96		The Day the Earth Stood Still (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1951)
80		The Arrival (Sci-Fi, Thriller, 1996)
77		Starman (Romance, Sci-Fi, 1984)
70		It Came from Outer Space (Horror, Sci-Fi, 1953)
70		The Man Who Fell to Earth (Sci-Fi, Drama, 1976)
67		Contact (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 1997)
67		The X Files (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 1998)
66		The Last Starfighter (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 1984)
63		The Martian (Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, 2015)
62		The Day the Earth Stood Still (Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2008)
60		I Married a Monster from Outer Space (Horror, Sci-Fi, 1958)
60		The Fifth Element (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 1997)
60		Virus (Action, Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi, 1999)
60		Fire in the Sky (Biography, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, 1993)
59		Capricorn One (Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 1977)
59		Dark Breed (Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, 1996)
58		Silent Running (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1972)
57		The Andromeda Strain (Sci-Fi, Thriller, 1971)
57		Sphere (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 1998)
55		Interstellar (Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, 2014)
55		Star Trek (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 2009)
55		Lifeforce (Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, 1985)
55		The Invasion (Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2007)
55		Plan 9 from Outer Space (Horror, Sci-Fi, 1959)
54		They Live (Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 1988)
54		Species II (Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, 1998)
54		The Faculty (Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 1998)
54		War of the Worlds (Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2005)
54		Alien Outpost (Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2014)
54		Body Snatchers (Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, 1993)
53		Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 1979)
52		Midnight Special (Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, 2016)
52		Dreamcatcher (Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, 2003)
51		Alien (Horror, Sci-Fi, 1979)
50		10 Cloverfield Lane (Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 2016)
50		Battle Los Angeles (Action, Sci-Fi, 2011)
50		The Silencers (Action, Sci-Fi, 1996)
49		Area 51 (Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2015)
49		I Am Number Four (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 2011)
49		The Puppet Masters (Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 1994)
49		The Fourth Kind (Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2009)
49		Alien Abduction (Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2014)
49		Village of the Damned (Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 1995)
47		Unbreakable (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 2000)
47		Victor Frankenstein (Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, 2015)
47		Impostor (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 2001)
47		Ezekiel's Landing (Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2015)
46		Change of Mind (Sci-Fi, Drama, 1969)
46		Twilight Zone: The Movie (Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, 1983)
46		Invaders from Mars (Horror, Sci-Fi, 1986)
46		Strange Invaders (Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 1983)
45		Starship Invasions (Sci-Fi, 1977)
45		Planet of Dinosaurs (Sci-Fi, Drama, 1977)
45		Deadly Harvest (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1977)
45		The Thing from Another World (Horror, Sci-Fi, 1951)
45		Epsilon (Sci-Fi, Drama, 1997)
45		Invaders from Mars (Sci-Fi, 1953)
45		Virtual Encounters (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1996)
45		Upstream Color (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2013)
45		Things to Come (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1936)
45		Robinson Crusoe on Mars (Adventure, Sci-Fi, 1964)
45		Run (Sci-Fi, 2002)
45		A Distant Thunder (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1978)
45		Mars Attacks the World (Romance, Sci-Fi, 1938)
45		Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (Action, Sci-Fi, 1956)
45		Extraterrestrial (Horror, Sci-Fi, 2014)
45		Stranded (Sci-Fi, 1987)
45		Arrival (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 2016)
45		Communion (Biography, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, 1989)
45		Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, 1999)
45		The Paralyzing Agent (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2009)
45		Ender's Game (Action, Sci-Fi, 2013)
45		Les mille merveilles de l'univers (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1997)
44		Dark Skies (Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2013)
44		Death Watch (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1980)
44		The Prestige (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 2006)
44		Invasion of Astro-Monster (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 1965)
44		Anti-Clock (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1979)
44		Superman II (Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi, 1980)
44		Returner (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 2002)
44		Independence Day: Resurgence (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 2016)
44		The Man from Planet X (Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, 1951)
44		The Cosmic Man (Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 1959)
44		The Day Time Ended (Sci-Fi, 1979)
44		The Mysterians (Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 1957)
43		Liquid Sky (Sci-Fi, 1982)
43		The Happiness Cage (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1972)
43		Threshold (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1981)
43		Cries of Ecstasy, Blows of Death (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1973)
43		Six Hundred and Sixty-Six (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1972)
43		The Abyss (Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, 1989)
43		Centrespread (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1981)
42		Outland (Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, 1981)
42		Brother John (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1971)
42		Doctor Mabuse: Etiopomar (Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, 2014)
42		Escape from the Planet of the Apes (Action, Sci-Fi, 1971)
42		No Blade of Grass (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1970)
42		The Mind of Mr. Soames (Sci-Fi, Drama, 1970)
42		Foiled (Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, 2000)
42		Destination Moon (Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, 1950)
42		Iceman (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1984)
42		Bye Bye Jupiter (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1984)
