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These 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. Collectively, the science fiction films from the 1960s received five Academy Awards, a Hugo Award and a BAFTA Award.
The term "Z movie" arose in the mid-1960s as an informal description of certain unequivocally non-A films. It was soon adopted to characterize low-budget motion pictures with quality standards well below those of most B movies and even so-called C movies .
Pages in category "1960s science fiction films" The following 142 pages are in this category, out of 142 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Among the listed movies are films that have won motion-picture and science fiction awards as well as films that have been listed among the worst movies ever made, or have won one or more Golden Raspberry Awards. Critically distinguished films are indicated by footnotes in the listings.
Drunkard's Walk by Frederik Pohl, a professor unravels a conspiracy involving free will and predestination.; Flesh by Philip José Farmer, space explorers return to a future Earth dominated by a fertility cult.
Science-fiction or fantasy films employed a wider range of special effects, as in the original of The Time Machine (1960) and Mysterious Island (1961), or with animated aliens or mythical creatures, as in the Harryhausen animation for Jason and the Argonauts (1963) and One Million Years B.C. (1966).
The 1960s is a decade marked by icons, such as The Beatles, John F. Kennedy, Twiggy, and momentous pop culture moments like Woodstock, the first man on the moon, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s ...
Since the 1960s, major science fiction films have succeeded in pulling in large audience shares, and films of this genre have become a regular staple of the film industry. Science fiction films have led the way in special effects technology, and have also been used as a vehicle for social commentary.