Top 100 SciFi Films
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Top 100 Sci-Fi Films
A statistical survey of the Top 100 science fiction movies
* Average length of films in a series
Move Rank Title
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1 Blade Runner
0
2 Star Wars Trilogy IV-VI (1977-83)
0
3 Alien
0
4 The Matrix
0
5 2001: A Space Odyssey
0
6 Aliens
0
7 The Fifth Element
0
8 The Terminator
0
9 Terminator 2 - Judgement Day
0
10 Twelve Monkeys
0
11 Back to the Future
0
12 A Clockwork Orange
1
13 Forbidden Planet
-1
14 The Day the Earth Stood Still
0
15 Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan
0
16 Jurassic Park
0
17 Gattaca
0
18 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
0
19 Planet of the Apes
0
20 Star Wars I-III (1999-2005)
0
21 Brazil
0
22 Dune
0
23 The Thing
0
24 Dark City
0
25 Predator
0
26 Stargate
0
27 Total Recall
0
28 Independence Day
1
29 E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial
-1
30 Dr Strangelove
1
31 Serenity
1
32 Contact
-2
33 V for Vendetta
0
34 The Abyss
1
35 Starship Troopers
-1
36 Donnie Darko
0
37 Minority Report
1
38 District 9
-1
39 Metropolis
2
40 Avatar
-1
41 Logan's Run
-1
42 Mad Max
0
43 The War of the Worlds
0
44 Star Trek: First Contact
1
45 Children of Men
-1
46 The Time Machine
2
47 Galaxy Quest
2
48 I, Robot
Director
Ridley Scott
George Lucas, et al
Ridley Scott
L & A Wachowski
Stanley Kubrick
James Cameron
Luc Besson
James Cameron
James Cameron
Terry Gilliam
Robert Zemeckis
Stanley Kubrick
Fred M Wilcox
Robert Wise
Nicholas Meyer
Steven Spielberg
Andrew Niccol
Steven Spielberg
Franklin J Schaffner
George Lucas
Terry Gilliam
David Lynch
John Carpenter
Alex Proyas
John McTiernan
Roland Emmerich
Paul Verhoeven
Roland Emmerich
Steven Spielberg
Stanley Kubrick
Joss Whedon
Robert Zemeckis
James McTeigue
James Cameron
Paul Verhoeven
Richard Kelly
Steven Spielberg
Neill Blomkamp
Fritz Lang
James Cameron
Michael Anderson
George Miller
Byron Haskin
Jonathan Frakes
Alfonso Cuaron
George Pal
Dean Parisot
Alex Proyas
Year Min.
1982 118
1977 125*
1979 117
1999 136
1968 139
1986 137
1997 127
1984 108
1991 135
1995 131
1985 116
1971 137
1956 98
1951 92
1982 113
1993 127
1997 106
1977 135
1968 112
1999 133*
1985 142
1984 137
1982 108
1998 100
1987 106
1994 122
1990 109
1996 110
1982 115
1964 94
2005 119
1996 150
2005 132
1989 145
1997 129
2001 122
2002 145
2009 112
1926 120
2009 162
1976 118
1979 93
1953 85
1996 110
2006 109
1960 103
1999 104
2004 115
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The Andromeda Strain
Pitch Black
Men in Black
Akira
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
X-Men
The Road Warrior (vt Mad Max 2)
Tron
A.I. - Artificial Intelligence
Solaris
Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home
RoboCop
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Soylent Green
Equilibrium
Moon
WALL-E
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Silent Running
THX-1138
Iron Man
The Thing (From Another World)
The Truman Show
Star Trek VI - Undiscovered Country
Escape From New York
The Incredibles
War of the Worlds
Fahrenheit 451
The Fly
Armageddon
Spider-Man
Superman
Young Frankenstein
I Am Legend
The Omega Man
Westworld
Sunshine
Pi
Them!
