I was reading this list of the 50 greatest sci-fi movies of the last 50 years, and it was all fairly predictable. There’s only a couple that I’d disagree with, but there were a few that would have made the list in place of them if I were compiling it myself, and I realised my additions were less mainstream or less critically acclaimed than were on there.

What guilty-pleasure sci-fi movies would you recommend?

For starters, ones I’ve watched a bunch of times would be:

Dredd (2012)

Pandorum (2009)

Lockout (2012)

Monsters (2010)

  • GraniteM@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    In no particular order…

    • Hulk (2003)

    • Dark City (1998) (Pro tip: Start the movie, but mute it until Kiefer Sutherland comes in and looks at his watch, just a minute or so into the film).

    • Armitage III: Poly-Matrix (1995)

    • Virtuosity (1995)

    • Jupiter Ascending (2015)

    • Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)

    • Super Mario Bros. (1993)

    These are ones that I have true fondness for, but if I had to really get down to it, I would have to admit are kind of terrible.

    I could list a handful of others like Transformers: The Movie, Heavy Metal, Willow, or Highlander that I would mark down as “Pulpy, arguably even a bit trashy, but absolutely fantastic and not at all guilty pleasures.”

    • Quicky@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Dark City is a great shout. The director’s cut loses the voiceover at the start, and is definitely the version to watch.