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Crafting a list of the best sci-fi movies ever made is no easy task. Sci-fi movies boomed in the 1950s, with the likes of The Fly and The Blob, then became even bigger in the 60s with 2001: A ...

While moviemaking has made leaps and bounds in the realm of visual effects, there remain plenty of "classic" (at least 20 years old) movies with special effects that rival or even surpass what we ...

With the Alien franchise being mostly uneven, nothing beats the classic 1979 movie, which is just as thrilling today as it was when it first premiered. 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Metro ...

Henry Thomas and a Puppet in ‘E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Universal Pictures) ‘E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial’ (1982) The granddaddy of all sci-fi kids movies is nearly old enough to be a granddad.

But the high-concept is only part of what makes Back to the Future a classic. Where other sci-fi movies will hinge everything on an intergalactic conquest or saving entire worlds, Back to the ...