Taste of Cinema's list description: Science fiction has been a very common genre in human narratives for a long time. In the middle of the 17th century, literary works were recognized that would have certain characteristics of the genre, but it was in the 19th century, with the great books of Mary Shelley, Julio Verne and HG Wells that, influenced by the rapid and significant technological advances of that era, created narratives that blended scientific facts with a prophetic (and often dystopian) view of human reality.
In cinema, it was not long after its appearance in 1895 that science fiction films began to appear; as early as 1902, Georges Meliés' "A Trip to the Moon" fascinated crowds and showed the great potential that cinematographic art could have in portraying these kinds of stories...
