We're excited to announce our program for the National Classic Movie Day celebration, featuring a screening of the North Korean Sci-Fi classic Pulgasari, along with several selected future classics from the Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival, kicking off at 7:00 PM EDT on Saturday, May 16th, online, and free to all. Please join us and add your comments to the chat.
7:00 PM EDT I Came From The Future - A dramatic short film directed by Dave Lojek will kick off the evening of films at 7:00 PM EDT with the story of a brooding businessman who reads his own suicide note on a roof. He ponders many questions about time travel. I Came From The Future is a film from Germany provided by Apeiron Films.
7:04 PM EDT - Saving Cycle - A Comedy SciFi short film directed by Kimberly DiPersia, and a Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival 2025 film selection, will be screened at 7:04 PM EDT - When his crush is tragically killed, Jake is presented with a rare opportunity to save endangered versions of her in alternate dimensions.
7:15 PM EDT - Deep Space Degenerates Marathon - We'll stream back-to-back episodes of our favorite Sci-Fi comedy program as a lead-in to the Pulgasari screening starting at 7:15 PM EDT, so if you haven't caught up on this series, now's your chance. And a reminder that Episode 005 – Running Out of Options premieres May 26th, streaming on YouTube.
7:45 PM EDT - Pulgasari - Our feature presentation for the evening will be the cult classic sci-fi film from North Korea. Presented and open for comments and discussion. Enjoy!
TOP 5 CLASSIC SCI-FI FILMS
THE RESULTS ARE IN! To celebrate National Classic Movie Day, we asked you to name your top five favorite classic Sci-Fi movies, limited to films before the year 2000. Here's the official top 5 films selected by our list members, followed by the top 20, and honorable mentions. Did your films make the top 5?
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1. Blade Runner |
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2. Forbidden Planet |
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3. 2001 - A Space Odyssey |
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4. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1950) |
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5. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1957) |
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6. Metropolis |
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7. Planet of the Apes (1968) |
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8. Alien |
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9. Star Wars (1977) |
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10. Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan |
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11. The Andromeda Strain (1971) |
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12. The Matrix |
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13. The Thing (1982) |
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14. Godzilla (1954) |
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15. Silent Running |
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16. Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country |
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17. Aliens |
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18. Back to the Future (1985) |
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19. Brazil |
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20. Them |
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HONORABLE MENTIONS |
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The Empire Strikes Back |
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The Terminator (1984) |
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The Omega Man |
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Solaris |
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Soylent Green |
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
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E.T (1982) |
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I Married a Monster from Outer Space |
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Mothra vs. Godzilla |
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Return of the Jedi |
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Starship Troopers |
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They Live! |
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire |
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The Incredible Shrinking Man |
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The Thing from Another World |
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The War of the Worlds (1953) |
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Village of the Damned (1960) |
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War of the Worlds 1953 |
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When Worlds Collide (1951) |
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4D Man |
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A Clockwork Orange (1971) |
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Altered States |
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An inconvenient truth |
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Arrival |
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Avatar |
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Barbarella |
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Beasttmaster |
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
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Crack in the World |
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Day of the Triffids |
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Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975) |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) |
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Earth vs The Flying Saucers |
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Event Horizon |
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Explorers |
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Fantastic Voyage |
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Galaxy Quest (1999) |
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GATTACA |
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Idiocracy |
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Interstellar |
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It Came From Beneath the Sea |
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It Came from Outer Space |
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Logan’s Run |
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Marooned |
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Marvin and me |
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Moon |
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Mysterious Island |
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Night of the Comet |
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On the Silver Globe |
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Predator |
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Quatermass and the Pit (aka Five Million Years to Earth)0 |
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Star Trek: First Contact |
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Star Trek, the Next Generation |
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Tarantula |
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Terminator 2 |
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The Day After Tomorrow |
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The Invisible Man (1933) |
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The Power (1968) |
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The Quiet Earth |
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The Twonky |
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This Island Earth |
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THX 1138 |
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Thing From Another World |
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Things to Come (1936) |
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Godzilla Vs Mothra |
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Total Recall |
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Robocop |
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Mars Attacks |