The Best Classic Science Fiction Films Ever Made
“What are the best Classic Science Fiction Movies?” We looked at 369 of the top Classic Sci-fi films, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top 24 films, all appearing on 4 or more “Best Classic Sci-fi” movie lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 300+ movies, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.
Happy Scrolling!
Top 24 Classic Science Fiction Movies
24 .) Barbarella (1968) directed by Roger Vadim
Lists It Appears On:
- Cheat Sheet
- Futurism
- IMDB 2
- Wired
In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.
23 .) Blade Runner (1982) directed by Ridley Scott
Lists It Appears On:
- Cheat Sheet
- Futurism
- IMDB
- Ranker
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
22 .) Destination Moon (1950) directed by Irving Pichel
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- Den Of Geek
- List Challenges
- Wikipedia
Postulates the first manned trip to the moon, happening in the (then) near future, and being funded by a consortium of private backers. Assorted difficulties occur and must be overcome in-flight. Attempted to be realistic, with Robert A. Heinlein providing advice.
21 .) Earth vs. the Flying Saucers directed by Fred F. Sears
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Ranker
- Wikipedia
Test space rockets exploding at liftoff and increased reporting of UFO sightings culminate in a direct attempt by alien survivors of a dead, extra-galactic civilization to invade Earth from impervious flying saucers, using ray-weapons of mass destruction.
20 .) Killers From Space (1954) directed by W. Lee Wilder
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- Retrovision
- Wikipedia
Atomic scientist/pilot Doug Martin is missing after his plane crashes on an reconnaissance mission after a nuclear test. Miraculously appearing unhurt at the base later, he is given sodium amethol, but authorities are skeptical of his story that he was captured by aliens determined to conquer the Earth with giant monsters and insects. Martin vows to use existing technology to destroy them.
19 .) The Andromeda Strain (1971) directed by Robert Wise
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Ranker
- Wired
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force’s Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont – an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby – survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents..
18 .) The Man From Planet X (1951) directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- Wikipedia
While watching for a planet that may collide with earth, scientists stationed in Scotland are approached by a visitor from outer space.
17 .) The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) directed by Val Guest
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- Wikipedia
The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer’s field, and is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.
16 .) Westworld (1973) directed by Michael Crichton
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Ranker
- Wired
In a futuristic resort, wealthy patrons can visit recreations of different time periods and experience their wildest fantasies with life-like robots. But when Richard Benjamin opts for the wild west, he gets more than he bargained for when a gunslinger robot goes berserk.
15 .) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) directed by Don Siegel
Lists It Appears On:
- Den Of Geek
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Ranker
- Wikipedia
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
14 .) Logan’s Run (1976) directed by Michael Anderson
Lists It Appears On:
- Cheat Sheet
- Futurism
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Ranker
An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: All citizens get a chance of being ‘renewed’ in a Civic Ceremony at their 30th birthday, unless they run and escape before their time comes.
13 .) Planet of the Apes (1968) directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Lists It Appears On:
- Cheat Sheet
- Futurism
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Ranker
An U.S. Spaceship lands on a desolate planet, stranding astronaut Taylor in a world dominated by apes, 2000 years into the future, who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
12 .) The Blob (1958) directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
Lists It Appears On:
- Cheat Sheet
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Ranker
- Wikipedia
A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to discover the substance and live to tell about it, Steve and Jane witness the blob destroying an elderly man and grow to a terrifying size. But no one else has seen the goo, and policeman Dave refuses to believe the kids without proof.
11 .) Invaders From Mars (1953) directed by William Cameron Menzies
Lists It Appears On:
- Den Of Geek
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- Wikipedia
In the early hours of the night, young David Maclean sees a flying saucer land and disappear into the sand dunes just beyond his house. Slowly, all of the adults, including his once loving parents, begin to act strangely.
10 .) It Came from Outer Space (1953) directed by Jack Arnold
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- Den Of Geek
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- Wikipedia
Author & amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona, but Putnam becomes a local object of scorn when, after examining the object up close, he announces that it is a spacecraft, and that it is inhabited…
9 .) The Fly (1958) directed by Kurt Neumann
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- Cheat Sheet
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Ranker
- Wikipedia
In Montreal, the industrial François Delambre is called late night by his sister-in-law Helene Delambre. She tells him that she has just killed her beloved husband Andre Delambre, using the press of their plant to press his head and left hand. François calls his acquaintance, Inspector Charas, and later the reluctant Helene is convinced to tell them what happened. She explains that Andre had invented a matter transportation apparatus, and while experimenting with himself, a fly entered the chamber, exchanging one hand and the head with him after the transference.
