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. 1 new

    Aelita

    1924 — a.k.a. Aelita, the Queen of Mars, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 3 new

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 4 new

    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 9 new

    Born in Flames

    1983, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 10 new

    A Boy and His Dog

    1975, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 14 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  7. 15 new

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  8. 17 new

    The Damned

    1962 — a.k.a. These Are the Damned, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 20 new

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 21 new

    Destination Moon

    1950, in 1 top list Check
  11. 24 new

    Enemy Mine

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  12. 26 new

    Fahrenheit 451

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 33 new

    Frau im Mond

    1929 — a.k.a. Woman in the Moon, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 38 new

    I Am Legend

    2007, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 39 new

    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    1957, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 42 new

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 44 new

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  18. 47 new

    Last Night

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 50 new

    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    1976, in 8 top lists Check
  20. 53 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  21. 54 new

    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    1984 — a.k.a. 1984, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 59 new

    The Quiet Earth

    1985, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 60 new

    The Road

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  24. 62 new

    Seconds

    1966, in 10 top lists Check
  25. 63 new

    Signs

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 64 new

    Silent Running

    1972, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 65 new

    Der schweigende Stern

    1960 — a.k.a. First Spaceship on Venus, in 1 top list Check
  28. 66 new

    Slaughterhouse-Five

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  29. 67 new

    Sleep Dealer

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  30. 69 new

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  31. 74 new

    Strange Days

    1995, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 88 new

    The Tunnel

    1935 — a.k.a. Transatlantic Tunnel, in 1 top list Check
  33. 89 new

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  34. 95 new

    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
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