BFI's 100 Science Fiction Films

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"Since its explosion in the 1950s, science fiction has become one of the most popular film genres, with numerous dedicated fan conventions, academic conferences, websites, magazines, journals, book clubs, memorabilia and collectibles. Once relegated to B budget status, today's science fiction films are often blockbuster productions, featuring major stars.

Despite its high profile, science fiction is notoriously difficult to define. In his introduction to 100 Science Fiction Films, Barry Keith Grant explains the genre's complexities, while also providing an overview of its history, suggesting that the cinema is an ideal medium for conveying the 'sense of wonder' that critics have argued is central to the genre. From Georges Melies's Le Voyage dans la lune (1902), to the blockbusters of the 1970s that dramatically changed Hollywood, to the major releases of the past few years, the films featured in this book represent a range of periods, countries and types (including alien invasion, space travel, time travel, apocalypse, monsters and anime), and cover the key directors and writers.

100 Science Fiction Films provides a lively and illuminating guide to the genre from the beginning of film history to the present, taking the reader on a comprehensive tour through the rich and varied alternate universe of sci-fi cinema."

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  1. 5 new

    Avatar

    2009, in 14 top lists Check
  2. 22 new

    District 9

    2009, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 23 new

    Dune

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 24 new

    Enemy Mine

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  5. 28 new

    The Fifth Element

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 29 new

    Flash Gordon

    1936, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 31 new

    Forbidden Planet

    1956, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 34 new

    Galaxy Quest

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 35 new

    Kôkaku Kidôtai

    1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 37 new

    Gwoemul

    2006 — a.k.a. The Host, in 11 top lists Check
  11. 49 new

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 52 new

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  13. 56 new

    Plan 9 from Outer Space

    1957, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 61 new

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  15. 72 new

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  16. 73 new

    Starship Troopers

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  17. 75 new

    Superman

    1978, in 11 top lists Check
  18. 76 new

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  19. 79 new

    They Live

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 85 new

    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 87 new

    Tron

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 91 new

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  23. 96 new

    The War of the Worlds

    1953, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 97 new

    Westworld

    1973, in 5 top lists Check
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