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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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Empire is a British film magazine which was started in July 1989. Over the years, they have produced multiple best-of all-time movie lists. Dave’s Movie Database has compiled and aggregated nine of those lists into a “definitive” top 100 movies according to Empire. 1. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 3. The Godfather (1972) 4. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) 5. Pulp Fiction (1994) 6. Goodfellas (1990) 7. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8. Jaws (1975) 9. Aliens (1986) 10. The Godfather Part II (1974)
11. Apocalypse Now (1979)
21. Se7en (Seven) (1995)
31. Heat (1995)
41. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
51. Forrest Gump (1994)
61. Fargo (1996)
71. The Exorcist (1973)
81. Lost in Translation (2003)
91. Platoon (1986) Resources:
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In celebration of its 100th anniversary, the American Society of Cinematographers released a list of 100 milestone films as selected by their members. The original list only ranked the top ten; the other 90 movies have been ranked here based on their overall standing in Dave’s Movie Database.
11. Gone with the Wind (1939)
12. Casablanca (1942)
13. Schindler’s List (1993)
14. The Godfather Part II (1974)
15. Vertigo (1958)
16. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
17. Taxi Driver (1976)
18. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
19. Chinatown (1974)
20. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
21. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
22. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
23. On the Waterfront (1954)
24. The Graduate (1967)
25. The Searchers (1956)
26. The Third Man (1949)
27. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
28. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
29. Alien (1979)
30. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
31. The Exorcist (1973)
32. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
33. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
34. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
35. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
36. Metropolis (1927)
37. American Beauty (1999)
38. The Deer Hunter (1978)
39. The Matrix (1999)
40. Touch of Evil (1958)
41. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
42. The Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
43. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
44. L.A. Confidential (1997)
45. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
46. Unforgiven (1992)
47. The Wild Bunch (1969)
48. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
49. The Shining (1980)
50. Amadeus (1984)
51. Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta il West) (1968)
52. Rashômon (1950)
53. Manhattan (1979)
54. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
55. Se7en (1995)
56. All the President’s Men (1976)
57. Cabaret (1972)
58. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)
59. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)
60. The Last Picture Show (1971)
61. Barry Lyndon (1975)
62. The English Patient (1996)
63. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
64. Brazil (1985)
65. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
66. The Red Shoes (1948)
67. The Right Stuff (1983)
68. Three Colors: Red (Trois Couleurs: Rouge) (1994)
69. In the Mood for Love (Dut Yeung Nin Wa) (2000)
70. All That Jazz (1979)
71. The Boat (Das Boot) (1981)
72. Reds (1981)
73. Wings of Desire (Der Himmel uber Berlin) (1988)
74. Chariots of Fire (1981)
75. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
76. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
77. The Last Emperor (1987)
78. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
79. JFK (1991)
80. Paris, Texas (1984)
81. Raise the Red Lantern (Da Hong Deng Long Gao Gao Gua) (1991)
82. Being There (1979)
83. The Thin Red Line (1998)
84. Black Narcissus (1947)
85. Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo Tango a Parigi) (1973)
86. Hud (1963)
87. Napoléon (1927)
88. Last Year at Marienbad (L'Année Dernière à Marienbad) (1961)
89. Mississippi Burning (1988)
90. In Cold Blood (1967)
91. The Natural (1984)
92. Klute (1971)
93. Empire of the Sun (1987)
94. I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba) (1964)
95. The Black Stallion (1979)
96. The Mission (1986)
97. Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
98. Bound for Glory (1976)
99. Baraka (1993)
100. The Duellists (1977)
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In their October 1998 issue, Premiere magazine presented its list of the 100 most daring movies ever made (also known as “Rebel Cinema” and “100 Movies That Shook the World.” The goal was to, as Filmsite.org says, celebrate films that “dared to be ridiculous, offensive, or even unpopular” but still ended up as classic films. The original list was presented in alphabetical order. It is presented here in order of the films’ rankings in Dave’s Movie Database. 1. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954) 2. Blade Runner (1982) 3. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963) 4. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) 5. Metropolis (1927) 6. Nashville (1975) 7. Touch of Evil (1958) 8. The Night of the Hunter (1955) 9. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959) 10. Blue Velvet (1986)
11. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
21. The Terminator (1984)
31. Airplane! (1980)
41. Nosferatu, a Symphony of Terror (aka “Nosferatu, the Vampire”) (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (1922)
51. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
61. Cat People (1942)
71. Pandora's Box (aka “Lulu”) (Die Büchse der Pandora) (1929)
81. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
91. Ride the High Country (1962) Resources:
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| Blade RunnerReleased: June 25, 1982 Studio: Warner Bros. Genre: sci fi Box Office (numbers in millions): Domestic: 32.87 Worldwide: 41.47 Adjusted for Inflation: Domestic: ? Worldwide: 108.65 |
Directing: Ridley Scott Screenwriting: Hampton Fancher Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Daryl Hannah, Sean Young, Joe Turkel, Joanna Cassidy, Edward James Olmos Review:Based on by Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Blade Runner is a “moody futuristic, sci-fi noirish thriller” FS set “in a totalitarian, decaying 21st century Los Angeles” FS which is “a cross between a Hong Kong street-market and a decaying 200-story Metropolis.” T95 The “future had never looked cooler…and we're not sure it ever will.” E18 The “stunning, visually-dazzling effects and…brooding atmosphere” FS make for “the most borrowed/stolen-from film of the last 20 years.” ML What makes it great is the way director Ridley “Scott and cinematographer Jordan Cronenweth give us rain-slicked streets that stir the libido, and a vision of the future that’s so dead-on, the rock videos, commercials, and features in its wake look silly for trying to improve on it.” PM Harrison Ford plays “a jaded, semi-retired, Philip Marlowe-style ex-cop,” FS known as a “blade runner.” His job is to hunt down and eliminate “genetically engineered super-humanoid robots” FS known as “replicants” (Hannah, Hauer, Cassidy) who “have mutinied in an attempt to prolong their lifespans.” A07 “Seeing their heroic struggle against an inhuman system, the blade-runner ultimately falls in love with an android femme fatale (Young).” FS The movie wasn’t without criticism. “The hero’s voice-over and the ending feel as if they’ve strayed in from another movie.” T95 Also, “the android villains are neither menacing nor sympathetic, when ideally they should have been both.” T95 However, the movie’s “reputation has grown since the release of the restored Director’s Cut in 1991.” T98 Sources:
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