As much as I hate ranking my favorite films, I’m pretty comfortable calling Blade Runner my favorite film of all time. Although I’d seen clips of it on TV as a kid, I didn’t see the entire thing until my sophomore year in college, when I rented it while home on break — and I was immediately captivated. Blade Runner’s painstakingly created visuals and aesthetic are unparalleled in all of cinema, and I dare say that it’s one of those rare sci-fi films that will still feel futuristic and ahead of its time even centuries from now.

Based on Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Scott’s film follows Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) through the gloomy, rain-soaked streets of Los Angeles as he tracks down rogue bioengineered humans (“replicants”). But his seemingly routine job soon becomes something much more, as the charismatic replicant leader Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) seeks a better life for his followers.

For the record, I’m firmly in the “Deckard is a replicant” camp — it’s all about that origami unicorn — but even if you disagree, we can both agree on the fact that there will never be another film like Blade Runner ever again. (For the record, I did like Blade Runner 2049, and thought it was the best we could possibly expect for a Blade Runner sequel.)