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

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

Created by grungezombie.

Favorited 9 times, disliked 0 times, added to 18 watchlists.

"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

Remove ads

Pssst, want to check out the The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time (Popular Mechanics) list in our new look?

  1. 4 -

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  2. 7 -

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  3. 8 -

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 10 -

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  5. 14 -

    Forbidden Planet

    1956, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 15 -

    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
  7. 16 -

    Logan's Run

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 22 -

    Le voyage dans la lune

    1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 23 -

    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 24 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  11. 29 -

    Tron

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 30 -

    Sunshine

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  13. 31 -

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  14. 33 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  15. 34 -

    Idiocracy

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 42 -

    Star Trek: First Contact

    1996, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 43 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  18. 45 -

    Enemy Mine

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  19. 50 -

    Avatar

    2009, in 14 top lists Check
  20. 51 -

    The Time Machine

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  21. 59 -

    The Last Starfighter

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 64 -

    Destination Moon

    1950, in 1 top list Check
  23. 69 -

    Inception

    2010, in 21 top lists Check
  24. 74 -

    Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  25. 82 -

    Dreamscape

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  26. 86 -

    Starman

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 89 -

    Galaxy Quest

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 94 -

    The Black Hole

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 95 -

    Serenity

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
Remove ads
Show all 100 movies

Last updated on Jun 9, 2014; source