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Please visit the current, updated Top 250 Sci-Fi Films list.
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An accompaniment to the Letterboxd Top 250, which contains just a few science fiction films.
Extracted from here.
No shorts, no TV series or TV movies, no YouTube videos, no filmed stage productions, no reissues / re-edits, no commentary track versions, no compilations of TV show episodes, no behind-the-scenes documentaries, nor anything else that isn't really a full film. All entries must be at least 40 minutes in length.
To ensure this list isn't filled with films with very few ratings, this only includes films rated by at least 1,000 users and with at least 100 likes.
To avoid arguments, the films…
This list is no longer being updated.
Please visit the current, updated Top 250 Sci-Fi Films list.
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An accompaniment to the Letterboxd Top 250, which contains just a few science fiction films.
Extracted from here.
No shorts, no TV series or TV movies, no YouTube videos, no filmed stage productions, no reissues / re-edits, no commentary track versions, no compilations of TV show episodes, no behind-the-scenes documentaries, nor anything else that isn't really a full film. All entries must be at least 40 minutes in length.
To ensure this list isn't filled with films with very few ratings, this only includes films rated by at least 1,000 users and with at least 100 likes.
To avoid arguments, the films must be categorised as "Science Fiction" by Letterboxd.
Last update: 19th March 2022
See also: Letterboxd's Top 250 Horror Films
Also, check out: a variation on this list by Chris Coke.
A list of eligible sci-fi films under 1,000 ratings.
Some Statistics:
Films per decade:
1920s - 2 films
1930s - 6 films
1940s - 0 films
1950s - 7 films
1960s - 11 films
1970s - 15 films
1980s - 52 films
1990s - 34 films
2000s - 42 films
2010s - 60 films
2020s - 19 films
Recurring Directors:
5 films - Hideaki Anno, Mamoru Oshii
4 films - James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Anthony & Joe Russo, Shusuke Kaneko
3 films - John Carpenter, Ridley Scott, Robert Zemeckis, Denis Villeneuve, James Whale, David Cronenberg, Jay Oliva, Paul Verhoeven, Bong Joon-ho, Rintaro, Katsuhiro Otomo, Christopher Nolan
2 films - Andrei Tarkovsky, Stanley Kubrick, Fritz Lang, George Miller, Gakuryû Ishii, Terry Gilliam, Konstantin Lopushansky, Alex Garland, Shinichiro Watanabe, Nicholas Meyer, Takeshi Koike, Stuart Gordon, Jack Arnold, Noboru Ishiguro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro, Danny Boyle, John Krasinski, Joss Whedon, Matt Reeves, Shane Carruth, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Hiroyuki Imaishi, Mamoru Hosoda, Gabriele Mainetti, Koji Morimoto, René Laloux, Jon Watts