Showdown

Grand Illusion

Best classic sci-fi/fantasy films

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The sixteenth-annual TCM Classic Film Festival just kicked off in Hollywood, and this year’s theme is “Grand Illusions: Fantastic Worlds on Film”. For this week’s Showdown, create a list of your ten favorite sci-fi and/or fantasy films released a long time ago in a galaxy not-so far away—i.e. during or before 1980, the debut year of TCM Fest’s opening-night film, Here’s a web example that finds films tagged with both genres, and here are some lists by Jeannie and Peter.)

Most mentioned

  • Alien
  • Star Wars
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • The Wizard of Oz
  • Metropolis
  • Planet of the Apes
  • Godzilla
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • King Kong
  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  • Bride of Frankenstein
  • Stalker
  • Mary Poppins
  • A Trip to the Moon

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Bebe Butler 10 films
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Adam T 10 films
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Ben Froeschle 10 films
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Keisha 15 films
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Potatobrains 10 films
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skattaway 16 films
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Strummer_Jones 10 films
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wormsroxanne 13 films
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aura 50 films
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L T 10 films
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Selma 2 films
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Livingreat 10 films
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enydrina 10 films
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Charles O'Grady 10 films
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mckenna 💫 4 films
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patrickkepler 10 films
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Obscure Owl 10 films
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Ricardo42 10 films
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movieaddict101 10 films
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Ethan 15 films
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treemang 10 films
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Julen2711 10 films
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DJayCup 9 films
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paula 20 films
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John Chadwick 120 films
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gabriel_al 10 films
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Eric Houde 10 films
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LQueB 10 films
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σοφία 10 films
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M-Alain Bertoni 10 films
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Troy Peterson 16 films
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Elizabeth Carr 10 films
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AlexanderSt19 10 films
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mooveefan 10 films
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carlit0brigante 25 films
Nate Martin
Nate Martin 10 films
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pucthulhu 40 films
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0vernight0ats 10 films
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MarsGray 10 films
Kyle White
Kyle White 10 films
E.M. Lees
E.M. Lees 10 films
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Léonor Rincon 7 films
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deadwitchflying 10 films
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Letterboxd 20 films
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William 10 films
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Mattia 20 films
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Luca 10 films
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SpectralBovine 20 films
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SGR 10 films
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Tyler Samuels 10 films
Alex B.
Alex B. 10 films
Samak Afflack
Samak Afflack 31 films
Drake
Drake 10 films