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100 Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Ver.1-3
Movie Movies Films
Criteria: - These 'Greatest Science Fiction Movies' are ranked by
Impact, Influence, and Popularity.
Title - (Year) (Leading Actors)
Newly added names are in Red
The List From 12-22-08 to 03-29-2010
Sci-Fi
  1. 2001: A Space Odyssey - (1968) (Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood)
  2. Star Wars: Ep.V - The Empire Strikes Back - (1980) (Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford)
  3. Metropolis - (1927) (Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm)
  4. Star Wars: Ep.IV - A New Hope - (1977) (Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford)
  5. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial - (1982) (Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore)
  6. The Day The Earth Stood Still - (1951) (Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal)
  7. Planet of the Apes - (1968) (Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowell)
  8. Blade Runner - (1982) (Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Rutger Hauer)
  9. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - (1977) (Richard Dreyfus, Teri Garr)
10. Frankenstein - (1931) (Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Mae Clark)
11. A Clockwork Orange - (1971) (Malcolm McDowell, Michael Bates)
12. Jurassic Park - (1993) (Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum)
13. Alien - (1979) (Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt)
14. The War of the Worlds - (1953) (Gene Barry, Ann Robinson)
15. Back to the Future - (1985) (Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson)
16. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers - (1956) (Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter)
17. The Terminator - (1984) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Beihn)
18. The Road Warrior - (1981) (Mel Gibson, Virginia Hey)
19. Forbidden Planet - (1956) (Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis)
20. Terminator 2: Judgment Day - (1991) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton)
21. Superman - (1978) ) (Christoper Reeve, Gene Hackman, Morgot Kidder)
22. Star Wars: Ep.VI - Return Of the Jedi - (1983) (Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford)
23. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - (1954) (Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Peter Lorre)
24. Solaris - (1972) (Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis)
25. Bride of Frankenstein - (1935) (Boris Karlof, Elsa Lanchester)
26. Wall-E - (2008) (Animated)
27. Robocop - (1987) (Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Kurtwood Smith)
28. Brazil - (1985) (Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro)
29. Akira - (1988) (Animated)
30. Things To Come - (1936) (Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson)
31. Aliens - (1986) (Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen)
32. Marooned - (1969) (Gregory Peck, Gene Hackman, Richard Crenna)
33. Them - (1954) (James Arness, Edmund Gwenn)
34. Sleeper - (1973) (Woody Allen, Diane Keaton)
35. Mad Max - (1979) (Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel)
36. Godzilla - (1954) (Haruo Nakajima, Katsumi Tezuka, Akira Takarada)
37. Ghostbusters - (1981) (Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis)
38. The Invisible Man - (1933) (Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart)
39. Children Of Men - (2006) (Clice Owen, Julianne Moore)
40. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - (1982) (William Shatner, Ricardo Montalban)
41. The Man From Planet X - (1951) (Robert Clarke, Margaret Fielding)
42. Ghost in The Shell - (1995) (Animated)
43. Fantastic Voyage - (1966) (Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch)
44. Westworld - (1973) (Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin)
45. Minority Report - (2002) (Tom Cruise, Max Von Sydow)
46. Robinson Crusoe on Mars - (1964) (Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin)
47. Escape From New York - (1981) (Kurt Russell, Donald Pleasence)
48. Liquid Sky - (1982) (Ann Carlisle)
49. THX 1138 - (1971) (Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Maggie McOmie)
50. The Abyss - (1989) (Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio)
51. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - (1986) (William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Catherine Hicks)
52. Total Recall - (1990) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ronny Cox, Rachel Ticotin)
53. Superman II - (1980) (Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman)
54. Cocoon - (1985) (Steve Gutenberg, Wilford Brimley)
55. The Thing From Another World - (1951) (Kenneth Tobey, James Arness, Margeret Sheridan)
56. A Boy and His Dog - (1975) (Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Susanne Benton)
57. Predator - (1987) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers)
58. The Man Who Fell to Earth - (1976) (David Bowie, Rip Torn, Buck Henry)
59. Fahrenheit 451 - (1967) (Oskar Werner, Julie Christie)
60. 12 Monkeys - (1995) (Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt)
61. Donnie Darko - (2001) (Jake Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swayze, Jena Malone)
62. Repo Man - (1984) (Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton)
63. It Came From Outer Space - (1953) (Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake)
64. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - (1989) (Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Amy O'Neill)
65. The Thing - (1982) (Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David)
66. Invaders from Mars - (1953) (Arthur Franz, Helena Carter, Jimmy Hunt)
67. Serenity - (2005) (Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres)
68. Men in Black - (1997) (Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones)
69. The Fly - (1986) (Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis)
70. Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers - (1956) (Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor)
71. The Matrix - (1999) (Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Near Future)
72. The Time Machine - (1960) (Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux)
73. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - (2005) (Sam Rockwell, Mos Def, John Malkovich)
