Fantastic Cinema (Peter Nicholls) 700 fantasy/horror/sci-fi films

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This extensive appendix in Nicholl's book lists 700 fantasy/horror/sci-fi films,1902-1983. Note that it is not a 'best of' list. While some films are must-see classics, others are z-grade junk - there's even a few TV-movies in the mix. Nicholls may be academic but he's no snob - like Danny Peary, he believes in seeing all types of movies.
Most of these appended films are reviewed in capsules (the others have already been discussed in more detail in the main body of the book). He gives titles a dual rating, one for quality (stars) and another for squeamishness (skulls).
Interestingly, Nicholls embraces a broad range of movies in his critique, including the James Bond series (because of its sci-fi overtones with gadgetry, supervillians, etc) and films with a surreal, psychological, or dreamlike approach. You'd have to be a true film fan to watch the wide range of titles here - everything from Monty Python and the Muppets to Russian silent films and Italian zombie gore.

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  1. 691 new

    You Only Live Twice

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 683 new

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  3. 682 new

    The Wiz

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 671 new

    When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

    1970, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 662 new

    Warlords of the 21st Century

    1982 — a.k.a. Battletruck, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 661 new

    Warlords of Atlantis

    1978 — a.k.a. Warlords of the Deep, in 1 top list Check
  7. 659 new

    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

    1961, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 658 new

    Le voyage dans la lune

    1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 657 new

    Le voyage à travers l'impossible

    1904 — a.k.a. The Voyage Across the Impossible, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 640 new

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  11. 637 new

    Tron

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 624 new

    Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 623 new

    The Time Machine

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  14. 622 new

    Time Bandits

    1981, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 621 new

    Time After Time

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 619 new

    The 3 Worlds of Gulliver

    1960 — a.k.a. The Worlds of Gulliver, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 612 new

    The Thief of Baghdad

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 611 new

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1940, in 13 top lists Check
  19. 610 new

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1924, in 14 top lists Check
  20. 607 new

    El tesoro de las cuatro coronas

    1983 — a.k.a. Treasure of the Four Crowns, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 595 new

    The Sword and the Sorcerer

    1982, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 583 new

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  23. 582 new

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 581 new

    Star Trek: The Motion Picture

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 579 new

    Starcrash

    1978, in 1 top list Check
  26. 575 new

    The Spy Who Loved Me

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 574 new

    The Spaceman and King Arthur

    1979 — a.k.a. Unidentified Flying Oddball, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 573 new

    Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

    1983 — a.k.a. Adventures in the Creep Zone, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 564 new

    The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 558 new

    Sinbad, the Sailor

    1947, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 557 new

    Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  32. 540 new

    Sengoku jieitai

    1979 — a.k.a. G.I. Samurai, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 531 new

    Saturn 3

    1980 — a.k.a. Saturn City, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 525 new

    Sora no daikaijû Radon

    1956 — a.k.a. Rodan, in 1 top list Check
  35. 523 new

    Robinson Crusoe on Mars

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  36. 519 new

    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  37. 517 new

    Return from Witch Mountain

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 514 new

    Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie

    1965 — a.k.a. The Saragossa Manuscript, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 510 new

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  40. 490 new

    Popeye

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  41. 476 new

    The People That Time Forgot

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 464 new

    Orca

    1977 — a.k.a. The Killer Whale, in 1 top list Check
  43. 462 new

    On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 461 new

    One Million Years B.C.

    1966, in 1 top list Check
  45. 450 new

    Noroît (une vengeance)

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 438 new

    Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache

    1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 13 top lists Check
  47. 437 new

    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    1924, in 13 top lists Check
  48. 435 new

    Mysterious Island

    1961, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 433 new

    The Muppet Movie

    1979, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 432 new

    Münchhausen

    1943 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, in 1 top list Check
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