Movies by Lists - 150 Essential Sci-Fi Movies to Watch Now (148 [149]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| 12 MonkeysIn a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet. | 1995 | Terry Gilliam (*) | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.0 (603.2K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| 20,000 Leagues Under the SeaA ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo. | 1954 | Richard Fleischer | Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (32.9K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey The Monoliths push humanity to reach for the stars; after their discovery in Africa generations ago, the mysterious objects lead mankind on an awesome journey to Jupiter, with the help of H.A.L. 9000: the world's greatest supercomput | 1968 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Adventure, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (642.5K votes) | 149 | 20211228 |
| A.I. Artificial IntelligenceA highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother. | 2001 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (301.7K votes) | 146 | 20211228 |
| Abyss, TheA civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger while encountering an alien aquatic species. | 1989 | James Cameron (*) | Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.5 (173.1K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| Ad AstraAstronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe. | 2019 | James Gray | Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.5 (220.7K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, TheAdventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth. | 1984 | W.D. Richter | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 6.4 (25.7K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| AkiraA secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics. | 1988 | Katsuhiro Ôtomo (*) | Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.0 (178.1K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| AlienThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounter a deadly lifeform after investigating an unknown transmission. | 1979 | Ridley Scott (*) | Horror, Sci-Fi | 8.4 (841K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| AliensFifty-seven years after surviving an apocalyptic attack aboard her space vessel by merciless space creatures, Officer Ripley awakens from hyper-sleep and tries to warn anyone who will listen about the predators. | 1986 | James Cameron (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.3 (691K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Alita - Battle AngelA deactivated cyborg's revived, but can't remember anything of her past and goes on a quest to find out who she is. | 2019 | Robert Rodriguez | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.3 (252.5K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| AlphavilleA U.S. secret agent is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and free the city from its tyrannical ruler. | 1965 | Jean-Luc Godard (*) | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.1 (24.6K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Altered StatesA psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories. | 1980 | Ken Russell (*) | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.9 (34.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| AnnihilationA biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply. | 2018 | Alex Garland | Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.8 (305.3K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| ArrivalA linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world. | 2016 | Denis Villeneuve (*) | Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.9 (656.6K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Attack The BlockA teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion. | 2011 | Joe Cornish | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.7 (105.1K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| AvatarA paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home. | 2009 | James Cameron (*) | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (1.2M votes) | 162 | 20211228 |
| Back to the FutureMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown. | 1985 | Robert Zemeckis (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 8.5 (1.1M votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Blade RunnerA blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator. | 1982 | Ridley Scott (*) | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.1 (738.2K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Blade Runner 2049Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years. | 2017 | Denis Villeneuve (*) | Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.0 (524.5K votes) | 164 | 20211228 |
| Blob, TheAn alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows. | 1958 | Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., Russell S. Doughten Jr. | Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.4 (25.5K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Boy and His Dog, AA young man and his telepathic dog wander a post-apocalyptic wasteland. | 1975 | L.Q. Jones | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.5 (17.5K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| BrazilA bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams. | 1985 | Terry Gilliam (*) | Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.9 (197.1K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Brother From Another Planet, TheA mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem. | 1984 | John Sayles (*) | Comedy, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (6K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| BumblebeeOn the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town. On the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, Charlie Watson discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. | 2018 | Travis Knight | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 6.7 (155K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Clockwork Orange, AIn the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned. | 1971 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Crime, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (799.7K votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
| Close Encounters of the Third KindRoy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches. | 1977 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.6 (195.8K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| CloverfieldA group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack. | 2008 | Matt Reeves | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.0 (388.3K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| CoherenceStrange things begin to happen when a group of friends gather for a dinner party on an evening when a comet is passing overhead. | 2013 | James Ward Byrkit | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.2 (121.2K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Congress, TheAn aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider. | 2013 | Ari Folman | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi | 6.4 (18.5K votes) | 122 | 20220414 |