74. A Scanner Darkly - (2006) (Keanu Reeves, Winona Rider, Robert Downey Jr.)
75. Logan's Run - (1976) (Michael York, Jenny Agutter)
76. The Fifth Element - (1997) (Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman)
77. Silent Running - (1971) (Bruce Dern, Steve Brown)
78. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome - (1985) (Mel Gibson, Tina Turner)
79. Flash Gordon - (1980) (Sam Jones, Max Von Sydow, Music by Queen)
80. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - (2005) (Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor)
81. Star Trek: First Contact - (1996) (Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes)
82. Gattaca - (1997) (Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman)
83. X Men - (2000) (Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen)
84. Barbarella - (1968) (Jane Fonda, David Hemmings, John Phillip Law)
85. Soylent Green - (1973) (Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson)
86. Starman - (1984) (Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen)
87. Alien Nation - (1988) (James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terrence Stamp)
88. The Last Starfighter - (1984) (Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Catherine Mary Stewart)
89. Explorers - (1985) (Ethan Hawke, River Pheonix)
90. Starship Troopers - (1997) (Dina Meyer, Dinise Richards)
91. 1984 - (1984) (John Hurt, Richard Burton)
92. Spaceballs - (1987) (Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, John Candy)
93. Tron - (1982) (Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner)
94. Enemy Mine - (1985) (Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett)
95. Innerspace - (1987) (Dennis Quaid, Martin Short)
96. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock - (1984) (William Shatner, Christopher Lloyd)
97. Omega Man - (1971) (Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Post-Apocalyptic Future)
98. Star Trek: The Motion Picture - (1979) (William Shatner, Lynord Nimoy, Persis Khambatta)
99. Star Wars: Ep. I - The Phantom Menace - (1999) (Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Jack Lloyd)
100. Star Wars: Ep. II - Attack Of The Clones - (2002) (Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor)

101. Dark City - (1998) (Kiefer Sutherland, William Hurt, Jennifer Connely)
102. The Andromeda Strain - (1971) (Arthur Hill, David Wayne)
103. Alien 3 - (1992) (Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton)
104. Contact - (1997) (Jodi Foster, Matthew McConaughey)
105. Stargate - (1994) (Kurt Russell, James Spader)
106. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers - (1978) (Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams)
107. District 9 - (2009) (Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope)
108. Independence Day - (1996) (Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum)
109. The Stepford Wives - (1975) (Katherine Ross, Paula Prentiss)
110. I, Robot - (2004) (Will Smith, James Cromwell)
111. The Thing - (1951) (James Arness, Kenneth Tobey)
112. The Lost World: Jurassic Park - (1997) (Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore)
113. Star Trek Generations - (1994) (Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Malcolm McDowell)
114. 2010: The Year We Make Contact - (1984) (Roy Scheider, John Lithgow)
115. Virtuosity - (1995) (Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe)
116. The Fly - (1958) (Vincent Price, Patrica Owens)
117. Men in Black II - (2002) (Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones)
118. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence - (2001) (Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law)
119. Red Planet - (2000) (Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss)
120. Space Truckers - (1997) (Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff)
121. Signs - (2002) (Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix)
122. Solaris - (2002) (George Clooney, Jeremy Davies)
123. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai - (1984) (Peter Weller, John Lithgow)
124. The Arrival - (1996) (Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse)
125. Galaxy Quest - (1999) (Tim Allen, Alan Rickman)
126. Star Trek: Insurrection - (1998) (Patrick Stewart, F. Murray Abraham)
127. Species - (1995) (Natasha Henstridge, Marg Helgenberger, Ben Kingsley)
128. War of the Worlds - (2005) (Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins)
129. Scorpio One - (1998) (Robert Carradine, Jeff Speakerman)
130. Rollerball - (1975) (James Caan, John Houseman)
131. Outland - (1981) (Sean Connery, Peter Boyle)
132. Time Bandits - (1981) (John Cleese, Ralph Richardson)
133. Dark Planet - (1997) (Michael York, Paul Mercurio)
134. The Time Machine - (2002) (Guy Pearce, Jerery Irons)
135. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier - (1989) (William Shatner, Laurence Luckinbill)
136. Rocketship X-M - (1950) (Lloyd Bridges, Noah Beery)
