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// Copied from the link mentioned at the last. //The listThis is a record of all the valid book recommendations I received before, during and in the year after after my 2012 quest. I chose one book for each nation for the project. These are underlined and you can click the titles or country names to read my thoughts on each choice.I continue to update the list by choosing one new title a month as my Book of the month. Links to these reviews are highlighted in orange. If you have a recommendation (or you know about an English version of one of the books marked ‘translation sought’), please leave a comment at the bottom.Afghanistan Atiq Rahimi A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear; The Patience Stone / Khaled Hosseini The Kite Runner; A Thousand Splendid Suns / Anna Badkhen Waiting for the Taliban / Emmanuel Guibert The Photographer / (as told to) Batya Swift Yasgur Behind the BurqaAlbania Ismail Kadare The Palace of Dreams; Broken April / Fatos Kongoli The LoserAlgeria Leïla Marouane The Sexual Life of an Islamist in Paris / Anouar Benmalek Abduction / Assia Djebar So Vast the Prison / Boualem Sansal An Unfinished Business; The German Mujahid / Al-Tahir Wattar The Earthquake / Anouar Benmalek The Lovers of Algeria / Yasmina Khadra The AttackAndorra Albert Salvadó The Teacher of CheopsAngola José Eduardo Agualusa My Father’s Wives; Creole / Pepetela The Return of the Water Spirit / Ondjaki Good Morning Comrades; The Whistler / Jose Eduardo Agualusa The Book of Chameleons / Manuel Rui Monteiro Quem me dera ser Onda (translation sought) / José Luandino Vieira Our MussequeAntigua and Barbuda Jamaica Kincaid Lucy; Annie John / Marie-Elena John Unburnable / Althea Prince Loving this Man; Ladies of the Night / Gisele Isaac Considering Venus / Joanne C. Hillhouse et al. Pepperpot (pan-Caribbean anthology)Argentina Martin Kohan Seconds Out / César Aira How I Became a Nun; An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter / Ernesto Sábato The Tunnel / Alicia Steimberg Musicians and Watchmakers / Jorges Luis Borges / Tomás Eloy Martínez Purgatory (trans. Frank Wynne) / Matias Nespolo 7 Ways to Kill a Cat (trans. Frank Wynne) / Carlos Gamerro The Islands / Iosi Havilio Opendoor / Luisa Valenzuela / Ricardo Piglia / Guillermo Martínez / Manuel Puig / Adolfo Bioy Casares The Invention of Morel / Julio Cortázar HopscotchArmenia Armand Inezian Bringing Ararat / Grigoris Balakian Armenian GolgothaAustralia Tim Winton Cloudstreet / Helen Garner The Children’s Bach / Markus Zusak The Book Thief / Nam Le The Boat / Andrew McGahan The White Earth / Elizabeth Jolley / Alex Miller Lovesong / Jill Ker Conway The Road from CoorainAustria Elias Canetti The Torch in my Ear / Anna Kim Frozen Time / Thomas Bernhard Extinction / Stefan Zweig / Julya Rabinovich SplitheadAzerbaijan Gioulzar Akhmedova Magnolia / Maksud Ibragimbekov / Anar Razayev / ? Ali and NinoThe Bahamas Ian Strachan God’s Angry Babies / Garth Buckner Thine is the KingdomBahrain Ali Al Saeed Quixotiq / Sarah A Al Sahfei YummahBangladesh Taslima Nasrin Shame / Tahmima Anam The Good Muslim / Humayun Ahmed To the Woods Dark and Deep / Ekhlasuddin Ahmed When the Evening Darkens / Shawkat Osman The Laughter of a Slave / Anwar Pasha Rifles Bread WomenBarbados Karen Lord Redemption in Indigo / Agymah Kamau Flickering Shadows; Pictures of a Dying Man / Glenville Lovell Fire in the Canes; Song of Night; Too Beautiful to DieBelarus Artur Klinov The Sun City of Dreams / Uladzimir Karatkievich King Stakh’s Wild Hunt / Vasil Bykau Sotnikau or The Ordeal / Viktar Martsinovich Paranoia / Svetlana Alexievich Voices from Chernobyl / Uladzimir Karatkevich The Spikes Under Your Sickle / Ivan Melezh People of the SwampBelgium Hergé The Adventures of Tintin / Peter Terrin The Guard / Stefan Brijs The Angel Maker / Francois Emmanuel Invitation to a Voyage / Dimitri Verhulst The Misfortunates / Louis Paul Boon My Little War / Paul Verhaeghen Omega Minor / Amélie NothombBelize Zoila Ellis On Heroes, Lizards and PassionBenin Gisèle Hountondji / Jean Pliya / Florent Couao-Zotti / Adelaide Fassinou / Rashidah Ismaili Abubakr Stories We Tell Each OtherBhutan Kunzang Choden The Circle of Karma / Karma Ura The Hero with a Thousand Eyes / T Sangay Wangchuk Seeing with the Third Eye / Dorji Penjore Bomena / Pema Euden Coming Home / Sonam KingaBolivia José Edmundo Paz-Soldán / Víctor Montoya / Renato Prada Oropeza / Giovanna Rivero Sweet Blood / Juan de Recacoechea American VisaBosnia and Herzegovina Zlata Filipovic Zlata’s Diary / Saša Stanišić How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone / Aleksandar Hemon The Lazarus Project / Ivo Andric The Bridge on the Drina / Meša Selimović Death and the Dervish; FortressBotswana Angus, Maisie and Travers McNeice The Lion Children / Bessie Head A Question of Power / Unity DowBrazil João Ubaldo Ribeiro House of the Fortunate Buddhas; An Invincible Memory / Clarice Lispector / Rubem Fonseca / Paulo Freire / Clarice Lispector Agua Viva / Jorge Amado Jubiabá; The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray / João Guimarães Rosa / Paulo Coelho / Machado de Assis Dom Casmurro / Chico Buarque Budapest / Lygia Fagundes Telles The Marble Dance / Zulmira Ribeiro Tavares Family HeirloomsBrunei Eva Maria Kershaw Dusun Folktales: A Collection of Eighty-eight Folktales in the Dusun Language of Brunei with English Translations / Christopher Sun (aka Sun Tze Yun) Four Kings / Amir Falique The Forlorn AdventureBulgaria Elias Canetti The Tongue Set Free / Kalin Terziyski Is there Anybody to Love You? / Georgi Gospodinov Natural Novel / Kapka Kassabova Street Without a Name / Anton Donchev Time of Parting / Milen Ruskov Thrown into Nature / Emiliyan Stanev The Peach Thief / Dimitar Dimov Doomed SoulsBurkina Faso Sarah Bouyain / Frédéric Pacéré Titinga / Nobert Zongo The Parachute DropBurundi Marie-Therese Toyi Weep Not, RefugeeCambodia U Sam Oeur Crossing Three Wildernesses / Alice Pung Unpolished Gem / Vaddey Ratner In the Shadow of the Banyan / Loung Ung / Haing S Ngor / Bree Lafreniere and Daran Kravanh Music Through DarkCameroon Mongo Beti La Pauvre Christ de Bomba (The Poor Christ of Bomba); Mission to Kala / Beatrice Fri Bime Mystique: a collection of lake mythsCanada Robertson Davies / Nicole Brossard Mauve Desert / Alice Munro / Lauren B Davis Our Daily Bread / Darcie Friesen Hossack Mennonites Don’t Dance / Anne Michaels Fugitive Pieces / Thomas King Green Grass, Running Water / Elizabeth Hay Late Nights on Air / Michael Ondaatje In the Skin of a Lion / Frances Itani Deafening / Joseph Boyden The Three Day Road / Carol Shields / Donna Morrissey / Timothy Findley Not Wanted on the Voyage / Michael Crummey Galore / Anita Rau Baudami Tamarind Mem; The Hero’s Walk / Zoe Whittall Bottle Rocket HeartsCape Verde Germano Almeida The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva AraújoCentral African Republic Pierre Makombo Bamboté Dada’s Travels from Ouadda to Bangui / ed. Polly Strong African Tales: Folklore of the Central African Republic / Etienne GoyémidéChad Joseph Brahim Seid Told by Starlight in ChadChile Roberto Bolano The Savage Detectives / Alejandro Zambra The Private Lives of Trees; Bonsai / Isabel Allende The House of the Spirits (trans. Magda Bodin) / Diamela Eltit / Alberto Fuguet / María Luisa Bombal / Luis Sepúlveda / Antonio SkármetaChina Zhu Wen I Love Dollars / Jian Rong Wolf Totem / Ma Jian Stick Out Your Tongue; Red Dust/ Cao Xuequin Dream of the Red Chamber / Wu Cheng’en Journey to the West / Zhang Yueran / Chan Koonchung The Fat Years (trans. Michael Duke) / Yan Lianke Dream of Ding Village / Mo Yan The Garlic Ballads; Shifu, You’ll Do Anything for a Laugh / Zhu Wen / Zhang Yueran / Han Dong Banished! / Yan Ge / Xialou Guo Village of Stone / Mian Mian Candy / Wang Shuo Playing for Thrills / Chen Xiwo I Love My Mum / Xu Zechen / Xue Xinran The Good Women of China; China Witness; Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother / Hok-Pang Tang & David Coomler A Time of Ghosts / Huo Da Jade King / Wang Xiaobo / Cao Wenxuan Bronze and SunflowerColombia Evelio Rosero The Armies / Pilar Quintana Tickles in the Tongue / Juan Gabriel Vasquez The Informers / Eduardo Garcia Aguilar Boulevard of Heroes / Fernando Vallejo Our Lady of the Assassins / Hector Abad Faciolince / Laura Restrepo Delirium / Fernando Vallejo / Gabriel García Márquez / James Cañón Tales from the Town of Windows / Leila CoboComoros Mohammed Toihiri The Kafir of KarthalaCongo, Democratic Republic of Amba Bongo / Frederick Yamusangie Full CircleCongo, Republic of Emmanuel Dongala Johnny Mad Dog; Little Boys Come from the Stars / Sony Lab’ou Tansi The Antipeople / Alain Mabanckou Letter to JimmyCosta Rica Anacristina Rossi / Carmen Naranjo / Oscar Nunez Olivas Cadence of the Moon / Anacristina Rossi The Madwoman of Gandoca / ed Barbara Ras Costa Rica: A Traveler’s Literary CompanionCôte d’Ivoire Bernard Dadié Climbié / Ahmadou Kourouma Allah is not ObligedCroatia Miroslav Krleža On the Edge of Reason / Dubravka Ugrĕsic The Ministry of Pain; In the Jaws of Life / Slavenka Drakulic A Guided Tour through the Museum of Communism / Marija Jurić Zagorka Daughter of the Lotrščak; A Stone on the Road; The Witch of Gric / Antun Gustav Matoš / Robert Perišič Our Man in IraqCuba Mayra Montero Dancing to Almendra / Ena Lucia Portela One Hundred Bottles / Alejo Carpentier / Reinaldo Arenas / Antonio José Ponte / Leonardo Padura / Reinaldo Arenas / Leonardo Padura Fuentes / Virgilio Piñera / José Lezama Lima / Severo Sarduy / Guillermo Cabrera Infante / Lydia Cabrera Afro-Cuban TalesCyprus Anna Marangou/Andreas Coutas (trans. Xenia Andreou) Famagusta: the Story of the City / Eve Makis / Christy Lefteri A Watermelon, a Fish and a Bible / Panos Ioannides Gregory and other stories / Elmos Konis Magnette / Nora Nadjarian Ledra StreetCzech Republic Bohumil Hrabal Too Loud a Solitude / Hana Demetz The House on Prague Street / Tomáš Zmeškal Love Letter in Cuneiform Script / Josef Škvorecký The Engineer of Human Souls (trans. Paul Wilson) / Jáchym Topol The Devil’s WorkshopDenmark Jakob Ejersbo Exile: Book One of the African Trilogy / Morten Ramsland Dog Head / Christian Jungersen The Exception / Louise Bugge Laermann Constanze Mozart / Peter Høeg Smilla’s Sense of SnowDjibouti Abdourahman Waberi In the United States of Africa; Passage of TearsDominica Phyllis Shand Allfrey The Orchid House / Elma Napier Black and White Sands / Jean Rhys / Pupils of Atkinson School The Snake King of the Kalinago / Alick Lazare Pharcel / Various Home Again / Christborne Shillingford Most Wanted: street stories from the CaribbeanDominican Republic Juan Bosch / Arambilet