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 and/or fiction:
“The science of Humboldt is one thing, poetry is another thing. The poet to-day, notwithstanding all the discoveries of science, and the accumulated learning of mankind, enjoys no advantage over Homer.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which never really comes: meanwhile it helps to furnish the living room. Blockbusting fiction is bought as furniture. Unread, it maintains its value. Read, it looks like money wasted. Cunningly, Americans know that books contain a person, and they want the person, not the book.”
—Anthony Burgess (b. 1917)