BTW what's your favourite scifi movie? Or like a top 5?
Well thats the sort of question where It's pretty much a given that Im gonna regret leaving something out, If you could specify sub-genre's that'd actually make it much easier for me. Here's my attempt at answering that just based on the genre tho. Cuz to me there's stuff that has sci-fi elements but might be clssified as soemthing else. U know the deal. Anyways.
Well Primer is #1, of course.
They Live. (I like John Carpenter films, The Thing is great/underrated as well, Escape from NY)
2001: A Space Odyssey. (A Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove)
I love the Tom Cruise flick Edge of Tomorrow, I'm certain it's way underrated. Based on a novel called "all you need is kill" Which I plan on reading sometime soon. (I also love Vanilla Sky, I think thats really high quality sci-fi, best cameron diaz performance IMO.)
A Scanner Darkley
I really like Fire in the sky for an alien flick too. That movie stands out to me because I think it's sequenced perfectly. The Faculty is a good one too. K-Pax, Interstellar, Being John Malkovich, Children of men, Bladerunner, 12 Monkeys,Donnie Darko, Snowpiercer, Ghostbusters, Robocop, Groundhog Day, The prestige, Sunshine, Predators(I like this one conceptually), V for Vendetta, Pitch Black, MEtropolis, I'd say The wizard of Oz. I'm forgetting abunch for sure. I like Tron Legacy. The MArtian. Mars Attacks, I like Godzilla movies one of the newer ones was good had a crazy scene with him destroying the city with his breath. Reign of fire, The Time Machine, The Butterfly effect, Watchmen, Total Recall, Demolition Man, Judge Dredd, Contact.
I'd list the Matrix (and Terminator) but they stole the idea from Sophia Stewart.
I have a lot of other classics and truly old films that I'd list too. I like the invisible man for example. I'm not sure if Jordowski flicks fall into this category, The Holy Mountain. Zardoz is hysterical to me, I love that ****, these directors were definitely doing a lot of acid.
Fantastic Planet is one I'd highly recommend. It's animated but worth seeing for the artwork and music alone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgCxCZNkQ9E
I'd also recommend the movie Cube...(don't see the sequel tho it's trash)
This list is terribly incomplete but I;ma stop. If u wanna pinpoint subgenres I can keep going.
I've seen a total of one anime series my entire life but I plan on watching some more when I get a chance. Deathnote is amazing. there's a movie in production now, surely that will be on this list. Thats more of a legendary/epic tale. it's more of a psychological thriller than an "anime" there's very little fighting action typa filler.