Neguri’s Secret / Junot Diaz The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao / Pedro Mir When they Loved the Communal Land / Julia AlvarezEast Timor Luis Cardoso The CrossingEcuador Jorge Icaza HuasipungoEgypt Ahdaf Soueif The Map of Love; Cairo: My City, Our Revolution / Sonallah Ibrahim Stealth / Mohamed Mansi Qandil Moon Over Samarqand / Waguih Ghali Beer in the Snooker Club / Naguib Mahfouz Midaq Alley; The Thief and the Dogs; Miramar; The Final Hour/ Alaa Al Aswany The Yacoubian Building / Radwa Ashour / Nawal El Saadawi / May Telmissany Dunyazad / Salwa Bakr / ed. Marilyn Booth My Grandmother’s Cactus / Gamal al-Ghitani Zayni Barakat / Yusef Zeidan Azazil / Radwa Ashour Granada; Spectres / Ibrahim Abdel Meguid No One Sleeps in Alexandria / Bahar Tahir / Muhammad BisatiEl Salvador Horacio Castellanos Moya SenselessnessEquatorial Guinea Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel By Night the Mountain Burns / Donato Ndongo Shadows of your Black Memory / Maria Nsue Angue Ekomo (translation sought)Eritrea Senait Mehari Heart of Fire / Sulaiman Addonia The Consequences of LoveEstonia Jaan Kross Professor Martens’ Departure; Treading Air / Viivi Luik The Beauty of HistoryEthiopia Maaza Mengiste Beneath the Lion’s Gaze / Dinaw Mengestu Children of the Revolution / Abraham Verghese Cutting for StoneFiji Peter Thomson Kava in the Blood / Epeli Hau’ofa Kisses in the Nederends; Tales of the Tikongs / Mikaele M.K. Yasa Of Baluka and Nibong PalmFinland Arto Paasilinna The Year of the Hare / Mika Waltari The Egyptian / Johanna Sinisalo Troll: A Love Story / Sofi Oksanen Purge / Emmi Itäranta Memory of WaterFrance Alain-Fournier The Wanderer / Marie NDiaye Rosie Carpe / Marie Darrieussecq My Phantom Husband / Colette Chéri / Faiza Guene Dreams from the Endz / Raymond Queneau Exercises in Style (trans. Barbara Wright) / Georges Perec Life:a User’s Manual (trans. David Bellos) / Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio Wandering Star / Jean Echenoz Lightning / Delphine de Vigan Underground Time / Faïza Guène Just Like Tomorrow / Alexis Jenni The French Art of War / Laurence Cossé A Novel Bookstore / Hélène Grémillon The Confidant / Jérôme Ferrari Where I Left My Soul / Marguerite Yourcenar / Michel Houellebecq / André Schwarz-Bart A Woman Named Solitude (trans. Ralph Manheim)Gabon Daniel Mengara MemaThe Gambia Dayo Forster Reading the Ceiling / Dembo Fanta Bojang & Sukai Mbye Bojang Folk Tales and Fables from The GambiaGeorgia Sana Krasikov One More Year / ed Elizabeth Heighway Contemporary Georgian Fiction / Cabua Amirejibi Data Tutashkhia / Mikheil Javakhishvili Kvachi / Otar Chiladze A Man Was Going Down the RoadGermany Jenny Erpenbeck Visitation; The End of Days / Günter Grass The Tin Drum / Christa Wolf / Heinrich Böll The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum / Emine Sevgi Özdamar Bridge of the Golden Horn / Walter Benjamin Illuminations (trans. Harry Zohn) / Clemens Meyer All the Lights / Christa Wolf Medea / Franz Fühmann / Inka Parei The Shadow-Boxing Girl / Hans Fallada Alone in Berlin / Jurek Becker Jacob the Liar / Herman Hesse Siddhartha / Thomas MannGhana Ayi Kwei Armah The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born / Isaac Neequaye / Ama Ata Aidoo / Jo de Graft Hanson Amanfi’s Gold / Gheysika Adombire Agambila Journey / Various Anansi StoriesGreece Kostas Hatziantoniou The Black Book of Bile; Agrigento / Margarita Karapanou Kassandra and the Wolf / Panos Karnezis / Nikos Kazantzakis Freedom or Death; The Last TemptationGrenada Tobias Buckell / Merle Collins The Ladies are UpstairsGuatemala Miguel Angel Asturias The President / Rodrigo Rey Rosa / Rigoberta Menchú I, Rigoberta Menchú / Augusto MonterrosoGuinea Camara Laye The Radiance of the King; The Guardian of the WordGuinea-Bissau Amilcar Cabral Unity and StruggleGuyana Oonya Kempadoo Buxton SpiceHaiti Marvin Victor / Lyonel Trouillot Children of Heroes / Dany Laferriere How to Make Love to a Negro without Getting Tired; I am a Japanese Writer / Louis-Philppe Dalembert / Edwidge Danticat The Farming of the Bones / Franketienne / Gary Klang / Josaphat-Robert LargeHonduras Guillermo Yuscaran Points of Light / Ramón Amaya AmadorHungary Sándor Márai Embers / Dezső Kosztolányi Skylark / Zsigmond Móricz Be Faithful Unto Death / Antal Szerb Journey by Moonlight / Peter Esterharzy Not Art / Tibor Fischer Under the Frog / Antal Szerb The Pendragon Legend / László Krasznahorkai War and War (trans. George Szirtes) / Ferenc Karinthy Metropole / Imre Kertész Fatelessness / Albert Wass / Rejtő Jenő / Péter Nádas A Book of Memories; Parallel Stories / Iván Mándy On the Balcony / Ferenc Molnár The Paul Street BoysIceland Arnaldur Indridason Jar City / Halldór Laxness The Atom Station / Ófeigur Sigurðsson / Gyrðir Eliasson Stone Tree / Auður A Ólafsdóttir The GreenhouseIndia Suketu Mehta Maximum City / Rohinton Mistry Family Matters; A Fine Balance / Premchand / Rahul Bhattacharya The Sly Company of People who Care / Amitav Ghosh River of Smoke / Tabish Khair The Thing about Thugs / Aman Sathi A Free Man / Sunetra Gupta / Omair Ahmad Jimmy the Terrorist / UR Ananthamurthy Bharathipura / Chandrakanta A Street in Srinagar / Siddharth Chowdhury Day Scholar / Kishwar Desai Witness the Night / Namita Devidayal Aftertaste / Manu Joseph Serious Men / Kavery Nambisan: The Story that Must Not Be Told / Kalpish Ratna The Quarantine Papers / Uppamanyu Chattergee Way to go / Chandrahas Choudhury Arzee the Dwarf / Manju Kapur The Immigrant / Neel Mukherjee The Immigrant / Mani Sankar Mukherji The Middleman / I. Allan Sealy The Trotter Nama / Shashi Warrier / Aniruddha Bahal / Vikram Chandra / M T Vasudevan Nair Mist; The Legacy; The Demon Seed; Second Turn; Kaalam / Asha Poorna Devi / Ruskin Bond / Gurcharan Das India Unbound / Mark Tully / Shashi Tharoor The Great Indian Novel / Mahasweta Devi Imaginary Maps; Bitter Soil; Hajar Churashir Maa / RK Narayan Malgudi Days / Jhaverchand Meghani / Kushwant Singh Train to Pakistan; The Portrait of a Lady / ed Rakesh Khanna The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction / Shivaji Sawant Mrityunjay / OV Vijayan / Govardhanram Tripathi Saraswatichandra / Satyajit Ray Feluda series / Sunil Gangopadhyay Those Days / Rabindranath Tagore / Sashi Deshpande / Kiran Nagarkar Cuckold; Seven Sixes are Forty-Three / Charu Nivedita Zero Degree / Tarun Tejpal Alchemy of Desire / Manoshi Bhattacharya Chittagong Summer of 1930 / Sankar Chowringhee / Shanta Gokhale Crowfall / Maitreyi Devi Na Hanyate / Aruna Chakrabarti Srikanta / Ruskin Bond / Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai Chemmeen / Mulk Raj Anand Untouchable / Vikram Seth A Suitable BoyIndonesia Yusuf Bilyarta Mangunwijaya (Romo Mangun) Burung-Burung Manyar; Rara Mendut; Durga/Umayi / Ayu Utami / Mochtar Lubis / Pramoedya Ananta Toer This Earth of Mankind / Dewi Lestari Supernova / Agustinus Wibowo Blanket of Dust (translation sought) / Andrea Hirata The Rainbow Troops / Eka Kurniawan Man TigerIran Akbar Golrang Parpin Flowers /Nasrin Alavi We are Iran / Shahrnush Parsipur Touba and the Meaning of Night / Mahmoud Dowlatabadi The Colonel (trans. Tom Patterdale) / Adnan-Ahmed / Fariba Hachtroudi The Man Who Snapped His FingersIraq Samuel Shimon An Iraqi in Paris / Ali Bader The Tobacco Keeper / Hassan Blasim The Madman of Freedom Square / Rodaan Al Galidi Thirsty River / Samira Al-Mana / Wafaa Abed Al Razzaq / A Alwan The Sheikh’s Detective / Fuad al-Takarli The Long Way BackIreland James Joyce Ulysses / Maria Edgeworth Castle Rackrent / William Trevor / Sebastian Barry The Secret Scripture / Flann O’Brien The Third Policeman; At Swim–Two–BirdsIsrael David Grossman Falling Out of Time; To the End of the Land; Be My Knife / Amos Oz A Tale of Love and Darkness (trans. Nicholas de Lange) / Savyon Liebrecht / AB Yehoshua / Ronit Matalon / Alex Epstein / Aharon Appelfeld Blooms of Darkness / Sara Shilo The Falafel King is Dead / Etgar Keret / Yehoshua KenazItaly Roberto Saviano Zero Zero Zero; Gomorrah / Leonardo Sciascia The Day of the Owl (trans. Archibald Colquhoun) / Fabio Geda In the Sea there are Crocodiles (trans. Howard Curtis) / Elena Ferrante The Lost Daughter; The Days of Abandonment; My Brilliant Friend / Antonio Tabucchi Pereira Maintains / Diego Marani New Finnish Grammar / Alessandro Baricco Ocean Sea; Mr Gwyn / Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa The Leopard / Alessandro Manzoni / Luigi Pirandello / Primo Levi / Italo Svevo / Dino Buzzati The Tartar SteppeJamaica Kei Miller / Lindsay Barrett / Margaret Cezair-Thompson The Pirate’s Daughter / Colin Channer / Brian Meeks Paint the Town Red / Patricia Powell / Victor Stafford Reid / Vanessa Spence / Marlon James The Book of Night Women; John Crow’s DevilJapan Haruki Murakami Kafka on the Shore; 1Q84 / Natsume Sōseki The Miner; I am a Cat/ Michitsuna no Haha (Michitsuna’s mother) The Kagero Diary (trans. Sonja Arntzen) / Yukio Mishima Death in Midsummer (trans. Seidensticker, Keene, Morris, Sargent) / Hiromi Kawakami Manazuru / Shiba Ryotaro / Yoko Ogawa / Yoriko Shono / Yumiko Kurahashi / Yoko Tawada / Yasunari Kawabata Snow CountryJordan Ibrahim Nasrallah Time of White Horses / Abdulrahman Munif Cities of SaltKazakhstan Rollan Seisenbayev The Day the World Collapsed / Mukhamet Shayakhmetov The Silent Steppe: The Story of a Kazakh Nomad Under Stalin / Nursultan Nazarbayev My Life, My Times and the Future / Ilyas Esenberlin Nomads / Mukhtar Auezov Abai (translation sought)Kenya Binyavanga Wainaina One Day I Will Write About This Place / Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o A Grain of Wheat; Wizard of the Crow / Philo Ikonya Kenya, Will You Marry Me? / NK Read Children of SabaKiribati Teweiariki Teaero Waa in StormsKurdistan* Jalal Barzanji The Man in Blue Pyjamas.Kuwait Saif Marzooq al-Shamlan Pearling in the Arabian Gulf / Jehan S Rajab Invasion Kuwait / Haya al-Mughni Women in Kuwait / Danderma The Chronicles of Dathra, a Dowdy Girl from KuwaitKyrgyzstan Chinghiz Aitmatov Jamilia; The Place of the Skull; Farewell Gul’sary; The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Years; Short Novels; White Steamship; Tales of the Mountains and Steppes; Cranes Fly Early;Time to Speak; Mother Earth and Other StoriesLaos Outhine Bounyavong Mother’s BelovedLatvia David Bezmozgis The Free World / Agate Nesaule A Woman in Amber / Inga Zolude A Solace for Adam’s Tree / Sandra Kalniete With Dance Shoes in Siberian Snows / Janis Klidzejs The Child of Man (translation sought)Lebanon Joumana Haddad I Killed Scheherazade / Elias Khoury Yalo; Gate of the Sun / Hanan al-Shaykh One Thousand and One Nights; The Locust and the Bird / Jabbour Douhaiy June Rain / Alexandra