Best science fiction from the 70s
The catalogue's science fiction films from 1970–1979, ranked by audience score. We bias against the cinephile-canonical picks (Letterboxd top-250) — if you've already seen the obvious entries, scroll past the first row.
Star Wars
cozyepicplayful
Alien
body horrordreadparanoid
Space Battleship Yamato
foreign gemcozyepic
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
foreign gembittersweetcozy
Solaris
foreign gemcerebralslow burn
Future Boy Conan
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato
foreign gembittersweetepic
Fantastic Planet
foreign gemsurreal
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
foreign gemplayful
Dawn of the Dead
dreadrawunhinged
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Mystery Of The Arcadia
foreign gemneon soakedunhinged
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
comfort cultcomfort cultplayful
Kaliman, the Incredible Man
foreign gemplayfuluplifting
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
cozyplayful
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
epicneon soakedtender
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
dreadparanoidslow burn
Superman
cozyepicuplifting
The Andromeda Strain
cerebraldreadslow burn
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
Submersion of Japan
dreadslow burn
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
3am cultneon soakedplayful
Colossus: The Forbin Project
cerebralparanoid
Soylent Green
dreadgut punch
The Little Prince
bittersweetcozytender
Battlestar Galactica
3am cultcozy
Sleeper
The Medusa Touch
dreadparanoid
Time After Time
outsiderplayful
Terror of Mechagodzilla
3am cultunhinged
Godzilla
dreadepic
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