Best sci-fi films 1961 – 1970 - Charts
Best sci-fi films 1961 – 1970
1. Planet of the Apes (1968)
USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall
2. The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
Czechoslovakia, Adventure / Fantasy
Directed by: Karel Zeman
Cast: Miloš Kopecký, Jana Brejchová
3. On the Comet (1970)
Czechoslovakia, Adventure / Sci-fi
Directed by: Karel Zeman
Cast: Emil Horváth ml., Magda Vášáryová
4. You Are a Widow, Sir (1970)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Sci-fi
Directed by: Václav Vorlíček
Cast: Iva Janžurová, Olga Schoberová
5. Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Sci-fi
Directed by: Václav Vorlíček
Cast: Dana Medřická, Jiří Sovák
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
UK / USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood
7. Voyage to the End of the Universe (1963)
Czechoslovakia, Sci-fi / Drama
Directed by: Jindřich Polák
Cast: Zdeněk Štěpánek, Radovan Lukavský
8. Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
UK, Sci-fi / Drama
Directed by: François Truffaut
Cast: Oskar Werner, Julie Christie
9. The Face of Another (1966)
Japan, Drama / Sci-fi
Directed by: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kishida
10. Chariots of the Gods (1970)
West Germany, Documentary / Sci-fi
Directed by: Harald Reinl
Cast: Thor Heyerdahl, Hans Domnick
11. Seconds (1966)
USA, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Rock Hudson, John Randolph
12. I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1969)
Czechoslovakia, Sci-fi / Comedy
Directed by: Oldřich Lipský
Cast: Jana Brejchová, Jiří Sovák
14. The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
UK, Drama / Sci-fi
Directed by: Val Guest
Cast: Janet Munro, Leo McKern
15. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
USA, Thriller / Mystery
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey
16. Marooned (1969)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna
17. Late August at the Hotel Ozone (1966)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Sci-fi
Directed by: Jan Schmidt
Cast: Beta Poničanová, Ondriš Jariabek
19. Godzilla vs. The Thing (1964)
Japan, Sci-fi
Directed by: Ishirō Honda
Cast: Kenji Sahara, Susumu Fujita
20. Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
UK, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Susan Denberg
21. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Japan, Sci-fi
Directed by: Ishirō Honda
Cast: Akiko Wakabayashi, Takashi Shimura
22. Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968)
France, Sci-fi / Drama
Directed by: Alain Resnais
Cast: Claude Rich, Olga Georges-Picot
23. First Men in the Moon (1964)
UK, Adventure / Sci-fi
Directed by: Nathan Juran
Cast: Edward Judd, Martha Hyer
26. Ztracená tvář (1965)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Sci-fi
Directed by: Pavel Hobl
Cast: Vlastimil Brodský, Fred Delmare
28. Attack of the Mushroom People (1963)
Japan, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Ishirō Honda
Cast: Akira Kubo, Kenji Sahara
29. The Absent Minded Professor (1961)
USA, Comedy / Family
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson
30. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
USA / Italy, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Ubaldo Ragona, Sidney Salkow
Cast: Vincent Price, Franca Bettoia
31. Hibernatus (1969)
France / Italy, Comedy / Fantasy
Directed by: Édouard Molinaro
Cast: Louis de Funès, Michael Lonsdale
33. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
UK, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Freddie Jones
34. Omicron (1963)
Italy, Comedy / Sci-fi
Directed by: Ugo Gregoretti
Cast: Renato Salvatori, Rosemary Dexter
35. The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
UK, Sci-fi / Horror
Directed by: Freddie Francis
Cast: Peter Cushing, Howard Goorney
36. Alphaville (1965)
France / Italy, Sci-fi / Drama
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina
37. The Amphibian Man (1962)
Soviet Union, Fantasy / Sci-fi
Directed by: Gennadiy Kazanskiy, Vladimir Chebotaryov
38. The Seed of Man (1969)
Italy, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Marco Ferreri
Cast: Marzio Margine, Anne Wiazemsky
39. Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969)
UK, Sci-fi
Directed by: Robert Parrish
Cast: Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry
40. Gorath (1962)
Japan, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: Ishirō Honda
Cast: Takashi Shimura, Akira Kubo
41. Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard (1963)
West Germany, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Paul May
Cast: Peter van Eyck, Dieter Borsche
42. Latitude Zero (1969)
Japan / USA, Family / Action
Directed by: Ishirō Honda
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Cesar Romero
44. Santo in the Wax Museum (1963)
Mexico, Adventure / Horror
Directed by: Manuel San Fernando, Alfonso Corona Blake
Cast: Santo, Claudio Brook
45. Hello Down There (1969)
USA, Comedy / Sci-fi
Directed by: Jack Arnold, Ricou Browning
Cast: Tony Randall, Janet Leigh
46. Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen (1968)
Italy, Sci-fi
Directed by: Ruggero Deodato
Cast: Gordon Mitchell, Carla Romanelli
47. Mysterious Island (1961)
UK / USA, Adventure / Sci-fi
Directed by: Cy Endfield
Cast: Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood
48. Island of the Burning Damned (1967)
UK, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: Terence Fisher
Cast: Christopher Lee, Patrick Allen
49. Unearthly Stranger (1963)
UK, Sci-fi / Horror
Directed by: John Krish
Cast: John Neville, Philip Stone
50. Spider Baby, or The Maddest Story Ever Told (1967)
USA, Comedy / Horror
Directed by: Jack Hill
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart
52. Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Japan, Action / Family