Chreiteh Always Coca-Cola / Iman Humaydan Wild Mulberries / Amin Maalouf Samarkand; Leo the African / Rashid al-Daif Dear Mr Kawabata / Amin al Rihani / Gibran Khalil GibranLesotho Thomas Mofolo Chaka / AS Mopeli-Paulus Blanket Boy’s Moon; The World and the Cattle / Morabo Morojele How We Buried Puso / Various Basali! Stories by and about women in LesothoLiberia Helene Cooper The House at Sugar Beach / Ellen Johnson Sirleaf This Child Will Be Great / Mardia Stone Konkai: Living Between Two WorldsLibya Hisham Matar In the Country of Men; Anatomy of a Disappearance / Ibrahim Al-Khoni Anubis: A Desert Novel; Gold Dust; The Animists; The Bleeding of the Stone; The Puppet; The Seven Veils of Seth / Ahmed Fagi Homeless Rats; 30 Short StoriesLiechtenstein Iren Nigg / Stefan Sprenger / Heinrich Harrer Seven Years in Tibet / CC Bergius The Noble ForgerLithuania Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė / Various No Men, No Cry / Ricardas Gavelis Vilnius Poker / Jonas Mekas / Juozas Baltusis / Andrius Tapinas Hour of the Wolf / Balys Sruoga Forest of the Gods / Antanas Škėma The White Shroud / Laimonas Briedis Vilnius: City of StrangersLuxembourg Jean Back Amateur / Robi Gottlieb-Cahen Minute StoriesMacedonia Rumena Bužarovska Scribbles; Wisdom Tooth / Goce Smilevski Sigmund Freud’s Sister; Conversation with Spinoza / Elizabeta Bakovska On the way to DamascusMadagascar ed. Jacques Bourgeacq and Liliane Ramarosoa Voices from MadagascarMalawi Samson Kambalu The Jive Talker / Aubrey Kachingwe No Easy TaskMalaysia Shih-Li Kow Ripples and Other Stories / A Samad Said / Adibah Amin This End of The Rainbow / Dina Zaman King of the SeaMaldives Abdullah Sadiq Dhon Hiyala and Ali FulhuMali Amadou Hampâté Bâ The Strange Destiny of Wangrin / Yambo Ouloguem Bound to ViolenceMalta Immanuel Mifsud Happy Weekend / Pierre Mejlak / Simon Bartolo / Oliver Friggieri / Herbert Ganado My Century / Trevor Zahra / Kilin (Mikiel Spiteri)Marshall Islands Ed Daniel Kelin Marshall Islands Legends and Stories / Marshallese school students (the Unbound Bookmaker Project) The Important Book about Majuro / Jack Niedenthal For the Good of Mankind / Bob Barclay In Melal: A Novel of the Pacific / Dirk R Spennemann Bwebwenatoon etto: a collection of Marshallese legends and traditionsMauritania Mohamed Bouya Bamba Angels of Mauritania and the Curse of the LanguageMauritius Anand Mulloo Watch Them Go Down / Barlen Pyamootoo BenaresMexico Juan Pablo Villalobos Down the Rabbit Hole / Octavio Paz The Labyrinth of Solitude (trans. Lysander Kemp) / Laura Esquivel Like Water for Chocolate (trans. Carol Christensen and Thomas Christensen) / Martín Solares The Black Minutes / Carlos Fuentes / Jorge Volpi / Rosario Castellanos / Carmen Boullosa / Mario Bellatín / Elena Garro / Juan Rulfo / Elena Poniatowska / Sergio Pitol / Juan Rulfo Pedro Paramo / Valeria Luiselli Faces in the CrowdMicronesia, Federated States of Luelen Bernart The Book of LuelenMoldova Ion Drutse Moldavian Autumn; The Story of an Ant / Vladimir Lorchenkov The Good Life ElsewhereMonaco ed. Richard and Danae Projetti Grace Kelly: Princesse du CinemaMongolia Galsan Tschinag The Blue SkyMontenegro Petar II Petrović-Njegoš The Mountain Wreath / Andrej Nikolaidis / Xenia Popovich A Lullaby for No Man’s WolfMorocco Diss Chraïbi Heirs to the Past; Le Passé Simple (The Simple Past) / Tahar Ben Jelloun The Sacred Night; The Sand Child; This Blinding Absence of Light (trans. Linda Coverdale); A Palace in the Old Village (trans. Linda Coverdale) / Bensalem Himmich The Polymath / Mohammed Achaari The Arch and the Butterfly / Fatima Mernissi / Muhammad Shukri For Bread Alone / Muhammad Barrada The Game of ForgettingMozambique Mia Couto The Sleepwalking Land; Under the Frangipani / Paulina Chiziane Niketche / Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa Ualalapi / Luis Bernardo Honwana We Killed Mangy DogMyanmar Cho Tu Zaw / Ma Thida / Nu Nu Yi Inwa Smile as they BowNamibia Joseph Diescho Troubled Waters / Neshani Andreas The Purple Violet of OshaantuNauru Timothy Detudamo Legends, Traditions and Tales of Nauru / Ben Bam Solomon et al Stories from NauruNepal Samrat Upadhyay Buddha’s Orphans / Ajit Baral The Lazy Conman and Other Stories / Parijat Blue Mimosa / Jagadish Ghimire Antarman ko yatraNetherlands Harry Mulisch The Discovery of Heaven / Cees Noteboom Lost Paradise; All Souls’ Day; Rituals / Tessa de Loo / Gerbrand Bakker The Twin / Kader Abdolah The House of the Mosque / Abdelkader Benali / Jan van Mersbergen Tomorrow Pamplona / Arthur Japin The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi / Tommy Wieringa Little Caesar / Bernlef Out of Mind / Jan Wolkers Turkish Delight / WF Hermans The Darkroom of Damocles / Arnon Grunberg Tirza; Skin and Hair / Nescio Amsterdam Stories / Gerard Reve De avonden (translation sought)New Zealand Charlotte Grimshaw Singularity / Maurice Shadbolt Season of the Jew / Keri Hulme The Bone People / Lloyd Jones Mr Pip / Alan Duff Once Were Warriors / Witi Ihimaera Tangi / Janet Frame / Patricia Grace Potiki / Eleanor Catton The LuminariesNicaragua Gioconda Belli Infinity in the Palm of her HandNiger recounted by Nouhou Malio The Epic of Askia MohammedNigeria Wole Soyinka The Interpreters; Season of Anomy / Toyin Falola A Mouth Sweeter than Salt / Lola Shoneyin The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Americanah; Half of a Yellow Sun / Chinua Achebe Things Fall ApartNorth Korea Ri In Mo My Life and Faith / Kye Wol HyangNorway Karl Ove Knausgaard My Struggle / Per Petterson To Siberia; Out Stealing Horses (trans. Ann Born) / Knut Hamsun Hunger / Lars Saabye Christensen The Half Brother / Jan Wiese The Naked Madonna / Linn Ullmann Before You Sleep / Agnar Mykle Lasso Round the Moon / Gerd Brantenberg Egalia’s Daughters / Sigrid Undset Kristin Lavransdatter (trans. 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Abubaker Bagader Voices of Change / Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al GosaibiSenegal Mariama Bâ So Long a Letter / Ken Bugul Riwan ou Le Chemin de Sable (Riwan or The Path of Sand)Serbia Milos Crnjanski A Novel About London; Migrations / Danilo Kiš / David Albahari Bait / Milorad Pavic Dictionary of the Khazars / Srdjan Valjarevic Lake Como / Zoran ŽivkovićSeychelles Glynn Burridge Voices / William Travis Beyond the Reefs; Shark for SaleSierra Leone Aminatta Forna The Memory of Love / Ishmael Beah A Long Way GoneSingapore Su-Chen Christine Lim Fistful of ColoursSlovakia Pavol Rankov / Peter Pišťanek Rivers of Babylon / Daniela Kapitánová Samko Tale’s Cemetery BookSlovenia Slavoj Žižek / Nataša Kramberger Heaven in a Blackberry Bush, a Novel in Stories / Andrej Blatnik You do Understand / Andrej Skubic Fužine Blues / Miha Mazzini The German Lottery / Vladimir Bartol Alamut / Luka Novak The Golden Shower or What Men WantSolomon Islands John Saunana The Alternative / ed. 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HiSorry i am indian but question is good i would like to say how many movies in hollywood i have watched sometimes in english too. Logan (2017)R | 137 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi8.1Rate77 MetascoreIn a future where mutants are nearly extinct, an elderly and weary Logan leads a quiet life. But when Laura, a mutant child pursued by scientists, comes to him for help, he must get her to safety.Director: James Mangold | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd HolbrookVotes: 581,630 | Gross: $226.28M3. X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi6.9Rate52 MetascoreIn the 1980s the X-Men must defeat an ancient all-powerful mutant, En Sabah Nur, who intends to thrive through bringing destruction to the world.Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas HoultVotes: 367,526 | Gross: $155.44M4. Deadpool (2016)R | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy8Rate65 MetascoreA wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal but ugly, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks.Director: Tim Miller | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Ed SkreinVotes: 841,477 | Gross: $363.07M5. Man of Steel (2013)PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure7.1Rate55 MetascoreClark Kent is an alien who as a child was evacuated from his dying world and came to Earth, living as a normal human. But when survivors of his alien home invade Earth, he must reveal himself to the world.Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon,Diane LaneVotes: 656,920 | Gross: $291.05M6. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)PG-13 | 151 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi6.5Rate44 MetascoreFearing that the actions of Superman are left unchecked, Batman takes on the Man of Steel, while the world wrestles with what kind of a hero it really needs.Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse EisenbergVotes: 587,509 | Gross: $330.36M7. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)R | 120 min | Drama, Romance8Rate86 MetascoreA Mumbai teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"Directors: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan | Stars: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto,Saurabh Shukla, Anil KapoorVotes: 756,978 | Gross: $141.32M8. Titanic (1997)PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance7.8Rate75 MetascoreA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.Director: James Cameron | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy BatesVotes: 976,216 | Gross: $659.33M9. Avatar (2009)PG-13 | 162 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy7.8Rate83 MetascoreA paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle RodriguezVotes: 1,062,371 | Gross: $760.51M10. Gravity (2013)PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.7Rate96 MetascoreTwo astronauts work together to survive after an accident leaves them stranded in space.Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris,Orto IgnatiussenVotes: 723,058 | Gross: $274.09M11. The Dark Knight (2008)PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Crime, Drama9Rate84 MetascoreWhen the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael CaineVotes: 2,117,189 | Gross: $534.86M12. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)PG-13 | 164 min | Action, Thriller8.4Rate78 MetascoreEight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, Batman, with the help of the enigmatic Catwoman, is forced from his exile to save Gotham City from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane.Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary OldmanVotes: 1,414,503 | Gross: $448.14M13. Batman Begins (2005)PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Adventure8.2Rate70 MetascoreAfter training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption.Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Liam NeesonVotes: 1,218,833 | Gross: $206.85M14. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy8Rate76 MetascoreA group of intergalactic criminals must pull together to stop a fanatical warrior with plans to purge the universe.Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Zoe SaldanaVotes: 975,723 | Gross: $333.18M15. Captain America: Civil War (2016)PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi7.8Rate75 MetascorePolitical involvement in the Avengers' affairs causes a rift between Captain America and Iron Man.Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian StanVotes: 604,837 | Gross: $408.08M16. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens(2015)PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi8Rate81 MetascoreThree decades after the Empire's defeat, a new threat arises in the militant First Order. Defected stormtrooper Finn and the scavenger Rey are caught up in the Resistance's search for the missing Luke Skywalker.Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac,Domhnall GleesonVotes: 796,887 | Gross: $936.66M17. How to Be Single (2016)R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance6.1Rate51 MetascoreA group of young adults navigate love and relationships in New York City.Director: Christian Ditter | Stars: Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann, Alison BrieVotes: 75,797 | Gross: $46.84M18. Ted (2012)R | 106 min | Comedy6.9Rate62 MetascoreJohn Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.Director: Seth MacFarlane | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane, Joel McHaleVotes: 545,046 | Gross: $218.82M19. The Hangover (2009)R | 100 min | Comedy7.7Rate73 MetascoreThree buddies wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas, with no memory of the previous night and the bachelor missing. They make their way around the city in order to find their friend before his wedding.Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha, Ed HelmsVotes: 680,119 | Gross: $277.32M20. A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits (2016 Video)PG | 92 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical5.8RateA contemporary musical version of the classic Cinderella story in which the servant step daughter hope to compete in a musical competition for a famous pop star.Director: Michelle Johnston | Stars: Sofia Carson, Jennifer Tilly, Thomas Law,Amy Louise WilsonVotes: 2,36421. Adventures in Babysitting (2016 TV Movie)TV-G | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family6RateTwo teen rival babysitters, Jenny and Lola, team up to hunt down one of their kids who accidentally runs away into the big city without any supervision.Director: John Schultz | Stars: Sabrina Carpenter, Sofia Carson, Nikki Hahn,Mallory James MahoneyVotes: 2,43922. Descendants (2015 TV Movie)TV-G | 112 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy6.4RateThe teenage son of the king and queen of Auradon offers the trouble-making children of villains a chance to attend prep school in the kingdom.Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, Sofia CarsonVotes: 13,34723. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi7.3Rate66 MetascoreWhen Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it's up to Earth's mightiest heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plan.Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo,Chris HemsworthVotes: 685,418 | Gross: $459.01M24. The Avengers (2012)PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi8Rate69 MetascoreEarth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are going to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy RennerVotes: 1,203,235 | Gross: $623.36M25. Suicide Squad (2016)PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy6Rate40 MetascoreA secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated super-villains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse.Director: David Ayer | Stars: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Viola DavisVotes: 550,292 | Gross: $325.10M26. Doctor Strange (2016)PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy7.5Rate72 MetascoreWhile on a journey of physical and spiritual healing, a brilliant neurosurgeon is drawn into the world of the mystic arts.Director: Scott Derrickson | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor,Rachel McAdams, Benedict WongVotes: 537,189 | Gross: $232.64M27. Iron Man (2008)PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi7.9Rate79 MetascoreAfter being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff BridgesVotes: 883,686 | Gross: $318.41M28. Inception (2010)PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi8.8Rate74 MetascoreA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O.Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Ken WatanabeVotes: 1,883,093 | Gross: $292.58M29. Forrest Gump (1994)PG-13 | 142 min | Drama, Romance8.8Rate82 MetascoreThe presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the events of Vietnam, Watergate, and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75.Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise,Sally FieldVotes: 1,652,953 | Gross: $330.25M30. Teen Beach Movie (2013 TV Movie)Not Rated | 110 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical5.9RateTwo surfing lovers, whose doomed relationship is nearing to a close, find themselves swept into a a dimension traversing wave that sends them into a beach movie musical in the 60's.Director: Jeffrey Hornaday | Stars: Ross Lynch, Maia Mitchell, Gracie Gillam,Garrett ClaytonVotes: 8,44431. Teen Beach 2 (2015 TV Movie)TV-G | 104 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical6.1RateModern day teens Mack and Brady get a real world visit from Lela, Tanner, Butchy, and other surfer and biker pals from the beach party film within a film, Wet Side Story.Director: Jeffrey Hornaday | Stars: Ross Lynch, Maia Mitchell, Gracie Gillam,Garrett ClaytonVotes: 3,05032. Neighbors (I) (2014)R | 97 min | Comedy6.3Rate68 MetascoreAfter they are forced to live next to a fraternity house, a couple with a newborn baby do whatever they can to take them down.Director: Nicholas Stoller | Stars: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron, Lisa KudrowVotes: 270,061 | Gross: $150.16M33. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)R | 92 min | Comedy5.7Rate58 MetascoreWhen their new next-door neighbors turn out to be a sorority even more debaucherous than the fraternity previously living there, Mac and Kelly team with their former enemy, Teddy, to bring the girls down.Director: Nicholas Stoller | Stars: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron, Chloë Grace MoretzVotes: 105,559 | Gross: $55.29M34. Skyfall (2012)PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller7.7Rate81 MetascoreBond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. When MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris,Judi DenchVotes: 598,738 | Gross: $304.36M35. Gods of Egypt (2016)PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy5.4Rate25 MetascoreMortal hero Bek teams with the god Horus in an alliance against Set, the merciless god of darkness, who has usurped Egypt's throne, plunging the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict.Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau,Gerard Butler, Chadwick BosemanVotes: 97,316 | Gross: $31.15M36. Black Panther (2018)PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi7.3Rate88 MetascoreT'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan,Lupita Nyong'o, Danai GuriraVotes: 545,914 | Gross: $700.06M37. Ready Player One (2018)PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi7.5Rate64 MetascoreWhen the creator of a virtual reality called the OASIS dies, he makes a posthumous challenge to all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune and control of his world.Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena WaitheVotes: 317,518 | Gross: $137.69M38. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)PG-13 | 149 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi8.5Rate68 MetascoreThe Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris EvansVotes: 716,817 | Gross: $678.82M39. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller7.8Rate86 MetascoreEthan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon PeggVotes: 249,492 | Gross: $220.16M40. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller7.4Rate75 MetascoreEthan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson,Jeremy Renner, Simon PeggVotes: 318,540 | Gross: $195.04M41. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller7.4Rate73 MetascoreThe IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula PattonVotes: 434,238 | Gross: $209.40M42. Mission: Impossible III (2006)PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller6.9Rate66 MetascoreIMF Agent Ethan Hunt comes into conflict with a dangerous and sadistic arms dealer who threatens his life and his fiancee in response.Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Tom Cruise, Michelle Monaghan, Ving Rhames,Philip Seymour HoffmanVotes: 311,451 | Gross: $134.03M43. Mission: Impossible (1996)PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller7.1Rate59 MetascoreAn American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart,Henry CzernyVotes: 364,720 | Gross: $180.98M44. The Duff (2015)PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Romance6.5Rate56 MetascoreA high school senior instigates a social pecking order revolution after finding out that she has been labeled the DUFF - Designated Ugly Fat Friend - by her prettier, more popular counterparts.Director: Ari Sandel | Stars: Mae Whitman, Bella Thorne, Robbie Amell,Allison JanneyVotes: 76,806 | Gross: $34.02M45. Bumblebee (2018)PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi6.8Rate66 MetascoreOn the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town. On the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, Charlie Watson discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken.Director: Travis Knight | Stars: Hailee Steinfeld, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Cena, Jason DruckerVotes: 108,297 | Gross: $127.20M46. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy7.1Rate70 MetascoreAs Scott Lang balances being both a superhero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past.Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña,Walton GogginsVotes: 263,275 | Gross: $216.65M47. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi6.9Rate66 MetascoreSteve Rogers, a rejected military soldier transforms into Captain America after taking a dose of a "Super-Soldier serum". But being Captain America comes at a price as he attempts to take down a war monger and a terrorist organization.Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Samuel L. Jackson, Hayley AtwellVotes: 685,678 | Gross: $176.65M48. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi7.8Rate70 MetascoreAs Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world, he teams up with a fellow Avenger and S.H.I.E.L.D agent, Black Widow, to battle a new threat from history: an assassin known as the Winter Soldier.Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Robert RedfordVotes: 684,141 | Gross: $259.77M49. Ant-Man (2015)PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy7.3Rate64 MetascoreArmed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, cat burglar Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll,Evangeline LillyVotes: 519,851 | Gross: $180.20MIf you wish to see or want to learn please subscribe to this youtube channelThanks

