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. 71 -

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 2 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  3. 85 -

    Independence Day

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 27 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 45 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  6. 21 -

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  7. 1 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  8. 9 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  9. 60 -

    The Fountain

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 66 -

    Children of Men

    2006, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 93 -

    Star Trek

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 28 -

    The Fifth Element

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 25 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  14. 76 -

    Starship Troopers

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 89 -

    Dune

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 17 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  17. 32 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  18. 57 -

    Minority Report

    2002, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 7 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  20. 83 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 36 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  22. 4 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  23. 15 -

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  24. 84 -

    Event Horizon

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 88 -

    Serenity

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 11 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 90 -

    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 18 -

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  29. 73 -

    Cube

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 23 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  31. 77 -

    A Scanner Darkly

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 74 -

    Moon

    2009, in 5 top lists Check
  33. 24 -

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  34. 50 -

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  35. 98 -

    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 22 -

    Tron

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 8 -

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  38. 20 -

    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 59 -

    GATTACA

    1997 — a.k.a. Gattaca, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 97 -

    Stargate

    1994, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 5 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  42. 10 -

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  43. 58 -

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  44. 62 -

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  45. 75 -

    Dark City

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 92 -

    THX 1138

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 46 -

    Delicatessen

    1991, in 15 top lists Check
  48. 31 -

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  49. 51 -

    Tetsuo

    1989 — a.k.a. Tetsuo, the Iron Man, in 10 top lists Check
  50. 52 -

    Escape from New York

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
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Last updated on Sep 13, 2009; source