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8 Classic Science Fiction Movies That Set the Standard for the Genre

Here is our list of 8 Classic Science Fiction Movies That Set the Standard for the Genre.

Metropolis (1927)

Classic Science Fiction Movies

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city’s mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Classic Science Fiction Movies

An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.

Forbidden Planet (1956)

Classic Science Fiction Movies

A starship crew goes to investigate the silence of a planet’s colony only to find two survivors and a deadly secret that one of them has.

War of the Worlds (1953)

Classic Science Fiction Movies

A small town in California is attacked by Martians.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest.

Planet of the Apes (1968)

An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved.

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a cocky pilot, a Wookiee, and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire’s world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from Darth Vader.

Blade Runner (1982)

A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship and have returned to Earth to find their creator.

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