The Time Machine (1960)

At the turn of the century, an inventor (Rod Taylor) tells his dinner guests that he has just arrived back from the future and relates his tale of a world divided into two species: the effete fair haired Eloi and the grotesque Morlocks who live underground. Loosely based on the novel by H.G. Wells and directed by George Pal, this is one of the most entertaining and inventive science fiction fantasies ever made. It's not actually a very complex story which in this case works in its favor. It works perfectly for both kids (though the Morlocks may be too frightening to very young children) and adults. Still, its leisurely pace let my mind wander and wonder how the Eloi propagated as they were no children in the film. Were they literally the end of their race? And if they were, wasn't that also the end of the Morlocks? But such concerns  are puny when contrasted with the entertainment value. This is fantasy, not realism. With the fetching Yvette Mimieux proving the future has some advantages, Alan Young, Sebastian Cabot, Tom Helmore, Doris Lloyd and Whit Bissell.