100 Essential Science Fiction & Fantasy Films

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Early in 2004 I supervised the assembly of a list of 100 "essential" science fiction and fantasy films over at the Classics Film Board on the IMDb. These are the films in the order they were finally ranked, from "best-liked" on down.

The ranking here was done through a preferential ballot system (the kind usually called "Australian balloting"). This produced a more consensus-oriented list than the crime & mystery list I’d supervised a few months earlier (which can be found at www.listsofbests.com/list/59241). Some of the odder choices may be attributed to the Classics Board regulars’ affinity for historic, foreign and/or arty films. ("The Orphic Collection" appears at #35 in lieu of an American stand-alone DVD release for "Orpheus". Also, "The Matrix" and "Superman" were actually tied for #60 in the original ranking. Finally, the 1932 version of "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" is the one at #69 and "Village of the Damned" is the film at #82.)

After I finish a second crime & mystery film list, I hope to create a new one of sf/fantasy films as well!

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  1. 1.
    2001 - A Space Odyssey (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Stanley Kubrick
  2. 2.
    King Kong (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Ernest B. Schoedsack
  3. 3.
    Beauty and The Beast (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jean Cocteau
  4. 4.
    E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (Widescreen Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg
  7. 7.
    The Wizard of Oz (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Jack Haley Jr.
  10. 10.
    Solaris (The Criterion Collection)
    by Andrey Tarkovskiy
  12. 12.
    The Terminator
    by James Cameron
  14. 14.
    Kwaidan (The Criterion Collection)
    by Masaki Kobayashi
  15. 15.
    Ugetsu (The Criterion Collection)
    by Kenji Mizoguchi
  17. 17.
    Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)
    by Fritz Lang
  18. 18.
    Kiki's Delivery Service
    by Hayao Miyazaki
  19. 19.
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers
    by Don Siegel
  20. 20.
  21. 21.
    My Neighbor Totoro
    by Hayao Miyazaki
  22. 22.
  24. 24.
    Alien (The Director's Cut)
    by Ridley Scott
  28. 28.
    Fantasia (Special 60th Anniversary Edition)
    by James Algar
  29. 29.
    Wings of Desire (Special Edition)
    by Wim Wenders
  30. 30.
    Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Special Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg
  31. 31.
  32. 32.
    Blade Runner (Two-Disc Final Cut)
    by Ridley Scott
  33. 33.
    Excalibur
    by John Boorman
  37. 37.
    Aliens (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by James Cameron
  38. 38.
    The Invisible Man

  39. 39.
  40. 40.
    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  43. 43.
    The Iron Giant (Special Edition)
    by Brad Bird
  44. 44.
    Mary Poppins (40th Anniversary Edition)
    by Dave Bossert
  45. 45.
    The Birds (Collector's Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  49. 49.
    The Abyss (Special Edition)
    by James Cameron

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Created by RobT2 on Sep 18, 2008.
 

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RobT2

The DVD's at Nos. 69 & 82... — 2 years ago

…actually do contain two films each, but they both stand for a single film on the actual list (the 1932 version of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and the original “Village of the Damned” respectively). Also, the DVD set at No. 35 contains three films, of which only one (“Orphee” a.k.a. “Orpheus”) is on the actual list.

Apr 10, 11:21AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

MestnyiGeroi

Untitled — 2 years ago

Nos. 69 and 82 are really two films each?

Apr 08, 06:35AM | 0 comments | Reply to this



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