42		Railroader (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2012)
42		Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, 2015)
42		The Monolith Monsters (Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, 1957)
42		Brazil (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1985)
42		Nineteen Eighty-Four (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1984)
41		Gladiatorerna (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1969)
41		Je t'aime, je t'aime (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1968)
41		The Iron Giant (Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 1999)
41		The Dead Zone (Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 1983)
41		Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (Horror, Sci-Fi, 1968)
40		Transatlantic Tunnel (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1935)
40		Severance (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2010)
40		Certain Justice (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2014)
40		One Day Like Rain (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2007)
40		The Last Island (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1990)
40		Timetravel_0 (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2009)
40		Split (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1989)
40		Love (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2011)
40		Beyond the Stars (Sci-Fi, Drama, 1989)
40		Die kommenden Tage (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2010)
40		Mark's Secret to Eternal Life (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2013)
40		Friendship's Death (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1987)
40		Moontrap (Horror, Sci-Fi, 1989)
40		The Alien Factor (Horror, Sci-Fi, 1978)
40		Nua dhamma chat (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2014)
40		The Penitent Man (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2010)
40		The Hidden (Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, 1987)
40		Radio Free Albemuth (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2010)
40		Television Spy (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1939)
40		Burû Kurisumasu (Sci-Fi, 1978)
40		41 (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2012)
40		D'Agostino (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2012)
40		Extracted (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2012)
40		Rain Without Thunder (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1992)
40		Species (Action, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, 1995)
40		Super-Speed (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1935)
40		Monsters vs. Aliens (Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 2009)
40		Welcome II the Terrordome (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1995)
40		Cloud Atlas (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2012)
40		Half-Life (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2008)
40		Master Race from Mars (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2011)
40		Late for Dinner (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1991)
40		Judas Kiss (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2011)
40		Red Planet Mars (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1952)
40		Light and the Sufferer (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2007)
40		Lifeform (Sci-Fi, Thriller, 1996)
40		The Fourth Pillar (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2009)
40		Johnny Shortwave (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1996)
40		Project M7 (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1953)
40		Melancholia (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2011)
40		Deluge (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1933)
40		Battle for Terra (Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 2007)
40		Stranded (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2001)
40		Metal (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2001)
40		Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 2001)
40		Like Cattle Towards Glow (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2015)
40		Into the Forest (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2015)
40		Puzzlehead (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2005)
40		Firefly (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2005)
40		Project Almanac (Sci-Fi, Thriller, 2015)
40		Creative Control (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2015)
40		Waiting for the Giants (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2000)
40		Radiant (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2005)
40		Embers (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2015)
40		Monkeys and Robots (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2002)
40		Able Edwards (Sci-Fi, Drama, 2004)
40		Satellite in the Sky (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1956)
40		Forbidden Planet (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 1956)
40		1984 (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1956)
40		Red Cockroaches (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2003)
40		The Young Diana (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1922)
40		Re-Generation (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2004)
40		Invasion (Sci-Fi, 1966)
40		Fahrenheit 451 (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1966)
40		The Day Mars Invaded Earth (Sci-Fi, 1963)
40		This Is Not a Test (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1962)
40		Titan A.E. (Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 2000)
40		Contagion (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2002)
40		Omega Diary (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1999)
40		Riders to the Stars (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1954)
40		The Fountain (Drama, Sci-Fi, 2006)
40		Woundings (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1998)
40		Maxwell's Demon (Drama, Sci-Fi, 1999)
40		Edge of Tomorrow (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 2014)
39		The Thing (Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 1982)
39		Independence Day (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 1996)
39		Green Lantern (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 2011)
39		Without Warning (Sci-Fi, Horror, 1980)
39		Panic in Year Zero! (Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, 1962)
39		Jurassic World (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 2015)
39		Alien Hunter (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 2003)
39		Star Trek: Insurrection (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 1998)
39		Alien Nation (Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, 1988)
39		Five Million Years to Earth (Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 1967)
39		Armageddon (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, 1998)
39		20 Million Miles to Earth (Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, 1957)
38		Hangar 18 (Action, Biography, Sci-Fi, 1980)

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