Best SF thriller of the past 25 years

[Rathark]

I objectively chose these 10 titles because they seem to inspire the strongest cult following. Clearly I've gone outside of space opera (no SW / ST debates necessary in this thread) to focus on films that explore the dark side of future society / alien contact. It's a case of red apples vs green apples, without an orange in sight.

Which films have REALLY passed the test of time?

Is John Carpenter's The Thing catching up with Alien in retrospective appeal?

Do the very recent titles (Dark City & The Matrix) have the staying power of the older classics?

If I've left anything out, please feel free to scream at me.

[Rathark]

Actually, 10 turned out to be the limit for poll questions, so I don't apologise for leaving anything out

If, however, you believe that Ghost in the Shell is superior to Akira, or that Terminator 2 is superior to its predecessor, you're welcome to discuss.

[Sea Skimmer]

The Terminator gets my vote. Defiantly the greatest of the 1980s at the minimal.

[Mr Bean]

Akira is the movie you want to watch to learn what anime is all about, the kind of stylish movie that forces you to watch it twice to get what the hells going on and when you do that big OOOOOOOOOOH of suprise and suddenly you want to watch it a third time


In the.. hmm twenty six odd people I've intrdouced to Anime the first thing I always show them is Akira, normaly I watch the first time with them and let them borrow the tape/dvd for the second and third viewings

[Guest]

Well, since it's a thriller we're talking about, Alien gets my vote. Had it been "the best action movie", then it would have had to be the Terminator.

[Tsyroc]

Actually I'd say that most of them deserve to be considered classics.