Best Science Fiction Films (Popular Mechanics)

The best science fiction films, as chosen by Popular Mechanics. Can you name them all?

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Last updated: January 20, 2015

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	Year	Movie
1	1968	2001: A Space Odyssey
2	1982	Blade Runner
3	1997	Gattaca
4	1986	Aliens
5	1927	Metropolis
6	1977	Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7	1980	Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
8	1982	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
9	1984	The Terminator
10	1968	Planet of the Apes
11	1951	The Day the Earth Stood Still
12	1979	Alien
13	1987	RoboCop
14	1956	Forbidden Planet
15	2008	Wall-E
16	1976	Logan's Run
17	1992	Terminator 2: Judgement Day
18	1988	Akira
19	1998	Dark City
20	2006	Children of Men
21	1986	The Fly
22	1902	A Trip to the Moon
23	1990	Total Recall
24	1977	Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope
25	1999	The Matrix
26	2002	Minority Report
27	2009	District 9
28	1971	A Clockwork Orange
29	1982	Tron
30	2007	Sunshine
31	1979	Mad Max
32	1982	The Thing
33	1993	Jurassic Park
34	2006	Idiocracy
35	2004	Primer
36	1982	E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
37	1995	Ghost in the Shell
38	1972	Solaris
39	1985	Brazil
40	1954	Gojira
41	2001	Donnie Darko
42	1996	Star Trek: First Contact
43	1985	Back to the Future
44	1976	The Man Who Fell to Earth
45	1985	Enemy Mine
46	1973	Soylent Green
47	2009	Moon
48	1997	Starship Troopers
49	2006	A Scanner Darkly
50	2009	Avatar

	Year	Movie
51	1960	The Time Machine
52	1971	The Andromeda Strain
53	1997	Abre Los Ojos
54	1987	Predator
55	1997	Contact
56	2004	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
57	1984	1984
58	1951	When Worlds Collide
59	1984	The Last Starfighter
60	1931	Frankenstein
61	1995	12 Monkeys
62	1980	Altered States
63	1978	Invasion of the Body Snatchers
64	1950	Destination Moon
65	1954	Them!
66	1984	Repo Man
67	1971	THX-1138
68	1973	Sleeper
69	2010	Inception
70	1965	Alphaville
71	1975	Rollerball
72	1962	Day of the Triffids
73	1963	Ikarie XB-1
74	1986	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
75	1974	Dark Star
76	1981	Outland
77	1981	Scanners
78	1966	Fahrenheit 451
79	1973	Fantastic Planet
80	1997	Cube
81	2011	Rise of the Planet of the Apes
82	1984	Dreamscape
83	1979	Stalker
84	1997	Men in Black
85	2008	Sleep Dealer
86	1984	Starman
87	2006	The Fountain
88	1999	eXistenZ
89	1999	Galaxy Quest
90	1953	War of the Worlds
91	1988	They Live
92	1972	Silent Running
93	1971	Escape From the Planet of the Apes
94	1979	The Black Hole
95	2005	Serenity
96	1973	Westworld
97	1995	City of Lost Children
98	2011	Attack of the Block
99	2009	Splice
100	1981	Escape From New York

Ponderosa

level 74

Jan 19, 2015

This list was written in 2013, as far as I could tell. That would explain the exclusion of Interstellar - a movie that I enjoyed, although a lot of people dislike it for understandable reasons. Return of the Jedi should have been on here, and I think even Revenge of the Sith is better than some of the films included here. On the plus side, I was happy to see Gattaca and Contact.

camus

level 71

Jan 19, 2015

Cool list! Would you accept titles without "the" and both Roman and Arabic numerals?

Ponderosa

level 74

Jan 20, 2015

Added more type-ins!

benj2016

level 44

Nov 19, 2015

Great list. Could you add like the major actor role as a clue, for those who don't know a lot of these amazing films?

kinjapan

level 63

Mar 7, 2016

Great list! I would imagine a newer list would have Ex Machina on it as well, and The Force Awakens. Weird Jedi didn't make the cut, especially with The Black Hole on there.

kinjapan

level 63

Mar 7, 2016

Could you allow for forgetting "the" or "of" in Eternal Sunshine or Attack the Block?