A selection of films, famed for their decision to throw convention out of the window. This list pays homage to the great surrealist films from the history of cinema.
Source: IMDB
Filter: Votes >= 10000
Order: Votes Descending
Date: 2014-08-23
These are films that Quentin has mentioned in best-of lists, end of the year top films lists, QT Film Fests, podcasts, off-hand remarks in interviews, etc.
These have been sourced from many lists online, and made available here, in one spot, for your enjoyment.
Sources:
https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantinos-favorite-movies-time-ranked/
https://mubi.com/lists/quentin-tarantinos-favorite-movies
https://imdb.com/list/ls043093231/
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/quentin-tarantino-favourite-11-films-handwritten-list/
https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/quentin-tarantino-favorite-movies/
https://wiki.tarantino.info/index.php/Tarantino's_favorite_films
https://www.pulpfiction.com/quentin-tarantinos-top-20-films-1992-to-2009
Please comment on any that I may have missed.
Excludes superhero/supervillain movies
Since its explosion in the 1950s, science fiction has become one of the most popular film genres, with numerous dedicated fan conventions, academic conferences, websites, magazines, journals, book clubs, memorabilia and collectibles. Once relegated to B budget status, today's science fiction films are often blockbuster productions, featuring major stars.
Despite its high profile, science fiction is notoriously difficult to define. In his introduction to 100 Science Fiction Films, Barry Keith Grant explains the genre's complexities, while also providing an overview of its history, suggesting that the cinema is an ideal medium for conveying the 'sense of wonder' that critics have argued is central to the genre. From Georges Melies's Le Voyage dans la lune (1902), to the blockbusters of the 1970s that dramatically changed Hollywood, to the major releases of the past few years, the films featured in this book represent a range of periods, countries and types (including alien invasion, space travel, time travel, apocalypse, monsters and anime), and cover the key directors and writers.
100 Science Fiction Films provides a lively and illuminating guide to the genre from the beginning of film history to the present, taking the reader on a comprehensive tour through the rich and varied alternate universe of sci-fi cinema.
Source: http://shop.bfi.org.uk/100-science-fiction-films-book.html#.Wg3hHmhSzIU
Trippy, Absurd, or Excessively Over The Top
In his Guide for the Film Fanatic (1986), Danny Peary provides short reviews for over 1600 “Must See” films.
104 movies missing. Imported from external source.
The best 100 Sci-fi movies as been voted in July 2014 from the London Time Out magazine.
Voted by leading sci-fi experts, filmmakers, science fiction writers, film critics and scientists.
HollyWood Movies based on Popularity
The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is given each year for theatrical films, television episodes, or other dramatized works related to science fiction or fantasy released in the previous calendar year. This list contains winners and nominees, covering both Long- and Short-Form categories as well as retro Hugos, but (obviously) does not contain nominees who are not (or cannot be) listed on Trakt, including (but not limited to):
1939 (R): "The War of the Worlds" by the Mercury Theatre on the Air (radio play)
1939 (R): "Around the World in Eighty Days" by the Mercury Theatre on the Air (radio play)
1939 (R): "A Christmas Carol" by the Campbell Soup Playhouse (radio play)
1939 (R): "Dracula" by the Mercury Theatre on the Air (radio play)
1939 (R): R.U.R. (stage play)
1941 (R, SF): Adventures of Superman: "The Baby from Krypton" (radio play)
1960: "Murder and the Android", NBC Sunday Showcase Imissing from Trakt)
1970: News Coverage of Apollo 13
1971: "Blows Against the Empire" by Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship (album)
1971: "Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers" by Firesign Theatre (comedy album)
1972: "I Think We're All Bozos on the Bus" by Firesign Theatre (comedy album)
1976: The Capture (graphic novel)
1978: Blood!: The Life & Future Times of Jack the Ripper (audiobook)
1979: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio play)
2004 (SF): "Gollum's Acceptance Speech", 2004 MTV Movie Awards
2006 (SF): Lucas Back in Anger (stage play)
2007 (SF): Prix Victor Hugo Awards Ceremony
2009 (LF): METAtropolis (multimedia stories)
2012 (SF): The Drink Tank's Hugo Acceptance Speech
2017 (SF): "Splendor & Misery" by clipping (album)
(R) is Retro Hugo
(SF) is Short Form
This list is the result of heated debate/scuffles between the frazzled writers of Total Sci-Fi. In addition to settling on the titles themselves, they also had to set the limits of what counts as a 'sci-fi film': they decided that superhero movies were out as that's a distinct genre all of its own, but comedies like Sleeper and Galaxy Quest possess enough genuine science fiction concepts to warrant inclusion, leading to this list of the 100 best Sci-Fi movies of all-time.
