BFI's 100 Science Fiction Films
As seen by jumper2leapthenlook
You are viewing jumper2leapthenlook's version of this list. You can view your version too.
An official iCheckMovies list (adopted from mattsjakk).
Favorited 115 times, disliked 2 times, added to 168 watchlists.
"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."
Source
Pssst, want to check out the BFI's 100 Science Fiction Films list in our new look?
Filter
-
1 new
Aelita
1924 — a.k.a. Aelita, the Queen of Mars, in 4 top lists Check -
3 new
Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution
1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check -
4 new
Altered States
1980, in 5 top lists Check -
9 new
Born in Flames
1983, in 5 top lists Check -
10 new
A Boy and His Dog
1975, in 3 top lists Check -
14 new
A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
15 new
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977, in 23 top lists Check -
17 new
The Damned
1962 — a.k.a. These Are the Damned, in 2 top lists Check -
20 new
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951, in 12 top lists Check -
21 new
Destination Moon
1950, in 1 top list Check -
24 new
Enemy Mine
1985, in 1 top list Check -
26 new
Fahrenheit 451
1966, in 4 top lists Check -
33 new
Frau im Mond
1929 — a.k.a. Woman in the Moon, in 5 top lists Check -
38 new
I Am Legend
2007, in 5 top lists Check -
39 new
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957, in 10 top lists Check -
42 new
The Invisible Man
1933, in 8 top lists Check -
44 new
La jetée
1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check -
47 new
Last Night
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
50 new
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976, in 8 top lists Check -
53 new
Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
54 new
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984 — a.k.a. 1984, in 3 top lists Check -
59 new
The Quiet Earth
1985, in 3 top lists Check -
60 new
The Road
2009, in 1 top list Check -
62 new
Seconds
1966, in 10 top lists Check -
63 new
Signs
2002, in 5 top lists Check -
64 new
Silent Running
1972, in 8 top lists Check -
65 new
Der schweigende Stern
1960 — a.k.a. First Spaceship on Venus, in 1 top list Check -
66 new
Slaughterhouse-Five
1972, in 1 top list Check -
67 new
Sleep Dealer
2008, in 1 top list Check -
69 new
Solyaris
1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check -
74 new
Strange Days
1995, in 4 top lists Check -
88 new
The Tunnel
1935 — a.k.a. Transatlantic Tunnel, in 1 top list Check -
89 new
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954, in 1 top list Check -
95 new
The War Game
1966, in 12 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 5, 2014; source