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I have been criticized in the past for not holding to some holy unknowable consensus on which films qualify as the top ten so let it be known this is my top ten hopefully I can be forgiven for being original.

10. Star Trek (2009) Dir: J. J. Abrams

Star Trek is a 2009 science fiction film directed by J. J. Abrams, written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the eleventh film based on the Star Trek franchise and features the main characters of the original Star Trek television series, who are portrayed by a new cast. The film follows James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) before they unite aboard the USS Enterprise to combat Nero (Eric Bana), a Romulan from their future who threatens the United Federation of Planets. The story establishes an alternate reality through time-travel by both Nero and the original Spock (Leonard Nimoy), in an effort to free the film and the franchise from established continuity constraints.
Development of the film began in 2005. Filming took place from November 2007 to March 2008 under intense secrecy. Midway through the shoot, Paramount chose to delay the release date from December 25, 2008 to May 2009, believing the film could reach a wider audience.
Star Trek has earned high critical praise, gaining a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. It is the thirteenth-highest-grossing film of 2009—seventh-highest within North America—and has become the highest-grossing film in the Star Trek series and is credited by the media as a reboot of the series. It was nominated for four Oscars at the 82nd Academy Awards and won the Academy Award for Best Makeup, making it the first Star Trek film to win an Oscar.-wikipedia

9.Alien (1979) Dir: Ridley Scott

Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film’s title refers to its primary antagonist: a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature which stalks and kills the crew of a spaceship. Dan O’Bannon wrote the screenplay from a story by him and Ronald Shusett, drawing influence from previous works of science fiction and horror. The film was produced through Brandywine Productions and distributed by 20th Century Fox, with producers David Giler and Walter Hill making significant revisions and additions to the script. The titular Alien and its accompanying elements were designed by Swiss surrealist artist H. R. Giger, while concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the human aspects of the film.
Alien garnered both critical acclaim and box office success, receiving an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects,[4] Saturn Awards for Best Science Fiction Film, Best Direction for Scott, and Best Supporting Actress for Cartwright, and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, along with numerous other award nominations. It has remained highly praised in subsequent decades, being inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2002 for historical preservation as a film which is “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” and being ranked by the American Film Institute in 2008 as the seventh-best film in the science fiction genre.
The success of Alien spawned a media franchise of novels, comic books, video games, and toys, as well as three sequel and two prequel films. It also launched Weaver’s acting career by providing her with her first lead role, and the story of her character Ripley’s encounters with the Alien creatures became the thematic thread that ran through the sequels Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997). The subsequent prequels Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) abandoned this theme in favor of a crossover with the Predator franchise.-wikipedia

8. War of the Worlds (1953) Dir: Byron Haskin

The War of the Worlds is a 1953 science fiction film starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. It was the first on screen depiction of the H. G. Wells classic novel of the same name. Produced by George Pal and directed by Byron Haskin from a script by Barré Lyndon, it was the first of several adaptations of Wells’ work to be filmed by Pal, and is considered to be one of the great science fiction films of the 1950s. It won an Oscar for its special effects. -wikipedia

7. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Dir: Robert Wise

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) is an American science-fiction film that tells the story of a humanoid alien visitor who comes to visit the Earth with a warning, accompanied by his powerful robot, “Gort”. Robert Wise directed this film, and its leading actors and actresses were Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Sam Jaffe, and Hugh Marlowe. “Gort” is also a primary character in this motion picture, but he is portrayed as a completely mechanical man. The writer of The Day the Earth Stood Still, Edmund H. North, based his screenplay on Harry Bates’s short story “Farewell to the Master” (1940).

Julian Blaustein produced this film for 20th Century Fox, and its cinematography was executed by Leo Tover. Nearly all of the action takes place in Washington, D.C., where the alien spacecraft lands, and then remains without moving for almost the entire motion picture. -wikipedia

6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Dir: Steven Spielberg

Close Encounters of the Third Kind, is a 1977 American science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, and Cary Guffey. It tells the story of Roy Neary, an Indiana electrical lineman, whose life changes after he has an encounter with an unidentified flying object. In addition, the United States government is also aware of the UFOs as is a team of international scientific researchers.

