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. 29 new

    Flash Gordon

    1936, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 69 new

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  3. 5 new

    Avatar

    2009, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 33 new

    Frau im Mond

    1929 — a.k.a. Woman in the Moon, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 53 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  6. 90 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  7. 74 new

    Strange Days

    1995, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 75 new

    Superman

    1978, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 50 new

    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    1976, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 15 new

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  11. 23 new

    Dune

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 14 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  13. 52 new

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  14. 11 new

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  15. 71 new

    Star Trek: The Motion Picture

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 73 new

    Starship Troopers

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  17. 89 new

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  18. 45 new

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  19. 28 new

    The Fifth Element

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 72 new

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  21. 37 new

    Gwoemul

    2006 — a.k.a. The Host, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 2 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  23. 8 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  24. 6 new

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  25. 25 new

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  26. 46 new

    Just Imagine

    1930, in 1 top list Check
  27. 54 new

    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    1984 — a.k.a. 1984, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 85 new

    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 22 new

    District 9

    2009, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 26 new

    Fahrenheit 451

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 48 new

    Liquid Sky

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 57 new

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  33. 1 new

    Aelita

    1924 — a.k.a. Aelita, the Queen of Mars, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 60 new

    The Road

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  35. 81 new

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  36. 12 new

    The Brother from Another Planet

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  37. 24 new

    Enemy Mine

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  38. 76 new

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  39. 51 new

    Mars Attacks!

    1996, in 1 top list Check
  40. 62 new

    Seconds

    1966, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 63 new

    Signs

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  42. 100 new

    Zardoz

    1974, in 5 top lists Check
  43. 66 new

    Slaughterhouse-Five

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  44. 84 new

    The Time Machine

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  45. 4 new

    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 34 new

    Galaxy Quest

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 61 new

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  48. 38 new

    I Am Legend

    2007, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 16 new

    Colossus: The Forbin Project

    1970 — a.k.a. The Day the World Changed Hands, in 1 top list Check
  50. 18 new

    Dark City

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
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