1. Blade Runner  1982
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Apart from its groundbreaking visuals of a decayed and neon-infested future Los Angeles, Blade Runner is an engaging noir-ish thriller that smartly questions the line between human and robot, and even creators and those they create. The film follows…  read full story

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2. 2001: A Space Odyssey  1968
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Considered by many to be the landmark science fiction film of all time, 2001: A Space Odyssey, is a visionary film exploring mankind’s ultimate destiny in the universe. Groundbreaking in its day, it envisions future space travel using stunning imagery, and…  read full story

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3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind  1977
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A special effects film filled with wonder, adventure and drama, Close Encounters of the Third Kind embraces the idea of accepting and exploring the unknown. The title promises ‘contact with aliens’ and the film delivers spectacularly, but…  read full story

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4. The Matrix  1999
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By asking the question, “What is the Matrix?” a computer hacker, Neo, pulls the string that unravels his entire life: from his thankless corporate job, to everything that he ever thought was real. Rescued by his idol—the elusive hacker Morpheus—Neo…  read full story

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5. Star Wars  1977
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From the opening scene, with its incomprehensibly large space craft passing overhead and filling the entire screen for what seems like an eternity, the 1977 film Star Wars changed the rules for all action adventure films that followed. In the…  read full story

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6. Terminator  1984
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An action thriller from the word ‘go,’ The Terminator is about having a gun-blazing robot assassin from the future track you down and try to kill you. Inspired by director James Cameron’s dream of a metallic torso dragging itself…  read full story

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7. Planet of the Apes  1968
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A milestone science fiction film, Planet of the Apes holds a mirror to society—revealing a backwards world where apes rule and man is a primitive, mute animal. Surviving a crash landing after travelling at near light speed, three crew members find themselves stranded on a strange planet hundreds of years in the…  read full story

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8. Back to the Future  1985
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Fast-paced and quick-witted, Back to the Future is a time travel comedy that flings an average high school student thirty years into the past—right into the middle of his parent’s high school courtship. To make matters worse, the teenager who will become his mother falls for him, instead of his awkward and shy father…  read full story

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9. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan  1982
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An action-packed clash between two larger than life figures, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan pits the starship Enterprise against Khan—a vengeful and genetically enhanced war criminal. Obsessed with avenging the death of his wife, Khan is determined to outwit…  read full story

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10. Alien  1979
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A tense and thrilling horror film set in the depths of space, Alien features one of the creepiest and most lethal alien monsters of all time. An extraterrestrial larva attacks and infects a crewmember, and using the most gruesome of…  read full story

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11. Terminator 2: Judgment Day  1991
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Filled with gripping chase scenes on the freeways, and in flood channels, of Los Angeles, Terminator 2 is a visual effects-driven action film with a heart. A boy targeted for death, and his battle-hardened mother, stand between two warring cyborgs from the future: one whose mission …  read full story

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12. Invasion of the Body Snatchers  1956
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A horror thriller from the 1950s, Invasion of the Body Snatchers takes a classic American small town and turns it into the site of an insidious alien invasion. One by one, family and neighbors in this tight-knit community are replaced…  read full story

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13. Forbidden Planet  1956
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At a time when most sci fi movies had to get by with small budgets and cheesy effects, Forbidden Planet was a spectacular, effects-filled, big-budget exception. Set in a distant corner of the universe, a crew from Earth must learn why the lone survivor…  read full story

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14. The Fifth Element  1997
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The Fifth Element is a wildly entertaining jumble of action, love story, frenetic comedy and alien space opera — all rolled into an adventure that has as many twists and turns as it has aliens and visual effects. Fate drops a vulnerable and powerful woman…  read full story

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15. The Thing  1982
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A horror thriller set in the frigid and isolated American Research Facility in Antarctica, John Carpenter’s The Thing plants a truly nightmarish alien creature – that can perfectly mimic any living being – into a tight-knit crew of twelve men. Any one of them could be…  read full story

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16. Galaxy Quest  1999
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A ridiculously funny space adventure, Galaxy Quest begins when a hapless group of aliens (who believe that all Earth television shows are true ‘historical documents’) search out the washed up stars of a cancelled television series, Galaxy Quest, in order to help them defeat a real enemy that …  read full story

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17. The Day the Earth Stood Still  1951
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A tense drama about first contact with aliens, The Day the Earth Stood Still tells the story of an alien messenger sent to Earth with a stern warning for the human race. Upon landing, he is shot by a nervous soldier as…  read full story

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18. More films are on the way…  soon
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Yes, you are quite right, this list is not yet 100 titles long. I’m researching and posting for each film as quickly as possible. I hope you enjoy the current list and please check back soon for updates!…  read full story

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