Top 100 Sci-Fi Films

A statistical survey of the Top 100 science fiction movies

* Average length of films in a series
Move Rank Title Director Year Min.
0 1 Blade Runner Ridley Scott 1982 118

0 2 Star Wars Trilogy IV-VI (1977-83) George Lucas, et al 1977 125*

0 3 Alien Ridley Scott 1979 117

0 4 The Matrix L & A Wachowski 1999 136

0 5 2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick 1968 139

0 6 Aliens James Cameron 1986 137

0 7 The Fifth Element Luc Besson 1997 127

0 8 The Terminator James Cameron 1984 108

0 9 Terminator 2 - Judgement Day James Cameron 1991 135

0 10 Twelve Monkeys Terry Gilliam 1995 131

0 11 Back to the Future Robert Zemeckis 1985 116

0 12 A Clockwork Orange Stanley Kubrick 1971 137

1 13 Forbidden Planet Fred M Wilcox 1956 98

-1 14 The Day the Earth Stood Still Robert Wise 1951 92

0 15 Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan Nicholas Meyer 1982 113

0 16 Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg 1993 127

0 17 Gattaca Andrew Niccol 1997 106

0 18 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Steven Spielberg 1977 135

0 19 Planet of the Apes Franklin J Schaffner 1968 112

0 20 Star Wars I-III (1999-2005) George Lucas 1999 133*

0 21 Brazil Terry Gilliam 1985 142

0 22 Dune David Lynch 1984 137

0 23 The Thing John Carpenter 1982 108

0 24 Dark City Alex Proyas 1998 100

0 25 Predator John McTiernan 1987 106

0 26 Stargate Roland Emmerich 1994 122

0 27 Total Recall Paul Verhoeven 1990 109

0 28 Independence Day Roland Emmerich 1996 110

1 29 E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg 1982 115

-1 30 Dr Strangelove Stanley Kubrick 1964 94

1 31 Serenity Joss Whedon 2005 119

1 32 Contact Robert Zemeckis 1996 150

-2 33 V for Vendetta James McTeigue 2005 132

0 34 The Abyss James Cameron 1989 145

1 35 Starship Troopers Paul Verhoeven 1997 129

-1 36 Donnie Darko Richard Kelly 2001 122

0 37 Minority Report Steven Spielberg 2002 145

1 38 District 9 Neill Blomkamp 2009 112

-1 39 Metropolis Fritz Lang 1926 120

2 40 Avatar James Cameron 2009 162

-1 41 Logan's Run Michael Anderson 1976 118

-1 42 Mad Max George Miller 1979 93

0 43 The War of the Worlds Byron Haskin 1953 85

0 44 Star Trek: First Contact Jonathan Frakes 1996 110

1 45 Children of Men Alfonso Cuaron 2006 109

-1 46 The Time Machine George Pal 1960 103

2 47 Galaxy Quest Dean Parisot 1999 104

2 48 I, Robot Alex Proyas 2004 115

-1 49 The Andromeda Strain Robert Wise 1970 127

-3 50 Pitch Black David Twohy 2000 107

1 51 Men in Black Barry Sonnenfeld 1997 98

2 52 Akira Katsuhiro Otomo 1987 124

-2 53 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michel Gondry 2004 108

-1 54 X-Men Bryan Singer 2000 104

0 55 The Road Warrior (vt Mad Max 2) George Miller 1981 96

1 56 Tron Steven Lisberger 1982 96

-1 57 A.I. - Artificial Intelligence Steven Spielberg 2001 145

0 58 Solaris Andrei Tarkovsky 1972 165

3 59 Star Trek (2009) J J Abrams 2009 127

0 60 Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home Leonard Nimoy 1986 119

0 61 RoboCop Paul Verhoeven 1987 102

-3 62 Invasion of the Body Snatchers Don Siegel 1956 80

0 63 Soylent Green Richard Fleischer 1973 100

0 64 Equilibrium Kurt Wimmer 2002 106

2 65 Moon Duncan Jones 2009 97

3 66 WALL-E Andrew Stanton 2008 98

-1 67 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Garth Jennings 2005 109

-3 68 Silent Running Douglas Trumbull 1971 89

-1 69 THX-1138 George Lucas 1970 88

1 70 Iron Man Jon Favreau 2008 126

-1 71 The Thing (From Another World) Christian Nyby 1951 89

3 72 The Truman Show Peter Weir 1998 104

1 73 Star Trek VI - Undiscovered Country Nicholas Meyer 1991 101

-2 74 Escape From New York John Carpenter 1981 99

-2 75 The Incredibles Brad Bird 2004 115

0 76 War of the Worlds Steven Spielberg 2005 116

0 77 Fahrenheit 451 Francois Truffaut 1966 111

0 78 The Fly David Cronenberg 1986 100

1 79 Armageddon Michael Bay 1998 144

-1 80 Spider-Man Sam Raimi 2002 121

0 81 Superman Richard Donner 1978 143

0 82 Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks 1974 106

1 83 I Am Legend Francis Lawrence 2007 101

-1 84 The Omega Man Boris Sagal 1971 98

0 85 Westworld Michael Crichton 1973 88

5 86 Sunshine Danny Boyle 2007 107

5 87 Pi Darren Aronofsky 1998 85

-1 88 Them! Gordon Douglas 1954 94

-3 89 Night Of the Living Dead George A Romero 1968 96

-2 90 The Rocky Horror Picture Show Jim Sharman 1975 95

-1 91 Cube Vincenzo Natali 1997 90

3 92 Stalker Andrei Tarkovsky 1979 161

-4 93 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Richard Fleischer 1954 127

4 94 Spaceballs Mel Brooks 1987 96

2 95 Event Horizon Paul W S Anderson 1997 96

0 96 Invasion of the Body Snatchers Philip Kaufman 1978 115

-4 97 Starman John Carpenter 1984 115

-4 98 The X-Files Rob Bowman 1998 117

99 Inception Christopher Nolan 2010 148

1 100 Godzilla - King of the Monsters Terry Morse 1954 80