The Best Science Fiction Movies of the 1970s

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1

Star Wars

1977  •  George Lucas  •  Rated PG

Action  •  Adventure  •  Cyborg / Android / Robot

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Alien

1979  •  Ridley Scott  •  Rated R

Body Horror  •  Cyborg / Android / Robot  •  Horror

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Young Frankenstein

1974  •  Mel Brooks  •  Rated PG

Comedy  •  Horror Comedy  •  Parody/Spoof

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Stalker

1979  •  Andrei Tarkovsky  •  Not Rated

Adventure  •  Adventure Drama  •  Drama

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977  •  Steven Spielberg  •  Rated PG

Adventure  •  Adventure Drama  •  Drama

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Solaris

1972  •  Andrei Tarkovsky  •  Rated PG

Adventure  •  Adventure Drama  •  Drama

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Eraserhead

1977  •  David Lynch  •  Not Rated

Avant-garde / Experimental  •  Body Horror  •  Dystopian Film

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Superman

1978  •  Richard Donner  •  Rated PG

Action  •  Adventure  •  Based-on-Comics

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Sleeper

1973  •  Woody Allen  •  Rated PG

Comedy  •  Comedy of Errors  •  Dystopian Film

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Mad Max

1979  •  George Miller (II)  •  Rated R

Action  •  Action Thriller  •  Australian New Wave

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The Holy Mountain

1973  •  Alejandro Jodorowsky  •  Rated R

Adventure  •  Avant-garde / Experimental  •  Media Satire

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The Brood

1979  •  David Cronenberg  •  Rated R

Body Horror  •  Canuxploitation  •  Horror

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Phantasm

1979  •  Don Coscarelli  •  Rated R

Horror  •  Science Fiction  •  Sci-Fi Horror

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THX 1138

1971  •  George Lucas  •  Rated R

Action  •  Action Thriller  •  Drama

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Time After Time

1979  •  Nicholas Meyer  •  Rated PG

Adventure  •  Chase Movie  •  Fantasy

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Logan's Run

1976  •  Michael Anderson  •  Rated PG

Action  •  Chase Movie  •  Dystopian Film

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Soylent Green

1973  •  Richard Fleischer  •  Rated PG

Cyberpunk / Tech Noir  •  Dystopian Film  •  Mystery

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