Best Science Fiction Novels and Their Movies Aren't Bad Either

I have read and watched a lot of Science Fiction. That shouldn't come as a surprise, since I write the genre. To me, these novels and movies are some of the best that Science Fiction has to offer.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Steven Spielberg

2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke

Solaris - Stanislaw Lem

Forbidden Planet - W. J. Stuart

The Blob - David Bischoff