Hi, my dad always rents dvds for the weekend and I was hoping you could recomend me some good films, that are about either ghosts or UFOs. Not scary though


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P.S I made a mistake. The topic said any good horror films, I didnt mean that I meants sci-fi

Have you ever seen Coccoon? I thought that was a fun movie about aliens. It's not scary, the aliens are nice.

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I Like Brazil a lot.

E.Ts my fave. "phoooone hooome"
Ghostbusters is really good too.

The film sucked, but the book was excellent.

Edited the topic title.

Superpancake, that's a great, comprehensive list, but little bunny's just a TAD too young for most of them. Naked Lunch? Poor kid would need therapy.

the DArk Crystal is a good choice, though!

Event Horizon, Sphere, Fifth Element (really good one)

I'm still getting over that one

Yeah little_bunny ignore my list.

Not clockwork orange until your at least 45!

Flight of the Navigators cool,The ewok adventure and caravan of courage are pretty enjoyable but you cant beat the original Star Wars.

Minority Report and the Matrix films, except for the third one.

oh gawd...

*still in therapy for that one*

The Others is a good film about ghosts. Not scary at all.

The Fifth Element is one of my fave's! Never get tired of it!

I have a lil neice arround your age Bunny (you are 10yrs old right?) ok She likes Spiderman movies and Ghostbusters but she also likes anything with Dinosaurs (godzilla good one) and one of her fav movies is the X Men


I just looked at your pic on your avatar and you remind me of the kid in the Poltergiest movie by speilberg...ever seen that one?

That film is more than partly responsible for my fear and hatred of clowns and dolls.

Yeah but when her brother finally gets hold of the nasty looking clown that pulls him under the bed totally cracked me up as the kid beats the crap out of the clown LOL

Oooh,that bit when that guy starts pulling chunks off his face in the mirror. That was my favourite bit,fantastic!

Abit scary for 10 year olds though! Scrooged is quite good with Bill Murrey,christmassy with scaryish ghosties.

Yes! Little bunny, when you are ready for a list Christmas movies, just let me know!

Labyrinth is a lot of fun for sci-fi/fantasy.

The Goonies is another one

The Fifth Element, The Star Wars whole series, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stargate.

Metropolis (1927) is a great sci-fi movie if you can find it. It's for older people, though.
Metropolis is responsible for inspiring most of the futuristic city sci-fi movies.

I didn't really like the Fifth Element, it didn't even try to take itself seriously.
It's not bad, but more like a sci-fi parody.

Cube (very gory, but compelling story)

Ghost in the Shell (If you didn't like all the philosophy babble in the second and third Matrix
movies, you may not like this.)

Sphere (really neat story, with a twist ending)

A Clockwork Orange (violent movie about violence, definately not for the younger set)

Back to the Future (more humourous sci-fi, time paradoxes especially part two.)


Ray Harryhausen Films (lots of stop-motion monsters):

Mighty Joe Young: (1930's version) ripoff of King Kong, but still very good)

Earth vs. The Flying Saucers: classic, flying saucers attack Washington D.C.

20 Million Miles to Earth: Monster from a space flight to Venus gets loose in Italy, starts as the size of a cat and grows throughout the film.

Mysterious Island: Has almost nothing to do with the novel it is based on, giant animals (bees, crabs) attack people stranded on an island.

Jason and the Argonauts: Many memorable scenes, including sword fighting skeletons. Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore) plays Hera.

This was before there was computer graphics. And it still looks more realistic than half of Die Another Day.

Clash of the Titans: More greek myths, like Argonauts. Pegasus, Medusa and other
creatures.

Some of these aren't sci-fi, but neat special effects movies nonetheless.

I second that one! It's awesome!!

Now, in general, I agree with Byuu about:
- Cube: This one isn't so gory (despite what the beggining shows), but it's got a good a story, and what's sometimes more important, good characters, people you really get to care about.

- Back to the Future: A classic. Need I say more?

I can't remember of any other good movies right now

Maybe not if you watch a lot of horror, but plenty of people die in inventive ways.
I was dissapointed in the "twilight zone" ending. (The kind where wierd stuff happens, but none of it is explained. That just tells me that the writers couldn't think up a good ending.
)

Its meant to be like that LOL

But I just want to add I LOVED Jason and the Argonauts its a classic the special effects back then where pretty good and if they where to remake that movie (and not balls it up) it would be worth watching

I don't watch a lot of horror . But that they die in inventive ways, they do. Specially that Frenchie and the acid

I think she's alil young for this one...

*giggles* alex is hot

I didn't see "Batteries Not Included" posted yet. It's a fine film and age-appropriate.

I'm a sci-fi nut and can give you a million ideas. What's already been said is a good start. To add one movie to that list: perhaps not age appropriate, and it may not be out on DVD yet, but my new favourite movie of all time (with the possible exception of Star Wars) is Serenity. That movie was amazing.

Regards, PA

Really? Mmm.... given how much you like sci-fi then it's probably worth watching. Now, the problem is, when will it get here?
Anyways, I like sci-fi too, and my fav movie of all time is Blade Runner