FEATURE ARTICLE: OVERDUE SCI-FI MOVIES

A recent editorial in the Sci-Fi Universe magazine complained about how not a single sci-fi/horror/fantasy film were amongst the most recent 25 additions to the Library of Congress's National Film Registry.  

While having no quibble with the new films listed (it included movies such as Mean Streets and Hitchcock's Rear Window) he couldn't help but notice that there weren't any sci-fi related movies on the list.

An examination of the complete list shows that of the 225 films honoured by the Library of Congress for "highest priority when it comes to film preservation", only seven movies could be considered science fiction.  In response to this he published a list of a few additional suggestions for the Librarian of Congress.

Thus, the Sci-Fi Movie Page decided to publish the list of sci-fi movies (with links to our reviews) selected by the Library and the alternative list of suggestions by the editor of Sci-Fi Universe Magazine (and, of course, our own suggestions).

The only seven sci-fi movies selected by the Library of Congress:

Blade Runner [rating: * * * * * out of 5 stars]
The Day the Earth Stood Still [* * * *]
ET: the Extra Terrestrial [* * * *]
Flash Gordon (the 1936 serials, not the 1979 movie version) [not reviewed]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (the 1958 original, not the 1978 and 1994 versions) [* * *]
Star Wars [* * * *]
2001: A Space Odyssey [* * * * *]

The editor of Sci-Fi Universe magazine's sci-fi/fantasy/horror movies suggestions:

Alien [* * * *]
Back to the Future [ * * *]
A Boy and his Dog [* * * ½]
A Clockwork Orange [* * * * *]
Fahrenheit 451 [* * * *]
Forbidden Planet [* * *]
The Incredible Shrinking Man [* * *]
Invaders from Mars (the 1958 original) [not reviewed]
Island of Lost Souls (1932 version of The Island of Dr. Moreau) [not reviewed]
Jason and the Argonauts [not reviewed]
Mary Poppins [not reviewed]
Nineteen Eighty-Four (the 1984 version) [* * *]
Peggy Sue Got Married [* *]
Planet of the Apes [* * * *]
Raiders of the Lost Ark [not reviewed]
7 Faces of Dr. Lao [not reviewed]
Sleeper [* * * *]
The Terminator [* * * *]
Them! [not reviewed]
The Thing (1951 original, not the 1982 remake by director John Carpenter) [* *]
The Time Machine (1960 original) [* * *]
20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 movie version) [not reviewed]
War of the Worlds [* * *]
X - the Man With X-Ray Eyes [not reviewed]

Brazil [* * * *]
Dark Star [* * * *]
Dr Strangelove (Or How I Stopped Worrying and Love the Bomb) [* * * *]
Metropolis [* * *]
12 Monkeys [* * * *]
Solaris [* * * ½]