8 .) The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) directed by Jack Arnold
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- Den Of Geek
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Ranker
- Wikipedia
While on a boating trip, Scott Carey is exposed to a radioactive cloud. Nothing seems amiss at first, but several months later Scott realizes that he’s shrunk in height by several inches. He sees a doctor, who admits that he’s baffled. As Scott continues to shrink, decreasing to three feet tall, he becomes bitter, and lashes out at his wife, Louise. He begins to fear a cure will never be found — since even as he becomes a national sensation, he’s still shrinking.
7 .) The Thing from Another World (1951) directed by Christian Nyby
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- Wikipedia
Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.
6 .) The War of the Worlds (1953) directed by Byron Haskin
Lists It Appears On:
- Den Of Geek
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- Wikipedia
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, but their joy is short-lived when they discover it has passengers who are not very friendly.
5 .) This Island Earth (1955) directed by Joseph M. Newman
Lists It Appears On:
- Den Of Geek
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- Wikipedia
Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.
4 .) When Worlds Collide (1951) directed by Rudolph Maté
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- Wikipedia
When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it’s accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.
3 .) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) directed by Robert Wise
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- Den Of Geek
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- Wikipedia
An alien and a robot land on earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction. A classic science fiction film from Robert Wise with an exceptional message.
2 .) Them! (1954) directed by Gordon Douglas
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- Den Of Geek
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- Wikipedia
Nuclear tests in the desert result in the growth of gigantic mutant ants who menace cities in the American south-west as a team of investigators and the army search for a way to control their spread in this Cold War-era monster film.
1 .) Forbidden Planet (1956) directed by Fred M. Wilcox
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- Cheat Sheet
- Den Of Geek
- Futurism
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Ranker
- Wikipedia
A rescue team from earth lands their flying saucer-like spacecraft on an alien world, to discover they are not only not welcomed by the lone survivor of a missing scientific expedition sent there two decades earlier, but, once they have determined to investigate the deaths of his colleagues and bring him back home by force, along with his planet-born daughter, find themselves subjected to assault by something invisible which seems intent on preventing them from leaving the planet, ever.
The 300+ Additional Best Science Fiction Classics
| # | Movies | Directors | Lists |
| 25 | 20 Million Miles to Earth | Nathan Juran | IMDB |
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| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 26 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | Stanley Kubrick |
Cheat Sheet
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| – | – | – | Wired |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 27 | Alien (1979) | Ridley Scott | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
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Cheat Sheet
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| 28 | Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) | Bernard L. Kowalski | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| – | – | – | Retrovision |
| 29 | Creature from the Black Lagoon | Jack Arnold | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 30 | Dark Star (1974) | John Carpenter | Futurism |
| – | – | – | Wired |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 31 | Day the World Ended (1955) | Roger Corman | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
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List Challenges
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| 32 | Five | Arch Oboler |
List Challenges
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| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 33 | I Married a Monster from Outer Space | Gene Fowler Jr. | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 34 | Indestructible Man (1956) | Jack Pollexfen | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| – | – | – | Retrovision |
| 35 | It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955) | Robert Gordon | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
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List Challenges
