Science Fiction

The ABCs of 250 Sci-Fi Films:

(I have seen the 162 movies in bold.)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
1: 1st Contact
    1. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 & 2008)
    2. The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
    3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
    4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
    5. Flight of the Navigator (1986)
    6. Alien Nation (1988)
    7. The Abyss (1989)
    8. Mars Attacks! (1996)
    9. Contact (1997)
    10. Arrival (2016)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
A: Artificial Intelligence
    1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
    2. Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
    3. WarGames (1983)
    4. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
    5. Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot (2004)
    6. Her (2013)
    7. Ex Machina (2014)
    8. Ghost in the Shell (2017)
    9. After Yang (2021)
    10. The Creator (2023)
Passengers (2016)
B: Bleakness of Space
    1. Dark Star (1974)
    2. The Black Hole (1979)
    3. Moon (2009)
    4. Gravity (2013)
    5. The Martian (2015)
    6. Passengers (2016)
    7. Aniara (2018)
    8. High Life (2018)
    9. Ad Astra (2019)
    10. Project Hail Mary (2026)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
C: Comedy
    1. Barbarella (1968)
    2. Weird Science (1985)
    3. Spaceballs (1987)
    4. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
    5. The Truman Show (1998)
    6. Galaxy Quest (1999)
    7. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
    8. Idiocracy (2006)
    9. Palm Springs (2020)
    10. Free Guy (2021)
Logan’s Run (1976)
D: Dystopia
    1. Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
    2. Seconds (1966)
    3. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
    4. The Stepford Wives (1975)
    5. A Boy and His Dog (1975)
    6. Logan’s Run (1976)
    7. Videodrome (1983)
    8. Nineteen Eighty-Four (1956 & 1984)
    9. Brazil (1985)
    10. A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Interstellar (2014)
E: Eco/Environmental
    1. The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
    2. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
    3. Silent Running (1972)
    4. Soylent Green (1973)
    5. Waterworld (1995)
    6. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
    7. Sunshine (2007)
    8. Snowpiercer (2013)
    9. Interstellar (2014)
    10. Annihilation (2018)
Demolition Man (1993)
F: Futurism
    • Early
      1. A Trip to Mars (1918) (Danish)
      2. Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927)
    • Tron
      1. Tron (1982)
      2. Tron: Legacy (2010)
      3. Tron: Ares (2025)
    • Later
      1. Demolition Man (1993)
      2. Minority Report (2002)
      3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
      4. Tomorrowland (2015)
      5. Possessor (2020)
Men in Black (1997)
G: Government/Alien Conspiracy
    • Early
      1. The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
      2. Repo Man (1984)
      3. They Live (1988)
      4. X-Files (1998)
      5. 12 Monkeys (1995)
    • Men in Black
      1. Men in Black (1997)
      2. Men in Black II (2002)
      3. Men in Black 3 (2012)
      4. Men in Black International (2019)
    • Later
      1. Disclosure Day (2026)
Blade Runner (1982)
H: Humanoid Robots – Androids

Karel Čapek’s The Mechanical Man [R.U.R.: Rossum’s Universal Robots – androids] (1915) (play)

