| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968 | Stanley Kubrick | 4 |
| 2 | Star Wars | 1977 | George Lucas | 7 |
| 3 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | Steven Spielberg | 21 |
| 4 | Blade Runner | 1982 | Ridley Scott | 25 |
| 5 | The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | Irvin Kershner | 46 |
| 6 | Alien | 1979 | Ridley Scott | 54 |
| 7 | The Matrix | 1999 | Andy and Larry Wachowski | 59 |
| 8 | Metropolis | 1927 | Fritz Lang | 66 |
| 9 | Aliens | 1986 | James Cameron | 88 |
| 10 | Brazil | 1985 | Terry Gilliam | 97 |
| 11 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 1977 | Steven Spielberg | 103 |
| 12 | The Terminator | 1984 | James Cameron | 110 |
| 13 | Frankenstein | 1931 | James Whale | 114 |
| 14 | Bride of Frankenstein | 1935 | James Whale | 116 |
| 15 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991 | James Cameron | 126 |
| 16 | Jurassic Park | 1993 | Steven Spielberg | 131 |
| 17 | Back to the Future | 1985 | Robert Zemeckis | 137 |
| 18 | Night of the Living Dead | 1968 | George A. Romero | 168 |
| 19 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | 1956 | Don Siegel | 173 |
| 20 | Return of the Jedi | 1983 | Richard Marquand | 199 |
| 21 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | 1951 | Robert Wise | 240 |
| 22 | Donnie Darko | 2001 | Richard Kelly | 269 |
| 23 | Young Frankenstein | 1974 | Mel Brooks | 274 |
| 24 | The Thing | 1982 | John Carpenter | 276 |
| 25 | Planet of the Apes | 1968 | Franklin J. Schaffner | 279 |
| 26 | Superman | 1978 | Richard Donner | 314 |
| 27 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 1975 | Jim Sharman | 333 |
| 28 | The Truman Show | 1998 | Peter Weir | 366 |
| 29 | The Road Warrior | 1981 | George Miller | 370 |
| 30 | Akira | 1988 | Katsuhiro Ôtomo | 386 |
| 31 | Twelve Monkeys | 1995 | Terry Gilliam | 394 |
| 32 | Independence Day | 1996 | Roland Emmerich | 398 |
| 33 | Forbidden Planet | 1956 | Fred M. Wilcox | 427 |
| 34 | Ghostbusters | 1984 | Ivan Reitman | 429 |
| 35 | Voyage to the Moon | 1902 | Georges Méliès | 473 |
| 36 | The Thing from Another World | 1951 | Christian Nyby | 482 |
| 37 | Stalker | 1979 | Andrei Tarkovsky | 513 |
| 38 | The Fly | 1986 | David Cronenberg | 524 |
| 39 | Solaris | 1972 | Andrei Tarkovsky | 526 |
| 40 | Mad Max | 1979 | George Miller | 543 |
| 41 | Spider-Man | 2002 | Sam Raimi | 574 |
| 42 | The Fifth Element | 1997 | Luc Besson | 579 |
| 43 | Starship Troopers | 1997 | Paul Verhoeven | 588 |
| 44 | RoboCop | 1987 | Paul Verhoeven | 589 |
| 45 | The Iron Giant | 1999 | Brad Bird | 598 |
| 46 | Face/Off | 1997 | John Woo | 608 |
| 47 | Men in Black | 1997 | Barry Sonnenfeld | 610 |
| 48 | Sleeper | 1973 | Woody Allen | 641 |
| 49 | A.I.: Artificial Intelligence | 2001 | Steven Spielberg | 648 |
| 50 | 20,000 Leagues under the Sea | 1954 | Richard Fleischer | 654 |
| 51 | The Incredibles | 2004 | Brad Bird | 657 |
| 52 | The War of the Worlds | 1953 | Byron Haskin | 682 |
| 53 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 1931 | Rouben Mamoulian | 686 |
| 54 | La Jetée | 1962 | Chris Marker | 687 |
| 55 | The Nutty Professor | 1963 | Jerry Lewis | 693 |
| 56 | Armageddon | 1998 | Michael Bay | 712 |
| 57 | The Invisible Man | 1933 | James Whale | 713 |
| 58 | Videodrome | 1983 | David Cronenberg | 723 |
| 59 | Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan | 1982 | Nicholas Meyer | 727 |
| 60 | The Abyss | 1989 | James Cameron | 731 |
| 61 | Contact | 1997 | Robert Zemeckis | 750 |
| 62 | X-Men | 2000 | Bryan Singer | 810 |
| 63 | Minority Report | 2002 | Steven Spielberg | 817 |
| 64 | Barbarella | 1968 | Roger Vadim | 820 |
| 65 | Tron | 1982 | Steven Lisberger | 846 |
| 66 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | 1984 | W.D. Richter | 855 |
| 67 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | 1999 | George Lucas | 857 |
| 68 | Alphaville | 1965 | Jean-Luc Godard | 873 |
| 69 | 28 Days Later… | 2002 | Danny Boyle | 876 |
| 70 | Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein | 1948 | Charles Barton | 878 |
| 71 | Re-Animator | 1985 | Stuart Gordon | 896 |
| 72 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | 2002 | George Lucas | 907 |
| 73 | The Man in the White Suit | 1951 | Alexander Mackendrick | 908 |
| 74 | The Incredible Shrinking Man | 1957 | Jack Arnold | 930 |
| 75 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | 1978 | Philip Kaufman | 932 |
| 76 | Spider-Man 2 | 2004 | Sam Raimi | 940 |
| 77 | Escape from New York | 1981 | John Carpenter | 944 |
| 78 | X2 | 2003 | Bryan Singer | 982 |
| 79 | Predator | 1987 | John McTiernan | 986 |
| 80 | Alien: Resurrection | 1997 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 997 |
| 81 | Total Recall | 1990 | Paul Verhoeven | 1036 |
| 82 | Repo Man | 1984 | Alex Cox | 1042 |
| 83 | Seconds | 1966 | John Frankenheimer | 1068 |
| 84 | Alien³ | 1992 | David Fincher | 1071 |
| 85 | Dark City | 1998 | Alex Proyas | 1072 |
| 86 | Rollerball | 1975 | Norman Jewison | 1091 |
| 87 | Back to the Future Part III | 1990 | Robert Zemeckis | 1107 |
| 88 | Back to the Future Part II | 1989 | Robert Zemeckis | 1112 |
| 89 | Ghost in the Shell | 1995 | Mamoru Oshii | 1116 |
| 90 | Fantastic Voyage | 1966 | Richard Fleischer | 1123 |
| 91 | Silent Running | 1972 | Douglas Trumbull | 1134 |
| 92 | Children of Men | 2006 | Alfonso Cuarón | 1142 |
| 93 | Pi | 1998 | Darren Aronofsky | 1171 |
| 94 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | 1976 | Nicolas Roeg | 1173 |
| 95 | Gattaca | 1997 | Andrew Niccol | 1180 |
| 96 | The Time Machine | 1960 | George Pal | 1216 |
| 97 | Things to Come | 1936 | William Cameron Menzies | 1232 |
| 98 | Village of the Damned | 1960 | Wolf Rilla | 1234 |
| 99 | The City of Lost Children | 1995 | Marc Caro and Jean-Marie Jeunet | 1270 |
| 100 | Soylent Green | 1973 | Richard Fleischer | 1299 |