Top Sci-Fi Movies


The Top Sci-Fi Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Sci-Fi List". Lists are calculated daily.

121. Cloverfield

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Matt Reeves
Actors: Michael Stahl-David, Odette Yustman, Mike Vogel, Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller
Plot: A group of teens looking to party, run for their lives as a monster terrorizes New York City.

122. The Time Traveler's Wife

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Schwentke
Actors: Eric Bana, Ron Livingston, Rachel McAdams, Michelle Nolden, Alex Ferris, Hailey McCann
Plot: A story about a librarian named Henry who time travels involuntarily and his relationship with a woman named Claire. Based on the book by Audrey Niffenegger.

123. The War of the Worlds

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, Tim Robbins, Rick Gonzalez
Plot: When an alien invasion begins in New Jeresey, a divorced father takes charge of his two estranged children and promises them to lead them back to their mother.

124. Flight of the Navigator

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Randal Kleiser
Actors: Joey Cramer, Paul Reubens, Cliff De Young, Veronica Cartwright, Sarah Jessica Parker, Howard Hesseman
Plot: In 1978 12-year-old David Freeman vanished. Eight years later, he reappears, the same age, with no knowledge of the missing time. A spaceship appears at the same time and scientists are keen to know the relationship between the boy and ship.

125. Weird Science

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Hughes
Actors: Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton, Robert Downey, Jr., Robert Rusler
Plot: A couple of high school nerds create the perfect girl by using their
computers.

126. The Invisible Man

Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Leigh Whannell
Actors: Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, Sam Smith
Plot: Cecilia suffered years of abuse from her her ex, who she finds out has committed suicide, leaving her with his money. But she soon suspects his death is a con, as a series of coincidences soon turns lethal and she is sure something unseen is hunting her.

127. Poor Things

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Actors: Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef, Margaret Qualley, Jerrod Carmichael
Plot: When Bella Baxter is brought back to life by her quite unorthodox father/scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter - she is kept sheltered until a debauched lawyer, Duncan Wedderburn, convinces her to join him on a whirlwind getaway. She soon learns to break from the conventions of the time - yearning for equality and liberation.

128. Fantastic Planet ( planète sauvage, La )

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Animation/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: René Laloux
Actors: Jennifer Drake, Eric Baugin, Jean Topart, Jean Valmont
Plot: On the faraway world of Ygam, the minute human-like Om are pets and slaves to the blue giants known as Draag. But when the Om, Ter, finds a device that enhances intellect, he uses it to help his fellow Om and plan an uprising against their harsh masters.

129. Predestination

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Noah Taylor, Sarah Snook, Christopher Kirby, Madeleine West, Freya Stafford
Plot: In order to ensure his law enforcement career for all time, a temporal agent must navigate an intricate set of time-travel journeys. But his final assignment pits him against the one man who has eluded him in all times - but to protect his future, he will finally have to stop him.

130. Chronicle

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Josh Trank
Actors: Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly, Dane DeHaan, Ashley Hinshaw, Alex Russell, Anna Wood
Plot: It's superhero-meets-found-footage when a trio of teenage friends suddenly gain superpowers after coming in contact with strange substances. But problems arise when personal issues throw them into conflict.

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