The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time (Popular Mechanics)

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"Cinema exists to project our dreams. Science-fiction cinema exists to project our most creative dreams -- time-travel, alternate worlds, expanded consciousness, and more. That's why we're science-fiction maniacs and why we gathered up our top 100 movies." -- Popular Mechanics

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  1. 100 -

    Escape from New York

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 99 -

    Splice

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  3. 98 -

    Attack the Block

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 97 -

    La cité des enfants perdus

    1995 — a.k.a. The City of Lost Children, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 96 -

    Westworld

    1973, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 95 -

    Serenity

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 94 -

    The Black Hole

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 93 -

    Escape from the Planet of the Apes

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 92 -

    Silent Running

    1972, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 91 -

    They Live

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 90 -

    The War of the Worlds

    1953, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 89 -

    Galaxy Quest

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 88 -

    eXistenZ

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 87 -

    The Fountain

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 86 -

    Starman

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 85 -

    Sleep Dealer

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  17. 84 -

    Men in Black

    1997, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 83 -

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  19. 82 -

    Dreamscape

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  20. 81 -

    Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 80 -

    Cube

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 79 -

    La planète sauvage

    1973 — a.k.a. Fantastic Planet, in 10 top lists Check
  23. 78 -

    Fahrenheit 451

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 77 -

    Scanners

    1981, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 76 -

    Outland

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 75 -

    Dark Star

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 74 -

    Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  28. 73 -

    Ikarie XB 1

    1963 — a.k.a. Voyage to the End of the Universe, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 72 -

    The Day of the Triffids

    1963 — a.k.a. Invasion of the Triffids, in 1 top list Check
  30. 71 -

    Rollerball

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 70 -

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  32. 69 -

    Inception

    2010, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 68 -

    Sleeper

    1973, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 67 -

    THX 1138

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 66 -

    Repo Man

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 65 -

    Them!

    1954, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 64 -

    Destination Moon

    1950, in 1 top list Check
  38. 63 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
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    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
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    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
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    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
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    The Last Starfighter

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 58 -

    When Worlds Collide

    1951, in 1 top list Check
  44. 57 -

    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    1984 — a.k.a. 1984, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 56 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  46. 55 -

    Contact

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
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    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
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    Abre los ojos

    1997 — a.k.a. Open Your Eyes, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Time Machine

    1960, in 1 top list Check
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