The 50 Greatest Sci-Fi Movies1 of 5050) Silent Running (1972)Douglas Trumbull had previously brought his VFX experience to film on such groundbreaking classics as 2001, but Silent Running – a sort of proto-Wall-E, with humanity facing the demise of its natural resources – let him loose as a director. Bruce Dern plays Freeman Lowell, one of several crew members on a greenhouse vessel that carries some of the few remaining plants from a ruined Earth. But when his ship is ordered to destroy the vegetation and return, Lowell mutinies and continues to tend his foliage with the help of three memorable robo-assistants. It's by turns dramatic, quiet, and reflective, an environmental warning that refrains from throwing its message in your face.2 of 5049) High Life (2019)If its premise sounds like a lost Michael Bay movie – criminals on a spaceship are hurtling into a black hole! – Claire Denis' meditative science fiction movie is anything but, more in keeping with the sharp-edged existentialist sci-fi of the 1970s. Robert Pattinson's Monte is one of a group of prisoners who are effectively used as experimental subjects by Juliette Binoche's scientist. Dark, moody and occasionally very violent, it's a psychological trip into the void, drenched in palpable dread, with unsettling eroticism, nightmarish abstract imagery, and excellent, thoughtful performances, particularly the ever-great Pattinson. Deep, dark, grown-up sci-fi that eschews outer space action for intellectual and emotional challenge.3 of 5048) Snowpiercer (2013)Bong Joon Ho's high-concept satire finally has the wide UK release it long deserved. Based on French post-apocalyptic graphic novel Le Transperceneige, Snowpiercer's unique futuristic satire finds the remnants of humanity crammed onto a train hurtling around the surface of a deep-frozen Earth, its carriages containing a stratified society of haves and have-nots. Chris Evans is Curtis, one of the poor schlubs in the tail section, ready to overthrow the system and fight back against the likes of Tilda Swinton's outrageous Thatcher-alike Mason. As ever with Director Bong's work, it's a real genre mash-up, with great action sequences and an idiosyncratic wit – but in addressing real-world class issues through a fanciful not-so-far-future vision, it's the Korean auteur at his most sci-fi. Just don't expect it to show up in a Mother And Baby screening any time soon.4 of 5047) District 9 (2009)Giving a more literal interpretation to the phrase 'illegal aliens', the film that announced Neil Blomkamp is a bravura piece of sci-fi that balances serious ideas with mech-fuelled gravity-gun-firing action. Set in a world where extra-terrestrial 'prawns' arrived decades ago in giant ships, now stranded over the skies of Johannesburg, the film follows Sharlto Copley's cowardly bureaucrat Wikus Van De Merwe, assigned to help evict them from their ghetto. Once he's exposed to their families, and particularly their biotechnology, his point of view changes radically. It's frenetic and fun, with moments of gut-churning body-horror – but in its depiction of a segregated South Africa there's real meaning underscoring the chaos.5 of 5046) The Abyss (1989)Most sci-fi films look to the cosmos for signs of new life. Trust James Cameron, then – long before Avatar – to look to the other inky-black instead, the mysterious ocean depths. With its sub-aquatic entities (rendered with then-cutting-edge VFX that still looks good today) and a Jules Verne-ian sense of deep-sea exploration, The Abyss feels distinct from the usual space-bound sci-fi. At the heart of it is a team of expert divers who are hired to look for a missing nuclear submarine and find something much more fascinating. Cameron's love of diving and his environmental side are on full display here, laying the groundwork for much of what he's gone on to since – from the waterworks of Titanic, to Avatar's bioluminescent planet, and the long-promised oceans of Pandora in the upcoming Avatar sequels. It didn't have the box office impact of Cameron's big-hitters, but it's still worth submerging yourself into.6 of 5045) Children Of Men (2006)How grounded can a science-fiction film feel while still ultimately remaining a genre work? Alfonso Cuaron's harrowing human dystopia goes right down to the wire – there are flourishes of future-tech in Children Of Men, but its world feels a stone's throw from our own. The year is 2027, and mankind has slowly become infertile. Cue world chaos and, in what might be the most outlandish concept in an otherwise prescient film, Britain is one of the sole bastions of calm. As immigration soars and the country becomes a police state, Clive Owen's bureaucrat is contacted by a group of suspected terrorists and asked to help a young woman (Clare-Hope Ashitey's Kee) reach a sanctuary that may not even exist. The reason? She's pregnant… Taking a sci-fi set-up and exploring it in a world that feels terrifyingly tangible – told with some astonishing immersive extended takes – Cuaron delivers a poignant, urgent story.7 of 5044) Donnie Darko (2001)Proving that ideas-driven sci-fi could thrive without a blockbuster budget, Richard Kelly's distinctive indie debut plays with time and malleable reality as he puts Jake Gyllenhaal's depressed high schooler through the wringer. With its time-looping narrative, suburban wormhole, and apocalyptic visions of a glowy-eyed bunny-man, Kelly fuses none-more-sci-fi elements into a low-key character drama, with head-scratching talking points and a killer soundtrack that made it a total cult hit. Trippy, atmospheric, and boasting the impressive screen arrival of Gyllenhaal, Donnie Darko leaves you wanting more – just, don't go tracking down the odd non-Kelly sequel, S. Darko.8 of 5043) Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)Memory-tampering is a genre staple often reserved for amnesiac thrillers and mind-bending actioners. Not so with Eternal Sunshine, director Michel Gondry and writer Charlie Kaufman instead using it to explore the nature of the human condition – in particular heartbreak. What happens when love goes sour? And what if you could erase the memories — both bad and good — from your mind? Would you go through with that? After learning his ex, Clementine (Kate Winslet) already has, Jim Carrey's Joel decides he will too. But as he explores what made them meld together and then fall apart, he starts to realise that he still has feelings for her. If its tech is fictional, the emotions in Eternal Sunshine are completely real.9 of 5042) Predator (1987)"If it bleeds... We can kill it". '80s machismo meets alien invasion tropes in John McTiernan's pumped-up actioner, with Arnold Schwarzenegger's tough commando Dutch and his military team facing an invisible enemy with advanced weaponry and heat-vision. With its sweltering jungle location and American soldiers falling to an unseen enemy, it's a thinly-veiled genre-fied Vietnam allegory – with a wish-fulfillment twist that ultimately sees military might overcome the enemy. This is Arnie's film, but the iconic Predator design – with its creepy mask, dreadlocks and snarling jaws – proved enough to fuel a bunch of sequels, reboots, and franchise crossovers without the man-mountain present. Predator went through a torturous development and a wild, location-shifting shoot, but in the end John McTiernan's film speaks for itself – mostly in one-liners and soldier speak until things get spectacularly, spine-rippingly gory.10 of 5041) Stalker (1979)Andrei Tarkovsky is not a man who generally deals in populist sci-fi; his work tends to venture straight into hard and heady territory. Stalker is a prime example of that, featuring three men — a writer, a science professor and the titular Stalker, who serves as their guard, venturing into a mysterious zone that has been compromised by apparent alien incursion. The story is an exploration of faith, science and art with woozy, stark visuals steeped in post-nuclear imagery. It's impenetrable if you're not in the right mood, but massively rewarding for those willing to go on the journey. And you can find the film's DNA in several films, most notably Alex Garland's adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation (which also appears on this list).11 of 5040) Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978)The concept of aliens replacing folk with pod-people is such a robust, re-usable one that has been the source of several films. Don Siegel's 1956 version cleverly spun into a satire of paranoia, particularly America's obsession with its politically opposite rivals, replacing the usual '50s tropes of blobs and giant bugs for dead-eyed loved ones that look just like you. It's Philip Kaufman's version that remains most watchable though, one of the rare great remakes – a prime slice of 1970s cinema boasting the star power of Donald Sutherland and Leonard Nimoy, striking alien effects, and portraying a post-Nixon sense of distrust and malaise in the comedown of the free-loving '60s. Plus its ending is an all-time chiller.12 of 5039) 12 Monkeys (1995)Terry Gilliam's '90s classic combines time-travel, an apocalyptic future, and the outbreak of a deadly virus – the latter making it perhaps not the most comforting film to rewatch in 2020. Bruce Willis delivers a great performance as convict James Cole, sent back in time to figure out how a man-made disease devastated the world – left in perpetual states of confusion and panic as he tries to hold onto where (and more importantly when) he is, tries to track down the origins of the Army Of The 12 Monkeys, and begins to