Close Encounters was a long-cherished project for Spielberg. In late 1973, he developed a deal with Columbia Pictures for a science fiction film. Though Spielberg receives sole credit for the script, he was assisted by Paul Schrader, John Hill, David Giler, Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, and Jerry Belson, all of whom contributed to the screenplay in varying degrees. The title is derived from astronomer/ufologist J. Allen Hynek’s classification of close encounters with aliens, in which the third kind denotes human observations of actual aliens or “animate beings”.
Filming began in May 1976. Douglas Trumbull served as the visual effects supervisor, while Carlo Rambaldi designed the aliens. Close Encounters was released in November 1977 and was a critical and financial success. The film was reissued in 1980 as Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Special Edition, which featured additional scenes. A third cut of the film was released to home video (and later DVD) in 1998. The film received numerous awards and nominations at the 50th Academy Awards, 32nd British Academy Film Awards, the 35th Golden Globe Awards, the Saturn Awards and has been widely acclaimed by the American Film Institute. In December 2007, it was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.-wikipedia

5. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is a 1980 American space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner. The screenplay, based on a story by George Lucas, was written by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan. Of the six main Star Wars films, it was the second to be released and the fifth in terms of internal chronology.
The film is set three years after the destruction of the Death Star in the original Star Wars film. The villainous Darth Vader and the elite forces of the Galactic Empire are in pursuit of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia Organa, and the rest of the Rebel Alliance. While Vader chases Han, Chewbacca and Leia across the galaxy, Luke studies the Force under Jedi Master Yoda after being directed by Obi-Wan Kenobi’s spirit. Vader uses Luke’s friends to set a trap for him, leading to a fierce confrontation between the black-armored Sith and the young Jedi which ends with a shocking revelation. The film features new characters, such as Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams), Yoda (Frank Oz), and Boba Fett (Jeremy Bulloch).
Following a difficult production, The Empire Strikes Back was released on May 21, 1980, and initially received mixed reviews from critics, although it has since grown in esteem, becoming one of the most popular chapters in the Star Wars saga and one of the most highly rated films in history. It earned more than US8 million worldwide over the original run and several re-releases, making it the highest grossing film of 1980. When adjusted for inflation, it is the 12th highest grossing film in history.-wikipedia

4. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Dir: Stanley Kubrick

2001: A Space Odyssey (often referred to simply as 2001) is a 1968 epic science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke. The film deals with thematic elements of human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and extraterrestrial life, and is notable for its scientific realism, pioneering special effects, ambiguous imagery that is open-ended to a point approaching surrealism, sound in place of traditional narrative techniques, and minimal use of dialogue.
The film has a memorable soundtrack—the result of the association that Kubrick made between the spinning motion of the satellites and the dancers of waltzes, which led him to use The Blue Danube waltz by Johann Strauss II, and the famous symphonic poem Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss, to portray the philosophical evolution of Man theorized in Nietzsche’s work of the same name.
Despite initially receiving mixed reviews, 2001: A Space Odyssey is today recognized by many critics and audiences as one of the greatest films ever made; the 2002 Sight & Sound poll of critics ranked it among the top ten films of all time. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, and received one for visual effects. In 1991, it was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. On 25 June 2010 a version specially remastered by Warner Bros. without the music soundtrack opened the 350th anniversary celebrations of the Royal Society at Southbank Centre in co-operation with BFI, with the score played live by the Philharmonia Orchestra and Choir.-wikipedia

3.Donnie Darko (2001) Dir:Richard Kelly

Donnie Darko is a 2001 American psychological thriller-fantasy film directed and written by Richard Kelly. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, and Mary McDonnell, and depicts the reality-bending adventures of the title character as he seeks the meaning and significance behind his troubling Doomsday-related visions.

