List of science fiction films - Definition and Overview

The tone of science fiction films is often a guide to the tone of the times the film was made: other worlds and species are viewed in turn as wonderful, terrifying, threatening, incomprehensible, and childishly benign.

The following list of science fiction films include many that are notable and quite a few that are considered mediocre.

Before 1930

1902

• A Trip to the Moon (original title Le voyage dans la lune)

1916

• Verdens Undergang

1917

• Himmelskibet

1919

• First Men in the Moon

1924

• Aelita

1925

• The Lost World

1927

• Metropolis

1929

• Frau im Mond (A Woman in the Moon)

1930s

1931

• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• Frankenstein

1933

• King Kong
• The Invisible Man

1935

• Bride of Frankenstein

1936

• Flash Gordon (serial)

1938

• Things to Come

1940s

1940

• Dr. Cyclops
• The Invisible Man Returns

1942

• The Invisible Agent

1950s

1950

• Destination Moon
• Rocketship X-M

1951

• Flight to Mars
• The Day the Earth Stood Still
• The Lost Continent
• The Thing From Another World (Howard Hawks original)
• When Worlds Collide

1953

• Donovan's Brain
• Invaders from Mars
• Project Moonbase
• Robot Monster
• The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
• The War of the Worlds

1954

• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
• Creature from the Black Lagoon
• Devil Girl From Mars
• Godzilla (original title ゴジラ Gojira)
• Journey to the Beginning of Time
• Them!
• This Island Earth

1955

• Conquest of Space
• It Came From Beneath The Sea
• The Quatermass Xperiment (based on the BBC Television serial The Quatermass Experiment)
• This Island Earth
• World Without End

1956

• Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
• Forbidden Planet
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• X the Unknown

1957

• 20 Million Miles to Earth
• Chikyu Boeigun
• Kronos
• Quatermass 2 (Enemy From Space)
• The Amazing Colossal Man
• The Beginning of the End
• The Incredible Shrinking Man

1958

• Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
• Fiend Without a Face
• From the Earth to the Moon
• I Married a Monster from Outer Space
• It! The Terror from Beyond Space
• Missile to the Moon
• Plan 9 from Outer Space
• The Blob
• The Fly
• The Trollenberg Terror

1959

• 4D Man
• Journey to the Center of the Earth
• On the Beach
• The Angry Red Planet
• The World, the Flesh, and the Devil

1960s

1960

• The Time Machine

1961

• Mysterious Island
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1962

• Journey to the 7th Planet
• La Jetée

1963

• Day of the Triffids
• The Brain That Wouldn't Die
• X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

1964

• First Men In The Moon
• Robinson Crusoe on Mars
• Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
• The Atomic Brain

1965

• Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution
• Dr. Who and the Daleks
• Time Travellers

1966

• Daleks—Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
• Fahrenheit 451
• Fantastic Voyage
• Our Man Flint
• Seconds

1968

• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Barbarella
• Charly
• Green Slime
• Planet of the Apes
• Quatermass and the Pit (Five Million Years to Earth)

1969

• Colossus: the Forbin Project
• Doppelgänger (Journey to the Far Side of the Sun)
• Marooned
• The Illustrated Man
• The Valley of Gwangi

1970s

1970

• Beneath the Planet of the Apes
• Der Grosse Verhau (The Big Mess)
• THX 1138

1971

• A Clockwork Orange
• Escape from the Planet of the Apes
• The Andromeda Strain
• The Omega Man

1972

• Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
• Silent Running
• Slaughterhouse Five
• Solaris (original Russian title Солярис--literal English translation: "Solyaris")

1973

• Battle for the Planet of the Apes
• Fantastic Planet
• Invasion of the Bee Girls
• Sleeper
• Soylent Green
• Westworld

1974

• Dark Star
• Flesh Gordon
• The Terminal Man
• Zardoz

1975

• Doc Savage - The Man of Bronze
• Futureworld
• Logan's Run
• Rollerball
• The Man Who Fell to Earth
• The Stepford Wives

1977

• A Boy and his Dog
• At the Earth's Core
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind
• Damnation Alley
• Death Race 2000
• Demon Seed
• King Kong
• Star Wars
• The Island of Dr. Moreau
• The People That Time Forgot

1978

• Capricorn One
• Coma
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• The Boys from Brazil
• Battlestar Galactica

