List of science fiction films

The tone of science fiction films is often a guide to the tone of the times the film was made: other worlds and species are viewed in turn as wonderful, terrifying, threatening, incomprehensible, and childishly benign.

Notable science fiction films include:

Table of contents

1 Prior to 1930 2 1930s 3 1950s 4 1960s 5 1970s 6 1980s 7 1990s 8 2000s

Prior to 1930

;1902:A Trip to the Moon (original title Le voyage dans la lune) ;1927:Metropolis ;1929:Frau im Mond

1930s

;1931:Frankenstein ;1933:The Invisible Man ;1936:Flash Gordon (serial) ;1938:Things to Come

1950s

;1951:The Day the Earth Stood Still ;1951:The Thing From Another World (Howard Hawks original) ;1958:Plan 9 from Outer Space ;1952:The War of the Worlds ;1954:Godzilla (original title ゴジラ Gojira) ;1954:This Island Earth ;1956:Forbidden Planet ;1956:Invasion of the Body Snatchers ;1957:The Incredible Shrinking Man ;1958:The Blob ;1959:Journey to the Center of the Earth

1960s

;1960:The Time Machine ;1963:Day of the Triffids ;1964:Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ;1966:Fahrenheit 451 ;1966:Seconds ;1968:2001: A Space Odyssey ;1969:Colossus: the Forbin Project

1970s

;1970:THX 1138 ;1971:A Clockwork Orange ;1971:The Andromeda Strain ;1971:The Omega Man ;1972:Solaris (original title Солярис Solyaris) ;1973:Sleeper ;1973:Soylent Green ;1974:Dark Star ;1975:Rollerball ;1977:Star Wars ;1977:Close Encounters of the Third Kind ;1979:Star Trek: The Motion Picture ;1979:Alien

1980s

;1980:The Empire Strikes Back ;1981:Outland ;1981:Escape from New York ;1982:Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan ;1982:E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ;1982:Blade Runner ;1982:The Thing (John Carpenter remake) ;1982:Tron ;1983:Return of the Jedi ;1983:Le Prix du Danger ;1984:Dune (David Lynch version) ;1984:The Terminator ;1984:Star Trek: The Search for Spock ;1984:Starman ;1984:Sexmisja ;1985:Brazil ;1985:Cocoon ;1985:The Quiet Earth ;1986:Star Trek: The Voyage Home ;1986:Aliens ;1987:Robocop ;1988:Akira (animated film by Katsuhiro Ôtomo) ;1989:The Abyss ;1989:Star Trek: The Final Frontier

1990s

;1990:Robocop 2 ;1991:Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country ;1993:Jurassic Park ;1994:Star Trek: Generations ;1995:Twelve Monkeys ;1996:Star Trek: First Contact ;1996:Mars Attacks ;1997:Contact ;1997:The Fifth Element ;1997:Gattaca ;1998:Star Trek: Insurrection ;1999:The Matrix ;1999:eXistenZ ;1999:Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

2000s

;2000:Mission to Mars ;2001:A.I.: Artificial Intelligence ;2002:Minority Report ;2002:Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones ;2002:Star Trek: Nemesis ;2003:The Matrix Reloaded ;2003:The Matrix Revolutions

See also: Fantasy films (as distinct from science fiction films)