The whole series isn't worth mentioning, mostly because I and III sucked a lot of ass. The Voyage Home was the best of the films, with great writing, a great story...and proving once and for all that Nimoy (the director) is better than Shatner!

Sure, it's almost three hours, and that's three long, Russian cinema hours, but you can't argue with its originality. A true space pioneer, and every bit as watchable today as it was thirty years ago!

One of the first films to cross over sci-fi and horror, Ridley Scott did a brilliant job of stringing the suspense along, and letting us discover what was waiting for us at the end, along with the poor crew. Keep in mind that during the chest-bursting scene, John Hurt was the only actor knew what was going to happen!

Silly and campy by today's standards, the story is still brilliant, a mix of Shakespeare (The Tempest) and psychoanalysis, and the paranoias of the era. The effects were ground-breaking, and its inspirational value can't be underestimated.

It would be a shame to waste three spots (well, okay two) on films from the same series, so Star Wars and Empire share the slot. Nothing needs to be said to justify their place on any list, so I won't.

Oh, how it deserves to be in the top spot! It's been called the most technically perfect movie ever filmed, and it's close. It's just as perfect today, and will remain so. The metaphor of HAL will endure as long as there are computers in the world. Did you know that the name "HAL" comes from moving the three letters over to the right by one?