Several publications have ranked "Aliens" as one of the best science-fiction films ever made: fourth by "Paste", fifth by "Syfy", seventh by "IGN", ninth by "Empire", 10th by "GamesRadar+", 13th by Rotten Tomatoes and 27th by "Business Insider". The film was unranked by "Time Out". It has been listed as one of the best films of the 1980s: numberone by "Consequence of Sound", numbersix by "ShortList" and "Time Out", numberseven by "Empire", number20 by "GamesRadar+", number49 by "Parade", and unranked by "Cosmopolitan", "Highsnobiety" and "Marie Claire". Several publications have listed it as one of the greatest action films of all time: number one by "Time Out", number two by "Empire" and "Entertainment Weekly", number three by IGN, number 12 by "Men's Health", and unranked by the "Evening Standard". The British Film Institute called "Aliens" one of the 10 greatest action films of all time: "A matriarchal masterpiece of God-bothering structural engineering, there’s really little that "Aliens" doesn't get right; from its slow-burn exemplification of character and world-building through to its jab-jab-hook-pause-uppercut series of sustained climaxes, Cameron delivers a masterclass in action direction". "Empire" readers ranked the film 17th on its 2017 "100 Greatest Movies" list.