Before we get into our list of the 50 best science fiction movies, we need to clarify what exactly falls under the term sci-fi or science fiction. The defining characteristic of science fiction is by no means extraterrestrial visitors or a plot set in the future, but rather a critical approach to current developments and how they may affect the future.
A distinction is made between hard and soft science fiction. Hard science fiction focuses on technology and the natural sciences and plays out scenarios of scientific advances. Soft science fiction, on the other hand, concentrates on socio-scientific problems – the most important subgenre of soft sci-fi is dystopia, i.e. the opposite of utopia. If we draw this strict distinction from fantasy, one thing already becomes clear: space fairy tales like Star Wars or Guardians of the Galaxy have no place on this list if you take it very seriously.
However, if we had included them in the list of the 50 best sci-fi movies, they would have made it into the top 20 because they are great films. However, we want to limit ourselves to films that clearly belong to science fiction because even then, far more great works fit into this list with IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes ratings.
Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
IMDb rating: 8.3/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 92%
The year 2001 didn’t turn out at all as Stanley Kubrick imagined it in 1968 and pictorially captured on the screen, but the film of the same name is and remains one of the sci-fi classics par excellence.
In impressive images, the film tells of an extraterrestrial monolith that influenced the evolution of mankind. After its rediscovery on the moon, a research spaceship is sent towards Jupiter, to which the monolith has sent an electromagnetic signal. On board, in addition to the human crew, is the artificial intelligence HAL 9000. The onboard computer is the only one who knows the mission’s true purpose. After this AI, which is considered infallible, makes a mistake, the astronauts consider shutting down HAL 9000. But he does not like that at all. A fight to the death breaks out between the crew and the onboard computer, at the end, an incredible experience awaits the last survivor.
Above all, the film is famous for its realistic portrayal of space travel, its wide scope for interpretation, and the powerful visual settings accompanied by classical music.
2. Interstellar (2014)
IMDb rating: 8.6/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 73%
In the second half of the 21st century, the Earth has become almost uninhabitable, and all work is focused on the extraction of food. Humanity needs a new home. NASA, operating only in secret, discovered a wormhole years ago that leads to a planetary system orbiting around a black hole. Scientists were sent to locate a new home beyond the wormhole. For a second expedition sent after the first, a journey through space and time begins.
Christopher Nolan is undeniably one of the best directors of our time, and Interstellar is also an absolutely riveting film with an outstanding cast. The film skillfully plays with time passing differently due to different gravities while telling a moving story about hope and loss.
3. Ex Machina (2015)
IMDb rating: 7.7/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 92%
An experienced programmer named Caleb Smith wins a contest and gets to spend a week with the CEO of a company, the mysterious and brilliant Nathan Bateman. When Caleb visits Nathan at his remote home, Nathan tells him to investigate Ava, a sophisticated artificial intelligence stuck in a humanoid body.
Ava and Caleb are aware that she is a robot, but it would be proof that she has gained consciousness when Caleb begins to treat her like a human being and develops a love for her. During his time in the house, Caleb develops an impression of Ava as a prisoner and of Nathan as a dangerous narcissist.
A tense and introspective psychological thriller, “Ex Machina,” does what any good science fiction film should do: it tells a new story that will make you think and question your beliefs.
4. Moon (2009)
IMDb rating: 7.8/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 90%
The first film directed by Duncan Jones, Moon is a dark exploration of isolation and human nature. In his role as Sam, the lone operator of a moon mining facility who begins to see disturbing visions, Sam Rockwell gives a great performance. Indeed, Sam has many reasons to doubt the veracity of his surroundings, and Moon explores those doubts with a tense, neurotic glee.
Without giving anything away, Moon is essentially a one-man show, as most of the other characters appear only on screen or as disembodied voices. The film is lighthearted until the dramatic climax. If you haven’t seen Moon yet, you really should.
5. Arrival (2016)
IMDb rating: 7.9/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 94%
Movies about alien visitation abound, but few are as realistically and intelligently made as Arrival.
The film is about linguist Dr. Louise Banks and physicist Ian Donnelly, who are tasked by the U.S. military with contacting aliens who have appeared on Earth in large, monolithic spaceships, also called “shells” because of their shape. In the aliens’ ship, a glass wall separates the scientists from the visitors, who communicate with signs painted on the wall. Banks and Donnelly painstakingly manage to decipher the logographic signs and communicate with the aliens at regular meetings. But not all humans are eager for peaceful coexistence with the mysterious alien visitors. A global crisis is brewing.