The film was initially slated for a direct-to-video release before being picked up by Newmarket Films. Budgeted with .5 million and filmed over the course of 28 days, the film missed breaking even at the box office, grossing just over .1 million worldwide. Since then, the film has received favorable reviews from critics and developed a large cult following,resulting in the director’s cut receiving a two-disc, special edition release in 2004.-wikipedia

2.Dark City (1998) Dir: Alex Proyas

Dark City is a 1998 American science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas. It was adapted from a screenplay written by Proyas, David S. Goyer, and Lem Dobbs. The film depicts a city in which human inhabitants never see the sun, as their lives are manipulated by extraterrestrials referred to as the Strangers, who masquerade as humans. The Strangers are committed to studying the race of humanity through experimentation. Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, and Jennifer Connelly star. Dark City explores the subject matter of murder, as well as abstract ideas such as hallucination and simulated reality.
The film was primarily shot in Australia. Following its screening in wide cinematic release, the film was nominated for multiple awards, including the Hugo and Saturn Awards. It also won a number of awards; among them from the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, and the Film Critics Circle of Australia. It was met with generally positive critical reviews from mainstream film journalists.
A joint collective effort to commit to the film’s production was made by New Line Cinema and Mystery Clock Cinema.  It was commercially distributed by New Line Cinema theatrically, and by New Line Home Video for home media. Dark City premiered in theaters in the United States on February 27, 1998 grossing ,378,331 in domestic ticket receipts. It earned an additional ,821,985 through international release for a combined box office total of ,200,316. The film was at its widest release in the U.S. showing at 1,754 theaters nationwide.-wikipedia

1. Blade Runner (1982) Dir: Ridley Scott

Blade Runner is a 1982 American science fiction film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is based loosely on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.
The film depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in November 2019 in which genetically engineered organic robots called replicants—visually indistinguishable from adult humans—are manufactured by the all-powerful Tyrell Corporation as well as other mega manufacturers around the world. Their use on Earth is banned, and replicants are exclusively used for dangerous, menial or leisure work on Earth’s off-world colonies. Replicants who defy the ban and return to Earth are hunted down and “retired” by police special operatives known as “blade runners”. The plot focuses on a brutal and cunning group of recently escaped replicants hiding in Los Angeles and the burnt out expert blade runner, Rick Deckard, who reluctantly agrees to take on one more assignment to hunt them down.
Blade Runner initially polarized critics: some were displeased with the pacing, while others enjoyed its thematic complexity. The film performed poorly in North American theaters. Despite the box office failure of the film, it has since become a cult classic, and is now widely regarded as one of the best movies ever made. Blade Runner has been hailed for its production design, depicting a “retrofitted” future, and it remains a leading example of the neo-noir genre. Blade Runner brought the work of author Philip K. Dick to the attention of Hollywood, and several more films have since been based on his work. Ridley Scott regards Blade Runner as “probably” his most complete and personal film.  In 1993, Blade Runner was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
Seven versions of the film have been shown for various markets as a result of controversial changes made by film executives. A rushed director’s cut was released in 1992 after a strong response to workprint screenings. This, in conjunction with its popularity as a video rental, made it one of the first films released on DVD, resulting in a basic disc with mediocre video and audio quality. In 2007, Warner Bros. released in select theaters, and subsequently on DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-ray, the 25th anniversary digitally remastered Final Cut by Scott.-wikipedia

Honorable Mention: Plan 9 from Outer Space

Awesome in its cheap crappyness  couldn’t have made a top ten scifi list without at least mentioning this amazing film:
Plan 9 from Outer Space (originally titled as Grave Robbers from Outer Space) is a 1959 science fiction/horror film written and directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr. The film features Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Tor Johnson and Maila “Vampira” Nurmi. The film bills Béla Lugosi posthumously as a star, although footage of the actor had been shot by Wood for another film just before Lugosi’s death in 1956.
The plot of the film is focused on extraterrestrial beings who are seeking to stop humans from creating a doomsday weapon that would destroy the universe. In the course of doing so, the aliens implement “Plan 9″, a scheme to resurrect Earth’s dead as zombies to get the planet’s attention, causing chaos.
For years, the film played on television in relative obscurity, until 1980, when author Michael Medved dubbed Plan 9 from Outer Space the “worst movie ever made”. It has also earned Wood a posthumous Golden Turkey Award (an award of Medved’s creation) as the worst director ever.-wikipedia

My Thoughts

Wow! I do not actually quite know where to begin to tell you quite how awful this film genuinely is. Following seeing Orphan and Drag Me to Hell I was extremely impressed with them both. I was on the look out for one more film. With hopes of finding 1 as very good as they both were. Even though I have in no way liked horror films overly considerably. Right after seeing both of those films, it has produced me want to see a lot more. So I flicked via all the alternatives on virgin media’s on demand section and decided to give this film a try and I wish that I hadn’t. If it wasn’t for the truth that I knew I was going to review it afterwards. I would of turned it off inside the 1st couple of minutes due to the fact this is without a doubt, the worst film that I have ever observed! It has subtitles the whole way via it. So you will have to concentrate to maintain up with the story and I found this extremely irritating and hard to do because the story was so awful! Now, do not get me wrong, if a film is very good and enjoyable. I do not even mind having to read subtitles but this was just so bad. I found it difficult to come across any motivation to even want to read them.

