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Science Fiction

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  • Brigitte Helm in Metropolis (1927)

    1. Metropolis

    19272h 33mNot Rated98Metascore
    8.3 (196K)
    In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsBrigitte HelmAlfred AbelGustav Fröhlich
  • Things to Come (1936)

    2. Things to Come

    19361h 40mNot Rated
    6.6 (9.7K)
    The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.
    DirectorWilliam Cameron MenziesStarsRaymond MasseyEdward ChapmanRalph Richardson
  • Destination Moon (1950)

    3. Destination Moon

    19501h 32mApproved
    6.3 (4.9K)
    "Destination Moon", tells the tale of when Doctor Charles Cargraves and retired General Thayer approach Jim Barnes, the head of his own aviation construction firms to help build a rocket that will take them to the moon.
    DirectorIrving PichelStarsJohn ArcherWarner AndersonTom Powers
  • Robert Cornthwaite, Margaret Sheridan, Douglas Spencer, and Kenneth Tobey in The Thing from Another World (1951)

    4. The Thing from Another World

    19511h 27mApproved
    7.0 (36K)
    Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.
    DirectorsChristian NybyHoward HawksStarsKenneth TobeyMargaret SheridanJames Arness
  • When Worlds Collide (1951)

    5. When Worlds Collide

    19511h 23mG47Metascore
    6.6 (9.9K)
    As a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home.
    DirectorRudolph MatéStarsRichard DerrBarbara RushPeter Hansen
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

    6. The Day the Earth Stood Still

    19511h 32mG83Metascore
    7.7 (88K)
    An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsMichael RenniePatricia NealHugh Marlowe
  • The War of the Worlds (1953)

    7. The War of the Worlds

    19531h 27mG78Metascore
    7.0 (40K)
    A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.
    DirectorByron HaskinStarsGene BarryAnn RobinsonLes Tremayne
  • Them! (1954)

    8. Them!

    19541h 34mApproved74Metascore
    7.2 (26K)
    The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization.
    DirectorGordon DouglasStarsJames WhitmoreEdmund GwennJoan Weldon
  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

    9. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    19542h 7mG83Metascore
    7.2 (39K)
    A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
    DirectorRichard FleischerStarsKirk DouglasJames MasonPaul Lukas
  • Ishirô Honda and Takashi Shimura in Godzilla (1954)

    10. Godzilla

    19541h 36mNot Rated79Metascore
    7.6 (43K)
    After a dinosaur-like beast - awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing - ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.
    DirectorIshirô HondaStarsTakashi ShimuraAkihiko HirataAkira Takarada
  • Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

    11. Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    19561h 20mApproved92Metascore
    7.7 (58K)
    A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
    DirectorDon SiegelStarsKevin McCarthyDana WynterLarry Gates
  • Forbidden Planet (1956)

    12. Forbidden Planet

    19561h 38mG80Metascore
    7.5 (56K)
    A starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization.
    DirectorFred M. WilcoxStarsWalter PidgeonAnne FrancisLeslie Nielsen
  • Grant Williams in The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

    13. The Incredible Shrinking Man

    19571h 21mApproved73Metascore
    7.6 (21K)
    After Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him.
    DirectorJack ArnoldStarsGrant WilliamsRandy StuartApril Kent
  • David Hedison and Patricia Owens in The Fly (1958)

    14. The Fly

    19581h 34mApproved62Metascore
    7.1 (27K)
    A scientist has a horrific accident when he tries to use his newly invented teleportation device.
    DirectorKurt NeumannStarsDavid HedisonPatricia OwensVincent Price
  • The Blob (1958)

    15. The Blob

    19581h 26mApproved58Metascore
    6.3 (31K)
    An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows.
    DirectorsIrvin S. Yeaworth Jr.Russell S. Doughten Jr.StarsSteve McQueenAneta CorsautEarl Rowe
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

    16. Journey to the Center of the Earth

    19592h 9mApproved
    7.0 (21K)
    An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
    DirectorHenry LevinStarsJames MasonPat BooneArlene Dahl
  • Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux in The Time Machine (1960)

    17. The Time Machine

    19601h 43mG67Metascore
    7.5 (47K)
    A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.
    DirectorGeorge PalStarsRod TaylorAlan YoungYvette Mimieux
  • The Lost World (1960)

    18. The Lost World

    19601h 37mApproved
    5.5 (4.9K)
    Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinosaurs still live there.
    DirectorIrwin AllenStarsMichael RennieJill St. JohnDavid Hedison
  • Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)

    19. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

    19611h 45mPG49Metascore
    6.0 (6.9K)
    When the Earth is threatened by a burning Van Allen Radiation Belt, U.S. Navy Admiral Harriman Nelson plans to shoot a nuclear missile at the Belt, using his experimental atomic submarine, the Seaview.
    DirectorIrwin AllenStarsWalter PidgeonJoan FontaineBarbara Eden
  • Frankie Avalon, Ray Milland, Richard Bakalyan, Neil Burstyn, Joan Freeman, Jean Hagen, Rex Holman, and Mary Mitchel in Panic in Year Zero! (1962)

    20. Panic in Year Zero!

    19621h 33mApproved
    6.6 (5.2K)
    A family leaves Los Angeles for a camping trip just before hydrogen bombs destroy the city. In the midst of the chaos, the father must fight to keep his family alive along the highway.
    DirectorRay MillandStarsRay MillandJean HagenFrankie Avalon
  • The Day of the Triffids (1963)

    21. The Day of the Triffids

    19631h 33mApproved
    6.1 (9.4K)
    After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.
    DirectorsSteve SekelyFreddie FrancisStarsHoward KeelNicole MaureyJanette Scott
  • Vincent Price in The Last Man on Earth (1964)

    22. The Last Man on Earth

    19641h 26mNot Rated
    6.7 (23K)
    When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.
    DirectorsUbaldo RagonaSidney SalkowStarsVincent PriceFranca BettoiaEmma Danieli
  • Eddie Constantine and Anna Karina in Alphaville (1965)

    23. Alphaville

    19651h 39mNot Rated92Metascore
    7.0 (29K)
    An agent wrecks the main computer on another planet.
    DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsEddie ConstantineAnna KarinaAkim Tamiroff
  • Seconds (1966)

    24. Seconds

    19661h 46mR71Metascore
    7.6 (24K)
    A sinister company transforms a plain client.
    DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsRock HudsonFrank CampanellaJohn Randolph
  • Fantastic Voyage (1966)

    25. Fantastic Voyage

    19661h 40mPG72Metascore
    6.8 (22K)
    When a blood clot renders a scientist comatose, a submarine and its crew are shrunk and injected into his bloodstream in order to save him.
    DirectorRichard FleischerStarsStephen BoydRaquel WelchEdmond O'Brien

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