Lists of science fiction films: Difference between revisions

This is a list of science fiction films organised chronologically. 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 a number that are notable and all too many that are considered mediocre, including quite a few that have been listed among the worst movies ever made.

Before 1930

1902

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

1916

• Verdens Undergang
• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

1917

• Himmelskibet

1919

• First Men in the Moon

1924

• Aelita
• The Last Man on Earth (1924 film)

1925

• The Lost World

1927

• Metropolis

1929

• Frau im Mond (A Woman in the Moon)

1930s

1930

• Just Imagine

1931

• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• Frankenstein

1933

• King Kong
• It's Great to Be Alive
• The Invisible Man
• The Son of Kong

1935

• The Bride of Frankenstein

1936

• Flash Gordon (1936 serial)
• Flash Gordon (1936 feature version; reissued in 1938 as "Rocketship")
• The Invisible Ray
• Things to Come

1939

• The Man They Could Not Hang

1940s

1940

• Dr. Cyclops
• The Mysterious Dr. Satan (serial)
• The Invisible Man Returns
• The Invisible Woman

1941

• Monster and the Girl

1942

• Invisible Agent
• Dr. Renault's Secret

1943

• The Ape Man
• The Mad Ghoul

1945

• The Purple Monster Strikes (serial)
• Manhunt of Mystery Island (serial)

1946

• The Crimson Ghost (serial)

1950s

1950

• Destination Moon
  • Academy Award for Visual Effects
  • Retroactive Hugo Award, 2001
• Prehistoric Women
• Rocketship X-M
• The Flying Saucer
• The Perfect Woman
• Two Lost Worlds

1951

• Flight to Mars
• The Day the Earth Stood Still
• Five
• Jungle Manhunt
• Lost Continent
• Lost Planet Airmen
• Superman and the Mole Men
• The Man from Planet X
• The Thing from Another World
• Unknown World
• When Worlds Collide
  • Academy Award for Visual Effects

1952

• Captive Women (aka 1000 Years From Now - U.S. 1956 reissue title)
• Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
• Red Planet Mars
• The Jungle
• Untamed Women

1953

• The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
• Cat-Women of the Moon
• Donovan's Brain
• Four Sided Triangle
• Invaders from Mars
• It Came from Outer Space
• Killer Ape
• Mesa of Lost Women
• Phantom from Space
• Port Sinister (aka Beast of Paradise Isle - U.S. 1957 reissue)
• Project Moonbase
• Robot Monster
• Spaceways
• The Magnetic Monster
• The Neanderthal Man
• The Twonky
• The War of the Worlds
  • Academy Award for Visual Effects
  • Retroactive Hugo Award, 2004

1954

• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  • Academy Award for Visual Effects
  • Academy Award for Best Art Direction
• Creature from the Black Lagoon
• Devil Girl from Mars
• (original title ??? Gojira) Godzilla (Japanese film; see also "Godzilla, King Of The Monsters" 1956)
• Journey to the Beginning of Time
• Them!

1955

• Conquest of Space
• Godzilla Raids Again
• It Came from Beneath the Sea
• This Island Earth
• The Quatermass Xperiment (aka "The Creeping Unknown", U.S. 1956)
• World Without End

1956

• Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
• Fire Maidens from Outer Space
• Forbidden Planet
• Godzilla, King of the Monsters
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• Radon (aka Rodan - U.S. 1957)
• The Black Sleep
• X the Unknown

1957

• 20 Million Miles to Earth
• Attack of the Crab Monsters
• Beginning of the End
• Chikyu Boeigun (The Mysterians - U.S.)
• From Hell It Came
• I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
• I Was a Teenage Werewolf
• Invasion of the Saucer Men
• Kronos
• Night the World Exploded
• Not of This Earth
• Quatermass 2 (Enemy from Space - U.S.)
• She Devil
• The 27th Day
• The Abominable Snowman (The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas—U.S.)
• The Amazing Colossal Man
• The Black Scorpion
• The Curse of Frankenstein
• The Cyclops
• The Deadly Mantis
• The Giant Claw
• The Incredible Shrinking Man
  • Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
• The Invisible Boy
• The Land Unknown
• The Monolith Monsters
• The Monster That Challenged the World
• The Unearthly
• The Unknown Terror
• The Strange World of Planet X

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
• The Blob
• The Day the Sky Exploded
• The Fly
• The Trollenberg Terror