List of Nominees and Winners
WINNER - WALTER MATTHAU "The Fortune Cookie"
JAMES MASON "Georgy Girl"
GEORGE SEGAL "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
ROBERT SHAW "A Man for All Seasons"
MAKO "The Sand Pebbles"
WINNER - SANDY DENNIS "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
WENDY HILLER "A Man for All Seasons"
JOCELYNE LAGARDE "Hawaii"
VIVIEN MERCHANT "Alfie"
GERALDINE PAGE "You're a Big Boy Now"
WINNER - "A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS" Fred Zinnemann, Producer
"ALFIE" Lewis Gilbert, Producer
"THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING" Norman Jewison, Producer
"THE SAND PEBBLES" Robert Wise, Producer
"WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?" Ernest Lehman, Producer
WINNER - "A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS" Fred Zinnemann
"WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?" Mike Nichols
"BLOW-UP" Michelangelo Antonioni
"A MAN AND A WOMAN" Claude Lelouch
"THE PROFESSIONALS" Richard Brooks
WINNER - "GRAND PRIX" Fredric Steinkamp, Henry Berman, Stewart Linder, Frank Santillo
"FANTASTIC VOYAGE" William B. Murphy
"THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING" Hal Ashby, J. Terry Williams
"THE SAND PEBBLES" William Reynolds
"WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?" Sam O'Steen
WINNER - "A MAN AND A WOMAN" France
"THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS" Italy
"LOVES OF A BLONDE" Czechoslovakia
"PHARAOH" Poland
"THREE" Yugoslavia
WINNER - PAUL SCOFIELD "A Man for All Seasons"
ALAN ARKIN "The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming"
RICHARD BURTON "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
MICHAEL CAINE "Alfie"
STEVE MCQUEEN "The Sand Pebbles"
WINNER - ELIZABETH TAYLOR "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
ANOUK AIMEE "A Man and a Woman"
IDA KAMINSKA "The Shop on Main Street"
LYNN REDGRAVE "Georgy Girl"
VANESSA REDGRAVE "Morgan!"
