Science Fiction and cinema have gone hand in hand since the birth of moving pictures.
Science Fiction and cinema have gone hand in hand since the birth of moving pictures. Georges Melies’s A Trip to the Moon was made all the way back in 1902. And since then, sci-fi movies have continued to hold a mirror to our most utopian dreams and most dystopian nightmares. With big, knotty “what if” scenarios that mix speculative, brave-new-world storytelling and envelope-pushing visual imagery, no movie genre packs the same allegorical power as sci-fi. From 2001: A Space Odyssey to Star Wars, it’s a medium where anything goes and nothing is off limits. Now, with the release of Dune: Part Two, the canon of classic sci-fi films has a new member. But where does Denis Villeneuve’s blockbuster sequel rank on Esquire’s list of the 50 greatest sci-fi movies of all time? Read on to find out…