The 30 best Science Fiction movies of the 1970s

1. 1

   Star Wars (1977)

   directed by George Lucas · 121 min · 8.2 22,818 votes

2. 2

   Alien (1979)

   directed by Ridley Scott · 117 min · 8.2 16,798 votes

3. 3

   A Clockwork Orange (1971)

   directed by Stanley Kubrick · 136 min · 8.2 14,090 votes

4. 4

   Stalker (1979)

   directed by Andrei Tarkovsky · 162 min · 8.1 2,591 votes

5. 5

   Solaris (1972)

   directed by Andrei Tarkovsky · 165 min · 7.8 1,892 votes

6. 6

   Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

   directed by Steven Spielberg · 137 min · 7.4 4,827 votes

7. 7

   Dawn of the Dead (1978)

   directed by George A. Romero · 139 min · 7.5 2,368 votes

8. 8

   The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

   directed by Jim Sharman · 100 min · 7.4 3,225 votes

9. 9

   Fantastic Planet (1973)

   directed by René Laloux · 72 min · 7.6 1,139 votes

10. 10

    Eraserhead (1977)

    directed by David Lynch · 89 min · 7.3 2,823 votes

11. 11

    Superman (1978)

    directed by Richard Donner · 144 min · 7.2 4,402 votes

12. 12

    Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973)

    directed by Leonid Gaidai · 88 min · 7.9 419 votes

13. 13

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

    directed by Philip Kaufman · 116 min · 7.2 1,385 votes

14. 14

    The Andromeda Strain (1971)

    directed by Robert Wise · 131 min · 7.1 838 votes

15. 15

    Soylent Green (1973)

    directed by Richard Fleischer · 97 min · 6.9 1,476 votes

16. 16

    Sleeper (1973)

    directed by Woody Allen · 89 min · 6.9 860 votes

17. 17

    Westworld (1973)

    directed by Michael Crichton · 88 min · 6.8 1,507 votes

18. 18

    Capricorn One (1977)

    directed by Peter Hyams · 123 min · 6.8 527 votes

19. 19

    Mad Max (1979)

    directed by George Miller · 93 min · 6.7 5,093 votes

20. 20

    Time After Time (1979)

    directed by Nicholas Meyer · 112 min · 6.8 398 votes

21. 21

    The Brood (1979)

    directed by David Cronenberg · 92 min · 6.7 841 votes

22. 22

    The Boys from Brazil (1978)

    directed by Franklin J. Schaffner · 125 min · 6.7 462 votes

23. 23

    The Stepford Wives (1975)

    directed by Bryan Forbes · 117 min · 6.7 381 votes

24. 24

    Logan's Run (1976)

    directed by Michael Anderson · 119 min · 6.6 1,075 votes

25. 25

    The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

    directed by Nicolas Roeg · 120 min · 6.5 620 votes

26. 26

    The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid (1979)

    directed by Michele Lupo · 88 min · 6.4 345 votes

27. 27

    Phantasm (1979)

    directed by Don Coscarelli · 89 min · 6.5 809 votes

28. 28

    Phase IV (1974)

    directed by Saul Bass · 83 min · 6.3 307 votes

29. 29

    Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

    directed by Robert Wise · 131 min · 6.5 1,998 votes

30. 30

    Silent Running (1972)

    directed by Douglas Trumbull · 89 min · 6.4 664 votes

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Method: TMDb audience rating weighted by vote count, with a vote floor per list. No position is editorial opinion; it is the catalogue, ordered.

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