AFI's "10 Greatest Sci-Fi Films: The 50 Nominees"

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.

(found at: http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/10top10.aspx)

Send to Printer AFI's "10 Greatest Sci-Fi Films: The 50 Nominees" 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. (found at: http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/10top10.aspx)
	1.		A.I. - Artificial Intelligence (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
	2.		Alien by Ridley Scott
	3.		Altered States by Ken Russell
	4.		The Andromeda Strain by Robert Wise
	5.	?	Back to the Future
	6.		The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms by Eugène Lourié
	7.		Blade Runner (The Director's Cut) by Ridley Scott
	8.		Children of Men (Widescreen Edition) by Alfonso Cuarón
	9.		A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick
	10.		Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
	11.		Cocoon by Ron Howard
	12.		Contact by Robert Zemeckis
	13.		The Day the Earth Stood Still by Robert Wise
	14.		Destination Moon
	15.		E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (Widesceen) by Steven Spielberg
	16.		Escape from New York
	17.		Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition) by Michel Gondry
	18.		Fantastic Voyage by Richard Fleischer
	19.		The Fly (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
	20.		Forbidden Planet by Fred M. Wilcox
	21.	?	Frankenstein by James Whale
	22.	?	The Incredible Shrinking Man by Jack Arnold
	23.		Independence Day (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) by Roland Emmerich
	24.		Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Don Siegel
	25.		The Invisible Man by James Whale
	26.		It Came From Outer Space by Jack Arnold
	27.		Jurassic Park (Widescreen Collector's Edition) by Steven Spielberg
	28.		Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome by George Miller (II)
	29.		The Matrix by Larry Wachowski
	30.		Men in Black (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) by Barry Sonnenfeld
	31.		Minority Report (Widescreen Edition) by Steven Spielberg
	32.		Planet of the Apes (Widescreen Two-Disc Collector's Edition) by Franklin J. Schaffner
	33.		Repo Man (Collector's Edition)
	34.		Robocop by Paul Verhoeven
	35.		Rollerball by Norman Jewison
	36.		Silent Running by Douglas Trumbull
	37.		Soylent Green by Richard Fleischer
	38.		Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition) by Nicholas Meyer
	39.		Star Wars, Episode IV- A New Hope (Widescreen Edition) by George Lucas
	40.		Starman
	41.		The Stepford Wives by Bryan Forbes
	42.		Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (The Ultimate Edition DVD) by James Cameron
	43.		Them! by Gordon Douglas
	44.		The Thing from Another World by Christian Nyby
	45.		The Time Machine by George Pal
	46.		Total Recall
	47.		Tron (20th Anniversary Collector's Edition) by Steven Lisberger
	48.		2001 - A Space Odyssey (Two-Disc Special Edition)
	49.		The War of the Worlds (Special Collector's Edition) by Byron Haskin
	50.		Westworld by Michael Crichton
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