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. 3 -

    GATTACA

    1997 — a.k.a. Gattaca, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 5 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  3. 6 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  4. 8 -

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 11 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  6. 20 -

    Children of Men

    2006, in 12 top lists Check
  7. 28 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  8. 35 -

    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 38 -

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check
  10. 41 -

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  11. 44 -

    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    1976, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 45 -

    Enemy Mine

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  13. 47 -

    Moon

    2009, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 53 -

    Abre los ojos

    1997 — a.k.a. Open Your Eyes, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 55 -

    Contact

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 56 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  17. 57 -

    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    1984 — a.k.a. 1984, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 62 -

    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 64 -

    Destination Moon

    1950, in 1 top list Check
  20. 70 -

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 78 -

    Fahrenheit 451

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 79 -

    La planète sauvage

    1973 — a.k.a. Fantastic Planet, in 10 top lists Check
  23. 81 -

    Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 83 -

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  25. 85 -

    Sleep Dealer

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  26. 86 -

    Starman

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 87 -

    The Fountain

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 92 -

    Silent Running

    1972, in 8 top lists Check
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