This was a total waste of funds and I hope that I can save anybody who reads this from wasting theirs on it as nicely. The start off of this film in fact made it seem as if it was going to be great. It began with all of the usual elements that I expect to be present in a great horror film and it even managed to intrigue me for a few minutes but only a couple of and it wasn’t long just before the boring,sick and uninteresting story began to unfold. The points that produced me feel that it was going to be good had been the creepy music at the beginning and the introduction of the creepy characters because to a little extent the characters were ok. They were creepy and unusual and they were the first factor that made me think that this would be excellent. This film has some graphic torture scenes and that is not even mentioning all of the bad parts. I have by no means seen a film like this before, I was not expecting them and I discovered it really sickening.

If you do not like this sort of thing then I assistance you to avoid it. When i was younger I use to sneakily watch films which had been intended for older viewing behind my parents back but this! I am glad that I never seen a film like this then since it may possibly have scarred me for life! LOL This has some extremely sick scenes and if you do not like blood and guts, this is far from the sort of film you are going to want to watch. If you dislike bugs, dismembered bodies and gross issues. Then don’t even bother watching it simply because that really is all that it has to provide. In this film you can expect scenes of violence,rape and other very unpleasant things. I actually really feel physically sick soon after seeing specific parts in it.

I have seen the “saw” films for example and despite the fact that they are scary. They by no means had that effect on me. This is just gross and disgusting for the most component and even although I was concentrating and reading all of the subtitles. I discovered particular parts quite confusing. Most parts are really disturbing and I genuinely didn’t get pleasure from it at all, in fact I hated it! Some special effects are utilized in this but for me they are not that essential anyway. So it was completely crap in my opinion and I think that even the finest unique effects couldn’t enhance such a disastrous film. It is strange but too strange, this film is incredibly sick. It has scenes of human depravity and perversion and it is not 1 that I can say that I am glad I watched. I definitely wouldn’t recommend this, occasionally in my reviews. I say if a film was just ok in my opinion and then I suggest that individuals really should wait until it comes on tv. Rather than rush out to purchase it but with this, I don’t even suggest that!

Unless of course there is people who like the sounds of this? And every person has different opinions. So there is a chance some will like it but very frankly. I cant believe of a film that I have observed but. That is worse and that consists of even the crappiest ones that  I have observed. Nothing about this film appealed to me except, what I mentioned just before about the creepy characters because they seemed well thought up but with those you would feel they could of took them and produced it a brilliant film! Possibly it could of even been fascinating if the script was far better but no the story by no means picks up or gets far better at any point and the ending is terrible! Some of the issues you will see in this film, you probably wouldn’t see in your worst nightmares! I truly didn’t like it and apart from the various locations, that were utilized for the scenes in the film and the costumes. I was far from impressed! ,Maybe it is just that i am not into “that sort of thing” and possibly this could be a person, who likes this sort of film’s concept of a classic or one thing but my own opinion of it, is that it is far from worth “wasting your time” on it.

I don’t like films which leave me feeling sick and that make it challenging to even look at the screen for most of the parts because they are so disturbing and this is 1 of them. Ewww, that is the word I would use to describe this and I would also say that there is a possibility that the original and the sequel were a lot much less like this and much better. Maintain in mind, I am judging by the newest addition. Saying that although I have a sneaking suspicion that they are all the same because this film undoubtedly was not relying on a smart script or an intriguing storyline. Instead it was a struggle to watch it to the end and I dare say if the rest are anything like this one they will be just as horrible. If not worse, in truth perhaps the first one is even worse due to the fact generally the initial film is the finest and if this is anything to go by. Then the 1st and second will be even far more sickening than this 1, if that is even achievable? I was expecting this to be frightening and instead it quite honestly turned out to be the biggest load of crap, that I have ever observed. I wasn’t even frightened by it. No! Instead I was sickened and left wishing that I had never watched it in the first location.

