Total Sci-Fi's The 100 Greatest Sci-Fi Movies

Total Sci-Fi's The 100 Greatest Sci-Fi Movies's icon

An official iCheckMovies list.

Favorited 301 times, disliked 4 times, added to 494 watchlists.

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.

Remove ads

Pssst, want to check out the Total Sci-Fi's The 100 Greatest Sci-Fi Movies list in our new look?

  1. 21 -

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  2. 36 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  3. 25 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  4. 9 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
  5. 45 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  6. 7 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  7. 32 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 71 -

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 27 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  10. 4 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  11. 85 -

    Independence Day

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 1 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  13. 93 -

    Star Trek

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 2 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  15. 15 -

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  16. 28 -

    The Fifth Element

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 66 -

    Children of Men

    2006, in 12 top lists Check
  18. 57 -

    Minority Report

    2002, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 83 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  20. 23 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  21. 8 -

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  22. 24 -

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  23. 74 -

    Moon

    2009, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 20 -

    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 98 -

    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 11 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 59 -

    GATTACA

    1997 — a.k.a. Gattaca, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 18 -

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  29. 76 -

    Starship Troopers

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  30. 88 -

    Serenity

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 5 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  32. 17 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  33. 31 -

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  34. 73 -

    Cube

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 60 -

    The Fountain

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 14 -

    Le voyage dans la lune

    1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check
  37. 22 -

    Tron

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 75 -

    Dark City

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 6 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  40. 90 -

    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  41. 77 -

    A Scanner Darkly

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 62 -

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  43. 42 -

    The Abyss

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 46 -

    Delicatessen

    1991, in 15 top lists Check
  45. 97 -

    Stargate

    1994, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 50 -

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  47. 56 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  48. 52 -

    Escape from New York

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 10 -

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check
  50. 84 -

    Event Horizon

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
Remove ads
Show all 100 movies

Last updated on Sep 13, 2009; source