The following is an aggregate list based off of 53 different "Greatest Science Fiction Films of All Time" lists (updated as of 10/2/25)
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey – Stanley Kubrick (1968)
2. Alien – Ridley Scott (1979)
3. Blade Runner – Ridley Scott (1982)
4. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back – Irvin Kershner (1980)
5. The Matrix – The Wachowskis (1999)
6. Star Wars – George Lucas (1977)
7. Terminator 2: Judgment Day – James Cameron (1991)
8. Metropolis – Fritz Lang (1927)
9. Back to the Future – Robert Zemeckis (1985)
10. The Terminator – James Cameron (1984)
11. Aliens – James Cameron (1986)
12. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind – Steven Spielberg (1977)
13. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial – Steven Spielberg (1982)
14. Solaris – Andrei Tarkovsky (1972)
15. The Thing – John Carpenter (1982)
16. Planet of the Apes – Franklin J. Schaffner (1968)
17. WALL‑E – Andrew Stanton (2008)
18. Children of Men – Alfonso Cuarón (2006)
19. Brazil – Terry Gilliam (1985)
20. Jurassic Park – Steven Spielberg (1993)
21. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Michel Gondry (2004)
22. The Day the Earth Stood Still – Robert Wise (1951)
23. Inception – Christopher Nolan (2010)
24. RoboCop – Paul Verhoeven (1987)
25. Stalker – Andrei Tarkovsky (1979)
26. Arrival – Denis Villeneuve (2016)
27. The Fly – David Cronenberg (1986)
28. Ex Machina – Alex Garland (2014)
29. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan – Nicholas Meyer (1982)
30. Mad Max: Fury Road – George Miller (2015)
31. Akira – Katsuhiro Ōtomo (1988)
32. A Clockwork Orange – Stanley Kubrick (1971)
33. Her – Spike Jonze (2013)
34. Forbidden Planet – Fred M. Wilcox (1956)
35. Interstellar – Christopher Nolan (2014)
36. Minority Report – Steven Spielberg (2002)
37. Blade Runner 2049 – Denis Villeneuve (2017)
38. 12 Monkeys – Terry Gilliam (1995)
39. Total Recall – Paul Verhoeven (1990)
40. Under the Skin – Jonathan Glazer (2013)
41. District 9 – Neill Blomkamp (2009)
42. Invasion of the Body Snatchers – Don Siegel (1956)
43. Invasion of the Body Snatchers – Philip Kaufman (1978)
44. The Road Warrior – George Miller (1981)
45. Starship Troopers – Paul Verhoeven (1997)
46. Moon – Duncan Jones (2009)
47. Godzilla – Ishirō Honda (1954)
48. Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
49. The Man Who Fell to Earth – Nicolas Roeg (1976)
50. Avatar – James Cameron (2009)
51. Ghost in the Shell – Mamoru Ōsii (1995)
52. Predator – John McTiernan (1987)
53. The Iron Giant – Brad Bird (1999)
54. Everything Everywhere All at Once – The Daniels (2022)
55. Edge of Tomorrow – Doug Liman (2014)
56. La Jetée – Chris Marker (1962)
57. Looper – Rian Johnson (2012)
58. The Martian – Ridley Scott (2015)
59. Videodrome – David Cronenberg (1983)
60. They Live – John Carpenter (1988)
61. The Fifth Element – Luc Besson (1997)
62. Gattaca – Andrew Niccol (1997)
63. Alphaville – Jean-Luc Godard (1965)
64. Donnie Darko – Richard Kelly (2001)
65. Primer – Shane Carruth (2004)
66. A.I. Artificial Intelligence – Steven Spielberg (2001)
67. The Abyss – James Cameron (1989)
68. Galaxy Quest – Dean Parisot (1999)
69. Fantastic Planet – René Laloux (1973)
70. Frankenstein – James Whale (1931)
71. Snowpiercer – Bong Joon-ho (2013)
72. The Invisible Man – James Whale (1933)
73. Dune – Denis Villeneuve (2021)
74. Contact – Robert Zemeckis (1997)
75. Dark City – Alex Proyas (1998)
76. Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve (2024)
77. The War of the Worlds – Steven Spielberg (2005)
78. Annihilation – Alex Garland (2018)
79. A Trip to the Moon – Georges Méliès (1902)
80. Repo Man – Alex Cox (1984)
81. Paprika – Satoshi Kon (2006)
82. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi – Richard Marquand (1983)
83. Escape From New York – John Carpenter (1981)
84. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind – Hayao Miyazaki (1984)
85. Men in Black – Barry Sonnenfeld (1997)
86. Silent Running – Douglas Trumbull (1972)
87. Things to Come – William Cameron Menzies (1936)
88. Guardians of the Galaxy – James Gunn (2014)
89. Star Trek – Robert Wise (1979)
90. Seconds – John Frankenheimer (1966)
91. The Host – Bong Joon-ho (2006)
92. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Matt Reeves (2014)
93. The Truman Show – Peter Weir (1998)
94. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman (2018)
95. Tron – Steven Lisberger (1982)
96. Logan’s Run – Michael Anderson (1976)
97. Them! – Gordon Douglas (1954)
98. Sunshine – Danny Boyle (2007)
99. Superman: The Movie – Richard Donner (1978)
100. Nope – Jordan Peele (2022)
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