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Top Science-Fiction Films (#1-100)

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
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