Total Sci-Fi's The 100 Greatest Sci-Fi Movies

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This list is the result of heated debate/scuffles between the frazzled writers of Total Sci-Fi. In addition to settling on the titles themselves, they also had to set the limits of what counts as a 'sci-fi film': they decided that superhero movies were out as that's a distinct genre all of its own, but comedies like Sleeper and Galaxy Quest possess enough genuine science fiction concepts to warrant inclusion, leading to this list of the 100 best Sci-Fi movies of all-time.

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  1. 16 -

    Silent Running

    1972, in 8 top lists Check
  2. 77 -

    A Scanner Darkly

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 52 -

    Escape from New York

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 86 -

    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 63 -

    Logan's Run

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 72 -

    Soylent Green

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 97 -

    Stargate

    1994, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 96 -

    Cocoon

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 94 -

    Flash Gordon

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 75 -

    Dark City

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  11. 69 -

    A Boy and His Dog

    1975, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 59 -

    GATTACA

    1997 — a.k.a. Gattaca, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 42 -

    The Abyss

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 60 -

    The Fountain

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 51 -

    Tetsuo

    1989 — a.k.a. Tetsuo, the Iron Man, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 26 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 76 -

    Starship Troopers

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 22 -

    Tron

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 19 -

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 65 -

    Repo Man

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 55 -

    Gojira

    1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 82 -

    Fahrenheit 451

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 89 -

    Dune

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 81 -

    Barbarella

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  25. 98 -

    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 64 -

    Kôkaku Kidôtai

    1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check
  27. 24 -

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  28. 53 -

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 34 -

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 70 -

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  31. 39 -

    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    1976, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 8 -

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  33. 38 -

    La planète sauvage

    1973 — a.k.a. Fantastic Planet, in 10 top lists Check
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    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
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    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
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    Le voyage dans la lune

    1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check
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    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  38. 85 -

    Independence Day

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
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    Forbidden Planet

    1956, in 9 top lists Check
  40. 31 -

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  41. 46 -

    Delicatessen

    1991, in 15 top lists Check
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    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
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    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  44. 58 -

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  45. 18 -

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  46. 66 -

    Children of Men

    2006, in 12 top lists Check
  47. 30 -

    Sleeper

    1973, in 7 top lists Check
  48. 71 -

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
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    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
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    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
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