List of notable science fiction films

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This is a list of notable science fiction films, which includes science fiction films that have received acclaim or notoriety, either due to annual box office receipts or by winning a widely-recognized motion picture award.

Film Year Awards or honors
1950s
Destination Moon 1950 Academy Award for Visual Effects
Retroactive Hugo Award, 2001
The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding
When Worlds Collide 1951 Academy Award for Visual Effects
The War of the Worlds 1953 Academy Award for Visual Effects
Retroactive Hugo Award, 2004
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954 Academy Award for Visual Effects
Academy Award for Best Art Direction
The Incredible Shrinking Man 1957 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
1960s
The Time Machine 1960 Academy Award for Visual Effects
The Day the Earth Caught Fire 1961 BAFTA Awards for Best British Screenplay
Fantastic Voyage 1966 Academy Awards for Art Direction and Visual Effects
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Academy Award for Visual Effects
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Charly 1968 Academy Award for Best Actor
Marooned 1969 Academy Award for Visual Effects
1970s
Colossus: The Forbin Project 1970 Saturn Award, a Golden Scroll of Merit in 1979 (for theatrical motion picture production)
A Clockwork Orange 1971 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Slaughterhouse Five 1972 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation

Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Solaris 1972 Cannes Film Festival for the Grand Prize of the Jury and the FIPRESCI Prize
Sleeper 1973 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation

Nebula Award for Best Script
Soylent Green 1973 Nebula Award for Best Script

Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Dark Star 1974 Saturn Award, a Golden Scroll for Best Special Effects in 1976
A Boy and his Dog 1975 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Rollerball 1975 Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Logan's Run 1976 Academy Award for Visual Effects (Special Achievement Award)
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
The Man Who Fell to Earth 1976 Nebula Award for Best Script
Saturn Award for Best Actor (Film)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 Academy Awards for Cinematography and Sound Editing (Special Achievement Award)
Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special and Best Instrumental Composition (1979)
Second highest grossing film of 1977
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope 1977 Academy Awards for Art Direction, Costume Design, Film Editing, Original Score, Sound (Special Achievement Award), Visual Effects
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Highest grossing film of 1977
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978 Saturn Award for Best Director and Best Sound
Superman: The Movie 1978 Academy Award for Visual Effects (Special Achievement Award)
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Grammy Awards for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special and Best Instrumental Composition
Highest grossing film of the year
Alien 1979 Academy Award for Visual Effects
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
1980s
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Academy Awards for Visual Effects (special achievement award) and Sound
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Highest grossing film of the year
Blade Runner 1982 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, and Best Production Design/Art Direction
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 Academy Awards for Visual Effects, Sound Editing, Sound, and Original Music Score
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Highest grossing film of the year
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982 Saturn Award for Best Director and Best Actor
Tron 1982 Saturn Award for Best Costumes
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 1983 Academy Award for Visual Effects (Special Achievement Award)
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Highest grossing film of the year
2010: The Year We Make Contact 1984 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
The Terminator 1984 Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Back to the Future 1985 Academy Award for Sound Editing
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Highest grossing film of the year
Brazil 1985 BAFTA for Best Production Design and Best Special Visual Effects
Cocoon 1985 Academy Awards for Visual Effects and Best Supporting Actor
Aliens 1986 Academy Award for Visual Effects and Sound Editing
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
The Fly 1986 Academy Award for Makeup
Howard the Duck 1986 Razzie Awards for Worst Picture (tie), Worst Screenplay, Worst New Star and Worst Visual Effects
Innerspace 1987 Academy Award for Visual Effects
RoboCop 1987 Academy Special Achievement Award for Sound Effects Editing
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Alien Nation 1988 Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 1989 Razzie Awards for Worst Picture, Worst Actor and Worst Director
The Abyss 1989 Academy Award for Visual Effects
1990s
Total Recall 1990 Academy Award for Visual Effects (Special Achievement Award)
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991 Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 Academy Awards for best sound, sound effects editing, and makeup
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Highest grossing film of 1991
Jurassic Park 1993 Academy Awards for best sound, sound effects editing, and visual effects
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Highest grossing film of 1993
Stargate 1994 Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Twelve Monkeys 1995 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Apollo 13 1995 Academy Award for Best Film Editing and Best Sound
BAFTA for Best Achievement in Special Effects and Best Production Design
Waterworld 1995 Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor
Barb Wire 1996 Razzie Award for Worst New Star
Independence Day 1996 Academy Award for Visual Effects
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Highest grossing film of 1996
The Island of Dr. Moreau 1996 Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor
Star Trek: First Contact 1996 Saturn Award for Best Costumes, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress
Contact 1997 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Men in Black 1997 Academy Award for Makeup
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
The Postman 1997 Razzie Awards for Worst Picture, Worst Actor, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay and Worst Song
Armageddon 1998 Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film (tie)
Second highest grossing film of 1998
Dark City 1998 Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film (tie)
Godzilla 1998 Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress and Worst Remake or Sequel
π (Pi) 1998 Sundance Film Festival for the Directing Award
Galaxy Quest 1999 Nebula Award for Best Script
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
Saturn Award for Best Actor
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 1999 Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Highest grossing film of 1999[1]
The Matrix 1999 Academy Awards for Best Film Editing, Best Sound Effects, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound
Saturn Award for Best Direction, Best Science Fiction Film
2000s
Battlefield Earth 2000 Razzie Awards for Worst Picture, Worst Actor, Worst Screen Couple, Worst Supporting Actor, Worst Supporting Actress, Worst Director and Worst Screenplay
2004 Razzie Award for Worst 'Drama' Of Our First 25 Years
X-Men 2000 Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 2001 Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Planet of the Apes 2001 Razzie Award for Worst Remake or Sequel
Minority Report 2002 Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Spider-Man 2002 Saturn Award for Best Music
Highest-grossing film of the year[2]
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones 2002 Saturn Award for Best Costumes and Best Special Effects
Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay and Worst Supporting Actor
Paycheck 2003 Razzie Award for Worst Actor
X2 2003 Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Catwoman 2004 Razzie Awards for Worst Picture, Worst Actress, Worst Director and Worst Screenplay
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 Oscar for best original screenplay
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
Primer 2004 Sundance Film Festival for the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the Alfred P. Sloan Prize
Serenity 2005 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nebula Award for Best Script
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 2005 Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film and Best Music
Second highest grossing film of 2005
War of the Worlds 2005 Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Children of Men 2006 BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction

  1. ^ Top and Worst 20 Grossing Movies of 1999. The Movie Times. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
  2. ^ Movies of 2002 Box office Chart. The Movie Times. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.

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