100 science fiction films

In his introduction to 100 Science Fiction Films, Barry Keith Grant explains the genre’s complexities, while also providing an overview of its history, suggesting that the cinema is an ideal medium for conveying the sense of wonder that critics have argued is central to the genre. The films featured in this book represent a range of periods, countries and types (including alien invasion, space travel, time travel, apocalypse, monsters and anime), and cover the key directors and writers.

100 Science Fiction Films provides a lively and illuminating guide to the genre from the beginning of film history to the present, taking the reader on a comprehensive tour through the rich and varied alternate universe of sci-fi cinema.