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. 3 new

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  2. 13 new

    The Cabin in the Woods

    2011, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 18 new

    Dark City

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 35 new

    Kôkaku Kidôtai

    1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check
  5. 57 new

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  6. 59 new

    The Quiet Earth

    1985, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 62 new

    Seconds

    1966, in 10 top lists Check
  8. 65 new

    Der schweigende Stern

    1960 — a.k.a. First Spaceship on Venus, in 1 top list Check
  9. 69 new

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  10. 70 new

    Soylent Green

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 71 new

    Star Trek: The Motion Picture

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 74 new

    Strange Days

    1995, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 81 new

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  14. 90 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  15. 92 new

    Village of the Damned

    1960, in 5 top lists Check
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