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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  1. 46 new

    Just Imagine

    1930, in 1 top list Check
  2. 86 new

    Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  3. 77 new

    Tetsuo

    1989 — a.k.a. Tetsuo, the Iron Man, in 10 top lists Check
  4. 59 new

    The Quiet Earth

    1985, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 24 new

    Enemy Mine

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  6. 66 new

    Slaughterhouse-Five

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  7. 21 new

    Destination Moon

    1950, in 1 top list Check
  8. 33 new

    Frau im Mond

    1929 — a.k.a. Woman in the Moon, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 98 new

    When Worlds Collide

    1951, in 1 top list Check
  10. 16 new

    Colossus: The Forbin Project

    1970 — a.k.a. The Day the World Changed Hands, in 1 top list Check
  11. 19 new

    Dark Star

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 67 new

    Sleep Dealer

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  13. 48 new

    Liquid Sky

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 9 new

    Born in Flames

    1983, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 35 new

    Kôkaku Kidôtai

    1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check
  16. 4 new

    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 13 new

    The Cabin in the Woods

    2011, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 23 new

    Dune

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 87 new

    Tron

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 55 new

    Paris qui dort

    1925 — a.k.a. At 3:25, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 90 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  22. 2 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  23. 6 new

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  24. 7 new

    The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 8 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  26. 11 new

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 15 new

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  28. 14 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  29. 18 new

    Dark City

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 20 new

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  31. 25 new

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
  32. 26 new

    Fahrenheit 451

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 27 new

    Fantastic Voyage

    1966 — a.k.a. Microscopia, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 30 new

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 32 new

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  36. 34 new

    Galaxy Quest

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 39 new

    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    1957, in 10 top lists Check
  38. 42 new

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 43 new

    Island of Lost Souls

    1932, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 47 new

    Last Night

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 49 new

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  42. 51 new

    Mars Attacks!

    1996, in 1 top list Check
  43. 52 new

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  44. 53 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  45. 54 new

    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    1984 — a.k.a. 1984, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 56 new

    Plan 9 from Outer Space

    1957, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 57 new

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  48. 61 new

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  49. 68 new

    Sleeper

    1973, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 70 new

    Soylent Green

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
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