The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time (Popular Mechanics)

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"Cinema exists to project our dreams. Science-fiction cinema exists to project our most creative dreams -- time-travel, alternate worlds, expanded consciousness, and more. That's why we're science-fiction maniacs and why we gathered up our top 100 movies." -- Popular Mechanics

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  1. 22 -

    Le voyage dans la lune

    1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check
  2. 5 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  3. 60 -

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  4. 64 -

    Destination Moon

    1950, in 1 top list Check
  5. 11 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  6. 58 -

    When Worlds Collide

    1951, in 1 top list Check
  7. 90 -

    The War of the Worlds

    1953, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 40 -

    Gojira

    1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 65 -

    Them!

    1954, in 3 top lists Check
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    Forbidden Planet

    1956, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 51 -

    The Time Machine

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  12. 72 -

    The Day of the Triffids

    1963 — a.k.a. Invasion of the Triffids, in 1 top list Check
  13. 73 -

    Ikarie XB 1

    1963 — a.k.a. Voyage to the End of the Universe, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 70 -

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  15. 78 -

    Fahrenheit 451

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
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    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
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    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
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    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 28 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
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    Escape from the Planet of the Apes

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
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    THX 1138

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 92 -

    Silent Running

    1972, in 8 top lists Check
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    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  24. 79 -

    La planète sauvage

    1973 — a.k.a. Fantastic Planet, in 10 top lists Check
  25. 68 -

    Sleeper

    1973, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 46 -

    Soylent Green

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 96 -

    Westworld

    1973, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 75 -

    Dark Star

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 71 -

    Rollerball

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
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    Logan's Run

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 44 -

    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    1976, in 8 top lists Check
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    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  33. 24 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
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    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
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    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
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    The Black Hole

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 31 -

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 83 -

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  39. 62 -

    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
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    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
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    Escape from New York

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  42. 76 -

    Outland

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 77 -

    Scanners

    1981, in 4 top lists Check
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    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
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    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
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    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 32 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  48. 29 -

    Tron

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 82 -

    Dreamscape

    1984, in 1 top list Check
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    The Last Starfighter

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
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