Directed by: Ishirō Honda
Cast: Akira Kubo, Kenji Sahara
53. Santo contra la invasión de los marcianos (1966)
Mexico, Fantasy / Sci-fi
Directed by: Alfredo B. Crevenna
Cast: Santo, Wolf Ruvinskis
54. Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
USA, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Eric Braeden, Susan Clark
55. Island of Terror (1966)
UK, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Edward Judd
57. Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
Japan, Sci-fi
Directed by: Ishirō Honda
Cast: Nick Adams, Akira Kubo
59. Gamera: The Giant Monster (1965)
Japan, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Noriaki Yuasa
Cast: Eiji Funakoshi, 左卜全
60. Five Million Years to Earth (1967)
UK, Sci-fi / Horror
Directed by: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: James Donald, Andrew Keir
61. The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
UK, Comedy / Sci-fi
Directed by: Richard Lester
Cast: Rita Tushingham, Ralph Richardson
62. I, Justice (1967)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Psychological
Directed by: Zbyněk Brynych
Cast: Karel Höger, Angelica Domröse
63. Santo vs. Blue Demon in Atlantis (1970)
Mexico, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Julián Soler
Cast: Santo, Ivan J. Rado
64. Herrliche Zeiten im Spessart (1967)
West Germany, Comedy / Sci-fi
Directed by: Kurt Hoffmann
Cast: Liselotte Pulver, Harald Leipnitz
65. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
UK, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Freddie Francis
Cast: Christopher Lee, Ann Bell
66. The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966)
Spain / France, Sci-fi / Horror
Directed by: Jesús Franco
Cast: Howard Vernon, Estella Blain
67. Fantastic Voyage (1966)
USA, Adventure / Sci-fi
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch
68. Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
USA, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: Ray Milland
Cast: Ray Milland, Jean Hagen
69. Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
Japan, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Ishirō Honda
Cast: Nick Adams, Susumu Fujita
70. Die, Monster, Die! (1965)
USA / UK, Mystery / Horror
Directed by: Daniel Haller
Cast: Boris Karloff, Nick Adams
71. King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
Japan / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Ishirō Honda
Cast: Kenji Sahara, Mie Hama
72. The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
USA, Western / Sci-fi
Directed by: Jim O'Connolly
Cast: James Franciscus, Gila Golan
73. The Satan Bug (1965)
USA, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: George Maharis, Richard Basehart
74. No Blade of Grass (1970)
UK / USA, Drama / Sci-fi
Directed by: Cornel Wilde
Cast: Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace
76. Barbarella (1968)
France / Italy, Adventure / Sci-fi
Directed by: Roger Vadim
Cast: Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law
79. The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Japan, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Ishirō Honda
Cast: Russ Tamblyn, Kenji Sahara
81. The Time Travelers (1964)
USA, Sci-fi
Directed by: Ib Melchior
Cast: Preston Foster, Philip Carey
82. The Wishing Machine (1967)
Czechoslovakia / France, Family / Sci-fi
Directed by: Josef Pinkava
Cast: Vít Weingärtner, Milan Zeman
83. The Illustrated Man (1969)
USA, Sci-fi / Anthology
Directed by: Jack Smight
Cast: Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom
84. Atragon (1963)
Japan, Adventure / Sci-fi
Directed by: Ishirō Honda
Cast: Kenji Sahara, Susumu Fujita
85. Man in Outer Space (1961)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Sci-fi
Directed by: Oldřich Lipský
Cast: Miloš Kopecký, Anita Kajlichová
86. Moon Zero Two (1969)
UK, Crime / Sci-fi
Directed by: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: James Olson, Adrienne Corri
87. Our Man Flint (1966)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Daniel Mann
Cast: James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb
88. The X from Outer Space (1967)
Japan, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Yoshimizu Nihonmatsu
Cast: Eiji Okada, Keisuke Sonoi
89. Countdown (1967)
USA, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: Robert Altman
Cast: James Caan, Robert Duvall
90. The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
UK, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Terence Fisher
Cast: Willard Parker, Virginia Field
91. Mechte navstrechu (1963)
Soviet Union, Sci-fi
Directed by: Mikhail Karzhukov, Otar Koberidze
Cast: Otar Koberidze, Nikolay Volkov
92. Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
Mexico, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: René Cardona Sr.
Cast: Armando Silvestre, Norma Lazareno
93. Curse of the Golem (1967)
UK / USA, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Herbert J. Leder
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Jill Haworth
94. War-Gods of the Deep (1965)
UK / USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Vincent Price, David Tomlinson
95. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
USA, Adventure / Sci-fi
Directed by: Irwin Allen
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine
97. The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
Spain / West Germany, Adventure / Crime
Directed by: Jesús Franco
Cast: Christopher Lee, Götz George
98. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jun Fukuda
Cast: Chieko Nakakita, Hal Linden
99. Crack in the World (1965)
USA, Sci-fi
Directed by: Andrew Marton
Cast: Dana Andrews, Janette Scott
100. The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
UK / West Germany, Crime / Horror
Directed by: Don Sharp
Cast: Christopher Lee, Heinz Drache