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From Early Wonders to Galactic Epics: The Mind-Blowing Evolution of Science Fiction Movies and Television

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Science fiction (or sci-fi) is a film genre that uses speculative, fictional science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial lifeforms, spacecraft, robots, cyborgs, interstellar travel or other technologies. Science fiction films have often been used to focus on political or social issues, and to explore philosophical issues like the human condition.

Pre 1920’s Science fiction Movies

Year	Franchise	Film	IMFDb	Rotten Tomatoes
1902		A Trip to the Moon	8.2/10	100%
1904		The Impossible Voyage
1916		20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	6.2/10

1920’s Science fiction Movies

Year	Franchise	Film	IMFDb	Rotten Tomatoes
1924		Aelita (Soviet)	6.6/10	100%
1927		Metropolis	8.3/10	97%

1930’s Science fiction Movies

Year	Franchise	Film	IMFDb	Rotten Tomatoes
1932		Island of Lost Souls	7.4/10	93%
1933		The Invisible Man

1930’s Science fiction Serials

1936 – Flash Gordon (serial)

1950’s Science fiction Movies

Year	Franchise	Film	IMFDb	Rotten Tomatoes
1950		Destination Moon	6.3/10	64%
1950		ROCKETSHIP X-M
1951		The Day the Earth Stood Still	7.7/10	95%
1951		The Thing from Another World	7.1/10	89%
1951		When Worlds Collide	6.7/10	78%
1953		It Came from Outer Space	6.5/10	79%
1953		Robot Monster	3/10	36%
1953		The War of the Worlds	7.1/10	86%
1954		20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	7.2/10	89%
1954		Them!	7.2/10	100%
1955		This Island Earth	5.9/10	73%
1956		Earth vs. the Flying Saucers	6.4/10	71%
1956		Forbidden Planet	7.6/10	98%
1956		Invasion of the Body Snatchers	7.7/10	98%
1957		Invasion of the Saucer Men	5.5/10
1957		The Mysterians	6.1/10
1958		It! The Terror from Beyond Space	6.1/10	69%
1958		Attack of the 50- foot Woman	5.1/10	75%
1958		The Blob
1958		The Fly	7.1/10	95%
1958		The Strange World of Planet X	4.9/10
1959		Plan 9 from Outer Space	4/10	67%
1959		Teenagers from Outer Space	3.8/10	40%

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1960’s Science fiction Movies

Year	Franchise	Film	IMFDb	Rotten Tomatoes
1960		Last Woman on Earth	4.8/10
1960		The Angry Red Planet	5.3/10
1960		The Cape Canaveral Monsters	3.5/10
1960		The Time Machine	7.6/10	75%
1961		Mysterious Island	6.7/10	85%
1961		Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	6.1/10
1963		Atragon (Japanese)	6/10
1964		Robinson Crusoe on Mars	6.5/10	94%
1964		The Time Travelers	5.1/10
1965		Dr Who & the Daleks	5.7/10	47%
1965		Monster a Go-Go	2.2/10
1966		Fantastic Voyage	6.8/10	91%
1966		The Navy vs. the Night Monsters	3.4/10
1966		Wild, Wild Planet	4.6/10
1966		Zontar: The Thing From Venus	3.2/10
1967		Journey to the Center of Time	3.8/10
1967		They Came from Beyond Space	4.6/10
1968		Barbarella	5.9/10	73%
1968	Planet of the Apes	Planet of the Apes	8/10	88%
1968		2001 space odyssey	8.3/10	93%
1968		The Green Slime	4.8/10	20%

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1960’s Science fiction Television Shows

1963 -1989 Dr Who
1965 – 1968 Lost in Space
1966 – 1967 The Time Tunnel
1967 – 1968 The Invaders
1968 – 1970 Land of the Giants

