An updated list of every SF classic I have seen.
Please let me know if there are any good or essential films I’ve missed.
Metropolis
1930
Just Imagine
1933
King Kong
1936
Things to
Come
1950
Destination Moon
1951
The Day
The Earth Stood Still, The Man in the White Suit, The Thing, When Worlds
Collide
1953
Invaders
from Mars, It Came from Outer Space, War of the Worlds
1954
20,000
Leagues under the Sea, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Them!
1955
The Day The World Ended, The
Quatermass Xperiment, This Island Earth
1956
1984,
Earth versus the Flying Saucers, Forbidden Planet, Invasion of the Body
Snatchers, Plan 9 from Outer Space, X The Unknown
1957
The
Abominable Snowman, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Quatermass 2
1958
The Fly
1959
Journey
to the Centre of the Earth, On The Beach, Return of
the Fly
1960
The Last Woman On Earth, The
Little Shop of Horrors, The Time Machine, Village of the Damned
1961
The Day
the Earth Caught Fire
1962
Doctor No
1963
The
Birds, The Damned, The Day of the Triffids, La Jetee
1964
Children
of the Damned, Doctor Strangelove, Fail Safe, The First Men in the Moon, Goldfinger, The
Last Man on Earth
1965
Alphaville,
Crack in the World, Dr Who and the Daleks, Thunderball, The War Game
1966
Daleks
Invasion Earth 2150 AD, Fahrenheit 451, Fantastic Voyage, Seconds
1967
Barbarella,
Casino Royale, Privilege, Quatermass and the Pit, The Terrornauts, They Came From Beyond Space, You Only Live Twice
1968
2001-A
Space Odyssey, Charly, Planet of the Apes
1969
The Bed
Sitting Room, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Doppelgänger, Marooned, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,
Zeta One
1970
The
Andromeda Strain, Colossus: The Forbin Project, No Blade of Grass
1971
A
Clockwork Orange, Diamonds are Forever, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, The
Omega Man, Percy, Silent Running, Solaris, THX 1138
1972
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Doomwatch, Slaughterhouse Five
1973
Battle for the Planet of the Apes, The Final Programme, Phase IV, Sleeper, Soylent Green, Westworld,
World on a Wire, Zardoz
1974
The Cars
That Ate Paris, Dark Star, The Land That Time Forgot, The Little Prince, The Man with the Golden Gun, The
Stepford Wives, The Terminal Man, Young Frankenstein
1975
A Boy and His Dog, Death Race 2000, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Rollerball
1976
At the
Earth’s Core, The Big Bus, Futureworld, The Killer Bees, Logan’s Run, The Man
Who Fell to Earth
1977
Close
Encounters of the Third Kind, Demon Seed, Empire of the Ants, The Island of Dr
Moreau, The Glitterball, The People That
Time Forgot, The Spy Who Loved
Me, Star Wars
1978
The Boys
from Brazil, Coma, A Hitch in Time, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Pirahna,
Superman, The Swarm, Warlords of Atlantis
1979
Alien,
The Black Hole, The China Syndrome, Mad Max, Meteor, Moonraker, Star Trek,
Starcrash, Time After Time
1980
Altered
States, The Apple, Battle Beyond the stars, The Empire Strikes Back, The Final Countdown, Flash Gordon, Monster, Saturn 3, Scanners, Superman II
1981
Escape
from New York, Galaxy of Terror, Mad Max 2, Outland, Piranha II, Time Bandits
1982
Airplane
II, Blade Runner, ET, Forbidden World, The
Thing, Tron, Videodrome, The Wrath of Khan
1983
Krull,
The Man With Two Brains, Never Say Never Again, Return of the Jedi,
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, Superman III, Testament, Wargames
1984
1984,
2010, The Brother from Another Planet, Dreamscape, Dune, Electric Dreams, Ghostbusters,
Gremlins, The Last Starfighter, Night of the Comet, The Philadelphia Experiment, Repo Man,
Search for Spock, Starman, Terminator
1985
Back to
the Future, Brazil, Cocoon, Creature, Enemy Mine, Lifeforce, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome,
Morons from Outer Space, The Quiet Earth, Weird Science
1986
Aliens,
Biggles: Adventures in Time, Critters, The Fly, Howard the Duck, Invaders from
Mars, Peggy Sue Got Married, Short Circuit, Star Trek IV
1987
Batteries
Not Included, Innerspace, Predator, RoboCop, The Running Man, Spaceballs, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1988
Akira, Alien Nation, Earth
Girls Are Easy, Moonwalker, They Live
1989
The
Abyss, Back to the Future II, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure,
Ghostbusters II, Slipstream, Star Trek V
1990
Back to
the Future III, Gremlins 2, The Handmaid’s Tale, Hardware, Moon 44, Total Recall
1991
Bill
& Ted’s Bogus Journey, The Rocketeer, Star Trek 6, Terminator 2, Wedlock
1992
Alien 3,
The Lawnmower Man
1993
Coneheads, Demolition Man, Les
Visiteurs, Jurassic Park
1994
Stargate,
Star Trek Generations, Timecop
1995
12
Monkeys, The City of Lost Children, Congo, GoldenEye, Judge Dredd, Screamers, Tank
Girl, Waterworld
1996
Barb Wire,
