Blade Runner tops sci-fi film poll

 

Cult hit Blade Runner has been named the greatest sci-fi film of all time by movie buffs – beating the ever-popular Star Wars.

Ridley Scott’s futuristic tale, starring Harrison Ford as android hunter Rick Deckard, triumphed in a poll for Total Film magazine.

The film, which celebrates its 30th anniversary next year, initially struggled at the box office but went on to be viewed as a classic.

Star Wars finished fifth in the list, while the second film to be made in the series – The Empire Strikes Back – was the most popular in George Lucas’s saga, ranked second in the poll.

Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey was third, while director Scott had another entry in the top 10 with his chilling Alien placed fourth. The sequel Aliens – made by James Cameron – was seventh.

Just one film from the 21st century – Inception – made the top 10, half of which was made up of movies from the 1980s.

Avatar – the most successful film of all time at the box office – missed out on the top 10, and was placed 11th.

“Once seen and heard, so many scenes from Blade Runner burn into your brain forever. It’s sci-fi at its bleakest and most brilliant,” said Jamie Graham, deputy editor of Total Film.

The top 10 are as follows:

1 Blade Runner (1982)

2 Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

3 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

4 Alien (1979)

5 Star Wars (1977)

6 ET: The Extra Terrestrial (1982)

7 Aliens (1986)

8 Inception (2010)

9 The Matrix (1999)

10 The Terminator (1984)

As an astute reader pointed out at the comment section of the above article, there are no movies from before 1977 in this list…That does seem rather curious.