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. 2 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  2. 4 new

    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 7 new

    The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 13 new

    The Cabin in the Woods

    2011, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 17 new

    The Damned

    1962 — a.k.a. These Are the Damned, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 30 new

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  7. 32 new

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  8. 36 new

    Gojira

    1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 37 new

    Gwoemul

    2006 — a.k.a. The Host, in 11 top lists Check
  10. 40 new

    Invaders from Mars

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 41 new

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  12. 42 new

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 43 new

    Island of Lost Souls

    1932, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 56 new

    Plan 9 from Outer Space

    1957, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 58 new

    Quatermass and the Pit

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 62 new

    Seconds

    1966, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 77 new

    Tetsuo

    1989 — a.k.a. Tetsuo, the Iron Man, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 78 new

    Them!

    1954, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 79 new

    They Live

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 80 new

    The Thing from Another World

    1951, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 81 new

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  22. 91 new

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  23. 92 new

    Village of the Damned

    1960, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 96 new

    The War of the Worlds

    1953, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 99 new

    X

    1963 — a.k.a. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, in 5 top lists Check
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