1959

• 4D Man
• Attack of the Giant Leaches
• First Man into Space
• First Spaceship on Venus (DDR - Der Schweigende Stern)
• Journey to the Center of the Earth
• On the Beach
• Plan 9 from Outer Space
• The Angry Red Planet
• The World, the Flesh, and the Devil

1960s

1960

• Last Woman on Earth
• The Time Machine
  • Academy Award for Visual Effects

1961

• Mothra
• Mysterious Island
• The Day the Earth Caught Fire
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1962

• Journey to the 7th Planet
• King Kong vs. Godzilla
• La Jetée

1963

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

1964

• The Atomic Brain
• First Men in the Moon
• Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster
• The Last Man on Earth
• Mothra vs. Godzilla
• Robinson Crusoe on Mars
• Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

1965

• Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution
• Doctor Who and the Daleks
• Frankenstein Conquers the World
• Invasion of Astro-Monster
• Planet of the Vampires
• 2+5: Missione Hydra (aka "Star Pilot")
• Time Travellers

1966

• Daleks — Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
• Fahrenheit 451
• Fantastic Voyage
  • Academy Awards for Art Direction and Visual Effects
• Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster
• Island of Terror
• Our Man Flint
• Seconds
• War of the Gargantuas

1967

• Night of the Big Heat
• Son of Godzilla

1968

• 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Academy Award for Visual Effects
  • Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
• Barbarella
• Charly
  • Academy Award for Best Actor
• Destroy All Monsters
• Green Slime
• Planet of the Apes
• Quatermass and the Pit (U.S. title: Five Million Years to Earth)

1969

• Colossus: The Forbin Project
• Doppelgänger (Journey to the Far Side of the Sun)
• Marooned
  • Academy Award for Visual Effects
• 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
  • Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
• The Andromeda Strain
• Escape from the Planet of the Apes
• Godzilla vs. Hedorah
• The Omega Man

1972

• Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
• Godzilla vs. Gigan
• Silent Running
• Slaughterhouse Five
  • Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
• Solaris (original Russian title ???????--literal English transliteration: "Solyaris")

1973

• Battle for the Planet of the Apes
• Godzilla vs. Megalon
• Invasion of the Bee Girls
• La Planète Sauvage (Fantastic Planet)
• Sleeper
  • Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
• Soylent Green
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
• The Day of the Dolphin
• The Final Programme
• Westworld
• Who?

1974

• Dark Star
• Flesh Gordon
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
• Phase IV
• The Terminal Man
• Zardoz

1975

• A Boy and his Dog
  • Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
• Death Race 2000
• Doc Savage — the Man of Bronze
• Futureworld
• Rollerball
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
• The Stepford Wives
• Terror of Mechagodzilla
• The Ultimate Warrior

1976

• At the Earth's Core
• God Told Me To
• King Kong
• Logan's Run
  • Academy Award for Visual Effects (Special Achievement Award)
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
• The Man Who Fell to Earth
  • Nebula Award for Best Script
  • Saturn Award for Best Actor (Film)

1977

• Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  • Academy Awards for Cinematography and Sound Editing (Special Achievement Award)
  • Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special and Best Instrumental Composition (1979)
• Damnation Alley
• Demon Seed
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
  • Academy Awards for Art Direction, Costume Design, Film Editing, Original Score, Sound (Special Achievement Award), Visual Effects
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
  • Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
  • Highest grossing film of the year
• The Island of Dr. Moreau
• The People That Time Forgot

1978

• Battlestar Galactica
• Capricorn One
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• The Star Wars Holiday Special (TV film)
• Superman: The Movie
  • Academy Award for Visual Effects (Special Achievement Award)
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
  • Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
  • Grammy Awards for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special and Best Instrumental Composition
  • Highest grossing film of the year
• The Boys from Brazil
• The Cat from Outer Space
• Uchu Kara No Messeji (aka Message from Space)
• Warlords of Atlantis

1979

• Alien
  • Academy Award for Visual Effects
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
  • Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
• Mad Max
• Meteor
• Moonraker
• Quintet
• Scontri Stellari Oltre la Terza Dimensione (aka Starcrash)
• Stalker
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• The Black Hole
• The Quatermass Conclusion
• Time after Time

