This film amplified the action of the original flick by introducing numerous Xenomorphs, including the very intimidating Xenomorph Queen. While Alien was a prerequisite for this list, there’s simply no excuse to exclude James Cameron’s excellent sequel, Aliens. Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright After the smoke clears, Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley becomes a science fiction - and cinematic - icon. The doomed crew of the starship Nostromo encounters an alien vessel and unknowingly brings a deadly lifeform back with them. This was the film that launched a franchise, but the alien Xenomorphs have never been more terrifying than in their first appearance. “In space, no one can hear you scream.” This list just wouldn’t be complete without the original Alien movie.
Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rip Torn, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D’Onofrio Men in Black‘s growing number of follow-ups gave fans not quite as much quality, but the first chapter is pretty much perfect. Jones and Smith have perfect chemistry, coupled with gorgeous special effects that still stand up today.
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The movie turns the infamous villains of UFO conspiracy theories into heroes, plucked from the ranks of soldiers and cops who are not only good in combat but who know how to look at the world in unexpected ways. Imagine what you’ll know tomorrow.” Men in Black was one of the most anticipated films of 1997, and with good reason. The line that tells us exactly what’s at the heart of Men in Black is when Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) tells Jay (Will Smith), “Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe, 500 years ago everybody knew the Earth was flat, and 15 minutes ago, you knew people were alone on this planet. Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike Just as brilliant and funny as Wright’s other films, The World’s End is mandatory viewing.
Just as they’re all about to abandon Gary’s fool’s errand, a fight in a men’s room reveals almost all of Newton Haven’s residents have been replaced with aliens, and the movie turns into an entirely different animal. All of Gary’s friends have moved on with their lives, especially Andy (Nick Frost), who went sober years before. Stuck in the “glory days” of his youth, Gary (Simon Pegg) recruits his four old friends to return to their hometown of Newton Haven in order to complete the Golden Mile - a visit to each of the town’s 12 pubs with at least one beer downed at each stop, concluding at The World’s End. Stars: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwellĭirector Edgar Wright began his Cornetto Trilogy with a send-up of the zombie genre (Shaun of the Dead), continued it with an action parody ( Hot Fuzz), and surprised everyone by finishing it off with The World’s End which, while certainly having a lot of fun with alien-invasion movies, doesn’t have quite as high a parody percentage as the earlier films. For a significant chunk of The World’s End, the film works as nothing more than a funny but poignant dramedy. Sigourney Weaver wonderfully plays against type, Alan Rickman is epic as the classically trained Shakespearean, and Sam Rockwell is perfect as the proverbial “redshirt” in one of his earliest appearances.
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It turns out the Thermians are actual aliens who have seen all of the Nesmith’s shows and believe them to be “historical documents.” Soon, the entire TV show’s cast is on board an actual spaceship, forced to become the heroes so many fantasized they really were. He and his former costars go from appearance to appearance, bemoaning their lots in life, until Nesmith is “hired” by the Thermians who he believes are just fans. Premiering decades before Seth McFarlane’s The Orville, Galaxy Quest is a hilarious and brilliantly conceived love letter to Star Trek and its fandom. Tim Allen plays Jason Nesmith - an actor living off convention appearances and dealership openings as the lead in a beloved, long-defunct science-fiction show. No one paid much attention to the sci-fi comedy adventure Galaxy Quest when it came out, but they should’ve.
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