# The best sci-fi movies of the 1970s

The decade that went from Soviet philosophy to Star Wars: the best 1970s science fiction, based on Looper, Space.com and the Ranker fan vote.

- 165 votes · 15 items
- Oct 11, 2024 · frame24_sydney
- https://even.best/en/l/4082/the-best-sci-fi-movies-of-the-1970s

## Top 10

1. **Alien (1979)** (18 · ▲18 ▼0) — The crew of the Nostromo and the perfect organism.
2. **Star Wars (1977)** (14 · ▲14 ▼0) — A farm boy, a princess and the Death Star.
3. **A Clockwork Orange (1971)** (12 · ▲14 ▼2) — Alex and his droogs in Kubrick's near future.
4. **Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)** (9 · ▲12 ▼3) — Spielberg's five-note conversation with the aliens.
5. **Silent Running (1972)** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — The last forests drift through space in domes.
6. **Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)** (8 · ▲11 ▼3) — Pod people take over San Francisco.
7. **Westworld (1973)** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — A theme park where the robots break down, by Michael Crichton.
8. **Soylent Green (1973)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — An overcrowded 2022 and a terrible secret.
9. **Stalker (1979)** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — A guide leads two men into the Zone, by Tarkovsky.
10. **Solaris (1972)** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — A space station orbiting a thinking ocean, from Stanisław Lem.
11. **Dark Star (1974)** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — John Carpenter's debut: a bored crew and a talking bomb.
12. **Superman (1978)** (4 · ▲7 ▼3) — Christopher Reeve makes you believe a man can fly.
13. **Logan's Run (1976)** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — A city where no one may live past 30.
14. **Mad Max (1979)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — A highway cop in a collapsing Australia.
15. **THX 1138 (1971)** (3 · ▲6 ▼3) — George Lucas's sterile underground dystopia.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.