believe the advice of a psychiatrist that it's all a delusion. Brad Pitt too shows real quirk as Jeffrey Goines, who may or may not have been involved in the outbreak. Gilliam's unique style and eye for oddity is in full flow here, playing with reality and morality in a complex plot that, once unpicked, makes perfect sense.13 of 5038) Akira (1988)Katsuhiro Ôtomo's explosive anime, along with the work of Miyazaki, helped to push Japanese animation fully into Western pop culture consciousness, and it's easy to see why. A compelling cocktail of violence, cyberpunks and mutants, it's a future epic that has tendrils of Japan's past wreathed around its fractured cities and altered bodies. Taking place in Neo-Tokyo, 30 years after an explosion destroyed the original city, the complex narrative takes in biker gangs, government conspiracies, and scientific experiments which turn one of the bikers into a psychic psychopath. Hollywood has been trying to remake this one for years (Taika Waititi is currently attached, though seemingly always busy) and you can only imagine the budget it would take to even approach the original, whose astonishing imagery changed the sci-fi genre forever.14 of 5037) Under The Skin (2013)There have been tons of alien invasion films – but very few in which the alien assumes the form of Scarlett Johansson and drives around the streets of Glasgow in a van, picking up lonely men. Jonathan Glazer's confounding sci-fi horror swirls with unsettling, unknowable visuals, one of the most striking being Johansson herself, pale-faced with a messy black bob and a thick fur coat, delivering something very different from her usual blockbuster roles. As the central (unnamed) extraterrestrial figure, she remains on the very edge of humanity – are her interactions with the men she sacrifices giving her a deeper understanding of the human experience? Like other modern directors who have a stylistic and spiritual connection to the cinema of the 1970s, Jonathan Glazer understands that ideas are just as important as story. Under The Skin isn't a crowdpleaser, but a mood piece with things to say about male/female interactions and, er, the dangerous properties of weird black pools.15 of 5036) Sunshine (2007)Moving between genres has always been one of Danny Boyle's talents, and Sunshine saw him send a crew on a risky mission to reignite the dying sun. Chris Evans, Cliff Curtis, Cillian Murphy, Michelle Yeoh and more are aboard the good ship Icarus II and things go about as well as you'd imagine, given its name. It's part disaster movie, part unexpected slasher (in its controversial third act), and full of existential explorations, as the Icarus crew soar closer and closer to the sun, or possibly the face of God – or both. Cinematographer Alwin Küchler offers up some stark visions of a light-drenched ship and the swirling solar surface, while Alex Garland's writing corrals both brain-food sci-fi and treacherous human instinct.16 of 5035) A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)A.I.'s creation story saw it become a tantalising collaboration between two cinematic greats — it was a longtime project of Stanley Kubrick, who wanted to adapt Brian Aldiss' short story Supertoys Last All Summer Long, which was then passed to Steven Spielberg, who finally wrangled it on to screens after Kubrick's death and following years of frustrating development. Kubrick had never believed a child could honestly play artificial boy David, but Spielberg had a secret weapon in The Sixth Sense's Haley Joel Osment, who went from dead people to bot people. If the Pinocchio-influenced story of a robo-kid searching for real human connection sounds none more Spielbergian, it's a much colder and harsher film than his usual fare – flush with human cruelty, techno-torture, and a melancholic 'fairytale' ending. It's divisive, but remains a fascinating amalgam of the Speilbergian and the Kubrickian.17 of 5034) Avatar (2009)Iconic sci-fi films conjure up distinctive new worlds – and few are as retina-dazzlingly vibrant as Pandora, Avatar's planet of bioluminescent flora, bright blue fauna, and giant floating rock formations. Taking the mech-suits from Aliens, the colourful creatures of The Abyss, the epic scope (and central love story) of Titanic, and the groundbreaking technological leaps of, well, everything he's ever done, James Cameron's record-breaker is none-more-JC. There's a knowing B-movie quality to the cheesy dialogue and Dances With Wolves-inspired plot, but everything else is A-movie blockbuster, in a tale where humans are the alien invaders, consciousness is transferable, and science and nature are equal and opposite forces. It's rare to see an entire cinematic world so fully realised – and while the Avatar backlash continues in some corners, it would be foolish to bet against Cameron's slew of upcoming sequels.18 of 5033) The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)Usually, an extraterrestrial visitor comes to Earth in the movies to blow things up. In Robert Wise's 1951 classic, Michael Rennie's Klaatu and his hulking robot companion Gort (that's Lock Martin in the metal suit) touch down on terra firma to tell humanity to wind its neck in. If we Earthlings don't change our destructive warlike ways, the intergalactic community will have no choice but to reduce us to atoms. With its cosmic message of peace and unity told in the aftermath of World War II and against the backdrop of atomic bombing, The Day The Earth Stood Still remains subversive, deeply influential in its imagery, and with a phrase that permeated into pop culture at large: "Klaatu barada nikto."19 of 5032) Minority Report (2002)Philip K. Dick's cerebral sci-fi sometimes proves a challenge to adapt, but Steven Spielberg brought one of his most cinematic works to the screen without worrying about being totally faithful. Tom Cruise is future cop John Anderton, part of the pre-crime unit in which psychics can predict crimes before they occur – until they predict Anderton himself committing a murder. Spielberg paints a vision of the future where intrusive ads follow us around (not really science fiction anymore), self-driving cars abound (increasingly plausible), and police officers zoom around on jetpacks (probably a few decades off yet). Full of action and smarts in equal measure, it's a thought-provoking blockbuster – and it basically invented gesture-control touch-screens. Nifty.20 of 5031) The Fly (1986)Evolving from a '50s B-movie premise, David Cronenberg's stomach-churning body-horror is a classic 'man meddles with nature' sci-fi parable. Jeff Goldblum is Seth Brundle, the swarthy scientist who invents a pair of teleportation pods – and accidentally fuses himself with a housefly unknowingly trapped in the second pod while testing them out. Cue a dramatic transformation as Brundle quickly degenerates into Brundlefly – a putrid, acid-spewing monster on the outside that remains deeply, tragically human at his core. If it's the genuinely horrifying creature effects that linger long in the memory, the film stays true to its thematic roots – the destructive hubris that comes as a result of playing God.21 of 5030) Wall-E (2008)Team Pixar was already on a golden streak, and then Wall-E arrived – the brainchild of veteran creative type Andrew Stanton, a futuristic satire about how we treat the planet and each other, but, you know, for kids. It was a risk that paid off beautifully, beginning as a near-silent film on the bleak, trash-filled remains of Earth before blasting into an intergalactic adventure to save the last remaining piece of viable plant life. Wall-E's stark opening astonishes, and it doesn't pull its punches when it comes to dire eco-warnings, and skewering humanity's recklessly consumptive consumerist ways. Wall-E's story goes straight for the heartstrings too with a swooning robo-romance, musical sequences and a still-pertinent message for all of us, delivered in digestible form.22 of 5029) Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982)Shaking off the shackles of its chilly sci-fi start on the big screen, Star Trek found the fun by remembering to make it more about the characters. And what a story — digging back into the series' past, Nicholas Meyer brings a tense, personal tale of revenge to the screen as Ricardo Montalban's crusading, enhanced ego Khan Noonien Singh seeks to punish William Shatner's James T. Kirk for their troubled history. It might not quite be the santised, perfect utopia that Gene Roddenberry envisioned, but that rarely leaves room for great drama, which Khan has in spades. It's everything Star Trek can be while never forgetting what it was. And the main clash happens without the main pair ever sharing the same room. Now that's an impressive trick...23 of 5028) Annihilation (2018)Adapted directly (and loosely) from Jeff VanderMeer's novel, and influenced by Tarkovsky's Stalker and H.P. Lovecraft's The Colour Out Of Space, Alex Garland's second film as director is another sci-fi triumph. Deep and ideas-driven, it finds Natalie Portman's scientist Lena venturing into 'The Shimmer', an infected section of the American coastline, along with a team of scientists, trying to find out what happened to her husband who went missing in there – only to emerge as the sole person ever to return from 'Area X'. It's a meditation on grief, depression and rebirth, that also boasts mutant bears and plant-creature hybrids, with gorgeous rainbow-refracted imagery to boot. It all culminates in a final act that conjures 2001: A Space Odyssey in its intuitive abstract imagery that resonates on a much deeper level than any literal interpretation.24 0f 5027) Blade Runner 2049 (2017)If trying to sequelise Ridley Scott's all-time science-fiction classic about advanced 'Replicants' being hunted down in a future LA seemed foolhardy, that didn't stop Denis Villeneuve – and in a cinematic miracle, he pulled off a follow-up that somehow lives up to the original. That's partly thanks to cinematographer Roger Deakins, in charge of framing some of the most stirring sci-fi imagery of the last several decades – the image of Ryan Gosling's Replicant blade runner K confronted by a giant pink projection of Ana de Armas' wish fulfilment android Joi is an all-timer. But elsewhere, Villenueve continues to delve into what makes us human in a narrative that expands the original story without contradicting or disrespecting it, all while providing a subversive spin on the usual 'chosen one' narrative. 