AFI's 10 Top 10 Film Genres Part 4 (Science Fiction) |

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To compile the final list, AFI distributed a ballot with 500 Nominated Films (50 per genre) to a jury of over 1,500 leaders from the creative community, including film artists (directors, screenwriters, actors, editors, cinematographers), critics and historians. In previous years, the AFI has also produced other lists of the following:
AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars/Legends (1999) AFI’s 100 Years…100 Laughs (2000) AFI’s 100 Years…100 Thrills (2001) AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions (2002) AFI's Heroes and Villains (2003) AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs (2004) AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes (2005) AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers (2006) AFI's 100 Greatest American Films - 10th Anniversary Edition (2007) AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies
(1998) (original) AFI asked jurors to consider the following criteria in their selection process:
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Film Genres Part 4 (Science Fiction) |
Science Fiction: AFI described science fiction as "a genre that marries a scientific or technological premise with imaginative speculation. Whether it's a flying saucer whirling through space or a gleaming city on a distant planet, at the core of all science fiction is the provocative question, "What if...?" Science fiction presents stories and situations that tap our brightest hopes and darkest fears about what might, one day, turn out to be true." Nominees: 22 of the 50 movies contained an alien presence. Winners: Comments: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) was a romantic comedy, for the most part, not Science Fiction. Planet of the Apes (1968) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) should be in the top 10, as well as The Matrix (1999). |