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The following list of science fiction films include a number that are notable and a large number that are considered mediocre, including quite a few that have been listed among the worst movies ever made, or have won one or more Golden Raspberry Awards.
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Before 1930
1902- A Trip to the Moon (original title Le voyage dans la lune)
- 20,000 lieues sous les mers (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea)
- Paris Qui Dort
- Frau im Mond (A Woman in the Moon)
1930s
1930 1931 1932 1933 1935 1936- Flash Gordon (1936 serial)
- Flash Gordon (1936 feature version; reissued in 1938 as "Rocketship")
- ''The Invisible Ray
- Things to Come
1940s
1940- Dr. Cyclops
- ''The Mysterious Dr. Satan (serial)
- The Invisible Man Returns
- The Invisible Woman
- Invisible Agent
- Dr. Renault's Secret
- The Ape Man
- The Mad Ghoul
- The Purple Monster Strikes (serial)
- Manhunt of Mystery Island (serial)
- ''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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The Magnetic Monster
- Mesa of Lost Women
- The Neanderthal Man
- Phantom from Space
- Port Sinister (aka Beast of Paradise Isle - U.S. 1957 reissue)
- Project Moonbase
- Robot Monster
- Spaceways
- The Twonky
- The War of the Worlds
- *Academy Award for Visual Effects
- *Retroactive Hugo Award, 2004
- 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!
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 1961 1962- The Day of the Triffids
- Journey to the 7th Planet
- King Kong vs. Godzilla
- La Jetée
- 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
- Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution
- Doctor Who and the Daleks
- Frankenstein Conquers the World
- Invasion of Astro-Monster
- It Happened Here
- Planet of the Vampires
- 2+5: Missione Hydra (aka "Star Pilot")
- Time Travellers
- 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
- [[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|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)
- The Year of the Sex Olympics (TV)
- Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
- [[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
- Toomorrow
- A Clockwork Orange
- *Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
- The Andromeda Strain
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes
- Glen and Randa
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah
- The Omega Man
- 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 (Solyaris)
- ZPG
- Battle for the Planet of the Apes
- Fantastic Planet
- 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?
- A Boy and his Dog
- *Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
- Death Race 2000
- Doc Savage — the Man of Bronze
- Futureworld
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Rollerball
- *Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
- Shivers
- The Stepford Wives
- Terror of Mechagodzilla
- The Ultimate Warrior
- 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)
- 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
- Battlestar Galactica
- The Boys from Brazil
- Capricorn One
- The Cat from Outer Space
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- The Return of Captain Nemo
- 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
- Uchu Kara No Messeji (aka Message from Space)
- Warlords of Atlantis
- Alien
- *Academy Award for Visual Effects
- *Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
- *Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
- The Black Hole
- Mad Max
- Meteor
- Moonraker
- The Quatermass Conclusion
- Quintet
- Scontri Stellari Oltre la Terza Dimensione (aka Starcrash)
- Stalker
- [[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]
- 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
- Superman II
- The Final Countdown
- Escape from New York
- Galaxy of Terror
- Heavy Metal
- [[Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior]]
- Outland
- Scanners
- The Incredible Shrinking Woman
- Android
- Blade Runner
- *Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
- Burst City - Bakuretsu Toshi
- 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
- Videodrome
- 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 Day After
- The Dead Zone
- The Last Battle
- WarGames
- [[Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone]]
- [[2010: Odyssey Two|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
- 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
- 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]]
- 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
- Legend of the Golden Pearl
- 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
- [[Tetsuo: The Iron Man]]
- Back to the Future Part II
- The Terror Within
- Cyborg
- Bunker Palace Hôtel
- Godzilla vs. Biollante
- Gunhed - Ganheddo
- 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- The Handmaid's Tale
- The Terror Within II
- Hardware
- Moon 44
- Predator 2
- Peacemaker
- RoboCop 2
- Solar Crisis
- Total Recall
- *Academy Award for Visual Effects (Special Achievement Award)
- *Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
- 964 Pinocchio
- Critters 3
- Critters 4
- Delicatessen
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
- Knight Rider 2000
- The Rocketeer
- [[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
- *Highest grossing film of 1991
- Alien³
- Batman Returns
- Freejack
- Godzilla vs. Mothra
- The Lawnmower Man
- [[Tetsuo II: Body Hammer]]
- Universal Soldier
- 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
- *Highest grossing film of 1993
- Nemesis
- RoboCop 3
- Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla
- Stargate
- *Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
- [[Star Trek: Generations]]
- Timecop
- Le Cité des Enfants Perdus (The City of Lost Children)
- [[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]
- Ghost in the Shell
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
- Harrison Bergeron
- Johnny Mnemonic
- Judge Dredd
- Outbreak
- Screamers
- Species
- Strange Days
- 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
- 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
- *Highest grossing film of 1996
- The Island of Dr. Moreau
- *Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor
- Mars Attacks!
