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1: 'Them'
- 1954
2: 'The
Thing From Another World' - 1951
Read the original
screenplay of The Thing From Another World - August, 1950
3: 'The
Day the Earth Stood Still' - 1951
4: 'Earth
vs. the Flying Saucers' - 1956
5: 'It Conquered the World' - 1956
6: 'A Trip to the Moon' - 1902 - 16 minutes - Plot:
Perhaps the very first science fiction movie ever made, this
short film combined elements from novels by Jules Verne and
H.G. Wells to tell about a fantastic trip to the moon.
7: 'The Lost World'
- 1925 - Plot: Silent film about an expedition into
an unexplored jungle teeming with dinosaurs from the Jurassic
era. In this version, one of the dinosaurs if brought back
to London. Based on the novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. Remake:
Lost World - 1960 - 98 min
8: 'Metropolis' - 1926 - Plot:
Futuristic German tale of class conflict in a city where the
wealthy leaders live in skyscrapers and the workers live underground
toiling at huge machines.
9: 'King Kong' - 1933 - Plot: Explorers find
a gigantic ape who grows attached to a young maiden; but when
the ape is brought to New York City, he goes wild and meets
his fate at the top of the Empire State Building.
Sequels:
The Son of Kong - 1933
King Kong Escapes - 1967
King Kong - 1976 Remake
King Kong Lives - 1986
10: 'Flash Gordon: Spaceship
to the Unknown' - 1936
Plot: With the planet Mongo headed toward a collision
with Earth, Flash, Dale Arden, and Dr. Zarkov fly to the rescue
against the evil Emperor Ming.
Sequels:
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars - 1938 - Also known as "Flash
Gordon: Mars Attacks the World" and as "The Deadly
Ray from Mars."
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe - 1940 - Also known as
"Purple Death from Outer Space."
11: 'Things to Come' - 1936
- Plot: Prophetic British look at mankind's future,
which predicted World War II, followed by disease, revolution,
and space travel. Based on the novel by H.G. Wells.
12: 'Buck Rogers: Destination
Saturn - 1939 -
Plot: Buck Rogers and Buddy Wade are revived from suspended
animation and fight Killer Kane and his space gangsters.
13: 'Dr. Cyclops - 1940
- Plot: A crazed scientist shrinks five visitors to
a foot height, with the result that everything around them
presents extreme danger. The first science fiction movie to
be filmed in color.
yes, there are many more
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