battlestar galactica, the newer series
firefly/serenity

The various Riddick movies
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

If TV shows, I second the new Battlestar Galactica and Firefly.
I'll also add Stargate if you haven't seen it. You don't get very much space sci-fi until later into the series, but I thoroughly enjoyed SG1 and Atlantis, Universe was okay.

The Last Days on Mars.

The abyss is an awesome film - with incredible acting and story and intense drama and special effects

it does take place in an alien like world with actual aliens and flying crafts

the last minutes - theres a message (kinda chessy one though)

but its by far James Camerons best film

Dune (1984) and Enemy Mine are 2 from the 80's that I always recommend to people who say they really enjoy the Sci-Fi genre. More often than not they've seen at least Dune but sometimes neither one is on a list.

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http://scifilists.sffjazz.com/lists_film.html

is a good list of top 100 Sci-Fi movies

This post was edited by imez on Aug 20 2014 10:25pm

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