137. Lifeforce - (1985) (Patrick Stewart, Steve Railsback)
138. Communion - (1989) (Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse)
139. Slaughterhouse Five - (1972) (Michael Sacks, Valerie Perrine)
140. The Running Man - (1987) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Dawson)
141. Star Quest - (1995) (Steven Bauer, Emma Samms)
142. The Blob - (1958) (Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut)
143. X-Files - (1998) (David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson)
144. Supernova - (2000) (James Spader, Lou Diamond Phillips, Angela Bassett)
145. Mission To Mars - (2000) (Tim Robins, Gary Sinise)
146. Johnny Mnemonic - (1995) (Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren)
147. Moon 44 - (1990) (Michael Pare, Malcolm McDowell)
148. Fantastic Planet - (1973) (Animated) (Director - René Laloux)
149. Pitch Black - (2000) (Vin Diesel, Keith David)
150. Not of This Earth - (1995) (Michael York, Parker Stevenson)
151. The American Astronaut - (2001) (Cory McAbbe, Rocco Sisto)
152. First Encounter - (1998) (Roddy Piper, Trevor Goddard)
153. Alien Intruder - (1992) (Billy Dee Williams, Maxwell Caulfield)
154. Event Horizon - (1997) (Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill)
155. Matrix Revolutions - (2003) (Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne)
156. Lost In Space - (1998) (Gary Oldman, William Hurt)
157. The Black Hole - (1979) (Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins)
158. This Island Earth - (1955) (Rex Reason, Jeff Morrow)
159. Alien Resurrection - (1997) (Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder)
160. When Worlds Collide - (1951) (Richard Derr, Barbara Rush)
161. V for Vendetta - (2005) (Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving)
162. The Man from Earth - (2007) (David Lee Smith, John Billingsley, Tony Todd)
163. Soldier - (1998) (Kurt Russell, Gary Busy)
164. The Quartermass Xperiment - (1956) (Brian Donlovey, Margia Dean)
165. Sphere - (1998) (Dustin Hoffman, Samuel L. Jackson)
166. Ghosts Of Mars - (2001) (Joanna Cassidy, Ice Cube)
167. New Eden - (1994) (Stephen Baldwin, Lisa Bonet)
168. Journey To The far Side Of the Sun - (1969) (Roy Thinnes, Herbert Lom)
169. Dark Universe - (1993) (Blake Pickett, Cherie Scott)
170. Freejack - (1992) (Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger)
171. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country - (1991) (William Shatner, Christopher Plummer)
172. Planet of the Apes - (2001) (Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter)
173. First Men in the Moon - (1964) (Edward Judd, Lionel Jeffries, Martha Hyer)
174. Quartermass And the Pit (5 Million years to Earth) - (1968) (Andrew Keir)
175. Moon - (2009) (Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott)
176. Zardoz - (1974) (Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling)
177. Coneheads - (1993) (Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Phil Hartman)
178. Forterss - (1993) (Christopher Lambert, Kurtwood Smith)
179. Dark Star - (1974) (Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dre Pahich)
180. Cyberzone - (1995) (Marc Singer, Rochelle Swanson, Future)
181. Escape From L.A. - (1996) (Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Yr. 2013)
182. Warriors of the Wind - (1984) (Animated)
183. Destination Moon - (1950) (John Archer, Warner Anderson)
184. It Conquered the World - (1956) (Peter Graves, Lee Van Cleef)
185. The Postman - (1997) (Kevin Costner, Will Patton)
186. Flash Gordon: Rocketship - (1936) (Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers)
187. What Planet Are You From? - (2000) (Garry Shandling, Annette Bening)
188. Alphaville - (1965) (Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Future)
189. Seksmisja (aka Sexmission) - (1984) (Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Jerzy Stuhr)
190. Timecop (1994) - (Jean Claude Van Damme)
191. Dark Future - (1995) (Darby Hinton, Len Donato)
192. Beneath the Planet of the Apes - (1970) (James Franciscus, Kim Hunter)
193. Death Race 2000 - (1975) (Sylvester Stallone, David Carradine)
194. Batteries Not Included - (1987) (Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn)
195. Earth Girls Are Easy - (1989) (Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, Jim Carrey)
196. Demolition Man - (1993) (Sylvester Stallone, Sandra Bullock)
197. Mars Attacks - (1996) (Jack Nicholson, Annette Bening)
198. Waterworld - (1995) (Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper)
199. Dune - (1984) (Kyle MacLachlan, Max Von Sydow)
200. Judge Dredd - (1995) (Sylvester Stallone, Diane Lane)


  Le Voyage Dans La Lune (A Trip to the Moon) - (1902 French, 14-minutes, silent)
  The first widely seen film using innovative cinematic techniques, 'special effects'.

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The List From 3-30-06 to 12-22-08
These 100 films all involve aliens, outer space, or both.
(Earthbound Sci-Fi films are in the list below this one.)