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| 36 | It Conquered the World (1956) | Roger Corman | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 37 |
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
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Wikipedia | |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| – | – | – | BFI |
| 38 | Metropolis (1927) | Fritz Lang | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 39 | Rocketship X-M (1950) | Kurt Neumann | Wikipedia |
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List Challenges
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| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 40 | Soylent Green (1973) | Richard Fleischer | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 41 | Target Earth (1954) | Wikipedia | |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
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List Challenges
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| 42 | The Beast with a Million Eyes | David Kramarsky |
List Challenges
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| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 43 | The Deadly Mantis | Nathan Juran | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 44 | The Giant Gila Monster (1959) | Ray Kellogg | Wikipedia |
| – | – | – | Retrovision |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| 45 | The Magnetic Monster (1953) | Curt Siodmak | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
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List Challenges
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| 46 | The Time Machine (1960) | George Pal | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 47 | 12 Monkeys (1995) | Ranker | |
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Cheat Sheet
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| 48 | 1984 (1956) | Michael Anderson | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | Futurism |
| 49 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) | Richard Fleischer | Wikipedia |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 50 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | Stanley Kubrick | Ranker |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 51 | 4D Man | Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 52 | A Trip to the Moon (1902) | Georges Méliès | Ranker |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 53 | Atom Age Vampire (1963) | Anton Giulio Majano | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Retrovision |
| 54 | Attack of the 50 Foot Woman | Nathan Juran | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 55 | Attack of the Crab Monsters | Roger Corman | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 56 | Attack of the Puppet People | Bert I. Gordon | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 57 | Battle Beyond the Sun (1959) | Wikipedia | |
| – | – | – | Retrovision |
| 58 | Beginning of the End | Bert I. Gordon | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 59 | Brazil (1985) |
Cheat Sheet
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| – | – | – | Futurism |
| 60 | Cat-Women of the Moon (1953) | Wikipedia | |
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List Challenges
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| 61 | Creature With the Atom Brain (1955) | Wikipedia | |
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List Challenges
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| 62 | Devil Girl From Mars (1954) | Wikipedia | |
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List Challenges
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| 63 | Donovan’s Brain | Felix E. Feist | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 64 | Fahrenheit 451 (1966) | François Truffaut | IMDB |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 65 | Fiend Without a Face | Arthur Crabtree | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 66 | First Man Into Space | Robert Day | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 67 | Flight to Mars (1951) | Wikipedia | |
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List Challenges
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| 68 | Frankenstein (1931) | James Whale | Ranker |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 69 | From Hell It Came | Dan Milner | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 70 | Gog (1954) | Wikipedia | |
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List Challenges
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| 71 | Invasion of the Saucer Men | Wikipedia | |
| – | – | – | Retrovision |
| 72 | Invasion of the Triffids (1963) | Steve Sekely | IMDB |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 73 | Invisible Invaders | Edward L. Cahn | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 74 | It! The Terror from Beyond Space | Edward L. Cahn | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 75 | Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969) | Robert Parrish | IMDB |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 76 | King Dinosaur (1955) | Wikipedia | |