The storyline in my opinion is ridiculous and what there is of it is nicely… nearly non-existent. This sets the tone for the rest of the film due to the fact it is exactly that. Some of the scenes didn’t even appear to relate to the film in any way. I mean, for instance! The flashbacks that he had didn’t even appear to relate to this film and it need to be going back to the prior ones but where does that leave those like myself who have not watched them? This sequel is set years and years later from when the other films were 1st made. I feel that a lot of other men and women might be unaware of them as well. The only overly very good factor in this whole fiasco was the creepy music which give the false impression that it would be scary. I feel like this could have completed with a lot far more things added to it, a sort of introduction or some thing?

Due to the fact that way the people who didn’t know about the previous films, would be able to “get into it and realize it a lot much more.” Watching it feels the way you would feel, if you had been to watch any film, that had other ones released prior to it and you had not observed them. You truly will be left confused and thinking wtf is going on? It feels like being dropped in the middle of this place that is manic and a lot is going on but you genuinely haven’t a clue why. I believe although, that even if you had watched the prior films. This would still be just as crap! This is primarily focused on sadistic things and even if there was a strong storyline, it would be drowned out by all the blood, guts gore and grossness of this. I hope that I in no way see a film that is this crap once more!

Jose Mojica Marins

Jose plays the role of Coffin Joe, he is a undertaker and has been in previous films. This film completes a trilogy of similar films, which very first came out in 1964. The first 1 was referred to as “at midnight ill take you soul” and the 1 that was released following that was referred to as “This night ill take your corpse.” I had no notion of these other films prior to watching this but if I was I wouldn’t of given it a second look. Coffin Joe is a very evil man. A man who gets joy from inflicting pain on others and causing others to suffer. He beats,terrorizes and rapes girls and is in search of a new woman for factors that I will get to later. He wears a leading hat, dark clothing, has freakishly long nails and a lengthy beard. He has a assistant that he reunites with when he is freed from a mental hospital. He has been confined in that hospital for more than 40 years and he also has four fanatical followers, with souless looks in their eyes. They are willing to do anything he requests and they have been awaiting his release.

These sick beings watch on with enthusiasm as he inflicts his torture on numerous amounts of men and women. In some areas the film goes black and white and flashes back to the horrible issues that he did in his past. You will also hear him be referred to as the devil and a grave digger. He is haunted by visions of men and women who’s lifes he has previously stolen but he believes that it is all in his head and that he is just imagining things. Though they seemed much more realistic in my opinion and were much more like zombies than ghosts. They didn’t genuinely appear like visions at all. He stalks the streets in search of women. He is searching for 1 who he believes is “superior sufficient” and then he will get her pregnant. So that he can have a son, he believes his bloodline is the best and that if he succeeds he will live on by means of her blood but will he manage to do that? This has been a life long obsession for the creep! Will he be found out? By the time I discovered out the answers to these questions. I was already highly fed up with the film and feeling sick at what I had observed.The mostly disturbing parts of this and a high percentage of the film are all based in a weird place that his assistant leads him to that Coffin Joe refers to as his “quarters.” When Coffin Joe is let out of jail. It as if he has been placed on another planet and he does not seem to comprehend, that it is against the law to randomly attack strangers!

Rui Rezenede

Rui is Coffin Joe’s loyal assistant, he has a hunch in his back which makes him walk slightly bent over. He is quite tall, has a strange limp and has a funny, practically usually startled look on his face. When he talks he makes a mumbling sound and he says “yes master” to Coffin Joe. He would be funny if this film was not so bloody twisted! He is possibly the only “very good character in this” and he is not even that convincing either. The person who plays the role of Coffin Joe is convincing but the role and the story are too awful for him to shine for the excellent actors that he is.

Jece Valadao

Jece plays the role of Coronel Claudiomiro Pontes. He has a major grudge against Coffin Joe after he caused him to go blind in one eye. When he hears of Coffin Joes release he is determined to make him pay. Along with a priest named Father Eugênio (played by(Milhem Cortaz) Who is the son of one of Coffin Joes past victims. He is a rather unstable guy and he joins forces with Coronel Claudiomiro Pontes and they both set out for revenge. Will they get it?

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