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4. 2001: A space odyssey, 1968, Stanley Kubrick
I fully agree with what Veknoid said, except it's my 2nd favorite sci-fi atm. The visuals are amazing even by todays standards. This is still the most realistic portrayal of space flight today. They did an awesome job in building the sets. The curving on the orbital space station looks great although you can see the actors struggle a bit trying to pretend to walk normal at the ends. The picture above from the inside of the space ship is actually a giant set that can rotate all the way around. The attention to detail is amazing, they already had working tablets in 1968, although they are stuck to the table :)
I prefer his Rendezvous with Rama series, but this is still a very good interpretation of Arthur C. Clarke's space odyssey. 2010 follows the book quite well too but misses a lot of the magic of Kubrick's work. 2061 and 3001 are still up for grabs.
Meanwhile Morgan Freeman is still trying to get Rendezvous with Rama into production, hopefully he can find a good script writer.
2001 is an amazing achievement in cinema. The only downside is, it's 2013 now and we're still stuck with a makeshift space station in low earth orbit.
