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. 1 new

    The Abyss

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 2 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 3 new

    *batteries not included

    1987, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 4 new

    Cocoon

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 5 new

    Battle Beyond the Stars

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 6 new

    The Black Hole

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 7 new

    Cherry 2000

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  8. 8 new

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  9. 9 new

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  10. 10 new

    Contact

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 11 new

    Sphere

    1998, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 12 new

    Critters

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  13. 13 new

    Dark Star

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 14 new

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 15 new

    Dune

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 16 new

    Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

    1956 — a.k.a. Invasion of the Flying Saucers, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 17 new

    Enemy Mine

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  18. 18 new

    Event Horizon

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 19 new

    Explorers

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  20. 20 new

    The Fifth Element

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 21 new

    Sunshine

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  22. 22 new

    Flash Gordon

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 23 new

    Flesh Gordon

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 24 new

    Flight of the Navigator

    1986, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 25 new

    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
  26. 26 new

    Forbidden Planet

    1956, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 27 new

    The Fountain

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 28 new

    Howard the Duck

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  29. 29 new

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  30. 30 new

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 31 new

    The Hidden

    1987, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 32 new

    The Last Starfighter

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 33 new

    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    1976, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 34 new

    Mars Attacks!

    1996, in 1 top list Check
  35. 35 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  36. 36 new

    Morons from Outer Space

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 37 new

    Pitch Black

    2000, in 1 top list Check
  38. 38 new

    The Chronicles of Riddick

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 39 new

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  40. 40 new

    Quatermass and the Pit

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 41 new

    Red Planet

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 42 new

    Mission to Mars

    2000, in 1 top list Check
  43. 43 new

    Repo Man

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  44. 44 new

    The Brother from Another Planet

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  45. 45 new

    Serenity

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 46 new

    Silent Running

    1972, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 47 new

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  48. 48 new

    Solaris

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  49. 49 new

    Soylent Green

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 50 new

    Spaceballs

    1987, in 1 top list Check
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