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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. 1 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  2. 2 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  3. 4 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  4. 5 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
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    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
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    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
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    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
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    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
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    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check
  10. 11 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  11. 14 -

    Le voyage dans la lune

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

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
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    Silent Running

    1972, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 17 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
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    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  16. 20 -

    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 21 -

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  18. 22 -

    Tron

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 23 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  20. 24 -

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  21. 25 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
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    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 27 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  24. 28 -

    The Fifth Element

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  25. 29 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  26. 30 -

    Sleeper

    1973, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 31 -

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 32 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  29. 33 -

    Westworld

    1973, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 36 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  31. 38 -

    La planète sauvage

    1973 — a.k.a. Fantastic Planet, in 10 top lists Check
  32. 39 -

    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    1976, in 8 top lists Check
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    Things to Come

    1936, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 41 -

    20 Million Miles to Earth

    1957 — a.k.a. The Beast from Space, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Abyss

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
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    Quatermass 2

    1957 — a.k.a. Enemy from Space, in 2 top lists Check
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    This Island Earth

    1955, in 1 top list Check
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    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  39. 46 -

    Delicatessen

    1991, in 15 top lists Check
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    Dark Star

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Omega Man

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
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    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  44. 51 -

    Tetsuo

    1989 — a.k.a. Tetsuo, the Iron Man, in 10 top lists Check
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    Escape from New York

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 53 -

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
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    It Came from Outer Space

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 55 -

    Gojira

    1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check
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    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
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    Minority Report

    2002, in 8 top lists Check
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