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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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954, in 1 top list Check -
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The Brother from Another Planet
1984, in 1 top list Check -
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Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970 — a.k.a. The Day the World Changed Hands, in 1 top list Check -
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Destination Moon
1950, in 1 top list Check -
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Enemy Mine
1985, in 1 top list Check -
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Just Imagine
1930, in 1 top list Check -
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Mars Attacks!
1996, in 1 top list Check -
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The Road
2009, in 1 top list Check -
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Der schweigende Stern
1960 — a.k.a. First Spaceship on Venus, in 1 top list Check -
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Slaughterhouse-Five
1972, in 1 top list Check -
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Sleep Dealer
2008, in 1 top list Check -
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The Time Machine
1960, in 1 top list Check -
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Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America
1992, in 1 top list Check -
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The Tunnel
1935 — a.k.a. Transatlantic Tunnel, in 1 top list Check -
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When Worlds Collide
1951, in 1 top list Check -
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The Damned
1962 — a.k.a. These Are the Damned, in 2 top lists Check -
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Fantastic Voyage
1966 — a.k.a. Microscopia, in 2 top lists Check -
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Flash Gordon
1936, in 2 top lists Check -
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Last Night
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
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Quatermass and the Pit
1967, in 2 top lists Check -
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
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A Boy and His Dog
1975, in 3 top lists Check -
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Galaxy Quest
1999, in 3 top lists Check -
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Invaders from Mars
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984 — a.k.a. 1984, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Quiet Earth
1985, in 3 top lists Check -
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Soylent Green
1973, in 3 top lists Check -
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Them!
1954, in 3 top lists Check -
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Aelita
1924 — a.k.a. Aelita, the Queen of Mars, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Cabin in the Woods
2011, in 4 top lists Check -
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Dune
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
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Fahrenheit 451
1966, in 4 top lists Check -
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Liquid Sky
1982, in 4 top lists Check -
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Paris qui dort
1925 — a.k.a. At 3:25, in 4 top lists Check -
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Strange Days
1995, in 4 top lists Check -
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Altered States
1980, in 5 top lists Check -
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Born in Flames
1983, in 5 top lists Check -
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Frau im Mond
1929 — a.k.a. Woman in the Moon, in 5 top lists Check -
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I Am Legend
2007, in 5 top lists Check -
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Island of Lost Souls
1932, in 5 top lists Check -
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Signs
2002, in 5 top lists Check -
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THX 1138
1971, in 5 top lists Check -
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Tron
1982, in 5 top lists Check -
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Village of the Damned
1960, in 5 top lists Check -
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Westworld
1973, in 5 top lists Check -
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X
1963 — a.k.a. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, in 5 top lists Check -
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Zardoz
1974, in 5 top lists Check -
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Dark City
1998, in 6 top lists Check -
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Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957, in 6 top lists Check
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