| ContactDr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine. | 1997 | Robert Zemeckis (*) | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.5 (267.5K votes) | 150 | 20211228 |
| CubeSix complete strangers with widely varying personalities are involuntarily placed in an endless maze containing deadly traps. | 1997 | Vincenzo Natali | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (224.2K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Dark CityA man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from. | 1998 | Alex Proyas | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.6 (196.1K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Dark StarIn the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong. | 1974 | John Carpenter (*) | Comedy, Sci-Fi | 6.3 (23.9K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Day of the Triffids, TheAfter an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals. | 1963 | Steve Sekely, Freddie Francis | Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.1 (8K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Day the Earth Stood Still, TheAn alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets. | 1951 | Robert Wise (*) | Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.7 (80.5K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Demolition ManA police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society. | 1993 | Marco Brambilla | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.7 (169.9K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| District 9Violence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology. | 2009 | Neill Blomkamp (*) | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.9 (664K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Donnie DarkoAfter narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes. | 2001 | Richard Kelly | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.0 (774.8K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| DreddIn a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO. | 2012 | Pete Travis | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (267K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| E.T. - The Extra-TerrestrialA troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world. | 1982 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (394.3K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Edge of TomorrowA soldier fighting aliens gets to relive the same day over and over again, the day restarting every time he dies. | 2014 | Doug Liman | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.9 (644.9K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Empire Strikes Back, TheAfter the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett. | 1980 | Irvin Kershner (*) | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 8.7 (1.2M votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| The EndlessAs kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began. | 2017 | Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead | Unknown | 6.5 (41.8K votes) | 111 | 20220716 |
| Escape From New YorkIn 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him. | 1981 | John Carpenter (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (137.2K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless MindWhen their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories. | 2004 | Michel Gondry | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (966.2K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Ex MachinaA young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I. | 2014 | Alex Garland | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.7 (515.3K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Eye for Beauty, An [Règne de la Beauté, Le]A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I. | 2014 | Alex Garland | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.7 (512.9K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Fahrenheit 451In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task. | 1966 | François Truffaut (*) | Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (42.9K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Fantastic PlanetOn a faraway planet where blue giants rule, oppressed humanoids rebel against their machine-like leaders. | 1973 | René Laloux | Animation, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (29.3K votes) | 72 | 20211228 |
| Fantastic VoyageA scientist is nearly assassinated. In order to save him, a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream with a small crew. Problems arise almost as soon as they enter it. | 1966 | Richard Fleischer | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (18.5K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Fifth Element, TheIn the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay. | 1997 | Luc Besson (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.7 (457.6K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| First ContactThe Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed. | 1996 | Jonathan Frakes | Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.6 (123K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Flight of the NavigatorIn 1978, a boy travels eight years into the future and has an adventure with an intelligent, wisecracking alien ship. | 1986 | Randal Kleiser | Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi | 6.9 (48.2K votes) | 90 | 20220806 |
| Fly, TheA brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong. | 1986 | David Cronenberg (*) | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.6 (172.7K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Forbidden PlanetA starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization. | 1956 | Fred M. Wilcox (*) | Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.6 (47.9K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Fountian, TheAs a modern-day scientist, Tommy is struggling with mortality, desperately searching for the medical breakthrough that will save the life of his cancer-stricken wife, Izzi. | 2006 | Darren Aronofsky (*) | Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (238.1K votes) | 97 | 20220723 |
