# The best sci-fi movies of the 1950s

Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Fly, Godzilla, Them! and Forbidden Planet: the best-reviewed 1950s science fiction classics on Rotten Tomatoes.

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- Oct 28, 2025 · Laura Thomas
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## Top 20

1. **Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
2. **The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 95% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
3. **The Fly (1958)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 95% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
4. **Godzilla (1954)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 94% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
5. **Them! (1954)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 93% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
6. **Forbidden Planet (1956)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 94% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
7. **The Thing (1951)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 87% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
8. **The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 83% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
9. **Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 80% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
10. **The Man in the White Suit (1951)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
11. **The Man From Planet X (1951)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
12. **Tarantula (1955)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 93% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
13. **20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 90% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
14. **The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 91% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
15. **The War of the Worlds (1953)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 89% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
16. **The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 89% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
17. **Invaders From Mars (1953)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 88% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
18. **I Married a Monster From Outer Space (1958)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 92% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
19. **Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 84% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
20. **The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 82% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

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