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
mindfuck
Alien
late nightdreadmindfuck
Space Battleship Yamato
foreign gemcultslow burn
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
foreign gemcozycult
Solaris
surrealdevastatingfever dream
Future Boy Conan
foreign gemcultcozy
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato
devastatingforeign gemcult
Fantastic Planet
foreign gemcultcozy
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
foreign gemcozycult
Dawn of the Dead
late nightcultdread
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Mystery Of The Arcadia
foreign gemcultcozy
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
late nightcozycult
Kaliman, the Incredible Man
foreign gemcultmindfuck
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
cozycultmindfuck
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
cultslow burndevastating
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
late nightcultdread
Superman
cultmindfuck
The Andromeda Strain
cultdreadmindfuck
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
late nightcultdread
Submersion of Japan
cultslow burndread
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
cultforeign gem
Colossus: The Forbin Project
dread
Soylent Green
dreadslow burn
The Little Prince
cozyatmospheric
Battlestar Galactica
Sleeper
cozy
The Medusa Touch
late nightdreadslow burn
Time After Time
cozydread
Terror of Mechagodzilla
mindfuckforeign gem
Godzilla
late nightdreadforeign gem
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