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Peter Nicholls: 31 Best Science Fiction Films

Peter Nicholls was an Australian literary scholar and critic who was the co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Asked to provide a top ten list for The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction, edited by Phil Hardy, The Overllok Press, 1995, he provided three, which appear on page 500 of that book. He included 31 films (32 by his count)--his first list put three Cronenberg films in one spot, and his third has only nine. So second place starts with Metropolis and third place starts with Bride of Frankenstein. Note that Hardy does not give an entry to King Kong. His comments mainly expain specific choices. His main general comment is that "The SF boom of the 1950s was great at the time, but a lot of them have not weathered well." He finds his three favorite Cronenbergs films are inseparable.
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King Kong (1933)
King Kong (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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Forbidden Planet (1956)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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Solaris (1972)
Solaris (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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Shivers (1975)
Shivers (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
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The Brood (1979)
The Brood (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
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Videodrome (1983)
Videodrome (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
8
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
9
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
10
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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The Thing (1982)
The Thing (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
12
Strange Invaders (1983)
Strange Invaders (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
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Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
15
The Birds (1963)
The Birds (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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It's Alive (1974)
It's Alive (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
17
Westworld (1973)
Westworld (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
18
God Told Me to (1976)
God Told Me to (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
19
Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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Alien (1979)
Alien (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
23
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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This Island Earth (1955)
This Island Earth (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
25
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
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Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
27
Barbarella (1968)
Barbarella (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   74%
28
Je T'aime, Je T'aime (1968)
Je T'aime, Je T'aime (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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Planet of the Apes (1968)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
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Quintet (1979)
Quintet (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   20%
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Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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