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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. 401 new

    The Martian Chronicles

    1980, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 472 new

    Parsifal

    1982, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 238 new

    Flash Gordon

    1936, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 178 new

    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
  5. 79 new

    Buck Rogers

    1939, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 529 new

    Salem's Lot

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  7. 96 new

    Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...

    1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 top lists Check
  8. 222 new

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  9. 252 new

    Frankenstein: The True Story

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 354 new

    Kaidan

    1964 — a.k.a. Kwaidan, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 514 new

    Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie

    1965 — a.k.a. The Saragossa Manuscript, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 458 new

    O Lucky Man!

    1973, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 565 new

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check
  14. 578 new

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  15. 253 new

    Frau im Mond

    1929 — a.k.a. Woman in the Moon, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 259 new

    Fukkatsu no hi

    1980 — a.k.a. Day of Resurrection, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 91 new

    Il Casanova di Federico Fellini

    1976 — a.k.a. Fellini's Casanova, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 610 new

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1924, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 414 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  20. 172 new

    Doctor Dolittle

    1967, in 1 top list Check
  21. 122 new

    Great Performances: Count Dracula

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 381 new

    Lost Horizon

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 643 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  24. 549 new

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  25. 564 new

    The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 450 new

    Noroît (une vengeance)

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 106 new

    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

    1968, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 589 new

    Superman

    1978, in 11 top lists Check
  29. 60 new

    Die Blechtrommel

    1979 — a.k.a. The Tin Drum, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 462 new

    On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 234 new

    Finian's Rainbow

    1968, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 217 new

    Excalibur

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 477 new

    Perceval le Gallois

    1978 — a.k.a. Perceval, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 398 new

    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    1976, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 402 new

    Mary Poppins

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  36. 540 new

    Sengoku jieitai

    1979 — a.k.a. G.I. Samurai, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 113 new

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  38. 269 new

    Giulietta degli spiriti

    1965 — a.k.a. Juliet of the Spirits, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 527 new

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 112 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  41. 235 new

    Firefox

    1982, in 1 top list Check
  42. 512 new

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  43. 357 new

    King Kong

    1976, in 1 top list Check
  44. 399 new

    Marooned

    1969, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 682 new

    The Wiz

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 597 new

    The Tales of Hoffmann

    1951, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 380 new

    Lost Horizon

    1937, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 581 new

    Star Trek: The Motion Picture

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 19 new

    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 519 new

    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
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