Although Arrival is a rather quiet alien invasion film, it is immensely exciting – not least because of a plot in another time plane that is only revealed at the end – and paints a credible picture of the work that would be required to communicate with visitors from an alien planet.
6. Blade Runner (1982)
IMDb rating: 8.1/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 89%
Things get really grim with our number 5 spot. Ridley Scott’s dystopian story about the rebellion of so-called replicants (human-like androids with a lifespan of four years) against their creators wasn’t a huge success at the time it was made. Today, the intelligent dystopia is considered one of the classics of the genre.
After a group of highly evolved replicants led by Roy Batty hijack a spaceship and kill humans in order to escape to Earth on the ship, former Blade Runner Rick Deckard is tasked with solving the case. In the process, he falls in love himself with a replicant who, until Deckart informs her, is not even aware that she is not human. Deckard is thus plunged into a deep crisis of meaning. The central theme of this gripping sci-fi thriller is, as in Ghost in the Shell, the question of what makes humans human in the first place.
7. Gravity (2013)
IMDb rating: 7.7/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 96%
Sandra Bullock’s Dr. Ryan Stone is one of Gravity’s unluckiest fictional characters ever. As she attempts to repair a satellite in orbit, debris destroys both the satellite and her shuttle, sending her and her crew hurtling through space. She is now alone in space with no hope of rescue and no choice but to either give up or fight to save herself.
Alfonso Cuaron’s breathless CGI spectacle evokes the awe of infinity with long takes and an overwhelming sense of scale. The quest to live in this deadly environment is more than heroic. In Cuaron’s hands, Gravity becomes an optimistic message, an attempt to use a science fiction narrative and powerful special effects to show that life is always worth living despite bleak circumstances. Gravity is an extraordinary cinematic achievement that every sci-fi fan must see once.
8. Dune (2021)
IMDb Rating: 8/10 | Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 83%
Sometimes Hollywood manages to pull off something great. The $165 million science fiction epic Dune, based on one of the most acclaimed science fiction novels of all time, is a prime example. A big-screen adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel was once considered impossible, but thanks to director Denis Villeneuve’s enthusiasm for the source material, an attempt was made.
A top-notch cast and an experienced film crew helped Denis Villeneuve bring Herbert’s vision of the desert planet Arrakis to life, creating an immersive experience that rivals Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings.” Although some of the novel’s nuances were lost in the adaptation, the film remains true to its big ideas.
9. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
IMDb rating: 6.7/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 60%
The novel Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, itself based on a radio play, has absolute cult status, and many elements from it have long since been incorporated into everyday culture. For example, we know from the book that the meaning of life is 42 and that you should always have a towel with you.
2005 the cult book full of highly intelligent nonsense was finally adapted for the big screen. The book and the movie are about Arthur Dent, a British man who is taken on an adventurous hitchhiking trip across the galaxy by his alien friend Ford Prefect on the day Earth has to make way for a hyperspace bypass. The two of them board the Heart of Gold, which has been kidnapped by galactic president Zaphod Beeblebrox and his lover Trillian. Also along for the ride is the manic-depressive robot Marvin.
10. The Martian (2015)
IMDb rating: 8/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 91%
When a science fiction film gets nominated for an Oscar, it’s a sign that the film is exceptional.
The film is basically Cast Away in Space, but it manages to be so much more. Space travel, other planets, and just enough scientific reality to make the plot realistic, this film has it all for die-hard lovers of the science fiction genre. Add to that the fact that the film can also be really funny, and you’re looking at a film that is one of the very best of its kind.
11. Contact (1997)
IMDb rating: 7.5/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 68%
“If we’re the only ones in the universe, it’s quite a waste of space,” said Dr. Eleanor “Ellie” Arroway’s father as he watched the stars with her as a child. Spurred on by this, the scientist is searching for intelligent life on distant planets. Her research, which is anything but successful, is largely ridiculed by her colleagues, and in the end Ellie’s funding is cut off. The large industrialist S. R. Hadden finances the research thereupon further. Ellie then actually succeeds in receiving a signal from the star Vega, which consists of three parts: prime numbers, recordings of the 1936 Summer Olympics, which were the first radio signal strong enough to penetrate to extraterrestrials, and blueprints for a machine that is supposed to enable a journey to the senders of the signal.
