Sci-Fi?

Science Fiction is not one of my favorite genres, but there are worthy titles in every arena.

So You've seen Star Wars, all the Star Treks, Close Encounters and Battlestar Galactica. You loved the Matrix and stayed awake for the entire new years day Twilight Zone marathon, now what?
Here are a few suggestions for the Sci-Fi crowd...

Sunshine - Danny Boyle's take on the end of the world.
Primer Two friends invent a time machine in their garage.
Solaris An under appreciated Steven Soderbergh effort of a remake of the 1972 Tarkofvsky film Solarys>
Pi A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature
A Scanner Darkly Richard Linklater does Philip K Dick, successfully!
THX 1138 Somewhere between Logans Run and 2001, George Lucas shows a knack for making a film for adults.
Dune The name "Judas Booth" that appears as the screenwriter in the extended TV cut, is a combination of Judas, the apostle that betrayed Jesus Christ, and John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln's killer. With this in-joke, David Lynch meant that the studio betrayed him and killed the film, but I still like it.
Westworld Written and directed by Michael Crichon, Westworld is important if only because its good for a number of Simpson references.
the Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai A low budget masterpiece, worthy of midnight showings.
Godzilla, King of Monsters! A hollywod rip off before hoolywood ripped things off, with Raymond Burr!
the Man Who Fell to EarthA famed cult classic, David Bowie stars an alien from a dry, dying world who's journeyed to Earth to save his planet.
The Brother From Another Planet A socialogical look at race and belonging from writer/director John Sayles.
They Live Lisa wont be thrilled that added this movie, but when South Park recreated the fight scene it was instantly legitimized.
Metropolis Perhaps the most famous and influential of all silent films, and German director Fritz Lang's masterpiece.
Fahrenheit 451Ray Bradbury's cautionary near-future parable of a society where books are banned and firemen start fires was the only English-language film from French auteur François Truffaut.
The Fly Cronenberg's version of the Fly is gross, and scary, and a good time.