Time Out London 50 Essential Sci-Fi Films

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From 2009, Time Out London’s countdown of their 50 essential sci-fi films, some of them classics, some not so classic, but all need to be seen.

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  1. 72 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 2 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 65 new

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 35 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  5. 68 new

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  6. 25 new

    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
  7. 9 new

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
  8. 47 new

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check
  9. 8 new

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  10. 39 new

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  11. 29 new

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  12. 14 new

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  13. 71 new

    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 20 new

    The Fifth Element

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 64 new

    Star Trek

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 26 new

    Forbidden Planet

    1956, in 9 top lists Check
  17. 66 new

    Starship Troopers

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 75 new

    Independence Day

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 30 new

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 33 new

    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    1976, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 27 new

    The Fountain

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 55 new

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  23. 45 new

    Serenity

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 21 new

    Sunshine

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  25. 74 new

    War of the Worlds

    2005, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 43 new

    Repo Man

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 15 new

    Dune

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 10 new

    Contact

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 1 new

    The Abyss

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 49 new

    Soylent Green

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 69 new

    Things to Come

    1936, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 18 new

    Event Horizon

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 73 new

    The War of the Worlds

    1953, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 61 new

    Star Trek: First Contact

    1996, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 76 new

    Zardoz

    1974, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 13 new

    Dark Star

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 22 new

    Flash Gordon

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 57 new

    Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  39. 50 new

    Spaceballs

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  40. 46 new

    Silent Running

    1972, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 37 new

    Pitch Black

    2000, in 1 top list Check
  42. 34 new

    Mars Attacks!

    1996, in 1 top list Check
  43. 54 new

    Star Trek: The Motion Picture

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 59 new

    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 40 new

    Quatermass and the Pit

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 31 new

    The Hidden

    1987, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 28 new

    Howard the Duck

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  48. 4 new

    Cocoon

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 48 new

    Solaris

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  50. 56 new

    Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

    1984, in 1 top list Check
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