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COMEDIES

1 Raising Arizona
2 Holy Grail
3 Princess Bride
4 Fish Called Wanda
5 Happy Gilmore
6 Blazing Saddles
7 Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
8 Clerks
9 Animal House
10 Wedding Crashers
11 Airplane!
12 American Pie
13 Kentucky Fried Movie
14 40 Year Old Virgin
15 Caddyshack
16 Christmas Story
17 Princess Bride
18 Bad Santa
19 This Is Spinal Tap
20 Uncle Buck

SCI FI
1 Alien
2 2001
3 Children of Men
4 Brazil
5 The Prestige
6 Dark City
7 12 Monkeys
8 Metropolis
9 The Matrix
10 Primer
11 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
12 Terminator
13 The Fly
14 Clockwork Orange
15 The Day the Earth Stood Still
16 Repo Man
17 The Fountain
18 Akira
19 Robocop
20 Donnie Darko (tho its not really sci fi - I'm throwing it in for its discussion of wormholes)

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Sci Fi -

1. Alien
2. Metropolis
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
4. The Thing
5. The Prestige
6. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1974)
7. Stalker
8. Blade Runner
9. Children of Men
10. Brazil
11. The Matrix
12. Videodrome
13. The Day the Earth Stood Still
14. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
15. The Terminator
16. Dark City
17. Solaris (1972)
18. Pi
19. Bride of Frankenstein
20. The Truman Show




Top 10 Comedy

1. Monty Python and The Quest for the Holy Grail
2. This is Spinal Tap!
3. Dr. Strangelove
4. Gold Rush
5. Airplane!
6. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
7. Dumb and Dumber
8. Young Frankenstein
9. Duck Soup
10. Hot Fuzz
11. Ghostbusters
12. Top Secret
13. Groundhog Day
14. Harvey
15. Caddyshack
16. The Life of Brian
17. Best in Show
18. City Lights
19. Ace Ventura
20. Anchorman

Just missing the list: Animal House, Modern Times, Some Like it Hot

Updated

Comedies:

1 A Fish Called Wanda
2 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3 Airplane!
4 This is Spinal Tap
5 Monty Python's Life of Brian
6 Clerks
7 Stripes
8 Bull Durham
9 National Lampoon's Animal House
10 The Producers (1968)
11 History of the World Part 1
12 Chasing Amy
13 Amazon Women on the Moon
14 Take the Money and Run
15 Fletch
16 American Pie
17 Everything you always wanted to know about Sex*
18 The Blues Brothers
19 Office Space
20 Fast Times at Ridgemont High


Sci Fi:

1 The Fifth Element
2 A Clockwork Orange
3 Minority Report
4 2001: A Space Odyssey
5 Aliens
6 I, Robot
7 Alien
8 The Running Man
9 Total Recall
10 The Terminator
11 The Matrix
12 Planet of the Apes (1968)
13 Blade Runner
14 The Thing (1982)
15 Fahrenheit 451
16 Star Wars: Ep IV-VI (If you just want 1, The Empire Strikes Back)
17 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn
18 Flash Gordon (1980)
19 Terminator II: Judgement Day
20 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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1. A Clockwork Orange

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why would this be considered Sci-Fi? Just curious, would be #1 on my list but I don't think dystopian future = sci fi.

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why would this be considered Sci-Fi? Just curious, would be #1 on my list but I don't think dystopian future = sci fi.

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Again, we are taking loose genre rules. Star Wars has laser blasters so (as much as it pains me to say) it is a sci fi. ACO takes place in an alternative past/future, so it is a sci-fi.

I would actually consider all dystopian/apocalyptic films to be a sub-genre of sci-fi, but that's me. Usually these movies change something about culture/society which leads to a prediction of things to come. Prediction of realistic consequences being a big part of the non-alien/space side of science fiction.

ACO would be very similar to Brazil, Children of Men, and other movies who are light on obvious "sci-fi" elements like extremely advanced technology, and are more based on a "What if?" scenario. The "What If?" question being central to the science fiction debate often.

So Star Wars is Sci Fi now?!?!

You're killing me.

Now I have to rethink my whole list.

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So Star Wars is Sci Fi now?!?!

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Although we will not put limits on what is or isn't a genre fulfilling film (Star Wars isn't a science fiction film), give it some thought at least. Comedies are easy, science fiction is a tough genre though.

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You may have misinterpreted. I will edit out the confusion. Sorry, that was meant as an aside, not as a rule.

FWIW, no problem just edit your original post. I hanve't tallied anything yet.

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But I think what sets Eternal Sunshine apart is that it is so fantastical, it is not really sci fi, it is fantasy. It’s not really supposed to be grounded in reality at all, its just a way to explore the subconscious. It’s closer to Being John Malkovich or Synecdoche, NY than science fiction (yes, I know those are both Kaufman films as well).

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It is close to Being John Malkovich and Synedoche, NY but that is due to it being a Kaufman film. But unlike his other films, there was no magic or fantastical elements that cause the events in Eternal Sunshine to occur. Think of it as the inverse Star Wars. Star Wars tells a fantasy story with the trappings and setting of science fiction whereas ES tells a science fiction story with the trappings and setting of contemporary fantasy/neosurrealism.

Well, what makes Alien such a good sci fi film is that it creates an interesting world grounded in our current reality. They spend good portions of the movie bitching about pay and other such blue collar concerns.

Oops. Getting ahead of ourselves.

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That makes sense, and i realized I'm a dumbass, since I included The Running Man on my list , but for some reason wasn't thinking of ACO as sci-fi.

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But The Running Man includes some obvious "sci-fi" elements, hence your initial connection with it as sci-fi. Children of Men has no visual sci-fi elements. No laser blasters, no aliens, no advanced technology. Nothing. It's the premise that is purely science fiction.

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If you'd asked me if SW was SF about 5 years ago I'd have said yes, but it doesn't offend me that you and others say its not.

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Laser Blasters

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I know some people freak out about that.

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People who have a very superficial notion of science fiction. And people who obviously miss the very first frame of the film...Lucas isn't ashamed to set it up as a fairy tale...

"A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..."

Ok back to voting....seems a little light on votes this time around.

And I thought the director list would be tough to get interest in.