| Galaxy QuestThe alumni cast of a space opera television series have to play their roles as the real thing when an alien race needs their help. However, they also have to defend both Earth and the alien race from a reptilian warlord. | 1999 | Dean Parisot | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 7.3 (159.8K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| GattacaA genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel. | 1997 | Andrew Niccol | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.8 (294.4K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Ghost In The Shell.A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master. | 1995 | Mamoru Oshii | Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.0 (138.3K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Godzilla [Gojira]American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast. | 1954 | Ishirô Honda | Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.6 (32.7K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Godzilla ResurgenceJapan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster. | 2016 | Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi | Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (26.6K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| GravityTwo astronauts work together to survive after an accident leaves them stranded in space. | 2013 | Alfonso Cuarón | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.7 (803.2K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Heavy MetalA glowing green orb - which embodies ultimate evil - terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror. | 1981 | Gerald Potterton, John Bruno, John Halas, Julian Harris, Jimmy T. Murakami | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 6.7 (34K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| HerIn a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need. | 2013 | Spike Jonze (*) | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (580.4K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| High LifeA father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation. | 2018 | Claire Denis (*) | Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 5.8 (35.6K votes) | 113 | 20220822 |
| Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, TheMere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." | 2005 | Garth Jennings | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 6.7 (194K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Host, TheA monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches. | 2006 | Bong Joon Ho (*) | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (117.1K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Hunger GamesKatniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death. | 2012 | Gary Ross | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.2 (888.3K votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
| IdiocracyPrivate Joe Bauers, a decisively average American, is selected as a guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten, awakening to a future so incredibly moronic he's easily the most intelligent person alive. | 2006 | Mike Judge | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.6 (156.7K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| InceptionA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster. | 2010 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.8 (2.2M votes) | 148 | 20211228 |
| Independence DayThe aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive. | 1996 | Roland Emmerich (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.0 (556.7K votes) | 145 | 20211228 |
| InterstellarA team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival. | 2014 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi | 8.6 (1.7M votes) | 169 | 20211228 |
| Invasion of the Body SnatchersA small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates. | 1956 | Don Siegel (*) | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.7 (48.2K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Invasion of the Body SnatchersWhen strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, California, where they replicate the residents into emotionless automatons one body at a time. | 1978 | Philip Kaufman (*) | Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.4 (58.1K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Iron Giant, TheA young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy. | 1999 | Brad Bird | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (184.5K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Jurassic ParkA pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose. | 1993 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.1 (929.6K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Liquid SkyA small, heroin seeking UFO lands on a Manhattan roof, observes a bizarre, drug addicted fashion model and sucks endorphin from her sexual encounters' brains. | 1982 | Slava Tsukerman | Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.1 (6.2K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Little Shop of HorrorsA nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed. | 1986 | Frank Oz | Comedy, Horror, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (72.9K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Logan's RunA police officer in the future uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth. | 1976 | Michael Anderson | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (55K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| LooperIn 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassinati | 2012 | Rian Johnson | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.4 (560.6K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Mad Max 2 - The Road WarriorIn the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a horde of bandits. | 1981 | George Miller (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.6 (175.5K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Mad Max Fury RoadIn a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper, and a drifter named Max. | 2015 | George Miller (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.1 (949.9K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Man Who Fell to Earth, TheAn alien must pose as a human to save his dying planet, but a woman and greed of other men create complications. | 1976 | Nicolas Roeg (*) | Drama, Sci-Fi | 6.7 (25.7K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| Martian, TheAn astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue. | 2015 | Ridley Scott (*) | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (813.7K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| Matrix, TheWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence. | 1999 | Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Action, Sci-Fi | 8.7 (1.8M votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
| Men in BlackA police officer joins a secret organization that polices and monitors extraterrestrial interactions on Earth. | 1997 | Barry Sonnenfeld | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 7.3 (546.6K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| MetropolisIn a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences. | 1927 | Fritz Lang (*) | Drama, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (169.6K votes) | 153 | 20211228 |
| MetropolisKenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima. | 2001 | Rintaro | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (21.1K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Midnight SpecialA father and son go on the run, pursued by the government and a cult drawn to the child's special powers. | 2016 | Jeff Nichols | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.6 (79.6K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Minority ReportIn a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes, an officer from that unit is himself accused of a future murder. | 2002 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.6 (534.8K votes) | 145 | 20211228 |
| MoonAstronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our | 2009 | Duncan Jones | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (350K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Open Your EyesA very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured. | 1997 | Alejandro Amenábar | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.7 (68.1K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Pacific RimAs a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apocalypse. | 2013 | Guillermo del Toro (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 6.9 (486.7K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| PaprikaWhen a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it. | 2006 | Satoshi Kon | Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.7 (78.9K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Plan 9 from Outer SpaceEvil aliens attack Earth and set their terrible "Plan 9" into action. As the aliens resurrect the dead of the Earth, the lives of the living are in danger. | 1957 | Edward D. Wood Jr. | Horror, Sci-Fi | 4.0 (38K votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| Planet of the ApesAn astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved. | 1968 | Franklin J. Schaffner (*) | Adventure, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (175K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| PredatorA team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior. | 1987 | John McTiernan (*) | Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (394.5K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| PredestinationFor his final assignment, a top temporal agent must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time. The chase turns into a unique, surprising and mind-bending exploration of love, fate, identity and time travel taboos. | 2014 | Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.5 (271.9K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| PrimerFour friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention. | 2004 | Shane Carruth | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.9 (104.1K votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
| Quiet Place, AIn a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing. | 2018 | John Krasinski | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.5 (494.3K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Ready Player OneWhen the creator of a virtual reality called the OASIS dies, he makes a posthumous challenge to all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune and control of his world. | 2018 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.4 (410.1K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| Repo ManA young punk recruited by a car repossession agency finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu that is wanted for a $20,000 bounty - and has something otherworldly stashed in its trunk. | 1984 | Alex Cox | Action, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.9 (36.6K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Rise Of The Planet Of The ApesA substance designed to help the brain repair itself gives advanced intelligence to a chimpanzee who leads an ape uprising. | 2011 | Rupert Wyatt | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.5 (514.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| RoboCopIn a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories. | 1987 | Paul Verhoeven (*) | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.6 (248.7K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Rocky Horror Picture Show, TheA newly-engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must seek shelter at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-n-Furter. | 1975 | Jim Sharman | Comedy, Horror, Musical | 7.4 (145.6K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Rogue OneIn a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction. | 2016 | Gareth Edwards | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (593.3K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| RollerballIn a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game. | 1975 | Norman Jewison (*) | Action, Sci-Fi, Sport | 6.6 (24.4K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Sacrifice, The [Offret]At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return. | 1986 | Andrei Tarkovsky (*) | Drama | 8.0 (27.3K votes) | 149 | 20211228 |
| Scanner Darkly, AAn undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result. | 2006 | Richard Linklater (*) | Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.1 (110.1K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| ScannersA scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called "scanning", to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non scanners. | 1981 | David Cronenberg (*) | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.8 (53.1K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Search for Spock, TheAdmiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body. | 1984 | Leonard Nimoy | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 6.7 (78.8K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| SecondsAn unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity - one that comes with its own price. | 1966 | John Frankenheimer (*) | Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.7 (19.3K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| SerenityThe crew of the ship Serenity try to evade an assassin sent to recapture telepath River. | 2005 | Joss Whedon (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.8 (291.8K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Silent RunningIn a future where all flora is extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's botany, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft. | 1972 | Douglas Trumbull | Drama, Sci-Fi | 6.7 (28.4K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| SnowpiercerIn a future where a failed climate change experiment has killed all life except for the survivors who boarded the Snowpiercer (a train that travels around the globe), a new class system emerges. | 2013 | Bong Joon Ho (*) | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (347.8K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Solaris [Solyaris]A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane. | 1972 | Andrei Tarkovsky (*) | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (88.3K votes) | 167 | 20211228 |
