AFI - Greatest Science Fiction Films - The 50 Nominees

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The American Film Institute’s official 50 nominees for the Top 10 Science Fiction Films of All-Time (to be announced June 17, 2008)

"AFI defines “science fiction” as a genre that marries a scientific or technological premise with imaginative speculation."

"Whether it’s a flying saucer whirling through space or a gleaming city on a distant planet, at the core of all science fiction is the provocative question, “What if…?” Science fiction presents stories and situations that tap our brightest hopes and darkest fears about what might, one day, turn out to be true."

Check out all the entries from "AFI’s Top 10" here: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/55322/tagged_as?name=afi+top+10

In alphabetical order.

  1. 2.
    Alien
    by Ridley Scott

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  2. 3.
    Altered States
    by Ken Russell

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  3. 4.
    The Andromeda Strain
    by Robert Wise

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  4. 5.
    Back to the Future

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  5. 6.
    The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
    by Eugène Lourié

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  6. 7.
    Blade Runner (The Director's Cut)
    by Ridley Scott

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  7. 8.
    Children of Men (Widescreen Edition)
    by Alfonso Cuarón

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  8. 9.
    A Clockwork Orange
    by Stanley Kubrick

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  9. 11.
    Cocoon
    by Ron Howard

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  10. 12.
    Contact
    by Robert Zemeckis

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  11. 13.
    The Day the Earth Stood Still
    by Robert Wise

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  12. 14.
    Destination Moon

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  13. 15.
    E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (Widesceen)
    by Steven Spielberg

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  14. 16.
    Escape from New York

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  15. 17.
    Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition)
    by Michel Gondry

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  16. 18.
    Fantastic Voyage
    by Richard Fleischer

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  18. 20.
    Forbidden Planet
    by Fred M. Wilcox

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  19. 21.
    Frankenstein
    by James Whale

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  20. 22.
    The Incredible Shrinking Man
    by Jack Arnold

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  21. 23.
    Independence Day (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Roland Emmerich

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  22. 24.
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers
    by Don Siegel

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  23. 25.
    The Invisible Man
    by James Whale

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  24. 26.
    It Came From Outer Space
    by Jack Arnold

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  25. 27.
    Jurassic Park (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

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  26. 28.
    Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
    by George Miller (II)

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  27. 29.
    The Matrix
    by Larry Wachowski

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  28. 30.
    Men in Black (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Barry Sonnenfeld

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  29. 31.
    Minority Report (Widescreen Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

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  30. 32.
    Planet of the Apes (Widescreen Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Franklin J. Schaffner

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  31. 33.
    Repo Man (Collector's Edition)

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  32. 34.
    Robocop
    by Paul Verhoeven

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  33. 35.
    Rollerball
    by Norman Jewison

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  34. 36.
    Silent Running
    by Douglas Trumbull

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  35. 37.
    Soylent Green
    by Richard Fleischer

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  36. 39.
    Star Wars, Episode IV- A New Hope (Widescreen Edition)
    by George Lucas

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  37. 40.
    Starman

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  38. 41.
    The Stepford Wives
    by Bryan Forbes

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  39. 42.
    Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (The Ultimate Edition DVD)
    by James Cameron

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  40. 43.
    Them!
    by Gordon Douglas

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  41. 44.
    The Thing from Another World
    by Christian Nyby

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  42. 45.
    The Time Machine
    by George Pal

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  43. 46.
    Total Recall

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  44. 47.
    Tron (20th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
    by Steven Lisberger

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  45. 49.
    The War of the Worlds (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Byron Haskin

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  46. 50.
    Westworld
    by Michael Crichton

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