    • Michael Crichton
      1. Westworld (1973)
      2. Futureworld (1976)
    • Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
      1. Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982)
      2. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
    • Terminator
      1. The Terminator (1984)
      2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
      3. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
      4. Terminator Salvation (2009)
      5. Terminator Genisys (2015)
      6. Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
Independence Day (1996)
I: Invasion of Earth
    • Early
      1. H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds (1953 & 2005)
      2. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 & 1978)
      3. The Day of the Triffids (1963)
    • Independence Day
      1. Independence Day (1996)
      2. Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
    • Later
      1. District 9 (2009)
      2. Attack the Block (2011)
      3. Under the Skin (2013)
      4. Oblivion (2013)
      5. The Tomorrow War (2021)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Jurassic Park (1993)
J: Jurassic
    1. Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park (1993)
    2. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
    3. Jurassic Park III (2001)
    4. Jurassic World (2015)
    5. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
    6. Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
    7. Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (1933)
K: Kaiju/Ape
    1. Merian C. Cooper’s King Kong (1933)
    2. Ishirō Honda’s Godzilla (1954)
    3. Peter Jackson’s King Kong (2005)
    4. Cloverfield (2008)
    5. Shin Godzilla (Godzilla: Resurgence) (2016)
    6. Kong: Skull Island (2017)
    7. Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
L: Lost World
    • Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World
      1. The Lost World (1925, 1960, 1992)
      2. Return to the Lost World (1992)
    • 1950s Dinosaur Movies
      1. Lost Continent (1951)
      2. The Land Unknown (1957)
    • Ray Harryhausen Dinosaur Movies
      1. One Million Years B.C. (1966)
      2. The Valley of the Gwangi (1969)
    • Edgar Rice Burroughs’s 1918 Caspak Island novels
      1. The Land That Time Forgot (1974)
      2. At the Earth’s Core (1976)
      3. The People That Time Forgot (1977)
    • Sid and Marty Krofft’s Land of the Lost
      1. Land of the Lost (2009)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Starship Troopers (1997)
M: Military
    1. Forbidden Planet (1956)
    2. Dune (1984)
    3. Stargate (1994)
    4. Starship Troopers (1997)
    5. Pacific Rim (2013)
    6. Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
    7. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
    8. Dune: Part One (2021)
    9. Dune: Part Two (2024)
    10. Dune: Part Three (2026)
Total Recall (1990)
N: Noir
    1. Alphaville (1965)
    2. Total Recall (1990 & 2012)
    3. Strange Days (1995)
    4. Dark City (1998)
The Island (2005)
O: Organic Technology/Biopunk & Other Punk
    • Biopunk
      1. The Island (2005)
      2. Man from Earth (2007)
      3. Never Let Me Go (2010)
      4. Gattaca (1997)
      5. Midnight Special (2016)
    • Cyberpunk
      1. RoboCop (1987)
      2. Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
      3. Elysium (2013)
    • Steam
      1. The Wild Wild West (1999)
      2. Poor Things (2023)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
P: Planet of the Apes
    • Original Series
      1. Planet of the Apes (1968)
    • Remake
      1. Planet of the Apes (2001)
    • Reboot
      1. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
      2. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
      3. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
      4. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
The Matrix (1999)
P: Post-Apocalyptic
    • Early
      1. H.G. Wells’ Things to Come (1936)
      2. Escape From New York (1981)
      3. The Running Man (1987 & 2025)
      4. Children of Men (2006)
    • The Matrix
      1. The Matrix (1999)
      2. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
      3. The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
      4. The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
    • The Hunger Games
      1. The Hunger Games (2012)
      2. Catching Fire (2013)
      3. Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
      4. Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
Q: Quantum Sizing
    1. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
    2. Fantastic Voyage (1966)
    3. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
    4. Downsizing (2017)
    • Extra Movies
      • Dr. Cyclops (1940)
      • The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
R: Roddenberry’s Star Trek
    • The Original Series
      1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
      2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
      3. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
      4. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
      5. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
      6. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
    • The Next Generation
      1. Star Trek: Generations (1994)
      2. Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
      3. Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
      4. Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
    • Kelvin Timeline
      1. Star Trek (2009)
      2. Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
      3. Star Trek Beyond (2016)
Serenity (2005)
S: Space
    • Early
      1. Outland (1981)
      2. The Fifth Element (1997)
      3. Serenity (2005)
    • The Chronicles of Riddick
      1. Pitch Black (2000)
      2. The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
      3. Riddick (2013)
    • James Cameron’s Avatar
      1. Avatar (2009)
      2. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
      3. Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
      4. Avatar 4 (2029)
H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine (1960)
T: Time Travel
    • Early
      1. H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine (1960 & 2002)
      2. Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
    • French Time Travel
      1. La Jetée (1962)
      2. Je t’aime, je t’aime (I love you, I love you) (1968)
    • Back to the Future Trilogy
      1. Back to the Future (1985)
      2. Back to the Future Part II (1989)
      3. Back to the Future Part III (1990)
    • Later
      1. Primer (2004)
      2. Looper (2012)
      3. The Adam Project (2022)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
U: Universes Beyond
    1. Donnie Darko (2001)
    2. Inception (2010)
    3. Cloud Atlas (2012)
    4. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
    • Extra Movies
      • Run Lola Run (1998)
      • The One (2001)
      • The Butterfly Effect (2004)
      • Mr. Nobody (2009)
      • Another Earth (2011)
      • Coherence (2013)
Georges Méliès’s A Trip to the Moon (1902)
V: Vernean/Voyages Extraordinaires
    1. Georges Méliès’s A Trip to the Moon (1902)
    2. Disney’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
    3. Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
    4. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
    • Extra Movies
      • Around The World In 80 Days (1956)
      • Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
      • Mysterious Island (1961)
      • Master of the World (1961)
      • The Light at the Edge of the World (1971)
      • Around The World In 80 Days (2021)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
W: Star Wars
    • George Lucas’s Original Trilogy
      1. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
      2. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
      3. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
    • George Lucas’s Prequel Trilogy
      1. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
      2. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
      3. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
    • Disney’s Sequel Trilogy
      1. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015)
      2. Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017)
      3. Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
    • Disney’s Anthology Films
      1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
      2. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
      3. Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)
Aliens (1986)
Aliens (1986)
X: Xtra-Terrestrials
    • Early
      1. The Blob (1958 & 1988)
      2. The Thing from Another World (1951 & 1982)
    • Xenomorph
      1. Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979)
      2. James Cameron’s Aliens (1986)
      3. Alien 3 (1992)
      4. Alien Resurrection (1997)
      5. Ridley Scott’s Prometheus (2012)
      6. Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant (2017)
      7. Alien: Romulus (2024)
    • Predator
      1. Predator (1987)
      2. Predator 2 (1990)
      3. Predators (2010)
      4. The Predator (2018)
      5. Prey (2022)
      6. Predator: Badlands (2025)
    • Alien vs. Predator
      1. Alien vs. Predator (2004)
      2. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
Transformers One (2024)
Y: Cybertronians (Transformers)
    1. Transformers (2007)
    2. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
    3. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
    4. Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
    5. Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
    6. Bumblebee (2018)
    7. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
    • Extra Movies
      • The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
      • Transformers One (2024)
Solaris (1972)
Z: Czar/USSR/Russia
    1. Planet of Storms (1962)
    2. Solaris (1972)
    3. Stalker (1979)
    4. Hard to be God (2013)
    • Extra Movies
      • Aelita, the Queen of Mars (1924)
      • Battle Beyond the Sun (1959)
      • Pilot Pirx’s Inquest (1978)
      • Per Astra ad Aspera (1981)
      • Kin-Dza-Dza! (1986)
      • Zero City (Zerograd) (1988)

