A selection of films, famed for their decision to throw convention out of the window. This list pays homage to the great surrealist films from the history of cinema.
Based on the book by Jennifer Eiss
Source: IMDB
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Date: 2014-08-23
Well over a century has passed since the Lumière brothers frightened the life out of Parisians with The Arrival of a Train at a Station, and well over a million titles have since been recorded - if the Internet Movie Database is anything to go by.
Out of these million-plus movies, our team of experts has picked what we believe is the essential 1,000 - those that best sum up the dazzling achievement and variety of the movies.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/series/1000-films-to-see-before-you-die
Excludes superhero/supervillain movies
From the book by Jennifer Eiss. The list is arranged by chapter. Each chapter starts with a top 10 (in alphabetical order), followed by the "best of the rest" (in alphabetical order).
#1-83: Dramatic Situatons
#84-133: Gripping Tales
#134-165: Lights, Camera…!
#166-228: Visionary Universes
#229-280: Criminal Underworlds
#281-360: Tales of Terror
#361-432: Cult Humor
#433-453: The Wild Wild West
#454-502: Film Lab
Source: https://www.amazon.com/500-Essential-Cult-Movies-Ultimate/dp/1402774869
Celebrating the cinematically surreal, bizarre, cult, oddball, fantastique, strange, psychedelic, and the just plain WEIRD!
Source: http://366weirdmovies.com/category/weird-movies/
From space odysseys to star wars, alien invaders to guardians of the galaxy — the best sci-fi films from the beginning of movies until now.
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/best-sci-fi-movies-1234893930/
January 1, 2024
The Collection of according to Rolling Stone Magazine the 150 Greatest SCI Fi Movies Ever.
From here - https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/best-sci-fi-movies-1234893930/born-in-flames-1983-1234928631/
There’s only one place where you can get clones, time travel, simulated realities, irradiated and irritated giant lizards, and space fights and beyond. (Maybe not all at once, but we can dream.) Anything’s possible in this creative nebula known as science fiction, and with its long and historic association with cinema, we present our choices of the greatest science-fiction movies ever: The 150 Essential Sci-Fi Movies!
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Link: https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/essential-sci-fi-movies-of-all-time/
From the tragically ludicrous to the ludicrously tragic.
One man's journey to watch 3650 movies of the 80s
https://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-100-best-sci-fi-movies-how-many-have-you-seen
References made in the book 'Ready Player One'.
HollyWood Movies based on Popularity
500 Essential Cult Movies: The Ultimate Guide By Jennifer Eiss
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