Night Of the Living Dead
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Cube
Stalker
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Spaceballs
Event Horizon
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Starman
The X-Files
Inception
Godzilla - King of the Monsters
Robert Wise
David Twohy
Barry Sonnenfeld
Katsuhiro Otomo
Michel Gondry
Bryan Singer
George Miller
Steven Lisberger
Steven Spielberg
Andrei Tarkovsky
J J Abrams
Leonard Nimoy
Paul Verhoeven
Don Siegel
Richard Fleischer
Kurt Wimmer
Duncan Jones
Andrew Stanton
Garth Jennings
Douglas Trumbull
George Lucas
Jon Favreau
Christian Nyby
Peter Weir
Nicholas Meyer
John Carpenter
Brad Bird
Steven Spielberg
Francois Truffaut
David Cronenberg
Michael Bay
Sam Raimi
Richard Donner
Mel Brooks
Francis Lawrence
Boris Sagal
Michael Crichton
Danny Boyle
Darren Aronofsky
Gordon Douglas
George A Romero
Jim Sharman
Vincenzo Natali
Andrei Tarkovsky
Richard Fleischer
Mel Brooks
Paul W S Anderson
Philip Kaufman
John Carpenter
Rob Bowman
Christopher Nolan
Terry Morse
1970
2000
1997
1987
2004
2000
1981
1982
2001
1972
2009
1986
1987
1956
1973
2002
2009
2008
2005
1971
1970
2008
1951
1998
1991
1981
2004
2005
1966
1986
1998
2002
1978
1974
2007
1971
1973
2007
1998
1954
1968
1975
1997
1979
1954
1987
1997
1978
1984
1998
2010
1954
127
107
98
124
108
104
96
96
145
165
127
119
102
80
100
106
97
98
109
89
88
126
89
104
101
99
115
116
111
100
144
121
143
106
101
98
88
107
85
94
96
95
90
161
127
96
96
115
115
117
148
80
A statistical survey of the Top 100 science fiction movies
* Average length of films in a series
Move Rank Title
0
1 Blade Runner
0
2 Star Wars Trilogy IV-VI (1977-83)
0
3 Alien
0
4 The Matrix
0
5 2001: A Space Odyssey
0
6 Aliens
0
7 The Fifth Element
0
8 The Terminator
0
9 Terminator 2 - Judgement Day
0
10 Twelve Monkeys
0
11 Back to the Future
0
12 A Clockwork Orange
1
13 Forbidden Planet
-1
14 The Day the Earth Stood Still
0
15 Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan
0
16 Jurassic Park
0
17 Gattaca
0
18 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
0
19 Planet of the Apes
0
20 Star Wars I-III (1999-2005)
0
21 Brazil
0
22 Dune
0
23 The Thing
0
24 Dark City
0
25 Predator
0
26 Stargate
0
27 Total Recall
0
28 Independence Day
1
29 E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial
-1
30 Dr Strangelove
1
31 Serenity
1
32 Contact
-2
33 V for Vendetta
0
34 The Abyss
1
35 Starship Troopers
-1
36 Donnie Darko
0
37 Minority Report
1
38 District 9
-1
39 Metropolis
2
40 Avatar
-1
41 Logan's Run
-1
42 Mad Max
0
43 The War of the Worlds
0
44 Star Trek: First Contact
1
45 Children of Men
-1
46 The Time Machine
2
47 Galaxy Quest
2
48 I, Robot
Director
Ridley Scott
George Lucas, et al
Ridley Scott
L & A Wachowski
Stanley Kubrick
James Cameron
Luc Besson
James Cameron
James Cameron
Terry Gilliam
Robert Zemeckis
Stanley Kubrick
Fred M Wilcox
Robert Wise
Nicholas Meyer
Steven Spielberg
Andrew Niccol
Steven Spielberg
Franklin J Schaffner
George Lucas
Terry Gilliam
David Lynch
John Carpenter
Alex Proyas
John McTiernan
Roland Emmerich
Paul Verhoeven
Roland Emmerich
Steven Spielberg
Stanley Kubrick
Joss Whedon
Robert Zemeckis
James McTeigue
James Cameron
Paul Verhoeven
Richard Kelly
Steven Spielberg
Neill Blomkamp
Fritz Lang
James Cameron
Michael Anderson
George Miller
Byron Haskin
Jonathan Frakes
Alfonso Cuaron
George Pal
Dean Parisot
Alex Proyas
Year Min.
