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This is a list of science fiction films that premiered between 1 January 1930 and 31 December 1939. In Phil Hardy's book Science Fiction (1983), the 1930s were described as a period where both science fiction literature and cinema were "in turmoil" and that by examining films of decade that "it is clear that Science Fiction, in no sense, can be seen as an ongoing genre in the thirties".
1930s science fiction war films (2 P) Pages in category "1930s science fiction films" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
The bug-eyed monster (BEM) is an early convention of the science fiction genre. [1] Extraterrestrials in science fiction of the 1930s were often described (or pictured on covers of pulp magazines) as grotesque creatures with huge, oversized or compound eyes and a lust for women, blood or general destruction.
The Golden Age of Science Fiction, often identified in the United States as the years 1938–1946, [1] was a period in which a number of foundational works of science fiction literature appeared. In the history of science fiction , the Golden Age follows the " pulp era " of the 1920s and '30s, and precedes New Wave science fiction of the '60s ...
Alien robot army threatens Earth in Starship Invasions. (1977) Aliens' robot army invades Earth in the Italian film War of the Robots. (1978) Beba-2 in Message from Space (1978) Elle and the Giant Robot in Starcrash (1978) Sparks, Lomax and others from the 1979 Canadian film H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come; Ash in Alien (1979)
An extraterrestrial or alien is a lifeform that did not originate on Earth. The word extraterrestrial means "outside Earth". Extraterrestrials are a common theme in modern science-fiction, and also appeared in much earlier works such as the second-century parody True History [1] by Lucian of Samosata.
Indeed, Aliens casts a massive, Alien Queen-shaped shadow. In Eighties action terms, it’s a giant armoured space truck of a film – a genre-defining, decade-defining, series-defining juggernaut.
All of the films include core elements of science fiction, but can cross into other genres such as drama, mystery, action, horror, fantasy, and comedy. 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 ...