  1. 2001: A Space Odyssey - (1968) (Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood)
  2. Star Wars: Ep.V - The Empire Strikes Back - (1980) (Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford)
  3. Star Wars: Ep.IV - A New Hope - (1977) (Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford)
  4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - (1977) (Richard Dreyfus, Teri Garr)
  5. The War of the Worlds - (1953) (Gene Barry, Ann Robinson)
  6. Silent Running - (1971) (Bruce Dern, Steve Brown)
  7. Alien - (1979) (Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt)
  8. Star Wars: Ep.VI - Return Of the Jedi - (1983) (Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford)
  9. The Day The Earth Stood Still - (1951) (Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal)
10. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - (2005) (Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor)
11. Aliens - (1986) (Sigourney Weaver, Paul Riser)
12. Total Recall - (1990) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone)
13. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial - (1982) (Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore)
14. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - (1982) (William Shatner, Ricardo Montalban)
15. The Thing - (1982) (Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David)
16. Marooned - (1969) (Gregory Peck, Gene Hackman)
17. Alien 3 - (1992) (Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton)
18. Contact - (1997) (Jodi Foster, Matthew McConaughey)
19. Stargate - (1994) (Kurt Russell, James Spader)
20. Enemy Mine - (1985) (Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett)
21. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - (1986) (William Shatner, Catherine Hicks)
22. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers - (1978) (Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams)
23. Men in Black - (1997) (Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones)
24. The Fifth Element - (1997) (Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich)
25. Star Trek: The Motion Picture - (1979) (William Shatner, Lynord Nimoy)
26. The Arrival - (1996) (Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse)
27. The Abyss - (1989) (Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio)
28. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock - (1984) (William Shatner, Christopher Lloyd)
29. X-Files - (1998) (David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson)
30. Outland - (1981) (Sean Connery, Peter Boyle)
31. Men in Black II - (2002) (Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones)
32. Star Trek Generations - (1994) (Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Malcolm McDowell)
33. Signs - (2002) (Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix)
34. The Man Who Fell to Earth - (1976) (David Bowie, Rip Torn, Buck Henry)
35. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers - (1956) (Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter)
36. Predator - (1987) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers)
37. Independence Day - (1996) (Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum)
38. Starman - (1984) (Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen)
39. Galaxy Quest - (1999) (Tim Allen, Alan Rickman)
40. Star Trek: First Contact - (1996) (Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes)
41. Forbidden Planet - (1956) (Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis)
42. The Thing - (1951) (James Arness, Kenneth Tobey)
43. 2010: The Year We Make Contact - (1984) (Roy Scheider, John Lithgow)
44. Space Truckers - (1997) (Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff)
45. Solaris - (2002) (George Clooney, Jeremy Davies)
46. Dark Planet - (1997) (Michael York, Paul Mercurio)
47. Rocketship X-M - (1950) (Lloyd Bridges, Noah Beery)
48. Star Trek: Insurrection - (1998) (Patrick Stewart, F. Murray Abraham)
49. Species - (1995) (Natasha Henstridge, Marg Helgenberger, Ben Kingsley)
50. War of the Worlds - (2005) (Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins)
51. The Last Starfighter - (1984) (Lance Guest, Robert Preston)
52. Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers - (1956) (Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor)
53. Scorpio One - (1998) (Robert Carradine, Jeff Speakerman)
54. Dune - (1984) (Kyle MacLachlan, Max Von Sydow)
55. Starship Troopers - (1997) (Dina Meyer, Dinise Richards)
56. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier - (1989) (William Shatner, Laurence Luckinbill)
57. Lifeforce - (1985) (Patrick Stewart, Steve Railsback)
58. Communion - (1989) (Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse)
59. Star Wars: Ep. II-Attack Of The Clones - (2002) (Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor)
60. Cocoon - (1985) (Steve Gutenberg, Wilford Brimley)
61. Moon 44 - (1990) (Michael Pare, Malcolm McDowell)
62. Slaughterhouse Five - (1972) (Michael Sacks, Valerie Perrine)
63. Dark City - (1998) (Kiefer Sutherland, William Hurt, Jennifer Connely)
64. Star Quest - (1995) (Steven Bauer, Emma Samms)
65. The Blob - (1958) (Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut)
66. Supernova - (2000) (James Spader, Lou Diamond Phillips, Angela Bassett)
67. Mission To Mars - (2000) (Tim Robins, Gary Sinise)