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List Challenges
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| 77 | Kronos | Kurt Neumann | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 78 | Lost Continent | Wikipedia | |
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List Challenges
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| 79 | Mad Max (1979) |
Cheat Sheet
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| – | – | – | Futurism |
| 80 | Mesa of Lost Women (1953) | Wikipedia | |
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| 81 | Monster from Green Hell | Kenneth G. Crane | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 82 | Monster From the Ocean Floor (1954) | Wikipedia | |
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List Challenges
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| 83 | Monster on the Campus | Jack Arnold | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 84 | Night of the Blood Beast | Bernard L. Kowalski | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 85 | Not of This Earth | Roger Corman | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 86 | On the Beach | Wikipedia | |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 87 | Phantom From Space (1953) | Wikipedia | |
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List Challenges
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| 88 | Radar Men From the Moon (1952) | Wikipedia | |
| – | – | – | Retrovision |
| 89 | Re-Animator (1985) |
Cheat Sheet
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| – | – | – | Futurism |
| 90 | Red Planet Mars (1952) | Wikipedia | |
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List Challenges
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| 91 | Revenge of the Creature | Jack Arnold | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 92 | Riders to the Stars (1954) | Wikipedia | |
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List Challenges
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| 93 | Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) | Byron Haskin | Wired |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 94 | Robot Monster (1953) | Wikipedia | |
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List Challenges
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| 95 | Silent Running (1972) | Douglas Trumbull | Futurism |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 96 | Sleeper (1973) | Woody Allen | Wired |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 97 | Spaceways (1953) | Wikipedia | |
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List Challenges
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| 98 | Starship Troopers (1997) |
Cheat Sheet
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| – | – | – | Futurism |
| 99 | Stranger From Venus (1954) | Wikipedia | |
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List Challenges
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| 100 | Teenagers From Outer Space (1959) | Wikipedia | |
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| 101 | The Amazing Colossal Man | Bert I. Gordon | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 102 | The Angry Red Planet | Ib Melchior | IMDB |
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| 103 | The Atomic Submarine | Spencer Gordon Bennet | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 104 | The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms | Eugène Lourié | IMDB |
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| 105 | The Black Scorpion | Edward Ludwig | IMDB |
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| 106 | The Brain Eaters | Bruno VeSota | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 107 | The Brain from Planet Arous | Nathan Juran | IMDB |
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| 108 | The Collossus of New York (1958) | Retrovision | |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 109 | The Flying Saucer |
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| 110 | The Gamma People | John Gilling | IMDB |
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| 111 | The Giant Claw | Fred F. Sears | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 112 | The Hideous Sun Demon | Robert Clarke | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Wikipedia |
| 113 | The Invisible Man (1933) | James Whale | Ranker |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 114 | The Killer Shrews | Ray Kellogg | IMDB |
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| 115 | The Man Who Turned to Stone | László Kardos | IMDB |
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| 116 | The Monolith Monsters | John Sherwood | IMDB |
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| 117 | The Monster of Piedras Blancas | Irvin Berwick | IMDB |
