Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Introduction | p. xiii |
The List: The 100 Greatest Sci-Fi Films | p. xxi |
A Trip to the Moon/Le voyage dans la lune (1902) | p. 1 |
Metropolis (1927) | p. 3 |
Woman in the Moon/Fran im Mond (1929) | p. 7 |
Just Imagine (1930) | p. 10 |
Frankenstein (1931) and The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) | p. 14 |
Dr. Jekyll and My. Hyde (1931) | p. 19 |
Island of lost Souls (1932) | p. 23 |
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) and The Black Cat (1934) | p. 26 |
The Invisible Man (1933) | p. 31 |
Things to Come (1936) | p. 35 |
Flash Gordon (1936), Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938), and Flash Gordon Conquers the Uniuerse (1940) | p. 38 |
Dr. Cyclops (1940) | p. 44 |
Destination Moon (1950) and Conquest of Space (1955) | p. 47 |
The Thing from Another World (1951) | p. 51 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) | p. 55 |
Invaders from Mars (1953) | p. 59 |
The War of the Worlds (1953) | p. 61 |
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) and Them! (1954) | p. 65 |
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) and Mysterious Island (1961) | p. 70 |
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) | p. 75 |
This Island Earth (1955) | p. 78 |
1984 (1956) | p. 82 |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) | p. 86 |
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) | p. 89 |
Forbidden Planet (1956) | p. 92 |
Godzilla, King of the Monsters'. (1956) | p. 95 |
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) | p. 98 |
The Blob (1958) | p. 103 |
The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959), On the Beach (1959), and The Day the Earth Caught Five (1961) | p. 106 |
The Time Machine (i960) | p. 112 |
Village of the Damned (i960) and The Day of the Triffids (1963) | p. 116 |
The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) | p. 121 |
The Birds (1963) | p. 124 |
The Last Man on Earth (1964) | p. 127 |
Alphaiville/Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (1965) | p. 131 |
The Satan Bug (1965) | p. 134 |
Seconds (1966) | p. 137 |
Fantastic Voyage (1966) | p. 141 |
Fahrenheit 451 (1966) | p. 144 |
Five Million Years to Earth/Ouatermass and the Pit (1967) | p. 147 |
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | p. 150 |
Barbarella (1968) | p. 153 |
Planet 0/the Apes (1968) | p. 156 |
Night 0/ the Living Dead (1968) | p. 160 |
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) | p. 163 |
THX 1138 (1971) | p. 166 |
Solaris I Soly avis (1972) | p. 169 |
Fantastic Planet/La planete sauvage (1973) | p. 172 |
Westworld (1973) and Future world. (1976) | p. 175 |
Sleeper (1973) | p. 180 |
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) | p. 183 |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) | p. 190 |
Time After Time (1979) | p. 193 |
Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) | p. 196 |
Escape from New York (1981) | p. 201 |
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) | p. 205 |
Heavy Metal (1981) | p. 208 |
The Thing (1982) | p. 212 |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) | p. 215 |
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) | p. 218 |
Blade Runner (1982) | p. 226 |
Nausicaa of the Valley of the WindjKaze no tani no Naushika (1984) | p. 230 |
The Terminator (1984) | p. 234 |
Bach to the Future (1985) | p. 238 |
Cocoon (1985) | p. 241 |
The Fly (1986) | p. 244 |
Predator (1987) | p. 248 |
RoboCop (1987) | p. 252 |
The Abyss (1989) | p. 256 |
Total Recall (1990) | p. 259 |
Jurassic Park (1993) | p. 263 |
Stargate (1994) | p. 266 |
Strange Days (1995) | p. 270 |
Twelve Monkeys (1995) | p. 274 |
78 Open Your Eyes/Abre los ojos (1997) | p. 278 |
The Fifth Element (1997) | p. 281 |
MeninBlack (1997) | p. 285 |
The Truman Show (1998) | p. 289 |
The Matrix (1999) | p. 292 |
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002), and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) | p. 296 |
Space Cowboys (2000) | p. 303 |
AT. Artificial Intelligence (2001) and Minority Report (2002) | p. 307 |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) | p. 312 |
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | p. 315 |
VforVendetta (2005) | p. 319 |
Children of Men (2006) | p. 322 |
Transformers (2007) | p. 326 |
WALL-E (2008) | p. 329 |
Avatar (2009) | p. 332 |
Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek into Darkness (2013) | p. 336 |
District 9 (2009) | p. 341 |
Inception (2010) | p. 345 |
TRON: Legacy (2010) | p. 348 |
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) | p. 351 |
Cloud Atlas (2012) | p. 355 |
The Avengers (2012) | p. 358 |
Man of Steel (2013) | p. 362 |
Gravity (2013) | p. 366 |
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) | p. 370 |
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) | p. 373 |
Appendices | p. 377 |
General Index | p. 403 |
Film Index | p. 407 |