The Playlist's The 100 Best Sci-Fi Films of All Time
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If there was ever a time where sci-fi was seen as something only for geeks, that time has long gone. You could debate the exact point at which it changed — when Stanley Kubrick’s “2001” had audiences dropping acid for a better trip, when the blockbuster success of “Star Wars” changed film forever, when comic book movies dominated screens, when CGI made it possible to do almost anything, when even nerdy old “Star Trek” got a sleek, hip makeover — but there’s no doubt that the genre is firmly within the mainstream.
Indeed, looking at the blockbuster season ahead, there’s all kinds of science-fiction adventures to come, with this week bringing the second space adventure in three weeks, with Ridley Scott’s “Alien: Covenant,” which follows “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2” into theaters, where it’s currently doing gangbusters. And three of the all-time top-five worldwide grossers are hard sci-fi movies: “Avatar,” “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “Jurassic World.”
Scott’s return once again to the sci-fi franchise he helped create has had us thinking about the genre’s place in history, so we decided to take our most comprehensive look at the genre ever, and pick out what, in our view, are the 100 greatest sci-fi movies of all time.
It’s a genre almost as old as cinema, so it was understandably difficult to pin down, even with a few ground rules (most notably that we sort of consider superhero films their own thing). But we’ve found a list that we’re pretty happy with in the end, though we’re sure it’ll inspire plenty of debate. Take a look below.
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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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Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
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Frankenstein
1931, in 18 top lists Check -
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Things to Come
1936, in 8 top lists Check -
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Destination Moon
1950, in 1 top list Check -
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Man in the White Suit
1951, in 5 top lists Check -
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The War of the Worlds
1953, in 6 top lists Check -
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Gojira
1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check -
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Forbidden Planet
1956, in 9 top lists Check -
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956, in 19 top lists Check -
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Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution
1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check -
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Fahrenheit 451
1966, in 4 top lists Check -
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Fantastic Voyage
1966 — a.k.a. Microscopia, in 2 top lists Check -
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Seconds
1966, in 10 top lists Check -
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Quatermass and the Pit
1967, in 2 top lists Check -
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
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Barbarella
1968, in 7 top lists Check -
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Je t'aime, je t'aime
1968, in 3 top lists Check -
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Planet of the Apes
1968, in 16 top lists Check -
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A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
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THX 1138
1971, in 5 top lists Check -
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Silent Running
1972, in 8 top lists Check -
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Solyaris
1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check -
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La planète sauvage
1973 — a.k.a. Fantastic Planet, in 10 top lists Check -
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Sleeper
1973, in 7 top lists Check -
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Welt am Draht
1973 — a.k.a. World on a Wire, in 2 top lists Check -
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Dark Star
1974, in 7 top lists Check -
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A Boy and His Dog
1975, in 3 top lists Check -
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Rollerball
1975, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976, in 8 top lists Check -
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977, in 23 top lists Check -
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Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978, in 3 top lists Check -
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Alien
1979, in 30 top lists Check -
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Stalker
1979, in 22 top lists Check -
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Altered States
1980, in 5 top lists Check -
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980, in 25 top lists Check -
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Escape from New York
1981, in 5 top lists Check -
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Mad Max 2
1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check -
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Scanners
1981, in 4 top lists Check -
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Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982, in 30 top lists Check -
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Thing
1982, in 20 top lists Check -
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Videodrome
1983, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the...
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Brother from Another Planet
1984, in 1 top list Check -
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Repo Man
1984, in 9 top lists Check -
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Starman
1984, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Apr 24, 2020 by Chilton; source