68. Red Planet - (2000) (Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss)
69. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - (2005) (Sam Rockwell, Mos Def, John Malkovich)
70. Pitch Black - (2000) (Vin Diesel, Keith David)
71. Event Horizon - (1997) (Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill)
72. Not of This Earth - (1995) (Michael York, Parker Stevenson)
73. The American Astronaut - (2001) (Cory McAbbe, Rocco Sisto)
74. Alien Nation - (1988) (Mandy Patinkin, James Caan)
75. First Encounter - (1998) (Roddy Piper, Trevor Goddard)
76. Alien Intruder - (1992) (Billy Dee Williams, Maxwell Caulfield)
77. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai - (1984) (Peter Weller, John Lithgow)
78. When Worlds Collide - (1951) (Richard Derr, Barbara Rush)
79. Lost In Space - (1998) (Gary Oldman, William Hurt)
80. The Black Hole - (1979) (Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins)
81. Flash Gordon - (1980) (Sam Jones, Max Von Sydow, Music by Queen)
82. This Island Earth - (1955) (Rex Reason, Jeff Morrow)
83. Alien Resurrection - (1997) (Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder)
84. New Eden - (1994) (Stephen Baldwin, Lisa Bonet)
85. Robinson Crusoe on Mars - (1964) (Adam West, Paul Mantee)
86. Soldier - (1998) (Kurt Russell, Gary Busy)
87. The Quartermass Xperiment - (1956) (Brian Donlovey, Margia Dean)
88. Sphere - (1998) (Dustin Hoffman, Samuel L. Jackson)
89. Ghosts Of Mars - (2001) (Joanna Cassidy, Ice Cube)
90. Journey To The far Side Of the Sun - (1969) (Roy Thinnes, Herbert Lom)
91. Dark Universe - (1993) (Blake Pickett, Cherie Scott)
92. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country - (1991) (William Shatner, Christopher Plummer)
93. First Men in the Moon - (1964) (Edward Judd, Lionel Jeffries, Martha Hyer)
94. Quartermass And the Pit (5 Million years to Earth) - (1968) (Andrew Keir)
95. Zardoz - (1974) (Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling)
96. Dark Star - (1974) (Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dre Pahich)
97. Barbarella - (1968) (Jane Fonda, David Hemmings)
98. Destination Moon - (1950) (John Archer, Warner Anderson)
99. It Conquered the World - (1956) (Peter Graves, Lee Van Cleef)
100. Flash Gordon: Rocketship - (1936) (Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers)


1. Spaceballs - (1987) (Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, John Candy)
2. Coneheads - (1993) (Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Phil Hartman)
3. Mars Attacks - (1996) (Jack Nicholson, Annette Bening)
4. Earth Girls Are Easy - (1989) (Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, Jim Carrey)
5. What Planet Are You From? - (2000) (Garry Shandling, Annette Bening)
6. *Batteries Not Included - (1987) (Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn)


  Le Voyage Dans La Lune (A Trip to the Moon) - (1902 French, 14-minutes, silent)
  The first widely seen film using innovative cinematic techniques, 'special effects'.






















These films all take place on earth in the future, present and or past.
No alien involvement here. TT=Time Travel.
  1. Blade Runner - (1982) (Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Rutger Hauer, Yr. 2019)
  2. Metropolis - (1927) (Brigitte Helm, 21st-Century)
  3. THX 1138 - (1971) (Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, 25th century)
  4. Planet of the Apes - (1968) (Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowell, Distant Future)
  5. The Matrix - (1999) (Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Near Future)
  6. Soylent Green - (1973) (Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson Yr. 2022)
  7. Logan's Run - (1976) (Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Yr. 2274)
  8. T2: Judgment Day - (1991) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, 2029/1991/TT)
  9. Gattaca - (1997) (Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, 21st century)
10. The Time Machine - (1960) (Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Yr. 1960-802,701/TT)
11. A Clockwork Orange - (1971) (Malcolm McDowell, Michael Bates, Near Future)
12. The Terminator - (1984) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Beihn, TT)
13. Back to the Future - (1985) (Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, TT)
14. Brazil - (1985) (Robert De Niro, Jonathan Pryce, Near Future)
15. Minority Report - (2002) (Tom Cruise, Max Von Sydow, Yr. 2054)
16. 12 Monkeys - (1995) (Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Yr. 2035)
17. Time Bandits - (1981) (John Cleese, Ralph Richardson, Present/Past/TT)
18. Rollerball - (1975) (James Caan, John Houseman, Yr. 2018)
19. The Running Man - (1987) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Dawson, Near Future)
20. Omega Man - (1971) (Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Post-Apocalyptic Future)
21. Things to Come - (1936) (Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Yr. 2036)
22. Fahrenheit 451 - (1967) (Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Near Future)
23. Johnny Mnemonic - (1995) (Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Yr. 2021)
24. 1984 - (1984) (John Hurt, Richard Burton, Yr.1984)
25. Escape From New York - (1981) (Kurt Russell, Donald Pleasence, Yr. 1997)