1979

• Alien
• Mad Max
• Meteor
• Moonraker
• The Quatermass Conclusion
• Stalker
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• The Black Hole
• Time After Time

1980s

1980

• Altered States
• Battle Beyond the Stars
• Galaxina
• Saturn 3
• Somewhere in Time
• The Empire Strikes Back

1981

• Escape from New York
• Heavy Metal
• Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
• Outland
• Scanners
• The Incredible Shrinking Woman

1982

• Blade Runner
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• The Thing (John Carpenter remake)
• Tron

1983

• Born in Flames
• Le Prix du Danger
• Return of the Jedi
• The Dead Zone

1984

• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
• Dreamscape
• Dune (David Lynch version)
• Firestarter
• The Last Starfighter
• Metropolis
• Night of the Comet
• Nineteen Eighty-Four
• The Philadelphia Experiment
• Sexmisja
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
• Starman
• The Terminator
• Two Thousand Ten: Odyssey Two

1985

• Back to the Future
• Brazil
• Cocoon
• D.A.R.Y.L.
• Enemy Mine
• Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
• The Quiet Earth

1986

• Aliens
• The Fly
• Howard the Duck
• Short Circuit
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

1987

• Innerspace
• Predator
• Robocop
• Spaceballs

1988

• Akira (animated film by Katsuhiro Ôtomo)
• Alien Nation
• Miracle Mile
• They Live

1989

• The Abyss
• Back to the Future Part II
• Cyborg
• Millennium
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

1990s

1990

• Predator 2
• Robocop 2
• The Handmaid's Tale
• The Rocketeer
• Total Recall

1991

• Delicatessen
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1992

• Alien 3
• Batman Returns
• Freejack
• The Lawnmower Man
• Universal Soldier

1993

• Demolition Man
• Fire in the Sky
• Ghost in the Machine
• Jurassic Park
• Robocop 3

1994

• Stargate
• Star Trek: Generations
• Timecop

1995

• Ghost in the Shell
• Harrison Bergeron
• Johnny Mnemonic
• Judge Dredd
• Outbreak
• Screamers
• Species
• Strange Days
• The City of Lost Children
• Twelve Monkeys
• Virtuosity
• Waterworld

1996

• Barb Wire
• Escape from L.A.
• Independence Day
• Mars Attacks
• Multiplicity
• Star Trek: First Contact
• The Island of Dr. Moreau

1997

• Alien: Resurrection
• Contact
• Batman & Robin
• Event Horizon
• Gattaca
• Men in Black
• Nirvana
• Spawn
• Starship Troopers
• The Fifth Element
• The Postman

1998

• Armageddon
• Dark City
• Godzilla — See also the Godzilla description.
• Lost in Space
• Soldier
• Species II
• Sphere
• Star Trek: Insurrection

1999

• Deep Impact
• eXistenZ
• Galaxy Quest
• My Favorite Martian
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
• The Bicentennial Man
• The Iron Giant
• The Matrix
• The Thirteenth Floor
• Wing Commander

2000s

2000

• Battlefield Earth
• Frequency
• Hollow Man
• Mission to Mars
• Pitch Black
• Red Planet
• The Cell
• Titan A.E.

2001

• A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
• Avalon
• Donnie Darko
• Evolution
• Ghosts of Mars
• Planet of the Apes
• Vanilla Sky

2002

• Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
• Equilibrium
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
• Firestarter 2: Rekindled
• Men in Black II
• Minority Report
• Resident Evil
• Rollerball
• S1m0ne
• Signs
• Solaris
• Spider-Man
• Star Trek: Nemesis
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
• The Adventures of Pluto Nash
• The Time Machine

2003

• Code 46
• Daredevil
• Hulk
• It's All About Love
• Paycheck
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
• The Core
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
• The Matrix Reloaded
• The Matrix Revolutions
• Timeline
• X2

2004

• Alien vs. Predator
• Catwoman
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• I, Robot
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
• Spider-Man 2
• The Butterfly Effect
• The Chronicles of Riddick
• The Day After Tomorrow
• The Final Cut
• The Stepford Wives
• Thunderbirds

2005 (To be released)

• A Sound of Thunder
• Robots
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• War of the Worlds

See also

• Arthur C. Clarke's list of the best science fiction films
• Anime
• Fantasy films (as distinct from science fiction films)
• Horror films
• List of anime
• List of fantasy films
• List of horror films
• List of lists