8 Sci-Fi Classics That Are Also Oscar Winners
Genre movies like science fiction and fantasy rarely get their due at the Oscars. While movies that show us the impossible tend to be among the most popular at the box office, that popularity rarely translates to the most prestigious awards. It can be argued that many sci-fi movies deserved Best Picture nominations, but few have received such recognition, and only a couple of very recent films have actually won the Best Picture Oscar: The Shape of Water and Everything Everywhere All At Once. Wins in other major categories have been even more rare over the years.
Though it’s a bit early to call those recent winners “classics” yet, it seems likely they will earn that title as they continue to stand the test of time. But, that’s not to say that some of the greats of the genre, and undeniable classics, haven’t won Oscars over the years. While most of the Academy Awards won by science fiction movies have been limited to visual and sound effects, some have taken home even more significant awards. Here are just a few of the classics that were so good even the Academy couldn’t ignore them.