26. The Time Machine - (2002) (Guy Pearce, Jerery Irons, Yr. 800,000/TT)
27. Donnie Darko - (2001) (Jake Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swayze, TT)
28. Matrix Revolutions - (2003) (Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Near Future)
29. Mad Max - (1979) (Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Post-Nuclear Future)
30. I, Robot - (2004) (Will Smith, James Cromwell, Yr. 2035)
31. Forterss - (1993) (Christopher Lambert, Kurtwood Smith, Yr. 2017)
32. The Road Warrior - (1981) (Mel Gibson, Virginia Hey, Post-Nuclear Future)
33. Cyberzone - (1995) (Marc Singer, Rochelle Swanson, Future)
34. Alphaville - (1965) (Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Future)
35. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome - (1985) (Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Post-Nuclear Future)
36. Planet of the Apes - (2001) (Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter Yr. 2029)
37. Escape From L.A. - (1996) (Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Yr. 2013)
38. Waterworld - (1995) (Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Post-Apocalyptic Future)
39. Demolition Man - (1993) (Sylvester Stallone, Sandra Bullock Yr. 2032)
40. Freejack - (1992) (Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Tr. 2009)
41. Death Race 2000 - (1975) (Sylvester Stallone, David Carradine Yr. 2000)
42. The Postman - (1997) (Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Yr. 2013)
43. Dark Future - (1995) (Darby Hinton, Len Donato, 21st Century)
44. Timecop (1994) - (Jean Claude Van Damme, TT)
45. Judge Dredd - (1995) (Sylvester Stallone, Diane Lane, Future)
46. Beneath the Planet of the Apes - (1970) (James Franciscus, Kim Hunter)


  1. Jurassic Park - (1993) (Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum)
  2. Them - (1954) (James Arness, Edmund Gwenn)
  3. The Andromeda Strain - (1971) (Arthur Hill, David Wayne)
  4. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence - (2001) (Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law)
  5. The Lost World: Jurassic Park - (1997) (Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore)
  6. Westworld - (1973) (Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin)
  7. Virtuosity - (1995) (Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe)
  8. The Stepford Wives - (1975) (Katherine Ross, Paula Prentiss)
  9. The Fly - (1958) (Vincent Price, Patrica Owens)
10. Tron - (1982) (Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner)


The List From 1-2-05 to 3-30-06
These 100 films all involve aliens, outer space, or both.
(Earthbound Sci-Fi films are in the list below this one.)
  1. Star Wars: Ep.V - The Empire Strikes Back - (1980) (Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford)
  2. 2001: A Space Odyssey - (1968) (Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood)
  3. Star Trek: The Motion Picture - (1979) (William Shatner, Lynord Nimoy)
  4. Star Wars: Ep.IV - A New Hope - (1977) (Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford)
  5. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - (1977) (Richard Dreyfus, Teri Garr)
  6. The War of the Worlds - (1953) (Gene Barry, Ann Robinson)
  7. Dune - (1984) (Kyle MacLachlan, Max Von Sydow)
  8. Silent Running - (1971) (Bruce Dern, Steve Brown)
  9. Alien - (1979) (Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt)
10. The Fifth Element - (1997) (Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich)
11. The Day The Earth Stood Still - (1951) (Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal)
12. Star Wars: Ep.VI - Return Of the Jedi - (1983) (Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford)
13. Dark Star - (1974) (Kiefer Sutherland, Rufus Sewell)
14. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - (1982) (William Shatner, Ricardo Montalban)
15. Total Recall - (1990) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone)
16. The Thing - (1982) (Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David)
17. Star Wars: Ep. II-Attack Of The Clones - (2002) (Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor)
18. Aliens - (1986) (Sigourney Weaver, Paul Riser)
19. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - (1986) (William Shatner, Catherine Hicks)
20. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial - (1982) (Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore)
21. Marooned - (1969) (Gregory Peck, Gene Hackman)
22. Enemy Mine - (1985) (Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett)
23. Men in Black - (1997) (Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones)
24. Armageddon - (1998) (Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Near Future)
25. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers - (1978) (Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams)
26. Stargate - (1994) (Kurt Russell, James Spader)
27. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock - (1984) (William Shatner, Christopher Lloyd)
28. Forbidden Planet - (1956) (Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis)
29. Contact - (1997) (Jodi Foster, Matthew McConaughey)
30. X-Files - (1998) (David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson)
31. The Arrival - (1996) (Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse)
32. The Abyss - (1989) (Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio)
