what was the first space Sci-Fi movie you can ever remember seeing

[slimjim]

for me it was the 1997 lost in space movie..... although I do have vague memories of an alien monster running around a big dark building so I suspect someone way have let me see part of Alien 3 when I was a toddler

[Starfist]

I think it was '2001 : A Space Odyssey'.
My family went to see it when I was about 9 or 10.

But then again it might have been 'Star Wars' back in 1977.

[maneth]

E.T. I was 10 and had nightmares for two weeks afterwards. I hadn't been exposed to much TV at the time.

[Sp!der]

First movie that had scifi elements was back to the future the first space adventure was the remake of lost in space, man had been a long time since I watched it but I loved it as a kid!

[Nolamom]

lord, that's so long ago that I cannot actually remember! 1960s...

[Brie]

I’m not sure what my first encounter was, it was probably some cartoon or kids show at some point when I was younger, I do remember seeing “The Jetsons” on Cartoon Network when I was very young so it’s probably that. My first non-kid or animated Sci-Fi movie was Star Wars though, I think I was 11 and they had a SW movie marathon and showed episode 4,5,6 and 1 on TV and I just loved what I saw and after that I was hooked on anything Sci-Fi.

[SaberBlade]

Not sure it would count as a space Scifi movie, but I've got very vague memories of Return of the Jedi, not so much the space bits but the Ewoks.

[slimjim]

actually now that I think of it I may have seen the 1965 movie Dr. Who and the Daleks before Lost in space, I certainly hope so any way as it's a much more respectable first encounter

[blueray]

star wars: a new hope. i remember renting the original three movies before phantom of menace came out.

[LoneStar1836]

I'm thinking E.T., but I can distinctly remember seeing Flight of the Navigator at the movies. If you count tv mini-series then it was V and that freaky alien lizard baby.

[hedwig]

What kind of scifi shows were on TV during the 50's?

[kitkat3ny]

Alien

[Nolamom]

What kind of scifi shows were on TV during the 50's?

Outer Limits - that was a good one

[hedwig]

Outer Limits - that was a good one

Then it was likely an episode from The Outer Limits that would have been the first one I saw.

[SF_and_Coffee]

Well, my first memorable sci-fi movie of any sort was probably "Planet of the Apes". "2001: A Space Odyssey" is up there, too. And reruns on TV of old SF films from before I was born; I'm sure I saw my share of those while growing up.

The first Star Wars film had a major impact on me, of course.