Science Fiction World

Films you should watch before you leave the planet. Ranked from 1 to 100.

1 Blade Runner Ridley Scott (1984)

2 Gattaca Andrew Niccol (1997)

3 The Fountain Darren Aronofsky (2004)

4 Star Wars Trilogy IV-VI George Lucas (1977-83)

5 Inception Christopher Nolan (2010)

6 The Matrix L & A Wachowski (1999)

7 2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick (1968)

8 Dune David Lynch (1984)

9 Brazil Terry Gilliam (1985)

10 Dark City Alex Proyas (1998)

11 E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg (1982)

12 The Thing John Carpenter (1982)

13 District 9 Neill Blomkamp (2009)

13 Tron: Legacy Joseph Kosinski (2010)

14 Alien Ridley Scott (1979)

15 The Day The Earth Stood Still Robert Wise (1951)

16 Twelve Monkeys Terry Gilliam (1995)

17 A Clockwork Orange Stanley Kubrick (1971)

18 Planet Of The Apes Franklin J Schaffner (1968)

19 Back To The Future Robert Zemeckis (1985)

20 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Steven Spielberg (1977)

21 Star Trek II - The Wrath Of Khan Nicholas Meyer (1982)

22 Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg (1993)

23 Aliens James Cameron (1986)

24 The Terminator James Cameron (1984)

25 Terminator 2 - Judgement Day James Cameron (1991)

26 Predator John Mctiernan (1987)

27 Dr Strangelove Stanley Kubrick (1964)

28 The Time Machine George Pal (1960)

29 Independence Day Roland Emmerich (1996)

30 Total Recall Paul Verhoeven (1990)

31 Stargate Roland Emmerich (1994)

32 Contact Robert Zemeckis (1996)

33 The Abyss James Cameron (1989)

34 Minority Report Steven Spielberg (2002)

35 Avatar James Cameron (2009)

36 Donnie Darko Richard Kelly (2001)

37 Serenity Joss Whedon (2005)

38 The War Of The Worlds Byron Haskin (1953)

39 Starship Troopers Paul Verhoeven (1997)

40 V For Vendetta James Mcteigue (2005)

41 Solaris Andrei Tarkovsky (1972)

42 Mad Max George Miller (1979)

43 Logan's Run Michael Anderson (1976)

44 Star Trek: First Contact Jonathan Frakes (1996)

45 The Andromeda Strain Robert Wise (1971)

46 Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Don Siegel (1956)

47 Dark Star John Carpenter (1974)

48 X-Men Bryan Singer (1994)

49 Men In Black Barry Sonnenfeld (1997)

50 Galaxy Quest Dean Parisot (1999)

51 Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior) George Miller (1981)

52 Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home Leonard Nimoy (1986)

53 Pitch Black David Twohy (2000)

54 Akira Katsuhiro Otomo (1987)

55 Fahrenheit 451 Francois Truffaut (1966)

56 Soylent Green Richard Fleischer (1973)

57 Robocop Paul Verhoeven (1987)

58 Tron Steven Lisberger (1982)

59 Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind Michel Gondry (2004)

60 A.I. - Artificial Intelligence Steven Spielberg (2001)

61 Silent Running Douglas Trumbull (1971)

62 I, Robot Alex Proyas (2004)

63 Thx-1138 George Lucas (1970)

64 Spider-Man Sam Raimi (2002)

65 The Fly David Cronenberg (1986)

66 Star Trek VI - Undiscovered Country Nicholas Meyer (1991)

67 Superman Richard Donner (1978)

68 Escape From New York John Carpenter (1981)

69 Equilibrium Kurt Wimmer (2002)

70 Tron: Legacy 3D Joseph Kosinski (2010)

71 The Omega Man Boris Sagal (1971)

72 War Of The Worlds Steven Spielberg (2005)

73 Westworld Michael Crichton (1973)

74 Stalker Andrei Tarkovsky (1979)

75 Source Code Duncan Jones (2011)

76 Armageddon Michael Bay (1998)

77 The Truman Show Peter Weir (1998)

78 Iron Man 2 Jon Favreau (2010)

79 Starman John Carpenter (1984)

80 Zardoz John Boorman (1974)

81 The Man Who Fell To Earth Nicolas Roeg (1976)

82 The X-Files Rob Bowman (1998)

83 Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Philip Kaufman (1978)

84 Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks (1974)

85 Hot Tub Time Machine Sean Anders, John Morris (2010)

86 The Adjustment Bureau George Nolfi (2011)

87 The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan (2008)

88 Iron Man Jon Favreau (2008)

89 Batman begins Christopher Nolan (2005)

90 Rollerball Norman Jewison (1975)

91 Daybreakers Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig (2009)

92 The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Garth Jennings (2005)

93 Pi Darren Aronofsky (1998)

94 Quatermass & The Pit Roy Ward Baker (1967)

95 Spaceballs Mel Brooks (1987)

96 Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai W D Richter (1984)

97 Forbidden Planet Fred M Wilcox (1956)

98 The Chronicles Of Riddick David Twohy (2004)

99 Solaris Steven Soderbergh (2002)

100 The Fifth Element Luc Besson (1997)