1980s

1980

• Altered States
• Battle Beyond the Stars
• Galaxina
• Saturn 3
• Somewhere in Time
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
  • Academy Awards for Visual Effects (special achievement award) and Sound
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
  • Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
  • Highest grossing film of the year
• The Final Countdown

1981

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

1982

• Android
• Blade Runner
  • Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Academy Awards for Visual Effects, Sound Editing, Sound, and Original Music Score
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
  • Highest grossing film of the year
• Forbidden World
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• The Thing (John Carpenter remake)
• Tron

1983

• 2019, After the Fall of New York
• Born in Flames
• Le Prix du Danger
• Liquid Sky
• Sayonara Jupiter
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
  • Academy Award for Visual Effects (Special Achievement Award)
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
  • Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
  • Highest grossing film of the year
• The Dead Zone
• WarGames
• Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

1984

• 2010: The Year We Made Contact
  • Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
• Das Arche Noah Prinzip (aka The Noah's Ark Principle)
• Dreamscape
• Dune (David Lynch version)
• Firestarter
• Iceman
• Night of the Comet
• 1984
• The Return of Godzilla (1985 U.S. release: Godzilla 1985)
• Sexmisja
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
• Starman
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
• The Last Starfighter
• The Philadelphia Experiment
• The Terminator
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film

1985

• Back to the Future
  • Academy Award for Sound Editing
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
  • Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
  • Highest grossing film of the year
• Brazil
• Cocoon
  • Academy Awards for Visual Effects and Best Supporting Actor
• D.A.R.Y.L.
• Enemy Mine
• Explorers
• Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
• The Quiet Earth

1986

• Aliens
  • Academy Award for Visual Effects and Sound Editing
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
  • Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
• Critters
• Kin-Dza-Dza
• Flight of the Navigator
• The Fly
  • Academy Award for Makeup
• Howard the Duck
  • Razzie Awards for Worst Picture (tie), Worst Screenplay, Worst New Star and Worst Visual Effects
• Short Circuit
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

1987

• Cherry 2000
• The Hidden
• Innerspace
  • Academy Award for Visual Effects
• Predator
• RoboCop
  • Academy Special Achievement Award for Sound Effects Editing
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
• Spaceballs

1988

• Akira (animated film by Katsuhiro Ôtomo)
• Alien Nation
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
• Critters 2: The Main Course
• The Blob
• Light Years
• Short Circuit 2
• They Live

1989

• Back to the Future Part II
• Cyborg
• Godzilla vs. Biollante
• Millennium
• Moontrap
• Podzemelye vedm (literal English translation: The Witches Cave)
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
  • Razzie Awards for Worst Picture, Worst Actor and Worst Director
• The Abyss
  • Academy Award for Visual Effects

1990s

1990

• Moon 44
• Predator 2
• Peacemaker
• RoboCop 2
• Solar Crisis
• The Handmaid's Tale
• The Rocketeer
• Total Recall
  • Academy Award for Visual Effects (Special Achievement Award)
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
• Hardware

1991

• Critters 3
• Critters 4
• Delicatessen
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
• Knight Rider 2000
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  • Academy Awards for best sound, sound effects editing, and makeup
  • Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film

1992

• Alien³
• Batman Returns
• Freejack
• Godzilla vs. Mothra
• The Lawnmower Man
• Universal Soldier

1993

• Coneheads
• Demolition Man
• Fire in the Sky
• Ghost in the Machine
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
• Jurassic Park
  • Academy Awards for best sound, sound effects editing, and visual effects
  • Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
• RoboCop 3
• Nemesis

1994

• Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla
• Stargate
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
• Star Trek: Generations
• Timecop

1995

• Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
• Ghost in the Shell
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
• Harrison Bergeron
• Johnny Mnemonic
• Judge Dredd
• Outbreak
• Screamers
• Species
• Strange Days
• Le Cité des Enfants Perdus (The City of Lost Children)
• Twelve Monkeys
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
• Virtuosity
• Waterworld
  • Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor

1996

• Barb Wire
  • Razzie Award for Worst New Star
• Doctor Who
• Escape from L.A.
• Gamera 2: Advent of Legion
• Independence Day
  • Academy Award for Visual Effects
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
• Mars Attacks!
• Multiplicity
• Solo
• Star Trek: First Contact
• The Island of Dr. Moreau
  • Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor

