Poll: Sci-Fi movies with remarkable opening scene

Results of 4,122 votes:

1. 1.
   

   2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    

   Camera slowly rises above the moon to show Earth, Moon and the Sun aligned as the movie title pops up at the center of the screen.
2. 2.
   

   Prometheus (2012)

    

   The lifeless Earth vista and the Engineer's sacrifice to create the first living organism on Earth.
3. 3.
   

   The Matrix (1999)

    

   MATRIX CODE is generating numbers and the camera zooms in the number 0 to enter the MATRIX WORLD.
4. 4.
   

   Gravity (2013)

    

   Earth's view from space as the camera waits for the EXPLORER to reach and then zooms in slowly.
5. 5.
   

   Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

    

   The Empire spaceship deploying research robots across the galaxy.
6. 6.
   

   Alien (1979)

    

   NOSTROMO booting sequence.
7. 7.
   

   Back to the Future (1985)

    

   Dr.Brown's house has a whole installation of weird and funny mechanics just to make him a coffee and feed his dog.
8. 8.
   

   2012 (2009)

    

   Showing the solar system and the Sun's solar flares.
9. 9.
   

   Daybreakers (2009)

    

   Showing a busy metropolis at night in a world where vampires are the dominant and ruling species.
10. 10.
    

    District 9 (2009)

     

    Filming a video for the MNU organization.
11. 11.
    

    The Thing (1982)

     

    The alien spaceship entering Earth's atmosphere.
12. 12.
    

    Aliens (1986)

     

    Towing Ripley's escape pod.
13. 13.
    

    Metropolis (1927)

     

    A 10-hour clock reaching 10 o' clock to signal shift change in the METROPOLIS underground city.
14. 14.
    

    Brazil (1985)

     

    Aerial shots through clouds are interrupted by a TV shop window with many retro TVs showing a new commercial of CENTRAL SERVICES, which, as soon as the commercial ends, is being blown up.
15. 15.
    

    Moon (2009)

     

    LUNAR INDUSTRIES promo video.