[Doug]

Couldn't we have 10? This is hard. I loved Contact, too, Sydney.

Off the top of my head, and heavily influenced by the list of great movies in this thread:

Terminator (the original)
Godfather I & II
Blade Runner
Back to the Future
Time Bandits

I don't have much time for explanation, but these are great stories. Except for Godfather, classic sci-fi and action aplenty. You've got to love the time-travel twists in BTTF. Time Bandits is a hoot -- it is a Monty Python influenced if not produced movie -- highly recommended if you like that sort of thing.

Struggling. Can't . . . leave . . . it . . . at . . . 5!

Aliens (all of them) -- some of the best sci-fi movies ever; scariest aliens ever.
Terminator 2 -- great sci-fi.
Bull Durham - funny real (mostly) look into minor league baseball
Field of Dreams -- I admit it, I love baseball, but this fantasy is about more than baseball.
Any Die Hard movie. -- Action aplenty. 'Nough said.

Aaaaaggggggghhhhhh! Next 5?

[ November 06, 2001: Message edited by: Doug ]