1997

• Alien: Resurrection
• Contact
  • Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
• Batman & Robin
• The End of Evangelion (animated movie)
• Event Horizon
• Gattaca
• Men in Black
  • Academy Award for Makeup
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
• Nirvana
• Spawn
• Starship Troopers
• The Fifth Element
• The Postman
  • Razzie Awards for Worst Picture, Worst Actor, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay and Worst Song

1998

• Armageddon
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film (tie)
• Brave New World
• Dark City
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film (tie)
• Godzilla
  • Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress and Worst Remake or Sequel
• Lost in Space
• Soldier
• Species II
• Sphere
• Star Trek: Insurrection

1999

• The Bicentennial Man
• Deep Impact
• Escape from Mars
• eXistenZ
• Galaxy Quest
• Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys
• Godzilla 2000: Millennium
• My Favorite Martian
• The Iron Giant
• The Matrix
• Me and the Big Guy
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
  • Top grossing film of 1999[1]
  • Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor
  • Academy Awards for best sound, best editing, best sound effects, and best visual effects
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
• The Thirteenth Floor
• Wing Commander

2000s

2000

• The 6th Day
• Battlefield Earth
  • Razzie Awards for Worst Picture, Worst Actor, Worst Screen Couple, Worst Supporting Actor, Worst Supporting Actress, Worst Director and Worst Screenplay
  • 2004 Razzie Award for Worst 'Drama' Of Our First 25 Years
• Frequency
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
• Hollow Man
• Mission to Mars
• Pitch Black
• Red Planet
• Supernova
• The Cell
• Titan A.E.
• X-Men
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film

2001

• A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
• Avalon
• The American Astronaut
• Donnie Darko
• Evolution
• Ghosts of Mars
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
• Planet of the Apes
  • Razzie Award for Worst Remake or Sequel
• Vanilla Sky

2002

• Alien Apocalypse [TV]
• Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
• Cube 2: Hypercube
• Equilibrium
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
• Firestarter 2: Rekindled [TV]
• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
• Men in Black II
• Minority Report
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
• Project Viper
• Resident Evil
• Rollerball
• Sabretooth [TV]
• S1m0ne
• Signs
• Solaris
• Spider-Man
  • Highest-grossing film of the year[2]
• Star Trek: Nemesis
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
  • Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay
• The Adventures of Pluto Nash
• The Time Machine
• Timequest

2003

• Alien Hunter
• Beyond Re-Animator
• Code 46
• Daredevil
• Deathlands: Homeward Bound
• Deep Shock [TV]
• Encrypt [TV]
• Godzilla: Tokyo SOS
• Hulk
• It's All About Love
• Momentum [TV]
• Paycheck
• Riverworld [TV]
• Robot Stories
• Silent Warnings [TV]
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
• The Core
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
• The Matrix Reloaded
• The Matrix Revolutions
• Timeline
• Wonderful Days
• X2
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film

2004

• 2046
• Alien Lockdown [TV]
• Alien vs. Predator
• Anonymous Rex [TV]
• Boa vs Python [TV]
• Casshern
• Catwoman
• Decoys
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Oscar for best original screenplay
  • Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
• FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
• Frankenfish [TV]
• Godzilla: Final Wars
• I, Robot
• Innocence: Ghost in the Shell
• Primer
• 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

• A Sound of Thunder
• Æon Flux
• Doom
• King Kong
  • Oscar for achievement in sound editing, sound mixing and visual effects
• Man with the Screaming Brain
• Man-Thing [TV]
• Robots
• Serenity
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
• Steamboy
• The Fallen Ones [TV]
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• The Island
• War of the Worlds

2006

• House of the Dead 2
• Slither
• Ultraviolet
• V for Vendetta

Forthcoming

2006

• A Scanner Darkly
• John Carter of Mars
• Mammoth [TV]
• The Children of Men
• The Fountain
• The Visiting
• Tiniest Heroes: Gamera
• X-Men 3: The Last Stand

2007

• 28 Weeks Later[3]
• Cat's Cradle[4]
• Halo
• How to Survive a Robot Uprising[5]
• Project 880[6]
• Rendezvous With Rama[7]
• Spider-Man 3

2008

• Ender's Game
• Jurassic Park IV

2009

• Battle Angel

See also

Related films

• Anime
• Fantasy films (as distinct from science fiction films)
• Horror films

Related lists

• List of anime
• List of fantasy films
• List of horror films
• List of lists

Film ratings

• Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
• Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
• Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
• Films considered the worst ever