{"id":17058,"date":"2020-12-04T20:30:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T01:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=17058"},"modified":"2025-03-17T15:29:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:29:58","slug":"classics-vs-moderns-sf-fantasy-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/classics-vs-moderns-sf-fantasy-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic vs. modern: SF & fantasy movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are the best 20 SF movies from the classics (up to 2000) and the best from the modern period (2001+).<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Classic<\/strong><\/td>\nModern<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12 Monkeys<\/td>\nThe Adjustment Bureau<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001: A Space Odyssey<\/td>\nArrival<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aliens<\/td>\nBatman Begins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Back to the Future<\/td>\nCloud Atlas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Back to the Future Part III<\/td>\nDonnie Darko<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blade Runner<\/td>\nEdge of Tomorrow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brazil<\/td>\nEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Brother from Another Planet<\/td>\nEx Machina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dark City<\/td>\nGalaxy Quest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Delicatessen<\/td>\nInception<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Strangelove<\/td>\nInterstellar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gattaca<\/td>\nLooper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jurassic Park<\/td>\nMad Max: Fury Road<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Matrix<\/td>\nThe Martian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Planet of the Apes (1968)<\/td>\nThe One I Love<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan<\/td>\nPredestination<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock<\/td>\nSerenity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Star Trek: First Contact<\/td>\nStar Trek (2009)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back<\/td>\nWALL-E<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Truman Show<\/td>\nWar for the Planet of the Apes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

 
\nHere are the best 20 fantasy movies from the classics (up to 2000) and the best from the modern period (2001+).<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Classic<\/strong><\/td>\nModern<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Addams Family<\/td>\nAbout Time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Babe<\/td>\nAvengers: Endgame<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beetlejuice<\/td>\nBig Fish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Being John Malkovich<\/td>\nEnchanted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chicken Run<\/td>\nFantastic Mr. Fox<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The City of Lost Children<\/td>\nThe Green Mile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon<\/td>\nHero<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edward Scissorhands<\/td>\nHow to Train Your Dragon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Field of Dreams<\/td>\nThe Incredibles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Groundhog Day<\/td>\nInside Out<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harvey<\/td>\nThe Lego Movie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
It\u2019s a Wonderful Life<\/td>\nThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liar Liar<\/td>\nMonsters, Inc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mary Poppins<\/td>\nPan\u2019s Labyrinth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pee Wee\u2019s Big Adventure<\/td>\nShrek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pleasantville<\/td>\nSpider-man 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Princess Bride<\/td>\nSpirited Away<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Sixth Sense<\/td>\nStardust<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Toy Story 2<\/td>\nStranger Than Fiction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unbreakable<\/td>\nWonder Woman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n

Bonus list! Here are the best 20 SF and fantasy TV shows from the classics (up to 2005) and the best from the modern period (2006+).<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Classic<\/strong><\/td>\nModern<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Angel<\/td>\nAgents of SHIELD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Babylon 5<\/td>\nCounterpart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Battlestar Galactica<\/td>\nDark Matter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/td>\nDollhouse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crusade<\/td>\nFringe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Firefly<\/td>\nThe Good Place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Futurama<\/td>\nGotham<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
God, the Devil and Bob<\/td>\nLove, Death and Robots<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeremiah<\/td>\nThe OA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Lone Gunmen<\/td>\nOnce Upon a Time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lost<\/td>\nOnce Upon a Time in Wonderland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stargate Atlantis<\/td>\nOrphan Black<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stargate SG-1<\/td>\nPushing Daisies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Star Trek<\/td>\nRussian Doll<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine<\/td>\nSense8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Star Trek: Enterprise<\/td>\nStar Trek: Discovery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/td>\nStar Trek: Picard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Star Trek: Voyager<\/td>\nStranger Things<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wonderfalls<\/td>\nTravelers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The X-Files<\/td>\nZoey\u2019s Extraordinary Playlist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are the best 20 SF movies from the classics (up to 2000) and the best from the modern period (2001+). Classic Modern 12 Monkeys The Adjustment Bureau 2001: A Space Odyssey Arrival Aliens Batman Begins Back to the Future Cloud Atlas Back to the Future Part III Donnie Darko Blade Runner Edge of Tomorrow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[9,42,6,8],"class_list":["post-17058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-thoughts","tag-fantasy","tag-lists","tag-movie","tag-science-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17058"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17066,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17058\/revisions\/17066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}