- Multiplicity
- Rubber's Lover
- Solo
- [[Star Trek: First Contact]]
- Tykho Moon
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Hallmark production)
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Village Roadshow production)
- [[Alien: Resurrection]]
- Contact
- *Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
- Batman & Robin
- The End of Evangelion (animated movie)
- Event Horizon
- The Fifth Element
- Full Metal Yakuza
- Gattaca
- Men in Black
- *Academy Award for Makeup
- *Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
- Nirvana
- The Postman
- *Razzie Awards for Worst Picture, Worst Actor, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay and Worst Song
- Spawn
- Starship Troopers
- Armageddon
- *Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film (tie)
- *Highest grossing film of 1998
- 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
- Pi
- Soldier
- Species II
- Sphere
- [[Star Trek: Insurrection]]
- Barren Illusion
- The Bicentennial Man
- Deep Impact
- Escape from Mars
- eXistenZ
- Galaxy Quest
- *Nebula Award for Best Script
- [[Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys]]
- [[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]
- The Iron Giant
- The Matrix
- Me and the Big Guy
- My Favorite Martian
- [[Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace]]
- *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
- *Highest grossing film of 1999[link]
- 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
- I.K.U.
- Mission to Mars
- Pitch Black
- Red Planet
- Supernova
- The Cell
- Titan A.E.
- X-Men
- *Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
- *Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
- Avalon
- The American Astronaut
- Donnie Darko
- Electric Dragon 80.000 V
- Evolution
- Ghosts of Mars
- [[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]
- Metropolis (2001 film)
- Planet of the Apes
- * Razzie Award for Worst Remake or Sequel
- Vanilla Sky
- 28 Days Later
- Alien Apocalypse [TV]
- [[Cowboy Bebop: The Movie|Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]
- [[Cube 2: Hypercube]]
- [[Dead Or Alive:Final]]
- 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[link]
- [[Star Trek: Nemesis]]
- [[Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones]]
- * Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay
- [[Tamala 2010: Punk Cat In Space]]
- The Adventures of Pluto Nash
- The Time Machine
- Timequest
- 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
- [[2009: Lost Memories]]
- Momentum [TV]
- Natural City
- Paycheck
- *Razzie Award for Worst Actor
- Riverworld [TV]
- Robot Stories
- Save The Green Planet!
- 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
- 2046
- Alien Lockdown [TV]
- Alien vs. Predator
- Anonymous Rex [TV]
- Boa vs Python [TV]
- Casshern
- Catwoman
- *Razzie Awards for Worst Picture, Worst Actress, Worst Director and Worst Screenplay
- Decoys
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- *Oscar for best original screenplay
- *Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
- Frankenfish [TV]
- [[Godzilla: Final Wars]]
- I, Robot
- Immortel (ad vitam)
- [[Innocence: Ghost in the Shell]]
- Nochnoi Dozor - The Night Watch
- 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
- A Sound of Thunder
- ''Æon Flux
- Doom
- King Kong
- * Oscar for achievement in sound editing, sound mixing and visual effects
- *Saturn Award for Best Actress, Best Direction and Best Special Effects
- Man with the Screaming Brain
- Man-Thing [TV]
- Robots
- Serenity
- *Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
- * Nebula Award for Best Script
- Puzzlehead
- [[Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]]
- *Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor
- *Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film and Best Music
- Steamboy
- The Fallen Ones [TV]
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- The Island
- War of the Worlds
- *Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
- '' H.G. Wells' War of The Worlds
- '' H.G. Wells' The War of The Worlds
2006
- Black Hole
- House of the Dead 2
- Dnevnoy Dozor - The Day Watch
- Mammoth [TV]
- Renaissance 2054
- Slither
- Ultraviolet
- V for Vendetta
- X-Men 3: The Last Stand
Forthcoming
2006
- A Scanner Darkly
- Idiocracy
- John Carter of Mars
- The Children of Men
- The Fountain
- The Visiting
- [[Tiniest Heroes: Gamera]]
- 28 Weeks Later[link]
- AVP 2: Alien vs. Predator 2[link]
- Cat's Cradle[link]
- Halo
- How to Survive a Robot Uprising[link]
- Project 880[link]
- Rendezvous With Rama[link]
- Spider-Man 3
- Sunshine[link]
- Transformers
2008
2009- Battle Angel
- The Fires Fish (film)[[Citing sources citation needed]]
See also
Related films- Anime
- Fantasy films (as distinct from science fiction films)
- Horror films
- 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
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