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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. 43 -

    Quatermass 2

    1957 — a.k.a. Enemy from Space, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 91 -

    Explorers

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  3. 54 -

    It Came from Outer Space

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 67 -

    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 68 -

    Outland

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 79 -

    Invaders from Mars

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 51 -

    Tetsuo

    1989 — a.k.a. Tetsuo, the Iron Man, in 10 top lists Check
  8. 99 -

    Trancers

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 47 -

    Dark Star

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 41 -

    20 Million Miles to Earth

    1957 — a.k.a. The Beast from Space, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 100 -

    Rollerball

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 53 -

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 40 -

    Things to Come

    1936, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 44 -

    This Island Earth

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  15. 87 -

    The Stepford Wives

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 48 -

    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 61 -

    Them!

    1954, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 55 -

    Gojira

    1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check
  19. 81 -

    Barbarella

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 94 -

    Flash Gordon

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 19 -

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 33 -

    Westworld

    1973, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 49 -

    The Omega Man

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 65 -

    Repo Man

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 80 -

    Fantastic Voyage

    1966 — a.k.a. Microscopia, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 86 -

    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 89 -

    Dune

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 6 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 8 -

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  30. 2 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  31. 15 -

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  32. 66 -

    Children of Men

    2006, in 12 top lists Check
  33. 27 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  34. 71 -

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  35. 45 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
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    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  37. 35 -

    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  38. 7 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  39. 32 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  40. 23 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  41. 83 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  42. 18 -

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  43. 4 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  44. 36 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
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    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  46. 17 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
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    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
  48. 25 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  49. 64 -

    Kôkaku Kidôtai

    1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check
  50. 21 -

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
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