Memed
Meme-tagged by godelescherbach: Box Office Mojo has released a list of the 48 best-grossing SF movies made from books, 1980-present (why it's not 50 I have no idea).
Italics for the ones I've seen, bold for ones where I've only read the book on which it was based, bold italics for ones where I've done both.
Jurassic Park
War of the Worlds
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
I, Robot
Contact
Congo
Cocoon
The Stepford Wives
The Time Machine
Starship Troopers
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
K-PAX
2010
The Running Man
Sphere
The Mothman Prophecies
Dreamcatcher
Blade Runner
Dune
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Iron Giant
Battlefield Earth
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Fire in the Sky
Altered States
Timeline
The Postman
Freejack
Solaris
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
The Thing
The Thirteenth Floor
Lifeforce
Deadly Friend
The Puppet Masters
1984
A Scanner Darkly
Creator
Monkey Shines
Solo
The Handmaid's Tale
Communion
Carnosaur
From Beyond
Nightflyers
Watchers
Body Snatchers
I was pleased to see Fire in the Sky there - the long abduction scene on the alien ship is unsettling and brilliantly done, though the rest of the film is pretty average. There are some here I've never even heard of - Carnosaur, Deadly Friend, Solo, From Beyond - and some I'm ashamed to say I've missed: The Stepford Wives and Altered States particularly. If I ever watch Battlefield Earth it will only be because I have already watched every other SF movie ever made.
Italics for the ones I've seen, bold for ones where I've only read the book on which it was based, bold italics for ones where I've done both.
Jurassic Park
War of the Worlds
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
I, Robot
Contact
Congo
Cocoon
The Stepford Wives
The Time Machine
Starship Troopers
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
K-PAX
2010
The Running Man
Sphere
The Mothman Prophecies
Dreamcatcher
Blade Runner
Dune
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Iron Giant
Battlefield Earth
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Fire in the Sky
Altered States
Timeline
The Postman
Freejack
Solaris
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
The Thing
The Thirteenth Floor
Lifeforce
Deadly Friend
The Puppet Masters
1984
A Scanner Darkly
Creator
Monkey Shines
Solo
The Handmaid's Tale
Communion
Carnosaur
From Beyond
Nightflyers
Watchers
Body Snatchers
I was pleased to see Fire in the Sky there - the long abduction scene on the alien ship is unsettling and brilliantly done, though the rest of the film is pretty average. There are some here I've never even heard of - Carnosaur, Deadly Friend, Solo, From Beyond - and some I'm ashamed to say I've missed: The Stepford Wives and Altered States particularly. If I ever watch Battlefield Earth it will only be because I have already watched every other SF movie ever made.