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. 100 -

    Rollerball

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 99 -

    Trancers

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 98 -

    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  4. 97 -

    Stargate

    1994, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 96 -

    Cocoon

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 95 -

    Galaxy Quest

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 94 -

    Flash Gordon

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 93 -

    Star Trek

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 92 -

    THX 1138

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 91 -

    Explorers

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  11. 90 -

    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 89 -

    Dune

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 88 -

    Serenity

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 87 -

    The Stepford Wives

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 86 -

    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 85 -

    Independence Day

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 84 -

    Event Horizon

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 83 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 82 -

    Fahrenheit 451

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 81 -

    Barbarella

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 80 -

    Fantastic Voyage

    1966 — a.k.a. Microscopia, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 79 -

    Invaders from Mars

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 78 -

    The Quiet Earth

    1985, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 77 -

    A Scanner Darkly

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 76 -

    Starship Troopers

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 75 -

    Dark City

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 74 -

    Moon

    2009, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 73 -

    Cube

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 72 -

    Soylent Green

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 71 -

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 70 -

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  32. 69 -

    A Boy and His Dog

    1975, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 68 -

    Outland

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 67 -

    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 66 -

    Children of Men

    2006, in 12 top lists Check
  36. 65 -

    Repo Man

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  37. 64 -

    Kôkaku Kidôtai

    1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check
  38. 63 -

    Logan's Run

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 62 -

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  40. 61 -

    Them!

    1954, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 60 -

    The Fountain

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 59 -

    GATTACA

    1997 — a.k.a. Gattaca, in 5 top lists Check
  43. 58 -

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  44. 57 -

    Minority Report

    2002, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 56 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  46. 55 -

    Gojira

    1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check
  47. 54 -

    It Came from Outer Space

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 53 -

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  49. 52 -

    Escape from New York

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 51 -

    Tetsuo

    1989 — a.k.a. Tetsuo, the Iron Man, in 10 top lists Check
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Last updated on Sep 13, 2009; source