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Le Voyage dans la Lune
Considered the first Sci FI film, lasting 14 minutes at most. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_to_the_Moon -
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Metropolis
Metropolis is a German film set in a futuristic urban dystopia. -
Frankenstein
A classic horror where a scientist creates a being from human pieces. -
The Day the Earth Stood Still
An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets. -
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invasion of the body snatchers
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates. -
The war game
The War Game is a fictional, worst-case-scenario docu-drama about nuclear war and its aftermath in and around a typical English city. -
2001: A Space Odyssey
Mankind finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, artifact buried on the moon and, with the intelligent computer HAL, sets off on a quest. -
Planet of the apes
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
Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other rebels, and tries to save Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader. -
alien
A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates. -
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
A meek and alienated little boy finds a stranded extraterrestrial. He has to find the courage to defy the authorities to help the alien return to its home planet. -
Back to the future
In 1985, Doc Brown invents time travel; in 1955, Marty McFly accidentally prevents his parents from meeting, putting his own existence at stake. -
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The Matrix
A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers. -
Avatar
A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home. -
Inception
In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a highly skilled thief is given a final chance at redemption which involves executing his toughest job to date: Inception. -
Rise of the planet of the apes
During experiments to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease, a genetically-enhanced chimpanzee uses its greater intelligence to lead other apes to freedom.