1982 118
1977 125*
1979 117
1999 136
1968 139
1986 137
1997 127
1984 108
1991 135
1995 131
1985 116
1971 137
1956 98
1951 92
1982 113
1993 127
1997 106
1977 135
1968 112
1999 133*
1985 142
1984 137
1982 108
1998 100
1987 106
1994 122
1990 109
1996 110
1982 115
1964 94
2005 119
1996 150
2005 132
1989 145
1997 129
2001 122
2002 145
2009 112
1926 120
2009 162
1976 118
1979 93
1953 85
1996 110
2006 109
1960 103
1999 104
2004 115
-1
-3
1
2
-2
-1
0
1
-1
0
3
0
0
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0
0
2
3
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0
0
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0
0
1
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5
5
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3
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4
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-4
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1
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
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71
72
73
74
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78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
The Andromeda Strain
Pitch Black
Men in Black
Akira
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
X-Men
The Road Warrior (vt Mad Max 2)
Tron
A.I. - Artificial Intelligence
Solaris
Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home
RoboCop
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Soylent Green
Equilibrium
Moon
WALL-E
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Silent Running
THX-1138
Iron Man
The Thing (From Another World)
The Truman Show
Star Trek VI - Undiscovered Country
Escape From New York
The Incredibles
War of the Worlds
Fahrenheit 451
The Fly
Armageddon
Spider-Man
Superman
Young Frankenstein
I Am Legend
The Omega Man
Westworld
Sunshine
Pi
Them!
Night Of the Living Dead
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Cube
Stalker
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Spaceballs
Event Horizon
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Starman
The X-Files
Inception
Godzilla - King of the Monsters
Robert Wise
David Twohy
Barry Sonnenfeld
Katsuhiro Otomo
Michel Gondry
Bryan Singer
George Miller
Steven Lisberger
Steven Spielberg
Andrei Tarkovsky
J J Abrams
Leonard Nimoy
Paul Verhoeven
Don Siegel
Richard Fleischer
Kurt Wimmer
Duncan Jones
Andrew Stanton
Garth Jennings
Douglas Trumbull
George Lucas
Jon Favreau
Christian Nyby
Peter Weir
Nicholas Meyer
John Carpenter
Brad Bird
Steven Spielberg
Francois Truffaut
David Cronenberg
Michael Bay
Sam Raimi
Richard Donner
Mel Brooks
Francis Lawrence
Boris Sagal
Michael Crichton
Danny Boyle
Darren Aronofsky
Gordon Douglas
George A Romero
Jim Sharman
Vincenzo Natali
Andrei Tarkovsky
Richard Fleischer
Mel Brooks
Paul W S Anderson
Philip Kaufman
John Carpenter
Rob Bowman
Christopher Nolan
Terry Morse
1970
2000
1997
1987
2004
2000
1981
1982
2001
1972
2009
1986
1987
1956
1973
2002
2009
2008
2005
1971
1970
2008
1951
1998
1991
1981
2004
2005
1966
1986
1998
2002
1978
1974
2007
1971
1973
2007
1998
1954
1968
1975
1997
1979
1954
1987
1997
1978
1984
1998
2010
1954
127
107
98
124
108
104
96
96
145
165
127
119
102
80
100
106
97
98
109
89
88
126
89
104
101
99
115
116
111
100
144
121
143
106
101
98
88
107
85
94
96
95
90
161
127
96
96
115
115
117
148
80
