Science Fiction
AFI defines "science fiction" as a genre that marries a scientific or technological premise with imaginative speculation.
| # | Film | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968 |
| 2 | Star Wars | 1977 |
| 3 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 |
| 4 | A Clockwork Orange | 1971 |
| 5 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | 1951 |
| 6 | Blade Runner | 1982 |
| 7 | Alien | 1979 |
| 8 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991 |
| 9 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | 1956 |
| 10 | Back to the Future | 1985 |
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Famous quotes containing the words science fiction, science and/or fiction:
“If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.”
—Ursula K. Le Guin (b. 1929)
“Science is analytical, descriptive, informative. Man does not live by bread alone, but by science he attempts to do so. Hence the deadliness of all that is purely scientific.”
—Eric Gill (1882–1940)
“The society would permit no books of fiction in its collection because the town fathers believed that fiction ‘worketh abomination and maketh a lie.’”
—For the State of Rhode Island, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)