Contact is an exciting as well as intelligent film about possible alien contact. As with Arrival, the focus is on communication with the aliens and the effects on humans, thus holding a mirror up to the viewer.
12. District 9 (2009)
IMDb rating: 7.9/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 90%
Science fiction films often tackle serious social issues. In District 9, prejudice and discrimination are analyzed through the prism of tense interactions between humans and aliens. District 9 explores the plausible implications of the arrival of an alien colony on Earth and follows a single alien parent (Jason Cope) as he attempts to bring his child home with the help of a recalcitrant government official (Sharlto Copley).
Although District 9 is set in a vast and detailed environment, it remains firmly rooted in reality despite its modest budget. Director Neill Blomkamp does this by using a found-footage style that gives the film an antique feel. Blomkamp thrives under these constraints. Even more impressive, District 9 was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
13. V for Vendetta (2005)
IMDb rating: 8.2/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 73%
Alan Moore is widely regarded as the best comic book writer in history, and V for Vendetta is among his most acclaimed works. So it’s no surprise that at some point, there had to be a film adaptation – more tolerated than endorsed by the author – that tells the story of the masked avenger V, who wants to start a revolution in the totalitarian-run United Kingdom of the future and goes on a bloody vendetta against officials of the Northern Fire Party, in whose stranglehold the country finds itself. V receives surprising support from the young journalist Evey Hammond.
V for Vendetta is a gripping film about an anarchist’s struggle against a fascist regime. V’s Guy Fawkes mask gained notoriety far beyond film and comics through the Anonymous movement.
14. The Alien Movies (1979)
IMDb rating: 8.5/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 98%
The Alien films have offered a dark mix of science fiction and horror since the first film. The series’ main antagonists are the Xenomorphs, insect-like alien life forms with acid for blood and an insatiable hunting instinct. Humans, most notably Ellen Louise Ripley (protagonist of the first four of the six films), face off against them in life-or-death battles aboard spaceships, on alien planets and, on one occasion, in a prison.
Despite all the dark, dystopian horror, the film series also raises existential questions – especially in the prequel Prometheus – Dark Signs. In addition to the sinister atmosphere, the impressive animation technique that brings the Xenomorphs to life deserves special mention.
15. Children of Men (2006)
IMDb rating: 7.9/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 92%
Set in a dystopian future where all humans have become infertile, Clive Owen plays a jaded bureaucrat who is kidnapped by his estranged wife (Julianne Moore) and tasked with rescuing the only pregnant woman in Britain.
One of the many stunning visual moments in this dark, dystopian science fiction film directed by Alfonso Cuarón is when Clive Owen’s character runs through the deserted streets of Bexhill-on-Sea in one breathtaking shot.
16. Ghost in the Shell (2017)
IMDb rating: 6.3/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 43%
What makes a person human? This existential question is at the heart of all the film adaptations of the manga Ghost in the Shell. The films are set in a future where corporations rule the world, and most people have replaced body parts with cybernetic implants. Even brains are sometimes technically upgraded. Here, the real human brain cells are called ghosts, and the biocapsules protecting them are called shells. The films tell the story of a special unit tasked with capturing a hacker who cracks the security barriers of the shells and can thus control the cyborgs.
As already mentioned, there are several film adaptations of the material, and all are absolutely worth seeing, visually stunning thrillers with a gripping story that raises existential questions.
17. The Star Trek Movies (2009)
IMDb rating: 7.9/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 94%
In the 1960s, the Star Trek franchise, dreamed up by Gene Roddenberry, saw the light of day. Roddenberry’s iconic sci-fi universe now includes seven TV series and also thirteen feature films, which – unlike the TV series – are always about the crew of the research starship Enterprise, although they alternated – sometimes it was Kirk’s turn, sometimes Picard’s, and then Kirk again, albeit with new actors.
To go into the plot of the individual films would go beyond the scope of this article, but in view of the enormous popularity of the stories about Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock, it is probably optional.
18. Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
IMDb rating: 7.9/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 91%
Edge of Tomorrow, directed by Doug Liman, is a sophisticated action film in which the protagonist is killed on purpose. Tom Cruise is a military publicist who gets caught in the middle of the action and is killed almost instantly while fighting an alien invasion. The punchline is that the science fiction film then rewinds the clock to the beginning of the day, relives the same day over and over again, and eventually dies over and over again. Tom Cruise dies so many times in Edge of Tomorrow that the film has one of the highest body counts in recent memory – and Tom Cruise is always the victim in the end.
Liman’s enjoyment of repeatedly killing off one of the most famous movie stars in film history alone would make Edge of Tomorrow a pleasure to watch, but the incredibly perceptive screenplay finds ingenious ways to make this time travel mechanic entertaining and complex. Edge of Tomorrow is not a cheap copy of Groundhog Day but a dazzling, intelligent sci-fi spectacle that stands on its own.
19. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994)
IMDb rating: 6.3/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 42%
Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, is considered the founder of the entire science fiction genre and has been made into many films. However, most adaptations are very free interpretations of Shelley’s novel, which is brilliant in terms of its analysis of human nature.
Of all the film adaptations of the material, Kenneth Branagh’s 1994 version, despite some serious differences, still sticks closest to the original. This tells of medical student Victor Frankenstein, who creates an artificial, human-like creature while studying in Ingolstadt and then disowns it. When the creature realizes that humans will never accept it, it turns against its creator.
As long as there is no truly faithful film adaptation of Shelley’s cult novel, this film is certainly still the best choice for all reading lazies.
20. Minority Report (2002)
IMDb rating: 7.7/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 90%
Washington D.C., 2054: John Anderton works as a team leader for the Precrime Division, which uses three precogs, people with clairvoyant abilities who are kept in a twilight state with drugs, to predict murders and apprehend the perpetrators before they commit the crime. In the process, the names of perpetrators and victims are engraved on wooden balls. Furthermore, the precogs’ visions are used to determine the course of events and the location of the crime. One day, Anderton’s name is written on a bullet as a perpetrator’s. He does not know the name of the alleged victim. For Anderton, a race against time and his own colleagues begins.
Minority Report is a thriller as exciting as it is problem-oriented, directed by none other than Steven Spielberg. The film raises questions about morality and guilt while telling a highly interesting, gripping story.
21. Looper (2012)
IMDb rating: 7.4/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 93%
Creating a concept and guidelines that make logical sense without compromising compelling human motives is difficult when it comes to time travel in movies. Looper, an action thriller directed by Rian Johnson, is one of the few films that manages to do both. Johnson finds creative ways to explain how actions from the past affect the future, and the universe in which assassins kill criminals sent from the future is fascinating.
The emotional hook of “Looper” is Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), the teenage hitman who kills his own older self (Bruce Willis). Showdowns between two guys who think exactly alike provide plenty of tension, but the mystery surrounding the older version of Joe and what he hopes to accomplish makes for compelling drama. Gordon-Levitt, moreover, convincingly plays a younger version of Willis.
22. Clockwork Orange (1971)
IMDb rating: 8.3/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 87%
Clockwork Orange, better known by its English title A Clockwork Orange, which actually means “a wind-up orange,” is a dystopian sci-fi thriller by master director Stanley Kubrick.
In the film, Alexander DeLarge tells his own life story. In it, he begins as the leader of a brutal youth gang who loves Beethoven. When he is betrayed by his companions, who no longer like Alex’s leadership style, he is arrested and sentenced to 14 years in prison for a murder he committed. During the first two years of imprisonment, Alex ingratiates himself with the prison pastor, which leads to his being proposed for a new conditioning therapy. This involves holding his eyelids open with clamps and forcing him to view extremely brutal and disturbing images while a pre-administered serum causes severe nausea. After 14 days of daily torture, Alex is released as cured.
Kubrick’s dystopia is one of the most oppressive works in film history and, with its cruel protagonist and equally barbaric treatment methods, also generates a degree of nausea in the viewer. In the process, the film raises agonizing questions about culpability and sentencing.
