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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. 16 -

    Silent Running

    1972, in 8 top lists Check
  2. 97 -

    Stargate

    1994, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 50 -

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  4. 81 -

    Barbarella

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 40 -

    Things to Come

    1936, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 34 -

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 72 -

    Soylent Green

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 86 -

    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 22 -

    Tron

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 54 -

    It Came from Outer Space

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 26 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 53 -

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 79 -

    Invaders from Mars

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 88 -

    Serenity

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 63 -

    Logan's Run

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 33 -

    Westworld

    1973, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 4 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  18. 36 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  19. 21 -

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  20. 8 -

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  21. 35 -

    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  22. 7 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  23. 2 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  24. 42 -

    The Abyss

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 48 -

    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 17 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 75 -

    Dark City

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 9 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  29. 45 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  30. 28 -

    The Fifth Element

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 95 -

    Galaxy Quest

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 59 -

    GATTACA

    1997 — a.k.a. Gattaca, in 5 top lists Check
  33. 85 -

    Independence Day

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 25 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  35. 57 -

    Minority Report

    2002, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 92 -

    THX 1138

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 80 -

    Fantastic Voyage

    1966 — a.k.a. Microscopia, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 5 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  39. 98 -

    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  40. 77 -

    A Scanner Darkly

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 30 -

    Sleeper

    1973, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 19 -

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  43. 76 -

    Starship Troopers

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  44. 32 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  45. 66 -

    Children of Men

    2006, in 13 top lists Check
  46. 27 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  47. 82 -

    Fahrenheit 451

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
  48. 20 -

    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  49. 62 -

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  50. 18 -

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
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