Lists of Bests: Phobos Entertainment's "50 Science Fiction Films You Just Have to See" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/45 If you’re trying to understand the good, bad and ugly of science fiction films, you might want to start with Phobos’ “List of SF Films You Have To See.” No matter what its pedigree–or its quality–each film below is loaded with ideas, images or themes that have helped elevate cinematic SF to the heights it enjoys today. Picked by Keith Olexa. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:24:49 GMT en-us 0 50 50 0 0 Star Wars, Episode IV- A New Hope (Widescreen Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38388 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38388"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0006VIE4C.01-A3INEY9W97IL96._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Lucas</div> Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36620 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36620"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00007L4MJ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fritz Lang</div> Forbidden Planet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65365 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65365"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004RF9B.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fred M. Wilcox</div> Invasion of the Body Snatchers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65273 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65273"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0782009980.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Don Siegel</div> The Fly (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59405 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59405"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0009X768W.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Thing From Another World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65286 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65286"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005JG70.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christian Nyby</div> The Thing - Collector's Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65366 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65366"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0783227507.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056487073_.jpg" /></a></div> The Empire Strikes Back http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65367 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Matrix http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35808 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35808"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000K19E.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Larry Wachowski</div> Godzilla King of the Monsters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65368 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry O. Morse</div> The Time Machine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57114 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57114"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0790747324.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Pal</div> The War of the Worlds http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44281 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44281"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305350221.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Byron Haskin</div> Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56492 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56492"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41N4D9XGQVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicholas Meyer</div> Planet of the Apes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65276 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65276"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004W21Q.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Franklin J. Schaffner</div> The Andromeda Strain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61177 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61177"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00008438U.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057242242_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Wise</div> This Island Earth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65369 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65369"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305077983.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Arnold</div> Them! http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65370 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65370"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000067FP3.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44668112_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gordon Douglas</div> Quatermass and the Pit (Five Million Years to Earth) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65371 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by </div> 2001 - A Space Odyssey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36085 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36085"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005ASUM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Kubrick</div> The Terminator http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61525 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61525"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RCHPYNJ2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Cameron</div> Blade Runner (The Director's Cut) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23589 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23589"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0790729628.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ridley Scott</div> Altered States http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65372 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65372"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305133131.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ken Russell</div> H.G. Wells - Things to Come http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65373 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65373"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000056NWH.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Cameron Menzies</div> Alien http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55494 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55494"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000ILDD.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ridley Scott</div> Aliens (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61757 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61757"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000ILDE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Cameron</div> The Day the Earth Stood Still http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65285 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65285"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PT8FHSSVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Wise</div> The Incredible Shrinking Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65374 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Arnold</div> The Day After http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65375 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65375"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000059PR5.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicholas Meyer</div> Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35779 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35779"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000IREA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roger Vadim</div> A Clockwork Orange http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52093 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52093"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005ATQB.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Kubrick</div> Sleeper http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39235 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39235"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0792846117.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Zardoz http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65376 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65376"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513J6025N4L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Logan's Run http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45269 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45269"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004VVNB.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Anderson</div> Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65112 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65112"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CX9G.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Tron (20th Anniversary Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65377 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65377"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PQ1Q38NCL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Lisberger</div> 1984 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40971 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40971"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00007KQA3.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Radford</div> Akira (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40413 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40413"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005MAM2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Katsuhiro Ôtomo</div> Total Recall (Special Limited Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65378 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65378"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005N918.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Verhoeven</div> Independence Day (Single Disc Widescreen Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65379 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65379"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005V9IK.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roland Emmerich</div> Galaxy Quest http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35890 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35890"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CXDV.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Fantastic Planet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65380 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65380"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305307156.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by René Laloux</div> Earth vs. the Flying Saucers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48535 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48535"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00006CXGG.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fred F. Sears</div> The Rocky Horror Picture Show (25th Anniversary Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45256 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45256"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004U8P9.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Sharman</div> The Bride of Frankenstein http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63930 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63930"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/078323502X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Whale</div> Plan 9 from Outer Space http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65381 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65381"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305760403.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Crawling Eye (Widescreen European Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65382 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65382"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005R1O7.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Quentin Lawrence</div> Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36051 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36051"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000055Y0X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Kubrick</div> The Road Warrior http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45375 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45375"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0790729342.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Miller (II)</div> When Worlds Collide http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65383 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65383"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005NG6A.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rudolph Maté</div> Strange Days http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52128 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52128"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000JSJC.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kathryn Bigelow</div>