33. Star Trek Generations - (1994) (Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Malcolm McDowell)
34. Signs - (2002) (Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix)
35. Outland - (1981) (Sean Connery, Peter Boyle)
36. The Man Who Fell to Earth - (1976) (David Bowie, Rip Torn, Buck Henry)
37. Predator - (1987) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers)
38. Rocketship X-M - (1950) (Lloyd Bridges, Noah Beery)
39. Starship Troopers - (1997) (Dina Meyer, Dinise Richards)
40. Galaxy Quest - (1999) (Tim Allen, Alan Rickman)
41. Star Trek: First Contact - (1996) (Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes)
42. Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers - (1956) (Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor)
43. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers - (1956) (Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter)
44. Men in Black II - (2002) (Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones)
45. Star Trek: Insurrection - (1998) (Patrick Stewart, F. Murray Abraham)
46. Starman - (1984) (Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen)
47. Solaris - (2002) (George Clooney, Jeremy Davies)
48. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country - (1991) (William Shatner, Christopher Plummer)
49. Independence Day - (1996) (Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum)
50. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier - (1989) (William Shatner, Laurence Luckinbill)
51. The Last Starfighter - (1984) (Lance Guest, Robert Preston)
52. Space Truckers - (1997) (Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff)
53. Dark Planet - (1997) (Michael York, Paul Mercurio)
54. Scorpio One - (1998) (Robert Carradine, Jeff Speakerman)
55. Species - (1995) (Natasha Henstridge, Marg Helgenberger, Ben Kingsley)
56. The Thing - (1951) (James Arness, Kenneth Tobey)
57. 2010: The Year We Make Contact - (1984) (Roy Scheider, John Lithgow)
58. Lifeforce - (1985) (Patrick Stewart, Steve Railsback)
59. Alien Resurrection - (1997) (Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder)
60. Moon 44 - (1990) (Michael Pare, Malcolm McDowell)
61. Cocoon - (1985) (Steve Gutenberg, Wilford Brimley)
62. Alien Nation - (1988) (Mandy Patinkin, James Caan)
63. Slaughterhouse Five - (1972) (Michael Sacks, Valerie Perrine)
64. Star Quest - (1995) (Steven Bauer, Emma Samms)
65. Communion - (1989) (Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse)
66. Supernova - (2000) (James Spader, Lou Diamond Phillips, Angela Bassett)
67. Mission To Mars - (2000) (Tim Robins, Gary Sinise)
68. Red Planet - (2000) (Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss)
69. Event Horizon - (1997) (Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill)
70. Pitch Black - (2000) (Vin Diesel, Keith David)
71. Lost In Space - (1998) (Gary Oldman, William Hurt)
72. Not of This Earth - (1995) (Michael York, Parker Stevenson)
73. Alien 3 - (1992) (Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton)
74. Flash Gordon - (1980) (Sam Jones, Max Von Sydow, Music by Queen)
75. First Encounter - (1998) (Roddy Piper, Trevor Goddard)
76. The American Astronaut - (2001) (Cory McAbbe, Rocco Sisto)
77. Alien Intruder - (1992) (Billy Dee Williams, Maxwell Caulfield)
78. This Island Earth - (1955) (Rex Reason, Jeff Morrow)
79. The Blob - (1958) (Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut)
80. When Worlds Collide - (1951) (Richard Derr, Barbara Rush)
81. Ghosts Of Mars - (2001) (Joanna Cassidy, Ice Cube)
82. New Eden - (1994) (Stephen Baldwin, Lisa Bonet)
83. Robinson Crusoe on Mars - (1964) (Adam West, Paul Mantee)
84. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai - (1984) (Peter Weller, John Lithgow)
85. Sphere - (1998) (Dustin Hoffman, Samuel L. Jackson)
86. The Black Hole - (1979) (Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins)
87. The Quartermass Xperiment - (1956) (Brian Donlovey, Margia Dean)
88. Journey To The far Side Of the Sun - (1969) (Roy Thinnes, Herbert Lom)
89. Quartermass And the Pit (5 Million years to Earth) - (1968) (Andrew Keir)
90. First Men in the Moon - (1964) (Edward Judd, Lionel Jeffries, Martha Hyer)
91. Dark Universe - (1993) (Blake Pickett, Cherie Scott)
92. Soldier - (1998) (Kurt Russell, Gary Busy)
93. Zardoz - (1974) (Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling)
94. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - (1982) (Simon Jones, David Dixon)
95. Destination Moon - (1950) (John Archer, Warner Anderson)
96. Barbarella - (1968) (Jane Fonda, David Hemmings)
97. It Conquered the World - (1956) (Peter Graves, Lee Van Cleef)
98. Invaders From Mars - (1953) (Arthur Franz, Helena Carter)
99. Flash Gordon: Rocketship - (1936) (Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers)
100. Plan 9 from Outer Space - (1956) (Bela Lugosi, Lyle Talbot)


1. Spaceballs - (1987) (Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, John Candy)
2. Coneheads - (1993) (Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Phil Hartman)
3. Mars Attacks - (1996) (Jack Nicholson, Annette Bening)
4. Earth Girls Are Easy - (1989) (Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, Jim Carrey)
5. What Planet Are You From? - (2000) (Garry Shandling, Annette Bening)


These films all take place on earth in the future, present and or past.
