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List of the AFI’s Top Science Fiction Movies. The Sci-Fi genre can consist of robot movies, films in space, even monster movies. In 2008 the American Film Institute honored America’s 10 greatest films in 10 classic film genres, of which Science Fiction was one. These were chosen from a ballot of 500 nominated films, to a jury of over 1500 leaders in the film industry. The ballot include films from 1915 to 2006.

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Rank   Name Release Directed by Genre(s) Actor(s)
  1. 1
    1968
    Stanley Kubrick
    Mystery, Thriller, Science Fiction, Adventure, Surrealism, Airplanes and airports, Roadshow theatrical release More
    Douglas Rain, William Sylvester, Leonard Rossiter, Sean Sullivan, Frank A. Miller, Margaret Tyzack, Ed Bishop, Gary Lockwood, Arthur C. Clarke, Alan Gifford, Vivian Kubrick, Robert Beatty, John Ashley, Keir Dullea, Daniel Richter, Ann Gillis More
  2. 2
    1977
    George Lucas
    Fantasy, Family, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Coming of age, Space western More
    Don Henderson, Phil Brown, Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker, James Earl Jones, Jack Purvis, Richard LeParmentier, Alex McCrindle, Shelagh Fraser, Carrie Fisher, Paul Blake, David Prowse, Anthony Daniels, Harrison Ford, Eddie Byrne, Mark Hamill, Denis Lawson, Alec Guinness, Peter Cushing More
  3. 3
    1982
    Steven Spielberg
    Drama, Fantasy, Family, Science Fiction, Adventure, Children's, Family Drama More
    Debra Winger, Robert MacNaughton, Erika Eleniak, C. Thomas Howell, Michael Durrell, Peter Coyote, Pat Welsh, Sean Frye, Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace-Stone, K. C. Martel More
  4. 4
    1971
    Stanley Kubrick
    Drama, Crime, Science Fiction, Crime Fiction, Black comedy, Dystopia, Cult, Satire, New Hollywood More
    Aubrey Morris, Adrienne Corri, Miriam Karlin, Michael Bates, Malcolm McDowell, David Prowse, Patrick Magee, Warren Clarke, Michael Tarn, James Marcus, Godfrey Quigley, Anthony Sharp More
  5. 5
    1951
    Robert Wise
    Drama, Black-and-white, Thriller, Science Fiction, Cold War, Doomsday film, Therimin music More
    Patricia Neal, James Dean, Hugh Marlowe, Michael Rennie, Sam Jaffe, Frances Bavier, House Peters, Jr., Billy Gray, Lock Martin More
  6. 6
    1982
    Ridley Scott
    Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction, Crime Thriller, Dystopia, Cult, Film noir, Existentialism, Future noir, Cyberpunk, Neo-noir More
    Joanna Cassidy, Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, John Edward Allen, Edward James Olmos, Kevin Thompson, James Hong, M. Emmet Walsh, Morgan Paull, William Sanderson, Rutger Hauer, Brion James, Joe Turkel, Hy Pyke More
  7. 7
    1979
    Ridley Scott
    Science Fiction, Adventure, Horror, New Hollywood
    Sigourney Weaver, Eddie Powell, Tom Skerritt, Bolaji Badejo, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton, Helen Horton More
  8. 8
    1991
    James Cameron
    Thriller, Science Fiction, Action, Action/Adventure, Time travel, Doomsday film More
    Danny Cooksey, Ken Gibbel, Castulo Guerra, Robert Patrick, Arnold Schwarzenegger, S. Epatha Merkerson, Joe Morton, Jenette Goldstein, Earl Boen, Pete Schrum, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Xander Berkeley, Leslie Hamilton Gearren, Nikki Cox More
  9. 9
    1956
    Don Siegel
    Black-and-white, Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror, Cold War, Doomsday film, Alien invasion More
    Richard Deacon, Larry Gates, Kevin McCarthy, Carolyn Jones, King Donovan, Ralph Dumke, Sam Peckinpah, Jean Willes, Dana Wynter More
  10. 10
    1985
    Robert Zemeckis
    Comedy, Family, Science Fiction, Adventure, Time travel, Humour
    Claudia Wells, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Wendie Jo Sperber, Frances Lee McCain, Maia Brewton, Huey Lewis, J.J. Cohen, Jason Hervey, Marc McClure, Billy Zane, James Tolkan, Jason Marin, Christopher Lloyd, Thomas F. Wilson, Michael J. Fox, Harry Waters, Jr., George DiCenzo, Donald Fullilove, Casey Siemaszko More

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