Blade Runner
Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, starring Harrison Ford and set in a bleak LA of the future, has been named the greatest sci-fi movie of all time.
Online publication totalscifionline has produced a definitive list of the top 100 films in sci-fi, with the 1982 film beating off strong competition to take the top slot.
Stanley Kubrick¹s epic 2001: A Space Odyssey comes in second place, while the first release of the Star Wars franchise, Episode IV: A New Hope is at number three.
As the news breaks that Ridley Scott is set to make Alien 5 his first entry in the franchise is named the fourth best sci-fi movie of all time, and Metropolis, Fritz Lang's iconic film from the silent period, completes the top five.
The authoritative list spans more than a century of movies in the sci-fi genre, with current release Moon making position 74, and the pioneering A Trip to the Moon from 1902 in the top fifteen.
Other entries in the list include two versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, a string of
titles from the genre's 1970s heyday such as Silent Running, The Man Who Fell To Earth and The Andromeda Strain, and classic films by Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and Russian master Andrei Tarkovsky.
The recent smash hit Star Trek movie prequel makes the list, but comes in at a lowly 93. Two other Star Trek movies, The Wrath of Khan and The Undiscovered Country, are adjudged to be superior entries in the franchise, coming in at 19 and 67 respectively.
Matt McAllister, Editor of Totalscifionline.com said: It's odd to think that Blade Runner was not a critical or commercial success on its initial release in 1982.
"Some critics dismissed it as a case of style over substance. Yet while the depiction of a neon-lit future LA is still breathtaking, Ridley Scott's film is backed up a real sense of sadness, fear and longing.
"It also contains career-best performances from Harrison Ford as Deckard and Rutger Hauer as the charming, feral Roy Batty, and terrific supporting performances from the likes of Daryl Hannah and Sean Young. However many times you've seen Blade Runner before, it retains its
awe-inspiring power. A sci-fi masterpiece
The top ten:
1. Blade Runner (1982)
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
3. Star Wars (1977)
4. Alien (1979)
5. Metropolis (1927)
6. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
7. The Terminator (1984)
8. Planet of the Apes (1968)
9. E.T. (1982)
10. Solaris (1972)
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