Fritz Lang’s pioneering expressionistic sci fi film Metropolis premiered in at the UFA-Palast am Zoo in Berlin on January 10, 1927. The silent film set the standard for science fiction movies for decades to come. 

 
Fritz Lang and Metropolis
From the 10 stamp Cinema, 100th Anniversary (1996) series
Issued by Sierra Leone in 1996

Generally considered the first great science-fiction film, “Metropolis” (1927) fixed for the rest of the century the image of a futuristic city as a hell of scientific progress and human despair. From this film, in various ways, descended not only “Dark City” but “Blade Runner,” “The Fifth Element,” “Alphaville,” “Escape From L.A.,” “Gattaca,” and Batman’s Gotham City. The laboratory of its evil genius, Rotwang, created the visual look of mad scientists for decades to come, especially after it was mirrored in “Bride of Frankenstein” (1935). And the device of the “false Maria,” the robot who looks like a human being, inspired the “Replicants” of “Blade Runner.” Even Rotwang’s artificial hand was given homage in “Dr. Strangelove.”
Metropolis movie review & film summary (1927) | Roger Ebert