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. 17 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  2. 71 -

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  3. 83 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 10 -

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check
  5. 14 -

    Le voyage dans la lune

    1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 77 -

    A Scanner Darkly

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 90 -

    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 74 -

    Moon

    2009, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 59 -

    GATTACA

    1997 — a.k.a. Gattaca, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 95 -

    Galaxy Quest

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 60 -

    The Fountain

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 62 -

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  13. 96 -

    Cocoon

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 28 -

    The Fifth Element

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 11 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  16. 57 -

    Minority Report

    2002, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 93 -

    Star Trek

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 85 -

    Independence Day

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 25 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  20. 66 -

    Children of Men

    2006, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 7 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  22. 1 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  23. 35 -

    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 36 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  25. 2 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  26. 45 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  27. 27 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  28. 37 -

    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
  29. 21 -

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  30. 3 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  31. 13 -

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  32. 41 -

    20 Million Miles to Earth

    1957 — a.k.a. The Beast from Space, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 42 -

    The Abyss

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 18 -

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  35. 4 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  36. 15 -

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  37. 58 -

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 86 -

    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 48 -

    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 81 -

    Barbarella

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  41. 69 -

    A Boy and His Dog

    1975, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 73 -

    Cube

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  43. 75 -

    Dark City

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 47 -

    Dark Star

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 6 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  46. 46 -

    Delicatessen

    1991, in 15 top lists Check
  47. 89 -

    Dune

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  48. 9 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
  49. 52 -

    Escape from New York

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 84 -

    Event Horizon

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
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