Overview
- Across Dec. 12–13, 2025, Collider published a "10/10" canon list and a ranking of poetic sci‑fi, while ComicBook.com highlighted films it argues were ahead of their time.
- Fritz Lang’s Metropolis is positioned as a foundational touchstone, with 2001: A Space Odyssey framed as a genre‑defining landmark and Blade Runner cited for its influential tech‑noir aesthetic and themes.
- Collider’s poetic list centers on meditative works such as Solaris, Stalker, Arrival, Her, Under the Skin, and Upstream Color, emphasizing explorations of memory, identity, grief, and love.
- ComicBook.com credits early and mid‑century entries with concrete innovations, citing claims about Woman in the Moon’s countdown, Forbidden Planet’s electronic score, Tron’s early CGI world‑building, and Dark City’s simulated‑reality template.
- Ridley Scott’s Alien is singled out by Collider as a perfect‑score sci‑fi horror benchmark, reflecting how these opinion lists consolidate a widely shared slate of canonical titles.