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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. 78 -

    The Quiet Earth

    1985, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 84 -

    Event Horizon

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 42 -

    The Abyss

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 34 -

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  5. 12 -

    Forbidden Planet

    1956, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 11 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  7. 59 -

    GATTACA

    1997 — a.k.a. Gattaca, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 88 -

    Serenity

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 64 -

    Kôkaku Kidôtai

    1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 29 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  11. 83 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 62 -

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  13. 35 -

    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  14. 72 -

    Soylent Green

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 13 -

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  16. 85 -

    Independence Day

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 70 -

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 24 -

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  19. 3 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  20. 20 -

    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 31 -

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 57 -

    Minority Report

    2002, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 74 -

    Moon

    2009, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 28 -

    The Fifth Element

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  25. 23 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  26. 7 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  27. 98 -

    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  28. 15 -

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  29. 14 -

    Le voyage dans la lune

    1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 9 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
  31. 4 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  32. 46 -

    Delicatessen

    1991, in 15 top lists Check
  33. 73 -

    Cube

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 8 -

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  35. 60 -

    The Fountain

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 25 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  37. 66 -

    Children of Men

    2006, in 12 top lists Check
  38. 32 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  39. 1 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  40. 2 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  41. 37 -

    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
  42. 27 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  43. 71 -

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  44. 36 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  45. 21 -

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  46. 45 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  47. 41 -

    20 Million Miles to Earth

    1957 — a.k.a. The Beast from Space, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 18 -

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  49. 58 -

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  50. 86 -

    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
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