1970’s Science fiction Movies

Year	Franchise	Film	IMFDb	Rotten Tomatoes
1970	Planet of the Apes	Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1971	Planet of the Apes	Escape from the Planet of the Apes	6.3/10	77%
1971		The Andromeda Strain	7.2/10	66%
1971		The Omega Man	6.5/10	65%
1971		THX 1138	6.7/10	86%
1972	Planet of the Apes	Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972		Silent Running	6.7/10	67%
1972		The Thing with Two Heads	4.5/10
1973		Fantastic Planet	7.8/10	90%
1973		Soylent Green	7.1/10	71%
1973		The Final Programme	5.5/10
1973		Westworld	7/10	87%
1975		Rollerball	6.6/10	66%
1975		The Stepford Wives
1976		At the Earth’s Core	5.2/10	25%
1976		Logan’s Run	6.8/10	62%
1976		The Food of the Gods	4.6/10	24%
1976		The Man Who Fell to Earth	6.7/10	82%
1977		Close Encounters of the Third Kind	7.6/10	95%
1977		Damnation Alley	5.3/10	44%
1977		Starship Invasions	3.8/10
1977	Star Wars	A New Hope	8.6/10	92%
1977		Wizards (film)	6.5/10	62%
1978		Coma
1978		Deathsport	4.1/10
1978		Invasion of the Body Snatchers	7.4/10	93%
1978		Message from Space	5.0/10	31%
1978		War Of The Robots	2.7/10
1979		Mad Max	6.9/10	90%
1979	Star Trek	The Motion Picture	6.4/10	41%
1979	Alien	Alien	8.4/10	98%
1979		Phantasm	6.8/10	73%
1979		Starcrash
1979		The Black Hole
1979		The Shape Of Things To Come
1979		Time After Time	7.1/10

1970’s Science fiction Television Shows

1963 to 1989 Dr Who
1968 – 1970 Land of the Giants
1973 – 1974 Star Trek: The Animated Series
1973 -1978 The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 – Planet of the Apes (TV series)
1975 – 1977 Space: 1999
1977 – Logan’s Run (TV series)
1977 – Space Academy
1978 -1979 Battlestar Galactica
1978 – Blake 7
1978 – 1981 Jason of Star Command
1978 – Star Wars Holiday Special
1979 – 1981 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

1980’s Science fiction Movies

Year	Franchise	Film	IMFDb	Rotten Tomatoes
1980		Alien 2: On Earth	3.7/10
1980		Altered States	6.9/10	84%
1980		Battle Beyond the Stars	5.6/10	45%
1980		Flash Gordon	6.5/10	80%
1980		Saturn 3	5.2/10	25%
1980	Star Wars	The Empire Strikes Back	8.7/10	94%
1980		Without Warning	5.1/10
1981		Escape from New York	7.2/10	86%
1981		Firebird 2015 AD	3.3/10
1981		Galaxy of Terror	5.1/10	33%
1981	Mad Max	2 The Road Warrior	7.6/10	93%
1981		Outland	6.6/10	56%
1982		Blade Runner	8.1/10	90%
1982		Forbidden World	5.2/10	60%
1982		Nightbeast	4/10
1982	Star Trek	II: The Wrath of Khan	7.7/10	87%
1982		The Thing	8.1/10	84%
1982		TRON	6.8/10	74%
1982		Xtro	5.6/10	43%
1983		2019, After the Fall of New York	5.6/10
1983	Animated	Fight! Iczer One	–	–
1983		Prisoners of the Lost Universe	3.8/10
1983	Animated	Savior of the Earth	4.2/10
1983		Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone	5.5/10	25%
1983		Space Raiders	4.7/10
1983	Star Wars	Return of the Jedi	8.3/10	82%
1983		Stryker
1983		The Deadly Spawn	6/10
1984		Dune	6.5/10	52%
1984		Runaway	7/10	87%
1984	Star Trek	III :The Search For Spock	6.7/10	80%
1984 – Terminator	Terminator	Terminator	8/10	100%
1984		The Last Starfighter	6.8/10	74%
1984		The Ice Pirates	5.7/10	9%
1985		Back to the Future
1985		Enemy Mine
1985		Explorers
1985		Galaxy Invader
1985		Lifeforce
1985	Mad Max	Beyond Thunderdome
1985		Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
1986		America 3000
1986	Alien	Aliens
1986		Eliminators (1986 film)	4.7/10
1986		Flight of the Navigator	6.9/10	83%
1986		From Beyond (film)
1986		Star Slammer (Prison Ship)
1986	Star Trek	IV : The Voyage Home
1986		The Fly
1986		The Transformers: The Movie
1987		Innerspace
1987		Lily C.A.T.
1987	Predator	Predator (film)
1987	Robocop	Robocop
1987		R.O.T.O.R.	2.7/10
1987		Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity
1988		Akira (animated)
1988		Killer Klowns from Outer Space
1988		Pulse
1988		The Blob (1988)
1988		They Live
1989		Alienator
1989		DeepStar Six
1989		Leviathan
1989		Slipstream
1989	Star Trek	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989		The Abyss
1989	Star Trek	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

1980’s Science fiction Television Shows

1963 to 1989 Dr Who
1978 – 1981 Jason of Star Command
1979 – 1981 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1980 – Galactica 1980
1980 – The Day of the Triffids (1981 TV series)
1981 – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)
1983 – V (1983 miniseries)
1987- 1994 Star Trek: The Next Generation
1988 – 1999 Red Dwarf
1989 – 1993 Quantum Leap
1989 – 1994 Prisoners of Gravity