Favorite Sci-Fi TV Series

Star Trek (1966–1969)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)
1.0 Star Trek

1.1 Star Trek (1966–1969)
1.2 Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–1974)
1.3 Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
1.4 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
1.5 Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)
1.6 Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
1.7 Star Trek: Discovery (2017–present)
1.8 Star Trek: Short Treks (2018–present)
1.9 Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023)
1.10 Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020–present)
1.11 Star Trek: Prodigy (2021)
1.12 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022-present)

Doctor Who “The Time Meddler”: “What do you think it is – a space helmet for a cow?”
Doctor Who (2005)
2.0 Doctor Who

2.1 Doctor Who (1963-1989)
2.2 K-9 and Company (1981)
2.3 Doctor Who (1996)
2.4 Doctor Who (2005-present)
2.5 Torchwood (2006-2011)
2.6 The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007-2011)
2.7 K-9 (2009-2010)
2.8 Class (2016)

The Mandalorian (2019)
3.0 Star Wars
    • Early Live Action Series
      1. Star Wars: Holiday Special (1978)
      2. Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984)
      3. Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)
    • Early Animated Series
      1. Droids (1985–1986)
      2. Ewoks (1985–1986)
      3. Clone Wars (2003)
      4. The Clone Wars (2008–2014, 2020)
      5. Rebels (2014–2018)
    • Disney+ Animated Series
      1. Shorts (2017-present)
      2. Resistance (2018–2020)
      3. The Bad Batch (2021–present)
      4. Visions (2021–2023)
      5. Tales of the Jedi (2022–2024)
      6. Young Jedi Adventures (2023–present)
      7. Tales of the Empire (2024)
    • Disney+ Live Action Series
      1. The Mandalorian (2019–2023)
      2. The Book of Boba Fett (2021–2022)
      3. Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
      4. Andor (2022–2025)
      5. Ahsoka (2023)
      6. The Acolyte (2024)
      7. Skeleton Crew (2024)
Battlestar Galactica (2004)
4.0 Battlestar Galactica

4.1 Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979)
4.2 Galactica 1980 (1980)
4.3 Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming (1999)
4.4 Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009)
4.5 Caprica (2010)
4.6 Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012)

Babylon 5 (1993)
5.0 Babylon 5

5.1 Babylon 5 (1993–1998)
5.2 Crusade (1999)
5.3 Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers (2002)

Firefly (2002)

6. Firefly (2002)

Cowboy Bebop (1998)

7. Cowboy Bebop (1998–1999)

8. Andromeda (2000–2005)

9. Sliders (1995–2000)

10. The Prisoner (1967–1968)

11. Blake’s 7 (1978–1981)

12. Alien Nation (1989–1990)

Dark Angel (2000)

13. James Cameron’s Dark Angel (2000–2002)

14. Roswell (1999–2002)

15.1 SeaQuest DSV (1993–1995)
15.2 SeaQuest 2032 (1995–1996)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)

16. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979–1981)

17.1 V (1983)
17.2 V (2009)

18. Jericho (2006-08)

19. The Handmaid’s Tale (2017)

Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988-1999)
20.0 B-Movie Review Shows
    • 20.1 Elvira’s Movie Macabre (1981–93)
    • 20.2 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988-99)
    • 20.3 13 Nights of Elvira (2014)
    • 20.4 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2017–18)