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Film Canon | Science-Fiction Films


In Order of Excellence

1. The Matrix - Lana and Lily Wachowski (1999)

When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows
is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.


2. Gravity - Alfonso Cuaron (2013)

Two astronauts work together to survive after an accident leaves them stranded in space.

3. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick (1968)

The Monoliths push humanity to reach for the stars; after their discovery in Africa generations ago, the mysterious objects lead mankind on an
awesome journey to Jupiter, with the help of H.A.L. 9000: the world's greatest supercomputer.


4. Children of Men - Alfonso Cuaron (2006)

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have become somehow infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a
miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.


5. Arrival - Denis Villeneuve (2016)

A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.

6. District 9 - Neill Blomkamp (2009)

Violence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a
government agent exposed to their biotechnology.


7. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back - Irvin Kershner (1980)

After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda,
while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.


8. Blade Runner - Ridley Scott (1982)

A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator.

9. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope - George Lucas (1977)

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's
world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.


10. The Road - John Hillcoat (2009)

In a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.


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