No alien involvement here. TT=Time Travel.
  1. Blade Runner - (1982) (Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Rutger Hauer, Yr. 2019)
  2. Planet of the Apes - (1968) (Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowell, Distant Future)
  3. THX 1138 - (1971) (Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, 25th century)
  4. Logan's Run - (1976) (Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Yr. 2274)
  5. The Matrix - (1999) (Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Near Future)
  6. Soylent Green - (1973) (Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson Yr. 2022)
  7. Gattaca - (1997) (Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, 21st century)
  8. T2: Judgment Day - (1991) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, 2029/1991/TT)
  9. The Time Machine - (1960) (Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Yr. 1960-802,701/TT)
10. A Clockwork Orange - (1971) (Malcolm McDowell, Michael Bates, Near Future)
11. Minority Report - (2002) (Tom Cruise, Max Von Sydow, Yr. 2054)
12. The Terminator - (1984) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Beihn, TT)
13. Rollerball - (1975) (James Caan, John Houseman, Yr. 2018)
14. I, Robot - (2004) (Will Smith, James Cromwell, Yr. 2035)
15. Metropolis - (1927) (Brigitte Helm, 21st-Century)
16. 12 Monkeys - (1995) (Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Yr. 2035)
17. Demolition Man - (1993) (Sylvester Stallone, Sandra Bullock Yr. 2032)
18. The Running Man - (1987) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Dawson, Near Future)
19. Brazil - (1985) (Robert De Niro, Jonathan Pryce, Near Future)
20. Omega Man - (1971) (Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Post-Apocalyptic Future)
21. Time Bandits - (1981) (John Cleese, Ralph Richardson, Present/Past/TT)
22. Fahrenheit 451 - (1967) (Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Near Future)
23. Johnny Mnemonic - (1995) (Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Yr. 2021)
24. Escape From New York - (1981) (Kurt Russell, Donald Pleasence, Yr. 1997)
25. Things to Come - (1936) (Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Yr. 2036)
26. Beneath the Planet of the Apes - (1970) (James Franciscus, Kim Hunter)
27. Judge Dredd - (1995) (Sylvester Stallone, Diane Lane, Future)
28. Matrix Revolutions - (2003) (Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Near Future)
29. Mad Max - (1979) (Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Post-Nuclear Future)
30. 1984 - (1984) (John Hurt, Richard Burton, Yr.1984)
31. Cyberzone - (1995) (Marc Singer, Rochelle Swanson, Future)
32. The Time Machine - (2002) (Guy Pearce, Jerery Irons, Yr. 800,000/TT)
33. The Road Warrior - (1981) (Mel Gibson, Virginia Hey, Post-Nuclear Future)
34. Alphaville - (1965) (Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Future)
35. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome - (1985) (Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Post-Nuclear Future)
36. Escape From L.A. - (1996) (Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Yr. 2013)
37. Waterworld - (1995) (Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Post-Apocalyptic Future)
38. Donnie Darko - (2001) (Jake Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swayze, TT)
39. Planet of the Apes - (2001) (Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter Yr. 2029)
40. Freejack - (1992) (Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Tr. 2009)
41. The Postman - (1997) (Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Yr. 2013)
42. Forterss - (1993) (Christopher Lambert, Kurtwood Smith, Yr. 2017)
43. Dark Future - (1995) (Darby Hinton, Len Donato, 21st Century)
44. Death Race 2000 - (1975) (Sylvester Stallone, David Carradine Yr. 2000)
45. Timecop (1994) - (Jean Claude Van Damme, TT)


  1. Jurassic Park - (1993) (Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum)
  2. Them - (1954) (James Arness, Edmund Gwenn)
  3. The Andromeda Strain - (1971) (Arthur Hill, David Wayne)
  4. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence - (2001) (Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law)
  5. The Lost World: Jurassic Park - (1997) (Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore)
  6. Westworld - (1973) (Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin)
  7. Virtuosity - (1995) (Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe)
  8. The Stepford Wives - (1975) (Katherine Ross, Paula Prentiss)
  9. The Fly - (1958) (Vincent Price, Patrica Owens)
10. Tron - (1982) (Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner)


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