The 20 Greatest Science Fiction Films From The 1950s

The following is an aggregate list based off of 23 different "Greatest Science Fiction Films from the 50s" lists (updated as of 3/22/25)

1. Forbidden Planet - Fred M. Wilcox (1956)
2. The Day the Earth Stood Still - Robert Wise (1951)
3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Don Siegel (1956)
4. The War of the Worlds - Byron Haskin (1953)
5. The Thing from Another World - Christian Nyby (1951)
6. Them! - Gordon Douglas (1954)
7. Godzilla - Ishirō Honda (1954)
8. The Incredible Shrinking Man - Jack Arnold (1957)
9. Creature from the Black Lagoon - Jack Arnold (1954)
10. The Fly - Kurt Neumann (1958)
11. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Richard Fleischer (1954)
12. The Blob - Irvin Yeaworth (1958)
13. When Worlds Collide - Rudolph Maté (1951)
14. Invaders from Mars - William Cameron Menzies (1953)
15. It Came from Outer Space - Jack Arnold (1953)
16. This Island Earth - Joseph M. Newman (1955)
17. Plan 9 from Outer Space - Ed Wood (1959)
18. Journey to the Center of the Earth - Henry Levin (1959)
19. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers - Fred F. Sears (1956)
20. Quatermass 2 - Val Guest (1957)