The best science fiction movies of all time
The top 3 according to 19 votes from people: Blade Runner · Interstellar · Solaris. (Updated Dec 20, 2024.)
The science fiction films that come up most often in critics' lists and in FilmAffinity and IMDb user rankings, from 1920s classics to recent auteur sci-fi.
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Top 25
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Blade Runner
Ridley Scott, 1982. Harrison Ford hunts replicants in a rainy 2019 Los Angeles; based on Philip K. Dick.
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Interstellar
Christopher Nolan, 2014. A journey through a wormhole to save humanity, advised by physicist Kip Thorne.
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Solaris
Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972. An alien ocean materialises the memories of the scientists on a space station.
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Dune: Part Two
Denis Villeneuve, 2024. Paul Atreides joins the Fremen; the most acclaimed Frank Herbert adaptation.
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2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick, 1968. From the dawn of man to HAL 9000 and the monolith; the genre's ultimate reference.
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Alien
Ridley Scott, 1979. Horror in space with Sigourney Weaver as Lieutenant Ripley.
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Steven Spielberg, 1977. UFOs arrive at Devils Tower to the rhythm of five notes.
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Children of Men
Alfonso Cuarón, 2006. A future in which no one can have children; famous for its long takes.
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Mad Max: Fury Road
George Miller, 2015. A two-hour chase across the desert; it won six technical Oscars.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Michel Gondry, 2004. A couple erase their memories of each other; Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Charlie Kaufman.
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Metropolis
Fritz Lang, 1927. The city of the future divided between workers and elite, and the robot Maria.
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The Matrix
Lana and Lilly Wachowski, 1999. Neo discovers the world is a simulation; it popularised 'bullet time'.
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Stalker
Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979. Three men cross the mysterious Zone in search of a room that grants wishes.
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Irvin Kershner, 1980. The sequel many consider the best of the saga, with 'I am your father'.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
James Cameron, 1991. Schwarzenegger protects John Connor from the liquid-metal T-1000.
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Back to the Future
Robert Zemeckis, 1985. Marty McFly travels to 1955 in Doc Brown's DeLorean.
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Steven Spielberg, 1982. A boy hides a lost alien; it was the highest-grossing film for a decade.
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Blade Runner 2049
Denis Villeneuve, 2017. The sequel with Ryan Gosling; Best Cinematography Oscar for Roger Deakins.
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Arrival
Denis Villeneuve, 2016. A linguist tries to communicate with the heptapods; based on a story by Ted Chiang.
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Aliens
James Cameron, 1986. Ripley returns with colonial marines: more action without losing the horror.
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Planet of the Apes
Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968. Charlton Heston and one of the most famous endings in cinema.
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Inception
Christopher Nolan, 2010. Thieves who infiltrate dreams; the spinning top at the end.
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Gattaca
Andrew Niccol, 1997. An 'invalid' man impersonates another in a society of designer genetics.
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The Thing
John Carpenter, 1982. A creature that imitates any organism in an Antarctic base.
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WALL-E
Andrew Stanton (Pixar), 2008. A cleaning robot alone on an Earth covered in rubbish.
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Comments (11)
Volví a ver Stalker en el cine de la Filmoteca este mes, en pantalla grande es otra cosa.
Sin Gattaca más arriba no hay paz. Es mi favorita.
Hijos de los hombres está infravalorada, ese plano secuencia final en la guerra es increíble.
2001 primero, totalmente de acuerdo. Una película que no envejece.
Dune parte dos en una lista de mejores de la historia ya? un poco pronto no?
Pronto pero se lo merece, la escena de los gusanos en IMAX fue brutal.
Falta Contact con Jodie Foster
Eterno resplandor (¡Olvídate de mí!) como ciencia ficción, buen detalle.
Mi top: Blade Runner, Alien y Matrix. Lo demás está bien, pero esas tres son otra liga.
Stalker en el top 5 me ha sorprendido para bien, se ve poco por aquí.
Lista de manual, la típica de siempre. Muy poco original.