2049's greatest triumph is that it invokes the inimitable spirit of the original while becoming its own fully realised work. Bravo, Villenueve.25 of 5026) Ghost In The Shell (1995)Beyond Akira, Japanese anime's greatest contribution to the sci-fi genre is Mamoru Oshii's hugely influential cyberpunk classic – a cyborg saga whose DNA was re-encoded into everything from The Matrix and A.I., to Avatar and Ex_Machina. Set in a future Japan, the film centres around Motoko (aka the Major), a cyborg cop tracking down the 'Puppet Master' hacker and their mysterious origins. In the early days of the internet, Ghost In The Shell dialled deep into the potential of the information age, advances in robotics, and subsequent philosophical questions about 'ghosts' (or, consciousnesses) and the 'shells' they inhabit. All that, and its visual depiction of cyber-technology and futuristic urban environments were incredibly prescient.26 of 5025) Solaris (1972)Sorry Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney, in this case, we're going for Andrei Tarkovsky's 1970s original. Which, if anything is even colder and more opaque, with the director's typically meditative approach to science fiction. But there's a lot to be found if you're willing to dig. Psychologist Kris Kelvin (Donatas Banionis) is sent to a space station orbiting a distant planet where all but three of the occupants are now dead. It's his job to figure out why, but things get a whole stranger once he arrives. It'll make you ponder the nature of the film's reality, and perhaps your own, and if that sort of drama is on your wavelength, this will burn itself into your brain.27 of 5024) Planet Of The Apes (1968)Long before Rupert Wyatt and Matt Reeves happened along to explore how the world got to the point of simian domination, Planet Of The Apes introduced audiences to the concept of a planet (spoiler: it's Earth!) taken over by our hairy brethren. Adapted from Pierre Boulle's novel by Michael Wilson and, tellingly, The Twilight Zone's Rod Serling, it's a little campy in places, but features some prime Charlton Heston gruffness as he battles those damn dirty apes. The idea of another species taking over has always haunted us, and this was impactful enough to impress audiences and launch a franchise (of varying quality) And, of course, it has one of the most memorable final twists in cinema history. All together now: "You maniacs!"28 of 5023) Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)The MCU has always made a virtue of using characters that hadn't conquered the mainstream, but eyebrows were raised even further when Marvel announced that a music-loving space slacker, a green assassin, a hulking warrior, a talking tree and a raccoon (who isn't a raccoon) would enter the fray. And with James Gunn, best known for his Troma background, horror scripts, Scooby Doo films and odd movies such as Slither? Turns out it was a fantastic decision, Gunn's sensibility breathing comic life into the cosmic characters. The tone works perfectly, there's an emotional gut punch at the end and it smoothly births a franchise, with the Guardians an integral part of future movies, both their own and others. Sci-fi is rarely this much fun, or downright colourful, and we can't wait to see Vol. 3 whenever Gunn can make it.29 of 5022) Jurassic Park (1993)By the '90s, the prospect of animal and human cloning seemed so passé. How about… dinosaur cloning? Adapting Michael Crichton's novel into a game-changing, groundbreaking blockbuster about a prehistoric theme park gone wrong, Steven Spielberg delivers dino-spectacle while keeping the story's sci-fi credentials – man messes with forces of nature and reaps the unpredictable ramifications of chaos theory – intact. The result is an endlessly thrilling adventure movie that springs from some surprisingly plausible cod-science, with Spielberg himself the master creator at the heart of it all, somehow conjuring big-screen beasts that still look and feel incredibly real. Clever guy.30 of 5021) Interstellar (2014)Having finished off his Bat-trilogy, Christoper Nolan got back to his own, original work. Interstellar reads to some as another cold Nolan experience, more concerned with the intellectual exploration of space travel and the mysteries of wormholes, but it's so much more. Hard science (or at least as hard as you can go with experimental physics, as advised by Kip Thorne) doesn't mean hard hearted – this is Nolan's love letter to love itself, particularly between fathers and daughters. Matthew McConaughey's emotional reaction to the message from his grown daughter, his Joe Cooper caught up in a mission where time passes differently for him than it does on Earth – is a key part of that. Nolan stitches it all together into a cohesive whole, and elicits excellent work from his cast, which also includes Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain.31 of 5020) RoboCop (1987)Paul Verhoeven arrived in America with a European aesthetic and kicked the doors down with this satirical sci-fi that, with its vision of a corporation effectively owning a city, comes scarily close to reality. But it's also the story of a cop slain in the line of duty who is brought back as a cybernetic officer tortured by visions of a past life his owners tried to wipe from him. There's real horror to be found in the feeling of man becoming product, but it never becomes po-faced. There is blood and brutality, humour and humanity, all brought together by a slick visual style that belies its 1980s origins.32 of 5019) Metropolis (1927)It's considered the first science fiction film, and it certainly retains an air of real power. Fritz Lang's masterpiece set the template for so many movies to come, any number of which owe it a debt in terms of design aesthetics. A meditation on industrialism and the crushing difference in classes, it was famously as tough for the actors and extras Lang hired to work on the film as for the characters they play. Real flames when you're being burned at the stake? That's commitment, and would definitely be frowned upon today.33 of 5018) Ex_Machina (2015)After spending time as a writer for other directors' projects, Alex Garland got the chance to show what he could do with this twisty, and occasionally twisted, story of A.I. and antagonism. Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) thinks he's won the opportunity of a lifetime when he gets to spend time with the reclusive, mysterious boss of the tech company he works for. Yet it turns out that said boss (Oscar Isaac's driven Nathan) actually wants him to test a new artificial intelligence, built in the shape of the beautiful Ava (Alicia Vikander) – and neither man gets quite what they expected. Taking a hard look at man's inhumanity to what many believe could be the next step in evolutionary intelligence, Ex_Machina is a masterful first film, with a well-deserved Oscar in its trophy cabinet for its visual effects.34 of 5017) Looper (2012)Following high school noir Brick and sibling conmen story The Brothers Bloom, Rian Johnson surprised with this time-crossing assassin story. Joseph Gordon-Levitt's titular "Looper" is a hired killer for the mob, who kills victims sent back in time so they can disappear from 39 years in the future. But when Joe's next target is his own older self — closing the loop is the fate of all Loopers, who are paid well for their trouble — he's thrown off his game and future Joe (Bruce Willis) escapes. The ensuing cat and mouse chase takes further twists, but Johnson keeps it all juggled like a pro. The choice to make Gordon-Levitt (in prosthetics) and Willis play the same character is a risky one, but it works, and Johnson injects the movie with plenty of invention.35 of 5016) Moon (2009)It might not have been the first film he initially planned to make, but Moon serves as an audacious full-length debut for director Duncan Jones. Sam Rockwell shines as Sam Bell, spending an isolated three-year long stint working on a lunar mining outpost. Going a little crazy from lack of human contact, Sam makes a shocking discovery that changes his view of both his job and his own identity. Jones and writer Nathan Parker cook up a compelling story and their production team makes the most of a limited budget, creating a palpable, claustrophobic setting. Spoiler alert: the sci-fi chestnut of cloning is key here, but featured in a way that makes the consequences resonate on a human level.36 of 5015) Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)It's not all that surprising that Steven Spielberg's name appears several times on this list (more when you consider the movies he produced); he's been a leading light in the genre for the last 40 years. And this seminal, memorable film channels one of his earliest obsessions: alien encounters. Close Encounters stands the test of all that time, an emotional story of Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) who becomes wrapped up in an event he can't quite comprehend, but which changes his life forever. You know it for the mash mountain, and for those musical tones – but the film is so much more than that.37 of 5014) The Terminator (1984)Eclipsed only slightly by its sequel (read on for more on that), James Cameron's breakout killer cyborg thriller announced his intention to rock the genre with a relatively — by today's standards, at least — low budget and some real invention, even layering in a complicated rumination on time and how the future can be altered for good and ill, which is not the usual subject you expect for such action fare. Arnold Schwarzenegger's man-mountain presence is the threat, but Michael Biehn's future soldier and Linda Hamilton's harassed Sarah Connor are the heart of the story. Cameron keeps the story taught and the action inventive, and there's a pulsing score from Brad Fiedel that has long since entered our collective brains.38 of 5013) Arrival (2016)A time-twisting short story by Ted Chiang. A script from Eric Heisserer. Denis Villeneuve in the director's chair. It's a combination, allied to top work from Jeremy Renner and Amy Adams that delivers the knockout punch that offers both brainfood and a heart-breaking through-line. Aliens arrive in giant ships and humans must figure out how to communicate with the strange creatures, expanding on the first contact idea that has fascinated humanity for years, but with extra layers. Time becomes flexible and you'll want to revisit it more than once to steep in both the atmosphere and the story.39 of 5012) Inception (2010)A filmmaker ever-fascinated by the architecture of the human mind, Christopher Nolan externalised the human subconscious into physical environments for a Bond-inspired heist-movie blockbuster. Taking place across multiple levels of malleable reality, Inception imagines the possibility of dream-tech that allows Leonardo DiCaprio's Dom Cobb and his team to infiltrate sleeping