AFI’s Top 10 Sci-Fi: The Nominations

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The 50 Sci-Fi movies nominated for the American Film Institute’s 10 Top 10. Films released in 2006 and prior were eligible.

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    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    2001, in 11 top lists Check
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    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
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    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
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    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
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    The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
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    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
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    Children of Men

    2006, in 12 top lists Check
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    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
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    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
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    Cocoon

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
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    Contact

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
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    Destination Moon

    1950, in 1 top list Check
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    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
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    Escape from New York

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
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    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
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    Fantastic Voyage

    1966 — a.k.a. Microscopia, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
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    Forbidden Planet

    1956, in 9 top lists Check
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    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
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    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
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    Independence Day

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
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    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
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    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
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    It Came from Outer Space

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
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    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
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    Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

    1985, in 1 top list Check
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    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
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    Men in Black

    1997, in 6 top lists Check
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    Minority Report

    2002, in 8 top lists Check
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    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
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    Repo Man

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
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    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
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    Rollerball

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
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    Silent Running

    1972, in 8 top lists Check
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    Soylent Green

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
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    Starman

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
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    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
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    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
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    The Stepford Wives

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
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    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
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    Them!

    1954, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Thing from Another World

    1951, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Time Machine

    1960, in 1 top list Check
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    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
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    Tron

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
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    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
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    The War of the Worlds

    1953, in 6 top lists Check
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    Westworld

    1973, in 5 top lists Check
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