Science fiction has always played a vital role in pushing us forward and making our dreams a reality. The genre can tell us stories about the future while bringing truths about the present day to light.
Here we are providing you with the best sci-fi hollywood movies of all time:
1) Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis wasn’t the first science fiction movie, but it is definitely the first true masterpiece in the genre. This movie was Inspired by the New York City skyscrapers that began climbing to the heavens in the 1920s. German director Fritz Lang envisioned a nightmare city of the future where human worker-bees toiled on the ground and their privileged and powerful masters high above them. The film’s message is about as subtle as a jackhammer, but Lang’s black-and-white images are still as stunning and harrowing as they must have been nearly a century ago.
2) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Made during a decade that was teeming with B-movie allegories about the atom bomb and the Cold War, The Day the Earth Stood Still is one of the few that still packs a punch. Michael Rennie is the alien who lands in Washington, D.C, with his robot sidekick Gort carrying a warning for all of humankind: Seek peace or else! Naturally, the military aimed their guns at him, But a sympathetic Patricia Neal knows better worth checking out for Bernard Herrmann’s score alone.
3) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Stanley Kubrick’s hallucinatory epic is the ultimate cinematic head trip. Some think it’s head-scratching oblique; others consider it a mindblower that’s super deep. Like all movies this far out and ambitious, your mileage may vary. Either way, there’s no denying Kubrick’s vision in this tale about an alien monolith and man’s quest for knowledge since the Dawn of Man. The beautiful bulk of the film traces a space exploration and the friendly-then-combative relationship between astronaut Dave Bowman and his on-board computer operating system, nicknamed HAL. Their friendship ends badly. Kubrick’s 2001 is bursting with big ideas, exquisitely rendered. And even if you walk away from it puzzled, you’ll at least be sure that you’ve been on a trip.
4) Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope (1977)
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, George Lucas created a thrilling space adventure full of droids, Wookiees, and lightsaber-wielding Jedis and changed the face of popular cinema. I was 8 when Star Wars came out and, like millions of others, it’s impossible to overstate the impact Lucas’ epic had on my generation’s imaginations, But A New Hope is the match that first lit the fuse. Watching it now, even in my early 50s, it’s hard not to feel as wide-eyed and excited as a kid from Tatooine named Luke Skywalker.
What are you waiting for? If you have not watched these movies yet just go and watch it first, you will definitely love it.
