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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Avatar
2009, in 13 top lists Check -
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District 9
2009, in 10 top lists Check -
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Dune
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
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Enemy Mine
1985, in 1 top list Check -
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The Fifth Element
1997, in 7 top lists Check -
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Flash Gordon
1936, in 2 top lists Check -
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Forbidden Planet
1956, in 9 top lists Check -
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Galaxy Quest
1999, in 3 top lists Check -
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Kôkaku Kidôtai
1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check -
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Gwoemul
2006 — a.k.a. The Host, in 11 top lists Check -
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Mad Max
1979, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Matrix
1999, in 30 top lists Check -
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Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957, in 6 top lists Check -
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RoboCop
1987, in 15 top lists Check -
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Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
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Starship Troopers
1997, in 9 top lists Check -
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Superman
1978, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Terminator
1984, in 24 top lists Check -
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They Live
1988, in 7 top lists 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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Videodrome
1983, in 18 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 4 top lists Check
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