WINNER - "HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS DOUBLE FEATURE" John Hubley and Faith Hubley, Producers
"THE DRAG" Wolf Koenig and Robert Verrall, Producers
"THE PINK BLUEPRINT" David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng, Producers
WINNER - "Born Free" in "Born Free" Music by John Barry; Lyrics by Don Black
"Georgy Girl" in "Georgy Girl" Music by Tom Springfield; Lyrics by Jim Dale
"My Wishing Doll" in "Hawaii" Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Mack David
"A Time For Love" in "An American Dream" Music by Johnny Mandel; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
"Alfie" in "Alfie" Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David
WINNER - Robert Wise
WINNER - "WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?" Haskell Wexler
"THE FORTUNE COOKIE" Joseph LaShelle
"GEORGY GIRL" Ken Higgins
"IS PARIS BURNING?" Marcel Grignon
"SECONDS" James Wong Howe
WINNER - "A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS" Ted Moore
"THE PROFESSIONALS" Conrad Hall
"THE SAND PEBBLES" Joseph MacDonald
"FANTASTIC VOYAGE" Ernest Laszlo
"HAWAII" Russell Harlan
WINNER - "WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?" Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
"IS PARIS BURNING?" Art Direction: Willy Holt; Set Decoration: Marc Frederix, Pierre Guffroy
"MISTER BUDDWING" Art Direction: George W. Davis, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt
"THE FORTUNE COOKIE" Art Direction: Robert Luthardt; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
"THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW" Luigi Scaccianoce
WINNER - "FANTASTIC VOYAGE" Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
"GAMBIT" Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb; Set Decoration: John McCarthy, John Austin
"JULIET OF THE SPIRITS" Piero Gherardi
"THE OSCAR" Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Arthur Lonergan; Set Decoration: Robert Benton, James Payne
"THE SAND PEBBLES" Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, John Sturtevant, William Kiernan
WINNER - "A YEAR TOWARD TOMORROW" Edmond A. Levy, Producer
"ADOLESCENCE" Marin Karmitz and Vladimir Forgency, Producers
"COWBOY" Michael Ahnemann and Gary Schlosser, Producers
"THE ODDS AGAINST" Lee R. Bobker and Helen Kristt Radin, Producers
"SAINT MATTHEW PASSION" Mafilm Studio
WINNER - "THE WAR GAME" Peter Watkins, Producer
"THE FACE OF GENIUS" Alfred R. Kelman, Producer
"HELICOPTER CANADA" Peter Jones and Tom Daly, Producers
"LE VOLCAN INTERDIT (THE FORBIDDEN VOLCANO)" Haroun Tazieff, Producer
"THE REALLY BIG FAMILY" Alex Grasshoff, Producer
WINNER - "WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?" Irene Sharaff
"THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW" Danilo Donati
"MANDRAGOLA" Danilo Donati
"MISTER BUDDWING" Helen Rose
"MORGAN!" Jocelyn Rickards
WINNER - "A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS" Elizabeth Haffenden, Joan Bridge
"GAMBIT" Jean Louis
"HAWAII" Dorothy Jeakins
"JULIET OF THE SPIRITS" Piero Gherardi
"THE OSCAR" Edith Head
WINNER - George Bagnall
WINNER - "WILD WINGS" Edgar Anstey, Producer
"TURKEY THE BRIDGE" Derek Williams, Producer
"THE WINNING STRAIN" Leslie Winik, Producer
WINNER - "A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS" Robert Bolt
"ALFIE" Bill Naughton
"THE PROFESSIONALS" Richard Brooks
"THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING" William Rose
"WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?" Ernest Lehman
WINNER - "A MAN AND A WOMAN" Story by Claude Lelouch; Screenplay by Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
"THE NAKED PREY" Clint Johnston, Don Peters
"BLOW-UP" Story by Michelangelo Antonioni; Screenplay by Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, Edward Bond
"THE FORTUNE COOKIE" Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
"KHARTOUM" Robert Ardrey
WINNER - "GRAND PRIX" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
"HAWAII" Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
"THE SAND PEBBLES" 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director
"WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?" Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director
"GAMBIT" Universal City Studio Sound Department, Waldon O. Watson, Sound Director
WINNER - "A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM" Ken Thorne
"THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW" Luis Enrique Bacalov
"RETURN OF THE SEVEN" Elmer Bernstein
"THE SINGING NUN" Harry Sukman
"STOP THE WORLD--I WANT TO GET OFF" Al Ham
WINNER - "GRAND PRIX" Gordon Daniel
"FANTASTIC VOYAGE" Walter Rossi
WINNER - "FANTASTIC VOYAGE" Art Cruickshank
"HAWAII" Linwood G. Dunn
WINNER - "BORN FREE" John Barry
"THE BIBLE" Toshiro Mayuzumi
"HAWAII" Elmer Bernstein
"THE SAND PEBBLES" Jerry Goldsmith
"WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?" Alex North
References made in the book 'Ready Player One'.
Best Movies of the Decade
Movies referenced in the book Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
I'm trying to watch all the live action cyberpunk movies, and a selection of animated ones.
100 Greatest Sci-Fi Movies
by Mike Minutillo