(via
Gwenda Bond)

John Scalzi’s new book,

The Rough Guide to Science Fiction Movies, includes a
list "Canon" SF films. 
To comply with the meme, bold the ones you’ve seen.  For
further discussion of the list, see Scalzi’s blog post today, about his


Three Criteria for Science Fiction. 

  The Adventures of Buckaroo
Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!
  Akira
  Alien
  Aliens
  Alphaville
  Back to the Future
  Blade Runner
  Brazil
  Bride of Frankenstein
  Brother From Another Planet
  A Clockwork Orange
  Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  Contact
  The Damned
  Destination Moon
  The Day The Earth Stood Still
  Delicatessen
(When the hell is this going to come out on
DVD?)
  Escape From New York
  ET: The Extraterrestrial
  Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers (serial)
  The Fly (1985 version)
  Forbidden Planet
  Ghost in the Shell
  Gojira/Godzilla
  The Incredibles
  Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 version)
  Jurassic Park
  Mad Max 2/The Road Warrior
  The Matrix
  Metropolis
  On the Beach
  Planet of the Apes (1968 version)
  Robocop
  Sleeper
  Solaris (1972 version)
  Star Trek II: The Wrath of
Khan
  Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
  Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
  The Stepford Wives
  Superman
  Terminator 2: Judgement Day
  The Thing From Another World
  Things to Come
  Tron
  12 Monkeys
  28 Days Later
  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  2001: A Space Odyssey
  La Voyage Dans la Lune
  War of the Worlds (1953 version)