaining cheese. (see e.g. most of Roger Corman's output)

Plus BRIAN BLESSED.

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Jo22 wrote on 2026-02-11, 17:43:

Hi, in no particular order (sci-fi).. 1. Flight of the Navigator 2. DARYL 3. Langoliers 4. Explorers 5. 2010 6. Silent Running 7 […]
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Hi, in no particular order (sci-fi)..
1. Flight of the Navigator
2. DARYL
3. Langoliers
4. Explorers
5. 2010
6. Silent Running
7. Brainstorm
8. WarGames

i liked langoliers too, the miniseries plane thing right? it was fun, interesting and enjoyable.

silent running was a fave, i haven't seen that for so long

wargames is one of those films that i have continued to like, even though it is of course dated now

if i had a consistent top 10 wargames might be in it, others would be all kinds of films taken from a list of around 100 or so that i really like

Thanks, I agree. I also think it isn't easy to narrow things down! 😅
I was thinking of adding Evolver, Sneakers, Demon Seed or World on a Wire (13th floor predecessor)..

Langoliers.. Yes, that one. I have it on VHS and DVD (the BD isn't available where I live). 😃

WarGames is an all-time favorite of mine, same goes for Silent Running. ^^
The latter is a bit sad and hopeful same time. Comparable to The Black Hole.
You have a large spaceship, Lost in Space.

megatron-uk wrote on 2026-02-14, 23:17:

I'll also admit that I have a real soft spot for Flash Gordon (1980).

It's not a great film by any metric, but really doesn't take itself seriously, has a stellar cast and is pure pulp fun. Of course the soundtrack by Queen helps out... "Flash!!! Ahhhhhh... He'll save every one of us!"

😁

Errius wrote on 2026-02-15, 10:07:

Flash Gordon is a great movie. It's actually hard to make entertaining cheese. (see e.g. most of Roger Corman's output)

Plus BRIAN BLESSED.

Flash Gordon.. It's one of those films so bad unique and off-scale that it's really good again! 😉
Reminds me of Barbarella somehow.. But in a positive way! 😀

That's a hard ask. Going to take me a bit to narrow down just 10. 😜

Most of my favorite films are from the 80's. If I had to guess just 10, as of right now as I'm thinking about it, in no particular order... and I'll be counting a a couple trilogies as a single movie.

Back to the Future Trilogy
Indiana Jones Trilogy
War Games
Ghostbusters
Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure
The Last Starfighter
Field of Dreams
Blade Runner
Neverending Story
Real Genius

Yeah... I edited this list about a dozen times. 🤣

I forgot 'Coherence' my all time favorite time movie.

Errius wrote on 2026-02-15, 10:07:

Plus BRIAN BLESSED.

I like his bit in Gillam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.

Hmm. Top 10 list of movies. In no particular order except the first two:

The Dark Knight
The Matrix
Spaceballs
Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars Episode 6: Return of the Jedi
Superman
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Batman
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay

Steve-o-pete, my top 10 changes every month! A top 200 would be far less volatile.
But since these fine flicks just scream February 2026, they are my current favourites:

Being There (1979)
Amelie (2001)
Barbenheimer (2023)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
Titanic (even better in 3D!) (1997)
Song Sung Blue (2025)
Wolfwalkers (2020)
The Before Trilogy (1995/2004/2013)
Ladyhawke (1985)

Didn't think I'd get 13 outta that top 10 - prodigious!

Not only are there some great films listed here that I'd forgotten about, there are also some great recommendations for things I've yet to watch.

For that you all have my thanks.

Damn, this is too hard. If pressed, at gunpoint:

1. The Thing (1982)
2. Blade Runner (1982)
3. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
4. Soylent Green (1973)
5. The Towering Inferno (1974)
6. Shivers (1974)
7. Total Recall (1990)
8. Terminator (1984) / Terminator 2
9. Aliens -- (tie between this and between ALIEN)
10. Runaway (1984).

Well, since two were ties, I cheated. But I could easily list 10 in each genre. And I didn't even include film noir, which is itself a "favorite film" series of 20 years and 50 films, the "best" of which is Out of the Past (1947).

And it was TOO hard to list just one Cronenberg... His early efforts -- Shivers, Rabid, The Brood, Scanners, and Videodrome, are all essential and compelling and equal in cinematic merit and perfection.

zyzzle wrote on 2026-02-19, 03:31:

10. Runaway (1984).

Ah yiss, Kirstie Alley, killer robots, Kirstie Alley and I think Tom Selleck and some rockstar had a small role.

Errius wrote on 2026-02-15, 10:07:

Flash Gordon is a great movie. It's actually hard to make entertaining cheese. (see e.g. most of Roger Corman's output)

Plus BRIAN BLESSED.

Pure Awesomeness...

For those who have not seen Flash Gordon.... prepare by having a few shots of your favorite straight bourbon, turn out the lights, turn off your brain, turn up the sound system...

Don't ask about the plot.
Don't wonder about character development
Don't wonder who in the world wrote the script
Don't pick apart the terrible "special" effects or wonder who thought Sam Jones could act.
"Flash Gordon. Quarterback: New York Jets."

Why does it work? Who knows..... But damn it works....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbIM0mSRkBk&l … k&start_radio=1

TheIpex wrote on 2026-02-19, 03:03:

Not only are there some great films listed here that I'd forgotten about, there are also some great recommendations for things I've yet to watch.

For that you all have my thanks.

Curious as to which ones you haven't watched but will watch thanks to this thread.

OzzFan wrote on 2026-02-19, 15:52:

Curious as to which ones you haven't watched but will watch thanks to this thread.

My list so far:

A Clockwork Orange
The Thing
Hackers
Conan The Barbarian
The Evil Dead films

Of course, it's still a matter of finding the time to sit down and watch them.

TheIpex wrote on 2026-02-19, 19:22:

The Thing

ah yes i might add that! and i liked escape from new york from similar era (cast!)

I wonder if the movies we all watched the most are our favorites, i've seen a few action / adventure films like raiders of lost ark, commando, total recall (1989) a fair few times, maybe that's a good 'evidence' of a kind of favorite-ness