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List of science fiction films of the 1970s

List of science fiction films of the 1970s

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A list of science fiction films released in the 1970s. These 235 films include core elements of science fiction, but can cross into other genres. They have been released to a cinema audience by the commercial film industry and are widely distributed with reviews by reputable critics.

During the 1970s, blockbuster science fiction films, which reached a much larger audience than previously, began to make their appearance. The financial success of these films resulted in heavy investment in special effects by the American film industry, leading to big-budget, heavily marketed science fiction film releases during the 1990s.[1] Collectively, the science fiction films from the 1970s received 11 Academy Awards, 10 Saturn Awards, six Hugo Awards, three Nebula Awards and two Grammy Awards. Two of these films, Star Wars (1977, currently known as Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) and Superman (1978), were the highest-grossing films of their respective years of release.

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  1. [N 1]
    Won a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and a Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film.
  2. [N 2]
    Winner of the Grand Prize of the Jury and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
  3. [N 3]
    Won a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and a Nebula Award for Best Script.
  4. [N 4]
    Winner of a Nebula Award for Best Script and a Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film.
  5. [N 5]
    Won a Golden Scroll for Best Special Effects in 1976.
  6. [N 6]
    Winner of a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
  7. [N 7]
    Winner of a BAFTA for Best Art Direction.
  8. [N 8]
    Winner of an Academy Award for Visual Effects (Special Achievement Award) and a Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film.
  9. [N 9]
    Won a Nebula Award for Best Script and a Saturn Award for Best Actor in a film.
  10. [N 10]
    Winner of Academy Awards for Cinematography and Sound Editing (Special Achievement Award) and a Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special and Best Instrumental Composition (1979). It was also the second highest grossing film of 1977.
  11. [N 11]
    Won Academy Awards for Art Direction, Costume Design, Film Editing, Original Score, Sound (Special Achievement Award), Visual Effects; a Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film, and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. It was also the highest grossing film of 1977.
  12. [N 12]
    Remake. Winner of Saturn Awards for Best Director and Best Sound.
  13. [N 13]
    Won the Academy Award for Visual Effects (Special Achievement Award), Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and the Grammy Award for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special and Best Instrumental Composition. It was also the highest grossing film of the year.
  14. [N 14]
    Winner of the Academy Award for Visual Effects, Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film and Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.

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