BFI's 100 Science Fiction Films
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"Since its explosion in the 1950s, science fiction has become one of the most popular film genres, with numerous dedicated fan conventions, academic conferences, websites, magazines, journals, book clubs, memorabilia and collectibles. Once relegated to B budget status, today's science fiction films are often blockbuster productions, featuring major stars.
Despite its high profile, science fiction is notoriously difficult to define. In his introduction to 100 Science Fiction Films, Barry Keith Grant explains the genre's complexities, while also providing an overview of its history, suggesting that the cinema is an ideal medium for conveying the 'sense of wonder' that critics have argued is central to the genre. From Georges Melies's Le Voyage dans la lune (1902), to the blockbusters of the 1970s that dramatically changed Hollywood, to the major releases of the past few years, the films featured in this book represent a range of periods, countries and types (including alien invasion, space travel, time travel, apocalypse, monsters and anime), and cover the key directors and writers.
100 Science Fiction Films provides a lively and illuminating guide to the genre from the beginning of film history to the present, taking the reader on a comprehensive tour through the rich and varied alternate universe of sci-fi cinema."
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Alien
1979, in 30 top lists Check -
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Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution
1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check -
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Back to the Future
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
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Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
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A Boy and His Dog
1975, in 3 top lists Check -
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Brazil
1985, in 23 top lists Check -
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The Brother from Another Planet
1984, in 1 top list Check -
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A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977, in 23 top lists Check -
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Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970 — a.k.a. The Day the World Changed Hands, in 1 top list Check -
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Dark City
1998, in 6 top lists Check -
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Dark Star
1974, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951, in 12 top lists Check -
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Destination Moon
1950, in 1 top list Check -
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District 9
2009, in 10 top lists Check -
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Dune
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982, in 30 top lists Check -
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Fahrenheit 451
1966, in 4 top lists Check -
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Fantastic Voyage
1966 — a.k.a. Microscopia, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Fifth Element
1997, in 7 top lists Check -
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Flash Gordon
1936, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Fly
1986, in 11 top lists Check -
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Frankenstein
1931, in 18 top lists Check -
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Gojira
1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check -
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Gwoemul
2006 — a.k.a. The Host, in 11 top lists Check -
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I Am Legend
2007, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957, in 10 top lists Check -
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Invaders from Mars
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Invisible Man
1933, in 8 top lists Check -
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La jetée
1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check -
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Jurassic Park
1993, in 23 top lists Check -
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Liquid Sky
1982, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976, in 8 top lists Check -
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Mars Attacks!
1996, in 1 top list Check -
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The Matrix
1999, in 30 top lists Check -
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Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984 — a.k.a. 1984, in 3 top lists Check -
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Paris qui dort
1925 — a.k.a. At 3:25, in 4 top lists Check -
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Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957, in 6 top lists Check -
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Planet of the Apes
1968, in 16 top lists Check -
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Quatermass and the Pit
1967, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Quiet Earth
1985, in 3 top lists Check -
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RoboCop
1987, in 15 top lists Check -
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Signs
2002, in 5 top lists Check -
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Silent Running
1972, in 8 top lists Check -
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Der schweigende Stern
1960 — a.k.a. First Spaceship on Venus, in 1 top list Check -
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Sleep Dealer
2008, in 1 top list Check -
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Sleeper
1973, in 7 top lists Check
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