[troutman]

More lists:

http://www.astropix.com/HTML/STARLIST/TOP25SF.HTM

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.06/scifi_pr.html

http://us.imdb.com/chart/scifi

History of the genre:

http://www.filmsite.org/sci-fifilms.html

But the most celebrated, religious, and transcendent of all space films up to that time, visualized space travel with incredible magnificence and seriousness. Kubrick's respectable, influential film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) (with only 40 minutes of dialogue), based on Arthur C. Clarke's novel, restored legitimacy to the science-fiction genre.

http://www.filmsite.org/twot.html

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is a landmark, science fiction classic - and probably the best science-fiction film of all time.

Box Office:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/...scifihorror.htm

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/...scificomedy.htm