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. 2 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  2. 11 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 17 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  4. 20 -

    Children of Men

    2006, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 27 -

    District 9

    2009, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 30 -

    Sunshine

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  7. 31 -

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  8. 33 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  9. 35 -

    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 40 -

    Gojira

    1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 41 -

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  12. 46 -

    Soylent Green

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 49 -

    A Scanner Darkly

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 52 -

    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 61 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  16. 67 -

    THX 1138

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 80 -

    Cube

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 82 -

    Dreamscape

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  19. 96 -

    Westworld

    1973, in 5 top lists Check
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Last updated on Jun 9, 2014; source