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| 118 | The Monster That Challenged the World | Arnold Laven | IMDB |
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| 119 | The Omega Man (1971) | Boris Sagal | Wired |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 120 | The Snow Creature (1954) | Wikipedia | |
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| 121 | The Space Children (1958) | Wikipedia | |
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| 122 | The Stepford Wives (1975) | Bryan Forbes | Wired |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 123 | The Strange World of Planet X | Gilbert Gunn | IMDB |
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| 124 | The Thing (1982) |
Cheat Sheet
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| 125 | The Unearthly | Boris Petroff | IMDB |
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| 126 | The Wasp Woman | Roger Corman | IMDB |
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| 127 | They Live (1988) |
Cheat Sheet
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| 128 | Things to Come (1936) | William Cameron Menzies | Ranker |
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| 129 | THX 1138 (1971) | George Lucas | Wired |
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| 130 | Tobor the Great (1954) | Wikipedia | |
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| 131 | Unknown World (1951) | Wikipedia | |
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| 132 | War of the Colossal Beast | Bert I. Gordon | IMDB |
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| 133 | 602 – Invasion USA |
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| 134 | Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | Wikipedia | |
| 135 |
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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| 136 |
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
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Wikipedia | |
| 137 | Above: La Jetée (1962) | Wired | |
| 138 | Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) | Retrovision | |
| 139 | Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924) | Yakov Protazanov | IMDB 2 |
| 140 | Aliens | Ranker | |
| 141 | Alphaville (1965) | Jean-Luc Godard | IMDB 2 |
| 142 | Alraune | Wikipedia | |
| 143 | Amazing Transparent Man, The (1960) | Retrovision | |
| 144 | Ape Man, The (1943) | Retrovision | |
| 145 | Atomic Brain (Monstrosity), The (1964) | Retrovision | |
| 146 | Atomic Rulers of the World (1964) | Retrovision | |
| 147 | Attack from Space (1964) | Retrovision | |
| 148 | Attack of the Killer Shrews (1959) | Retrovision | |
| 149 | Attack of the Monsters (1969) | Retrovision | |
| 150 | Back to the Future | Ranker | |
| 151 | Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) | J. Lee Thompson | IMDB 2 |
| 152 | Battle in Outer Space | Wikipedia | |
| 153 | Battle Royale (2000) |
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| 154 | Battlestar Galactica: Brothers of Man | Retrovision | |
| 155 | Beast From 20,000 Fathoms |
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| 156 | Beast from the Haunted Cave (1959) | Retrovision | |
| 157 | Beast Of Yucca Flats (1961) | Retrovision | |
| 158 | Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) | Ted Post | IMDB 2 |
| 159 | Blakes 7 (1978) | Retrovision | |
| 160 | Blood Beast from Outer Space | John Gilling | IMDB |
| 161 | Brave New World (1980) | Retrovision | |
| 162 | Bride of Frankenstein (1935) | James Whale | IMDB 2 |
| 163 | Bride of the Monster | Wikipedia | |
| 164 | Caltiki, the Immortal Monster | Riccardo Freda | IMDB |
| 165 |
Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere
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Wikipedia | |
| 166 | Captive Women | Wikipedia | |
| 167 | Carnosaur (1993) | Retrovision | |
| 168 | Charlie Chan at The Wax Museum | Retrovision | |
| 169 | Charlie Chan in Reno (1938) | Retrovision | |
| 170 | Children of the Damned | Anton Leader | IMDB |
| 171 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Ranker | |
| 172 | Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) | Wired | |
| 173 |
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
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| 174 | Conquest of Space | Wikipedia | |
| 175 | Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) | J. Lee Thompson | IMDB 2 |
| 176 | Countdown to Looking Glass (1984) | Retrovision | |
| 177 | Crack in the World (1965) | Retrovision | |
| 178 | Crash of Moons | Wikipedia | |
| 179 | Crimson Ghost, The (1937) | Retrovision | |
| 180 | Curse of the Faceless Man | Edward L. Cahn | IMDB |
| 181 | D.A.N.L. (2014) | Retrovision | |
| 182 | Day the Sky Exploded, The (1958) | Retrovision | |
| 183 | Death Race 2000 (1975) | Wired | |
| 184 | Def-Con 4 (1985) | Retrovision | |
| 185 | Destroy all Planets (1968) | Retrovision | |
| 186 | Donnie Darko (2001) |
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| 187 | Doroga K Zvezdam | Wikipedia | |
| 188 | Dr. Cyclops | Ernest B. Schoedsack | IMDB |