| Source CodeA soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train within 8 minutes. | 2011 | Duncan Jones | Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.5 (506.6K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Soylent GreenA nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth. | 1973 | Richard Fleischer | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.1 (62.7K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Star TrekThe brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time. | 2009 | J.J. Abrams (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.9 (594.7K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Star WarsLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vad | 1977 | George Lucas (*) | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 8.6 (1.3M votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Star Wars Episode VII The Force AwakensAs a new threat to the galaxy rises, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, an ex-stormtrooper, must join Han Solo and Chewbacca to search for the one hope of restoring peace. | 2015 | J.J. Abrams (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (898K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Starship TroopersHumans in a fascist, militaristic future wage war with giant alien bugs. | 1997 | Paul Verhoeven (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.2 (284.4K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Strange DaysA former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in Los Angeles in 1999. | 1995 | Kathryn Bigelow | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.2 (70.5K votes) | 145 | 20211228 |
| SunshineA team of international astronauts are sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying Sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057. | 2007 | Danny Boyle (*) | Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.2 (244.3K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Terminator I - The TerminatorA human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation | 1984 | James Cameron (*) | Action, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (830.8K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Terminator II - Judgement DayA cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten-year-old son John from a more advanced and powerful cyborg. | 1991 | James Cameron (*) | Action, Sci-Fi | 8.5 (1.1M votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Them!The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization. | 1954 | Gordon Douglas | Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (21.5K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| They LiveThey influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live. | 1988 | John Carpenter (*) | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.3 (124K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Thing, TheA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. | 1982 | John Carpenter (*) | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 8.1 (402.6K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Things to ComeThe story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel. | 1936 | William Cameron Menzies | Drama, Sci-Fi, War | 6.7 (7.8K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| THX 1138In the 25th century, a time when people have designations instead of names, a man, THX 1138, and a woman, LUH 3417, rebel against their rigidly-controlled society. | 1971 | George Lucas (*) | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.7 (50.6K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Timecrimes [Los cronocrimenes]A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences. | 2007 | Nacho Vigalondo | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.2 (62.4K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Total RecallWhen a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he? | 1990 | Paul Verhoeven (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.5 (320K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| TronA computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program. | 1982 | Steven Lisberger | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (118.5K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Turbo KidIn a post-apocalyptic wasteland in 1997, a comic book fan adopts the persona of his favourite hero to save his enthusiastic friend and fight a tyrannical overlord. | 2015 | François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.7 (27.7K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Under the SkinA mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery. | 2013 | Jonathan Glazer | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.4 (138.3K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| UpgradeSet in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when the world of Grey, a self-labeled technophobe, is turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant. | 2018 | Leigh Whannell | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.5 (175.6K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| V For VendettaIn a future British tyranny, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V," plots to overthrow it with the help of a young woman. | 2005 | James McTeigue | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.1 (1.1M votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| VideodromeA programmer at a TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast. | 1983 | David Cronenberg (*) | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.2 (89.6K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Wall-EIn the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind. | 2008 | Andrew Stanton | Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi | 8.4 (1.1M votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| War of the Worlds, TheA small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion. | 1953 | Byron Haskin | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.1 (34.8K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| War of the Worlds, TheAn alien invasion threatens the future of humanity. The catastrophic nightmare is depicted through the eyes of one American family fighting for survival. | 2005 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 6.5 (434.9K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| WestworldA robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park. | 1973 | Michael Crichton | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western | 7.0 (56.2K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| When Worlds CollideAs a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home. | 1951 | Rudolph Maté | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.6 (7.8K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| WizardsOn a post-apocalyptic Earth, a wizard and his faire folk comrades fight an evil wizard who's using technology in his bid for conquest. | 1977 | Ralph Bakshi | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 6.5 (11.5K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| World's End, TheFive friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from twenty years earlier unwittingly become humanity's only hope for survival. | 2013 | Edgar Wright | Comedy, Sci-Fi | 7.0 (273.7K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Wrath of Khan, TheWith the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon. | 1982 | Nicholas Meyer | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.7 (118.3K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
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