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Top 10 Sci-Fi Films

 
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

1: Avatar (2009)

Director: James Cameron
Cost to make: Around $300 million
Setting: Pandora, a moon in Alpha Centauri, in the year 2154
Sci Fi Subgenre: Fantasy

Why It's On The List: Immersive 3D with incredibly detailed effects made it the first truly big-budget film to use 3D to tell a story with all the classic movie elements: plot, characters, and message.







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