1990’s Science fiction Movies

1990 – Hardware
1990 – I Come in Peace
1990 – Predator 2
1990 – The Dark Side of the Moon (1990 film)
1990 – The Rift
1990 – Total Recall
1991 – Star Trek: VI The Undiscovered Country
1991 – Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 – Until the End of the World
1992 – Alien – Alien 3
1992 – Bad Channels
1992 – Fortress
1992 – Split Second
1992 – The Wicked City (Live action)
1993 – Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
1993 – Jurassic Park – Jurassic Park (Film)
1993 – RoboCop 3
1994 – No Escape
1994 – Stargate
1994 – Star Trek: Generations
1994 – Tammy and the T-Rex
1995 –Judge Dredd – Judge Dredd
1995 – Tank Girl
1996 – Independence Day
1996 – Star Trek : First Contact
1996 – The Arrival
1997 – Alien – Alien Resurrection
1997 – Jurassic Park: The Lost World
1997 – Men In Black
1997 – Starship Troopers
1998 – Lost in Space
1998 – Star Trek: Insurrection
1998 – Soldier
1999 – The Matrix – The Matrix
1999 – The Iron Giant
1999 – Star Wars : Episode I – The Phantom Menace

1990’s Science fiction Television Shows

1987- 1994 Star Trek: The Next Generation
1988 – 1999 Red Dwarf
1989 – 1993 Quantum Leap
1989 – 1994 Prisoners of Gravity
1993 – 1996 Sea Quest DSV
1993 – 1998 Babylon 5
1993 – 2018 X-files
1995 – 1999 Sliders
1997 – 2002 Lexx
1997 – 2007 Stargate SG-1
1999 – 2003 FarScape
1999 – 2002 Roswell

2000’s Science fiction Movies

2000 – Battlefield Earth
2000 – Titan A.E
2001 – Jurassic Park: Jurassic Park III
2001 – Planet of the Apes
2002 – Reign of Fire
2002 – Star Trek : Nemesis
2002 – Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
2002 – The Time Machine
2003 – The Matrix : The Matrix Reloaded
2003 – The Matrix : The Matrix Revolutions
2004 – I Robot
2004 – Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
2005 – Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
2005 – Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
2005 – War of the Worlds
2005 – Zathura: A Space Adventure
2006 – Slither
2007 – Transformers – Transformers (film)
2008 – Outlander
2008 – The Day the Earth Stood Still
2009 – Avatar
2009 – Pandorum
2009 – Star Trek : Star Trek (2009)
2009 – Transformers – Revenge of the Fallen

2000’s Science fiction Television Shows

1993 – 2018 X-files
1997 –2002 Lexx
1997 – 2007 Stargate SG-1
1999 – 2002 Roswell
2002–2003 Firefly (TV series)
1999 – 2003 FarScape
2000 – 2005 Andromeda
2005 to – Dr Who
2006 – 2011 Torchwood
2007 – 2011 – Primeval

2010’s Science fiction Movies

2010 – Predators
2011 – Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 – The Thing
2011 – Transformers – Dark of the Moon
2012 – Judge Dredd – Dredd
2012 – John Carter (film)
2012 – Alien – Prometheus
2012 – The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
2012 – The Hunger Games: The Hunger Games
2013 – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013 – Star Trek : Star Trek Into Darkness
2014 – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
2014 – Robocop (2014)
2014 – The Maze Runner (Film)
2014 – Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014 – Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
2015 – Jupiter Ascending
2015 – Jurassic Park – Jurassic World
2015 – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
2015 – Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 – Terminator : Genisys
2016 – Arrival
2016 – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 – Star Trek : Star Trek Beyond
2017 – Blade Runner 2049
2017 – Alien – Covenant
2017 – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017 – Transformers – The Last Knight
2018 – Annihilation
2018 – Jurassic Park – Jurassic World : Fallen Kingdom
2018 – Ready Player One
2018 – Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018 – The Meg
2018 – The Predator
2018 – Transformers – Bumblebee
2019 – Color Out of Space (film)
2019 – Men in Black: International
2019 – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019 – Terminator: Dark Fate
2019 – The Platform

2010’s Science fiction Television Shows

1993 – 2018 X-files
2006–2011 Torchwood
2007 – 2011 – Primeval
2005 to – Dr Who

2020’s Science fiction Movies

2020 – Artemis Fowl (film)
2021 – Dune