The Top 20 Geek Movies of all time

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Jesus Christ! I've just had this same debate with my mom, who sounds exactly like you.

I love 2001, the book and the movie. I thought the film was way ahead of it's time, and perhaps one of the most enjoyable, awe-inspiring movies ever made.

I like Blade Runner, it was a good film, though I expected it to be somewhat better based on the crazy hype.

Real Genius got snubbed? Pfft.

I agree. Leaving out Real Genius is ridiculous.


20. Pirates of Silicon Valley 1999, Martyn Burke - liked it
19. Short Circuit 1986, John Badham - loved it
18. Hackers 1995, Iain Softley - liked it a lot, but not loved
17. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan 1982, Nicholas Meyer - never seen
16. WarGames 1983, John Badham -liked it
15. Repo Man 1984, Alex Cox - never seen
14. Planet of the Apes 1968, Franklin J. Schaffner - never seen
13. Alien Quadrilogy 1979, Ridley Scott - never seen
12. Akira 1988, Katsuhiro Ôtomo - never seen
11. Pi 1998, Darren Aronofsky - never seen
10. Office Space 1999, Mike Judge - never seen
9. The Original Star Wars 1977, George Lucas - loved it
8. The Matrix 1999, Larry and Andy Wachowski - liked it
7. Metropolis 1927, Fritz Lang - never seen
6. Brazil 1985, Terry Gilliam - never seen
5. Serenity 2005, Joss Whedon - loved it
4. Lord of the Rings 2001, Peter Jackson - liked it a lot
3. Spaceballs 1987, Mel Brooks - liked it
2. Bladerunner 1982, Ridley ScottAnd lastly.. - never seen

1. 2001 1968, Stanley Kubrick - liked it a lot

Shoot, I haven't seen half of these. I think I need to update my netflix queue

I don't agree with the list...I like some of those but find others highly overrated. Then there's some that are like...uh...okay, but not THAT great. I mean, Short Circuit?? WTF? And Pi, while a good movie, is hardly something worth putting on a Best Of list...it's good but not that special.

And for everyone saying it should have Real Genius, it seems like this is a list of movies that appeal to film geeks (i.e. people like the ones at Ain't It Cool News) rather than films ABOUT geeks. "Geek Cinema" usually refers to films like Lord of the Rings, Spider-Man, etc.

I think it'd be hard to make a list like this without putting in favoritism, though.

20. Pirates of Silicon Valley 1999, Martyn Burke, Boring fell asleep trying to watch it
19. Short Circuit 1986, John Badham, hardly a geek movie way to simplistic
18. Hackers 1995, Iain Softley, Ya this is how computers and the internet works, NOT!
17. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan 1982, Nicholas Meyer, One of the best trek movies
16. WarGames 1983, John Badham, Total Geek
15. Repo Man 1984, Alex Cox, This movie was to cool for the 80's
14. Planet of the Apes 1968, Franklin J. Schaffner, Another Geek movie
13. Alien Quadrilogy 1979, Ridley Scott, I liked the first 33 the last one not as much, but I will still watch it
12. Akira 1988, Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Very Geeky
11. Pi 1998, Darren Aronofsky, Freak and Geeky
10. Office Space 1999, Mike Judge, A Geek Classic
9. The Original Star Wars 1977, George Lucas, Hey wheres Empire Strikes Back, and Jedi, There can only be one Trilogy
8. The Matrix 1999, Larry and Andy Wachowski, A cool Geek movie
7. Metropolis 1927, Fritz Lang, Not really geeky, but sort of interesting
6. Brazil 1985, Terry Gilliam, anything Gilliam makes is going to be different or bizarre , should be of interest to Geeks
5. Serenity 2005, Joss Whedon, Defiantly Geeky
4. Lord of the Rings 2001, Peter Jackson, All they do is walk around for 3+ hours, read above, There can only be one Trilogy!
3. Spaceballs 1987, Mel Brooks, Very funny movie also should be of interest to Geeks
2. Bladerunner 1982, Ridley Scott, The coolest Geek movie ever made

1. 2001 1968, Stanley Kubrick, The king of the Geeky movies

Now why wasn't these Geek movies not included, Fight Club, Real Genius, The Big Lebowski, Napoleon Dynamite, Clerks 1 or 2, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness, 28 Days Later, A Clockwork Orange, Logans Run, The Fifth Element, and I am sure I am missing others, theres so much more out there for Geeks to watch

Loved The Matrix.

Blade Runner and Planet of the Apes were MUCH too fine to just be considered geek films theyre ART.

Ive read the books and seen the movies of most.

Weird Science DOES NOT hold up over the years I watched it a couple years back in a hotel room and I was horrified.

I think It's important to see movies before the hype.

I saw Forrest Gump pre Hype and liked it watched Titantic after and hated it.

What about Goonies? The very TITLE means geek!

Oh yeah me too I love that movie!