The best sci-fi and fantasy films: in pictures

2001: A Space Odyssey Photograph: c.MGM/Everett / Rex Features/c.MGM/Everett / Rex Features

Metropolis Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/PARAMOUNT/Allstar/Cinetext/PARAMOUNT

Blade Runner Photograph: c.Warner Br/Everett / Rex Featur/c.Warner Br/Everett / Rex Features

Alien Photograph: Allstar/20TH CENTURY FOX/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar

The Wizard of Oz Photograph: SNAP / Rex Features/SNAP / Rex Features

Solaris Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/UNIVERSAL/Allstar/Cinetext/UNIVERSAL

Spiritied Away Photograph: PR

Star Wars Photograph: Allstar/LUCASFILM/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar

King Kong Photograph: Cine Text / Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd. / Allstar

Close Encounters of the Third Kind Photograph: COLUMBIA/EMI/Ronald Grant Archive

Terminator 2: Judgement Day Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive

The Matrix Photograph: Rex Features/Rex Features

Alphaville Photograph: Everett Collection / Rex Feature/Everett Collection / Rex Feature

Back to the Future Photograph: Everett Collection / Rex Feature/Everett Collection / Rex Feature

Planet of the Apes Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/20TH CENTURY FOX/Allstar/Cinetext/20TH CENTURY FOX

Brazil Photograph: Kobal

Lord Of The Rings Photograph: PR

Dark Star Photograph: The Kobal Collection/www.kobal-collection.com

The Day the Earth Stood Still Photograph: Hulton Getty

Edward Scissorhands Photograph: Twentieth Century Fox/Photofest

Akira Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext//Allstar/Cinetext/

Princess Bride Photograph: PR

Pan's Labyrinth Photograph: Publicity image from film company

Starship Troopers Photograph: Allstar/TOUCHSTONE/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar