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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. 60 -

    The Fountain

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 31 -

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 82 -

    Fahrenheit 451

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 59 -

    GATTACA

    1997 — a.k.a. Gattaca, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 51 -

    Tetsuo

    1989 — a.k.a. Tetsuo, the Iron Man, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 35 -

    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  7. 42 -

    The Abyss

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 64 -

    Kôkaku Kidôtai

    1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 20 -

    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 52 -

    Escape from New York

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 46 -

    Delicatessen

    1991, in 15 top lists Check
  12. 10 -

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check
  13. 78 -

    The Quiet Earth

    1985, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 21 -

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  15. 23 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  16. 73 -

    Cube

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 84 -

    Event Horizon

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 39 -

    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    1976, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 62 -

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  20. 32 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  21. 57 -

    Minority Report

    2002, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 7 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  23. 58 -

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  24. 11 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  25. 15 -

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  26. 4 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  27. 34 -

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  28. 90 -

    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 18 -

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  30. 38 -

    La planète sauvage

    1973 — a.k.a. Fantastic Planet, in 10 top lists Check
  31. 50 -

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  32. 24 -

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  33. 17 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  34. 70 -

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 12 -

    Forbidden Planet

    1956, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 6 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  37. 5 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  38. 53 -

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 83 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 74 -

    Moon

    2009, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 36 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  42. 37 -

    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
  43. 93 -

    Star Trek

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
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    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  45. 29 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  46. 81 -

    Barbarella

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  47. 14 -

    Le voyage dans la lune

    1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 76 -

    Starship Troopers

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 9 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
  50. 66 -

    Children of Men

    2006, in 12 top lists Check
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