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Top 25 Sci-Fi Movies18 lists (resources listed at bottom of page) were aggregated to create this list of the top 25 sci-fi films of all time. Movies and sequels have been listed together if each movie earned enough points indvidually to rank in the top 50. 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 2. Blade Runner (1982) 3. Alien (1979) / Aliens (1986) 4. Star Wars:
5. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
11. The Matrix (1999)
16. Solaris (Solyaris) (1971)
21. Robocop (1987) Resources:
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Top 25 Monster MoviesThese are the top 25 monster movies of all time, as determined by aggregating multiple lists (see resources at bottom of page) and factoring in the films’ overall status in Dave’s Movie Database. 1. Jaws (1975) 2. King Kong (1933) 3. Alien (1979) 4. Godzilla (Gojira) (1954) 5. The Thing (1982)
6. The Fly (1986)
11. The Wolf Man (1941)
16. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
21. The Host (2006) Resources:
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| AlienReleased: June 22, 1979 Studio: 20th Century Fox Genre: sci-fi/monster/horror/action Box Office (numbers in millions): Domestic: 80.93 Worldwide: 184.93 Adjusted for Inflation: Domestic: 286.35 Worldwide: ? |
Directing: Ridley Scott Screenwriting: Dan O’Bannon Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto Review:Alien was “a grisly, futuristic, suspenseful, atmospheric, memorable and popular” FS “science fiction film that broke new ground by adding horror and gore and, more importantly, Weaver, as the action heroine.” AFI07 “Ridley Scott’s deep-space monster-slasher…[is] a movie which can handle as many re-watches as you can throw at it.” EM’18 “It’s so intoxicatingly atmospheric and deeply compelling, it sticks to you like a parasite.” EM’18 In addition to Weaver in her starring debut role as warrant officer Ripley, the crew consists of Dallas (Skerritt), Kane (Hurt), Ash (Holm), and others on Nostromo, a commercial space cargo freighter. They “are awakened from hyper-sleep to investigate a distress signal on a mysteriously bleak, dead planet with a crashed alien spacecraft.” FS They unknowingly take on “an alien stowaway that incubates in some humans and hunts the rest.” AFI07 The “lifeform with tentacles clings to Kane’s helmet/face, incubates inside his host body, and ultimately bursts from his gut. The hideous, indestructible, carnivorous creature grows in size and hides within the hyper-tech spacecraft, menacing and picking off one crew member after another until self-reliant, resourceful Ripley outsmarts the primal, lethal monster in the explosive conclusion.” FS “This classic sci-fi horror flick had its roots in comedy, believe it or not. Screenwriter Dan O’Bannon made a film with John Carpenter when both were studying film at USC called Dark Star. One of the characters was an alien in the form of a beach ball. The alien got a massive reworking to become the Alien.” MSN Followed by three sequels, including James Cameron’s Aliens (1986), Alien3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997).” FS Sources:
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Oscars:Wins: 1: Best Visual Effects Nominations: 2, including Best Art Direction/Set Direction Other Lists/Honors:
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