The 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time (Popular Mechanics)

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"Cinema exists to project our dreams. Science-fiction cinema exists to project our most creative dreams -- time-travel, alternate worlds, expanded consciousness, and more. That's why we're science-fiction maniacs and why we gathered up our top 100 movies." -- Popular Mechanics

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  1. 4 -

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  2. 7 -

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  3. 8 -

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 9 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  5. 13 -

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  6. 14 -

    Forbidden Planet

    1956, in 9 top lists Check
  7. 16 -

    Logan's Run

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 17 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 18 -

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  10. 23 -

    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  11. 24 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  12. 25 -

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  13. 26 -

    Minority Report

    2002, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 27 -

    District 9

    2009, in 10 top lists Check
  15. 29 -

    Tron

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 31 -

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 37 -

    Kôkaku Kidôtai

    1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check
  18. 42 -

    Star Trek: First Contact

    1996, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 45 -

    Enemy Mine

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  20. 48 -

    Starship Troopers

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 50 -

    Avatar

    2009, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 54 -

    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 59 -

    The Last Starfighter

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 69 -

    Inception

    2010, in 21 top lists Check
  25. 71 -

    Rollerball

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 76 -

    Outland

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 81 -

    Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 88 -

    eXistenZ

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 89 -

    Galaxy Quest

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 90 -

    The War of the Worlds

    1953, in 6 top lists Check
  31. 91 -

    They Live

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  32. 93 -

    Escape from the Planet of the Apes

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 94 -

    The Black Hole

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 95 -

    Serenity

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  35. 96 -

    Westworld

    1973, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 98 -

    Attack the Block

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 100 -

    Escape from New York

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
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