Crash, Independence Day, Mars Attacks!, Star Trek: First Contact
1997
Contact, Cube,
Event Horizon, The Fifth Element, Gattaca, The Lost World, Men in Black,
Starship Troopers
1998
Dark
City, Deep Impact, Pi, Sphere, Star Trek: Insurrection
1999
eXistenZ,
Galaxy Quest, The Matrix, Muppets from Space, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
2000
Mission to Mars, Pitch
Black, Unbreakable
2001
AI,
Donnie Darko, Jurassic Park III, Planet
of the Apes
2002
28 Days
Later, Equilibrium, Impostor, Minority Report, Solaris, Spider-Man, Star Trek:
Nemesis, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, Signs, The Time Machine
2003
The Core, Paycheck,
Terminator 3, Timeline
2004
The
Butterfly Effect, The Day After Tomorrow, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
Mind, I, Robot, Primer
2005
The
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Robots, Serenity, Star Wars: Revenge of the
Sith, War of the Worlds, Zarutha
2006
A Scanner
Darkly, Children of Men, The Fountain, The Host, Southland Tales, Superman
Returns, V for Vendetta
2007
28 Weeks
Later, I Am Legend, The Mist, Next, Sunshine, Timecrimes
2008
Cloverfield,
Iron Man, Outlander, WALL-E
2009
2012, Avatar,
District 9, Frequently Asked Question About Time Travel, Land of the Lost, Lockout, Moon, Mr Nobody, The Road,
Star Trek, The Time Traveler’s Wife
2010
Despicable
Me, Hot Tub Time Machine, Monsters, Never Let Me Go, Tron Legacy
2011
The
Adjustment Bureau, Attack the Block, Cowboys vs Aliens, In Time, Limitless, Midnight in Paris, Paul, Perfect Sense,
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Source Code, Super 8, Thor
2012
Cloud
Atlas, Dredd, The Hunger Games, John Carter, Looper, Prometheus, Seeking a
Friend for the End of the World, Total Recall, Upside Down
2013
About
Time, Continuum, Elysium, Ender’s Game Gravity, Her, The Hunger Games: Catching
Fire, Oblivion, Pacific Rim, Snowpiercer, Star Trek Into Darkness, The World’s
End, Under the Skin, The Zero Theorem
2014
The Anomaly, Coherence,
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Divergent, Edge of Tomorrow, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Giver, The Hunger
Games: Mockingjay 1, Interstellar, Left Behind, Lucy, The Maze Runner, Noah, Mr
Peabody & Sherman, Predestination, Space Station 76, Time Lapse, Transcendence
2015
Advantageous,
Insurgent, EX Machina, High Rise, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, The Hunger Games:
Mockingjay 2, Jupiter Ascending, Jurassic World, Mad Max: Fury Road, The
Martian, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, The Signal, Star Wars: The Force Awakens,
Tomorrowland
2016
10
Cloverfield Lane, Allegiant, ARQ, Arrival, Ghostbusters, Independence Day:
Resurgence, Passengers, Star Wars: Rogue One, Star Trek Beyond
2017
Blade
Runner 2049, War for the Planet of the Apes, Geostorm, The Humanity Bureau, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Time Trap
2018
Annihilation,
The Cloverfield Paradox, Mortal Engines, Mute, Ready Player One, Star Wars: Solo, The Titan
2019
Ad Astra, Farmageddon, Io, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The
Wandering Earth
2020
The Midnight Sky , Sputnik
Still left to see:
1955
The Conquest of Space
1957
The Invisible Boy
1958
Teenage Caveman, Terror in the Midnight Sun
1959
Teenagers from Outer Space
1961
The Phantom Planet
1964
Dogora, Robinson Crusoe on Mars
1965
The Tenth Victim
1968
Je T’aime
Je T’aime
1969
The Gladiators, Moon Zero Two
1970
Gas-s-s-s
1971
Punishment Park, Quest for
Love
1973
Fantastic Planet
1974
It’s
Alive, Where Have All The People Gone?
1977
Capricorn
One
1979
Stalker
1981
Looker
1982
Halloween
III
1984
Caravan of Courage, Runaway, Supergirl
1985
DARYL
1989
Millennium
1990
Meet the Applegates
1991
Naked
Lunch
1996
The Arrival
1998
Armageddon
2000
Frequency, Red Planet
2001
Ghosts of Mars, Vanilla Sky
2002
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2003
Riverworld
2005
A Sound of Thunder, Sky High
2006
Deja Vu
2008
Death
Race, Doomsday
2009
9, Splice
2011
Cold Fusion, The
Collapsed
2012
Mine Games, Robert & Frank, Safety Not Guaranteed
2013
Colony, The
Congress, Europa Report, The Last Days on Mars, Love
2014
Debug, The History of Time Travel, The Last Invasion, Survivor
2015
Chappie, Dark Planet, Infini, Rotor DR1
2016
Capsule,
The Darkest Dawn, Midnight Special, Paradox, Spectral
2017
Anti-Matter, Beyond Skyline, The
Endless, iBoy, Revolt, Stasis, War of the Planet of the Apes
2018
2036 Origin Unknown, Abduction, Anon, Attraction, The Beyond, Bumblebee,
Curvature, Extinction, High Life, Kin, Level 16, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Occupation, Replicas, Solis, The Shape of Water, Tau, White Chamber, Zoe
2019
I Am
Mother, Jurassic Galaxy, White Space
2020
3022, Archive, Bill &
Ted Face the Music, G-Loc, Tenet
2021
Dune
