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Posted by AudioHead on February 14, 2000 at 13:24:48:

In Reply to: Top 10 Science Fiction Movies of the 1990’s posted by Scott on February 14, 2000 at 10:04:33:

This info is drawn from The New York Times Guide To The Best 1,000 Movies
Ever Made, reviews by Canby&Crew. Here are the sci-fi films that made it
into the Top 10 (all categories) for the years 1931-1990: 1931-"Frankenstein"; 1932- "Dr. Jekyll&Mr.Hyde"; 1933- "The Invisible Man";
1950-"Destination Moon"; 1971- "A Clockwork Orange"; 1977- "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"/"Star Wars"; 1982- "E.T. The Extraterrestrial".

Along with these sci-fi films, here are the other sci-fi's that were
included in the 1,000 Best: "The Day The Earth Stood Still"- a derisive
review by Bosley Crowther in September 1951 - "tepid entertainment in
what is anomalously called the 'science-fiction field'"; "The Fly -1958";
"A Boy and His Dog"; "2001"; "Star Trek II"; "Starman"; "Aliens" ;
"Beetlejuice"; "Total Recall"; "Back To The Future" and "The Man Who Fell
To Earth". ("Close Encounters", "StarWars", "Total Recall" and "Back To
The Future were categorized as Action/Adventure; while "The Man Who Fell
To Earth" was classified as Drama) - AH