marks and extract information from their unconscious minds – until he's given the altogether harder job of implanting an idea into his next target. Through dizzying setpieces and narrative convolutions, Nolan embraces dream-logic, subverts physics, and orchestrates collapsing realities, creating a psychological sci-fi spectacular that's sure to boggle minds for decades to come.40 of 5011) The Thing (1982)Chilling and chilly in equal measure, the classic shape-shifting alien tale was finally met with special effects that could convey the true horror of its intergalactic entity in John Carpenter's remake. Based on John W. Campbell Jr.'s novella Who Goes There, adapted into 1951 B-movie The Thing From Another World, Carpenter's take wrings all the paranoid potential from a set-up which means nobody can be trusted – with the titular 'Thing' picking off the researchers at an Antarctic research base and imitating them to cause maximum confusion. Even worse, the Thing also transforms into all kinds of horrifying mutant creatures – most infamously, a severed head crawling along on spider legs. Rob Bottin's creatures effects are legendary, Kurt Russell grounds it all as level-headed leader RJ MacReady, and its final stand-off is one of the great movie endings. Funny to think it arrived in the same summer as a much more amiable extra-terrestrial...41 of 5010) E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)The polar opposite of The Thing in every sense, Spielberg's coming-of-age tale about a young boy and his alien friend is pure cinema magic. Suburban American youngster Elliott becomes best pal to an intergalactic being accidentally left behind on Earth by his family in a parable about lonely children and outsiders that tackles the emotional fall-out of divorce. While there's the looming threat of nefarious government authorities and the eventual need for E.T. to go home (after phoning first), it's foregrounded by childhood joy as Elliot and his siblings get up to mischief with their botanical buddy. Its soaring imagery of Elliot and E.T. flying in front of the moon on his bike is one of the most unmistakable cinematic sci-fi moments, while the stellar John Williams score remains incredibly emotional.42 of 509) Aliens (1986)It can't be easy to take over a film series that has been kicked off by so seminal a film as Alien, and yet James Cameron makes it look simple. Aliens expands and deepens the universe of the human vs. Xenomorph conflict and finds brand new ways to make the creatures terrifying. Body horror and war combine with ease – this is yet another intergalactic Vietnam allegory – and the idea of the beasts as a hive is a metaphor ripe with possibility, one that Cameron channels easily. Building on the promise of Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley, it upends her experience by marooning her with a group of marines on a colony world riddled with the slavering beasts. The tension is razor-wire sharp and Cameron never forgets to make a variety of the troopers into something more than forgettable alien-fodder.43 of 508) Back to The Future (1985)Time travel and the ripples that spread out from someone changing the past are concepts that are incredibly hard to pull off. Yet few films are as perfectly constructed as the first Back To The Future. Certainly some try to pick plot nits, but there are few to find. Robert Zemeckis and co-writer Bob Gale conjured up a tale that's so satisfying to watch, even if chunks of it had to be re-shot when original star Eric Stoltz didn't work out. Replacement Michael J. Fox rode the role to movie star status, bolstered by a great ensemble, and gave the movie the core it required to work like a well-wound watch. Crucially, it cemented the most widely-understood model of fictional time-travel, even if later time-twisting films have sought to debunk it.44 of 507) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)After establishing a smart time-loop scenario in the original Terminator, James Cameron cranked everything up for this sequel – introducing a new liquid-metal android foe, reprogramming Arnie as the good guy, and plotting a new plan to disrupt the future and halt the impending nuclear 'judgment day'. The result is one of the all-time great sequels, delivering incredible action, a thrilling transformation from Sarah Connor as a hardened hero, and a formidable villain in Robert Patrick's shape-shifting T-1000. Beyond the spectacle there are more ideas at play – notably around machine learning, as Schwarzenegger's nice-guy T-800 forms a bond with Edward Furlong's young John Connor and begins to evolve through their interactions. Thumbs up.45 of 506) Star Wars (1977)Yes, it's more space opera than hard sci-fi. But where would the genre be without the impact and influence of Star Wars, of that opening moment in which the Star Destroyer looms over the camera for a seeming infinity? Bursting with iconic aliens, hyper-space travel, and galactic overlords, George Lucas transplanted the classic hero's journey narrative (Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker is the simple farm-boy who discovers he's got a much bigger destiny out in the world) into a boundlessly imaginative galaxy far, far away, with laser-swords and mystical religions, space-princesses and loveable rogues. From its incredible model work, to its cosmic dogfights, to the look of the opening crawl as it drifts off into the stars, the original Star Wars changed everything – and science-fiction at large has felt the Force ever since.46 of 505) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)Talk about scope. Stanley Kubrick's monolithic work of sci-fi might not have much in the way of a tangible linear plot, and yet it covers so much – the dawn of man, the space race, the arrival of artificial intelligence, greater space exploration, and a journey into the cosmic unknown. It's dizzying stuff, realised with technical bravado by Kubrick, open to endless interpretation and with just enough narrative to remain compulsively watchable. From its gigantic rotating sets, to its use of Strauss's The Blue Danube, to its extraordinary climactic light show, 2001 is an audio-visual marvel – while its explorations of human evolution and where it might go next have already proved prescient. An extraordinary piece of work, deeply influential on decades of cinema since, and one that entrusts the viewer to follow along on an instinctual, sensory level.47 of 504) The Matrix (1999)At the dawn of the Internet age, the Wachowskis gave Hollywood science fiction a major upgrade. Drawing from cyberpunk anime, philosophy, and religion, the sisters cooked up an era-defining tale that spoke to generational malaise, the rise of technology, and a pre-millennial society ready to break out of its long-held programming. Keanu Reeves is hacker Neo, who comes to learn that the world isn't real – he and the rest of humanity are living in a computer simulation called the Matrix, while being harvested as fuel for sentient machines. But in learning about this unreality, he also comes to know how to break it – bending the laws of physics, seeing through the code, and uploading kung-fu moves directly into his brain. It's one of the coolest films ever made, deeply stylish and incredibly visionary (particularly the invention of bullet-time and the static camera rig that made it possible). Plus, it has a whole new layer of meaning in its reassessment as a piece of blockbuster queer cinema, a story exploring the idea that internal and external realities may be different, coming from a pair of Trans creators. In a word: woah.48 of 503) Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)If Star Wars gave us a whole new cinematic galaxy, Empire made that galaxy feel so much larger, deeper, and richer. Bolstered by the original's success, George Lucas shot for the moon a second time around, teaming up with director Irvin Kershner to tell the story of Luke training under Master Yoda, Han and Leia heading to Cloud City, and Darth Vader dropping the daddy of all twists. Episode V ramped up the scope with more astonishing model work, dizzying dogfights, the snowy Hoth battle, and a ferocious lightsaber duel between Luke and Vader. It is, simply, bigger and better than the original Star Wars, influential in its own right with its downer-ending and game-changing familial revelations. As far as sci-fi goes, it's not the cinema of ideas – but its blockbuster spectacle is near-unmatched.49 of 502) Alien (1979)It's fitting that, of all things, Ridley Scott's Alien feels in many ways unknowable, filled with elements that feel genuinely, well, alien. As the Nostromo touches down on the ravaged surface of LV-426 and discovers a mysterious hall filled with extra-terrestrial eggs, it's clear the human crew is well out of their depth – and once their quarantine measures are broken, all hell breaks loose. There's a warning in there somewhere. From the dark, dank corridors of its space-freighter ship, to the unmistakable nightmare imagery of H.R. Giger, to the arrival of Sigourney Weaver's heroic Ripley, the original Alien remains a landmark piece of science-fiction, let alone its innovations in horror. If it's essentially a slasher in space, it's full of reproductive ideas and phallic imagery, all penetration and impregnation and blood-spewing birth. Some science fiction makes us dream of the stars. Alien warns us of the sheer violent chaos awaiting us in the vast reaches of outer space.50 of 501) Blade Runner (1982)What sci-fi film can best Ridley Scott's genre classic Alien? His other genre classic, the unbeatable Blade Runner – an initially misunderstood masterpiece that, over multiple decades and several recuts, stands as the pinnacle of cinematic science fiction. Based on Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, Blade Runner conjures a bleak vision of a then-future 2019 Los Angeles – an imperious flame-belching hellscape in which Harrison Ford's 'blade runner' cop Rick Deckard is tasked with tracking down a group of human-engineered Replicants who have escaped back to Earth from a working colony. As he 'retires' them one by one, he comes to question his own humanity, both literal and metaphorical. With its ruminations on what it means to be human, Blade Runner is ideas-driven sci-fi all the way. But it's a visual feast too, its interpretation of a futuristic urban landscape – with giant video screens, glowing neon lights and bustling city streets – still jaw-dropping to behold. Coupled with a haunting Vangelis synth score, and Rutger Hauer's arresting turn as Replicant leader Roy Batty (whose "time to die" speech is a total spine-tingler), it's nigh-on untouchable.