| 189 | Earth Girls are Easy (1988) | Futurism | |
| 190 | Earth vs. the Spider | Wikipedia | |
| 191 | EEGAH! (1962) | Retrovision | |
| 192 | Embryo (1976) | Retrovision | |
| 193 | Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) | Don Taylor | IMDB 2 |
| 194 | Evil Brain from Outer Space (1964) | Retrovision | |
| 195 | Fantastic Voyage (1966) | Richard Fleischer | IMDB 2 |
| 196 | Fire Maidens from Outer Space | Wikipedia | |
| 197 | First Men in the Moon (1964) | Nathan Juran | IMDB 2 |
| 198 | First Spaceship on Venus (1960) | Retrovision | |
| 199 | Five Million Years to Earth (1967) | Roy Ward Baker | IMDB 2 |
| 200 | Flash Gordon (1980) | Futurism | |
| 201 | Flesh Gordon (1974) | Wired | |
| 202 | Flying Disc Man from Mars | Wikipedia | |
| 203 | Four Sided Triangle | Wikipedia | |
| 204 | Frankenstein 1970 | Wikipedia | |
| 205 | Frankenstein’s Daughter | Wikipedia | |
| 206 | Frogs | George McCowan | IMDB |
| 207 | From the Earth to the Moon | Wikipedia | |
| 208 | Galaxy Quest (1999) |
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| 209 | Gigantis the Fire Monster | Wikipedia | |
| 210 | Godzilla (1954) | Ishirô Honda | IMDB 2 |
| 211 | Godzilla Raids Again | Wikipedia | |
| 212 | Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | Wikipedia | |
| 213 | Gojira | Wikipedia | |
| 214 | Half Human | Wikipedia | |
| 215 | Have Rocket, Will Travel | Wikipedia | |
| 216 | Hercules Against the Moonmen (1964) | Retrovision | |
| 217 |
How Prometheus Should Have Ended – YouTube
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| 218 |
How Star Trek Into Darkness Should Have Ended
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| 219 | I’ll Never Forget You | Wikipedia | |
| 220 | In the year 2889 (1967) | Retrovision | |
| 221 | Incredible Petrified World, The (1957) | Retrovision | |
| 222 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) |
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| 223 | Island of Terror | Terence Fisher | IMDB |
| 224 | Journey to the Seventh Planet | Sidney W. Pink | IMDB |
| 225 | Jurassic Park | Ranker | |
| 226 | Killdozer (1975) | Wired | |
| 227 | King Kong | Ranker | |
| 228 |
La Planète Sauvage (The Fantastic Planet) (1973)
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| 229 | Last Man On Earth, The (1964) | Retrovision | |
| 230 | Last Woman On Earth (1960) | Retrovision | |
| 231 | Lost Planet Airmen | Wikipedia | |
| 232 | Marooned (1969) | John Sturges | IMDB 2 |
| 233 | Mars Attacks! | Ranker | |
| 234 |
Max Neptune and the Menacing Squid (2010)
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| 235 | Missile to the Moon | Wikipedia | |
| 236 | Monster Snowman | Wikipedia | |
| 237 |
Monsters From The Prehistoric Planet (1967)
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| 238 | Moon (2009) |
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| 239 | Mutant (Forbidden World) – (1982) | Retrovision | |
| 240 | Mysterious Island | Wikipedia | |
| 241 | Night of the Lepus (1972) | Wired | |
| 242 | Night of the Living Dead (1968) | Retrovision | |
| 243 | Old Time Radio | Retrovision | |
| 244 | On the Threshold of Space | Wikipedia | |
| 245 | Phantom Planet (1961) | Retrovision | |
| 246 | Plan 9 from Outer Space | Wikipedia | |
| 247 | Planeta bur (1962) | Pavel Klushantsev | IMDB 2 |
| 248 | Port Sinister | Wikipedia | |
| 249 | Prehistoric Women | Wikipedia | |
| 250 | Project Moon Base (1953) |
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| 251 | Project Moonbase | Wikipedia | |
| 252 | Quatermass 2 | Wikipedia | |
| 253 | Quatermass and the Pit (1967) | Wired | |
| 254 | Quatermass II | Retrovision | |
| 255 | Queen of Outer Space | Wikipedia | |
| 256 | Repo Man (1984) |
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| 257 | Return of the Fly | Wikipedia | |
| 258 | Review: Continuum (2010-) | Retrovision | |
| 259 | RoboCop (1987) |
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| 260 | Rocket Ship (1936) | Ford Beebe | IMDB 2 |
| 261 | Rodan | Wikipedia | |
| 262 |
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
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| 263 | She Demons | Wikipedia | |
| 264 | She Devil | Wikipedia | |
| 265 | Snowpiercer (2013) |
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| 266 | Solaris (1971) | Andrei Tarkovsky | IMDB 2 |
| 267 | Sora no Daikaijū Radon | Wikipedia | |
| 268 | Space 1999 | Retrovision | |
| 269 | Space Invasion of Lapland | Wikipedia | |
| 270 | Space Master X-7 | Wikipedia | |
| 271 | Sssssss | Bernard L. Kowalski | IMDB |
| 272 | Star Trek – Aurora (2012) | Retrovision | |
| 273 | Star Trek – Of Gods and Men (2010) | Retrovision | |
| 274 | Star Trek – The 47 Conspiracy | Retrovision | |
| 275 | Star Trek Continues (2011-2018) | Retrovision | |
| 276 | Star Trek New Voyages (2011-) | Retrovision | |
| 277 | Star Trek: Renegades (2015) | Retrovision | |
| 278 | Star Wars | Ranker | |
| 279 | Star Wars – Threads of Destiny (2014) | Retrovision | |
| 280 | Star Wreck 2005 | Retrovision | |
