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40 Pre Star Wars Sci-Fi Worth Watching

I've picked 40 sci-fi movies from before Star Wars: a New Hope, that you should want to learn more about the genre. I haven't seen everything from the period, so some of your favorite movies might be missing. I haven't included movies such as Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the Creature From the Black lagoon, since I feel that they're more horror/fantasy/adventure than sci-fi.
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Demon Seed (1977)
Demon Seed (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   58%
2
A Boy and His Dog (1975)
A Boy and His Dog (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   76%
3
Death Race 2000 (1975)
Death Race 2000 (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
4
Rollerball (1975)
Rollerball (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   68%
5
Dark Star (1974)
Dark Star (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
6
Soylent Green (1973)
Soylent Green (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
7
Westworld (1973)
Westworld (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
8
Silent Running (1972)
Silent Running (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
9
Solaris (1972)
Solaris (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
10
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
11
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
12
The Omega Man (1971)
The Omega Man (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   64%
13
THX 1138 (1971)
THX 1138 (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
14
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
15
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
16
Seconds (1966)
Seconds (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
17
The Last Man on Earth (1964)
The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
18
X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
19
La Jetée (1962)
La Jetée (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
20
The Day of the Triffids (1962)
The Day of the Triffids (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
21
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
22
Fiend Without a Face (1958)
Fiend Without a Face (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
23
It! the Terror From Beyond Space (1958)
It! the Terror From Beyond Space (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
24
The Fly (1958)
The Fly (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
25
Quatermass II (1957)
Quatermass II (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
26
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
27
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
28
X: The Unknown (1956)
X: The Unknown (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
29
Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   64%
30
Tarantula (1955)
Tarantula (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
31
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
32
Them! (1954)
Them! (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
33
Godzilla (1954)
Godzilla (1954)
34
The War of the Worlds (1953)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
35
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
36
The Thing From Another World (1951)
The Thing From Another World (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
37
Things to Come (1936)
Things to Come (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
38
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
39
Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
40
A Trip to the Moon (1902)
A Trip to the Moon (1902)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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