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Classic Science Fiction Movies
1970s Science FictionThe 1970s science fiction movies, with such notable exceptions as "Star Wars," "Alien" and a few others, predominantly fall into the sub-genre of "future life" films that tell about strange happenings here on Earth. Of course, "Star Wars" is unquestionably the most significant movie of this decade. But I was again unable to cut my list down to only ten, so, here are my picks as the "Top 12" science fiction movies of the 1970s.
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970 - 100 min) **** Plot: A superintelligent computer overrides the commands of its human creators in an effort to achieve global control.
Eric Braeden
The Andromeda Strain (1971 - 130 min) *** Plot: A group of scientists fight against the clock to contain and destroy a lethal virus from outer space.
Arthur Hill
Silent Running (1972 - 90 min) **** Plot: An astronaut is charged with protecting the Earth's last surviving flora and fauna, until he gets orders to destroy the spaceships that carry this precious cargo.
Bruce Dern
Westworld (1973 - 90 min) *** Plot: A futuristic amusement park allows visitors to take part in various historical scenarios, but things go wrong when an android gunslinger malfunctions and goes on a shooting rampage.
Richard Benjamin Sequel:
The Land That Time Forgot (1975 - 90 min) *** Plot: A submarine surfaces near the South Pole and discovers a prehistoric oasis of dinosaurs and ape men. (Based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.)
Doug McClure Sequel:
At the Earth's Core (1976 - 90 min) *** Plot: Victorian scientists travel to the center of the Earth, which they find is inhabited by dinosaurs and protohumans. (Based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.)
Doug McClure
Logan's Run (1976 - 119 min) **** Plot: A cop on a future Earth charged with tracking down "runners" who try to escape the supposedly perfect human civilization himself becomes a runner. (Led to a short-lived TV series of the same name.)
Michael York
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 - 135 min) ***** Plot: An ordinary man is mysteriously drawn to a desert mountain to witness mankind's first contact with space aliens.
Richard Dreyfuss
Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope (1977 - 121 min) ***** Plot: With the help of two androids, a space pirate, and a Jedi Knight, a young man fights to save a universe and a princess from the evil Empire.
Mark Hamill Sequels: Prequels:
Alien (1979 - 116 min) **** Plot: Investigating a crashed alien spacecraft, a deep space crew comes face-to-face with the "mother" of all evil space creatures.
Sigourney Weaver Sequels:
The Black Hole (1979 - 97 min) *** Plot: A space ship is sent to stop a mad scientist intent on flying his mammoth space vessel into a black hole.
Maximillian Schell
Meteor (1979 - 105 min) ** Plot: The story of how a group of people deal with the ultimate threat to Earth -- a meteor strike. (A forerunner to "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon.")
Sean Connery
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