| 281 | Stargate | Ranker | |
| 282 | Starship Exeter | Retrovision | |
| 283 | Stepford Wives (1975) | Retrovision | |
| 284 | Superman and the Mole Men | Wikipedia | |
| 285 | Tarantula | Wikipedia | |
| 286 | Teenage Cave Man | Wikipedia | |
| 287 | Teenage Monster | Wikipedia | |
| 288 | Teenage Zombies (1959) | Retrovision | |
| 289 | Terror in the Midnight Sun (1959) | Retrovision | |
| 290 | The 27th Day | Wikipedia | |
| 291 | The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock | Wikipedia | |
| 292 | The Astounding She-Monster | Wikipedia | |
| 293 | The Beast of Hollow Mountain | Wikipedia | |
| 294 | The Black Sleep | Wikipedia | |
| 295 | The Brain Machine (1977) | Retrovision | |
| 296 | The Brain That Wouldn’t Die | Joseph Green | IMDB |
| 297 |
The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
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| 298 | The Conquest of Space |
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| 299 | The Cosmic Man | Wikipedia | |
| 300 | The Crawling Eye | Quentin Lawrence | IMDB |
| 301 | The Creation of the Humanoids | Wesley Barry | IMDB |
| 302 | The Creature Walks Among Us | Wikipedia | |
| 303 | The Cyclops | Wikipedia | |
| 304 | The Day the Earth Caught Fire | Ranker | |
| 305 | The Day the Sky Exploded | Wikipedia | |
| 306 | The Dead Zone (1983) |
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| 307 | The Deadly Bees (1966) | Retrovision | |
| 308 | The Electronic Monster | Wikipedia | |
| 309 | The Fabulous World of Jules Verne | Wikipedia | |
| 310 | The Fifth Element | Ranker | |
| 311 | The Flesh Eaters | Jack Curtis | IMDB |
| 312 | The Frozen Dead | Herbert J. Leder | IMDB |
| 313 | The Giant Behemoth | Douglas Hickox | IMDB |
| 314 | The Green Slime | Kinji Fukasaku | IMDB |
| 315 | The H-Man | Wikipedia | |
| 316 | The Head | Wikipedia | |
| 317 | The Horror of Party Beach | Del Tenney | IMDB |
| 318 | The Human Duplicators | Hugo Grimaldi | IMDB |
| 319 | The Invaders (1967-68) | Retrovision | |
| 320 | The Invisible Boy | Wikipedia | |
| 321 | The Invisible Monster | Wikipedia | |
| 322 | The Jungle | Wikipedia | |
| 323 | The Land Unknown | Wikipedia | |
| 324 | The Leech Woman | Edward Dein | IMDB |
| 325 | The Lost Missile | Wikipedia | |
| 326 | The Lost Planet | Wikipedia | |
| 327 | The Man in the White Suit | Wikipedia | |
| 328 | The Man Who Could Cheat Death | Wikipedia | |
| 329 | The Man Who Wasn’t There (1983) | Retrovision | |
| 330 | The Manster | Wikipedia | |
| 331 | The Matrix | Ranker | |
| 332 | The Mole People | Wikipedia | |
| 333 | The Mysterians | Wikipedia | |
| 334 | The Neanderthal Man | Wikipedia | |
| 335 | The New Invisible Man | Wikipedia | |
| 336 | The Night the World Exploded | Wikipedia | |
| 337 | The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues | Wikipedia | |
| 338 | The President’s Analyst (1967) | Wired | |
| 339 | The Secret of Two Oceans | Wikipedia | |
| 340 | The Spider | Bert I. Gordon | IMDB |
| 341 | The Swarm | Irwin Allen | IMDB |
| 342 | The Trollenberg Terror | Wikipedia | |
| 343 | The Twonky | Wikipedia | |
| 344 | The Unknown Terror | Wikipedia | |
| 345 | The Vampire | Wikipedia | |
| 346 | The Woman Eater | Charles Saunders | IMDB |
| 347 | The World, the Flesh and the Devil | Wikipedia | |
| 348 | The X-Files | Ranker | |
| 349 | Timeslip (1955) |
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| 350 | Toward the Unknown | Wikipedia | |
| 351 | Track of the Moon Beast (1976) | Retrovision | |
| 352 | Tron | Ranker | |
| 353 | Two Lost Worlds | Wikipedia | |
| 354 | Uchūjin Tokyo ni Arawaru | Wikipedia | |
| 355 | Untamed Women | Wikipedia | |
| 356 | Varan the Unbelievable | Wikipedia | |
| 357 | Village of the Damned | Ranker | |
| 358 | Virus (1980) | Retrovision | |
| 359 | Visit to a Small Planet (1960) | Retrovision | |
| 360 | War of the Robots (1978) | Retrovision | |
| 361 | War of the Satellites | Wikipedia | |
| 362 | Wasp Woman (1960) | Retrovision | |
| 363 | World Without End | Wikipedia | |
| 364 | X the Unknown | Wikipedia | |
| 365 | Yesterday Machine, The (1963) | Retrovision | |
| 366 | Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) | Retrovision | |
| 367 | Zardoz (1974) | John Boorman | IMDB 2 |
| 368 | Zombies of the Stratosphere | Wikipedia | |
| 369 | Zontar, the Thing from Venus (1966) | Retrovision |
11 Best Classic Sci-fi Film Sources/Lists
| Source | Article |
| BFI | 10 great American sci-fi films of the 1950s |
| Cheat Sheet | 25 Best Sci-Fi Cult Classics That Everyone Should See |
| Den Of Geek | The greatest sci-fi movies of the 1950s |
| Futurism | Best Sci-Fi Cult Classics of All Time |
| IMDB | Classic Sci-Fi Films |
| IMDB 2 | TOP VINTAGE SCI-FI |
| List Challenges | 100 Science Fiction Movies of the 50s 60s |
| Ranker | The Greatest Classic Sci-Fi Movies |
| Retrovision | Sci-Fi – Retrovision Classic Movies retrovision.tv/sci-fi/ |
| Wikipedia | List of science fiction films of the 1950s |
| Wired | Best Sci-Fi Flicks of the ’60s, ’70s, According to You |