23. The Hunger Games Series (2012)
IMDb rating: 7.2/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 84%
Katniss Everdeen lives in District 12 of the country of Panem. The twelve districts are ruled by the Capitol and, because they lost the war against the same, are forced to send one boy and one girl each year to the Capitol, where they compete in an arena in a fight to the death. Katniss is one of the 24 young people who must fight in the so-called Hunger Games. Unfortunately for Katniss, her opponents in the arena include Peeta Mellark, a boy from her district to whom Katniss owes her life.
Suzanne Collins’ dark dystopia is a thrilling tale of love, betrayal, revolution, and the cruel sensationalism of man. The film adaptation of the three novels in The Tribute to Panem trilogy comprises four films (Part 3, Mockingjay, was split in two).
24. The Matrix Trilogy (1999)
IMDb rating: 8.7/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 88%
In 1999, the Wachowski sisters, who were, in fact, brothers at the time, took us for the first time into an artificial reality created by artificial intelligence, where the machines kept enslaved humanity conscious while exploiting their bodily energy. This virtual reality, which looks like Earth in 1999 to the humans trapped inside, is called the Matrix. The film trilogy tells the story of Thomas “Neo” Anderson, whose destiny is to end the machines’ enslavement and free humanity. The intelligent sci-fi thriller impresses with a multi-layered meta-level and impressive action sequences, for which the makers developed a very special shooting technique, the so-called bullet-time, which makes it possible to drive with the camera through a frozen image.
25. E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
IMDb rating: 7.9/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 99%
Aliens are often portrayed as antagonists in science fiction films. Steven Spielberg’s E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial not only creates a sympathetic alien that needs to be protected but puts that protection in the hands of children, making the film something that families can enjoy together. That’s why it’s one of those movies you definitely want to show your kids. Whether you’re hearing or seeing the story for the first time or the fifty-first, it has the power to touch you.
26. Watchmen (2009)
IMDb rating: 7.6/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 65%
Alan Moore’s graphic novel Watchmen is the only comic book that critics unanimously agree counts as great world literature. After many failed attempts and without Moore’s support, Zack Snyder finally succeeded in filming the work in 2009, 23 years after the comic was published. It tells the story of five masked vigilantes and a man with considerable supernatural abilities called Dr. Manhattan during the Cold War era. After vigilantism is banned, one, Ozymandias, makes his true identity public and cleverly markets himself; three others, Dr. Manhattan, Silk Spectre, and the Comedian, enter government service; one, Nite Owl, retires and another, Rorschach, continues despite being banned. Then the six are shaken by the murder of the Comedian, which Rorschach tries to solve. It shall turn out that Rorschach is on the trail of a large-scale conspiracy.
Both the film and the comic are highly socially critical works with multi-faceted, complex characters. In the world of Watchmen, there is no good and evil, only different perspectives on the problems of a world on the brink. Thus, the audience must decide for itself which of the six heroes it will stand by.
27. Inception (2010)
IMDb rating: 8.8/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 87%
In a world where immersion in the dreams of others has been made possible by the so-called dream-sharing, Dominick Cobb specializes in eliciting secret information from people in their dreams. This process, in which attackers can help shape their victim’s dream, is called Extraction. After a failed Extraction, however, the impressed victim, a wealthy businessman, hires Cobb and his team to perform an Inception or implant an idea into another’s mind.
Christopher Nolan’s blend of sci-fi thriller and heist movie captivates with a compelling story and stunning imagery created when the power of dreaming is fully unleashed.
28. Jurassic Park (1993)
IMDb rating: 8.2/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 92%
In 1993, Steven Spielberg and Michael Crichton let the dinosaurs loose on us for the first time. In the cult classic, scientists working for billionaire Dr. John Hammond clone dinosaurs using blood from mosquitoes encased in amber, which are supposed to be viewable in a large theme park on a tropical island. After an incident in which a velociraptor kills one of its keepers, Hammond is required to have the park evaluated by experts, including paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant. When one of the park employees turns off the electric fences to escape unseen with stolen dinosaur embryos, the prehistoric animals break free and attack the visitors.
Jurassic Park not only still impresses with great visual effects after more than 25 years but is also a reminder to science to consider not only whether something is possible but also whether it is wise.
29. 1984 (1984)
IMDb rating: 7.1/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 74%
In his novel 1984 (a slip of the numbers, as the book was written in 1948), George Orwell, although a socialist himself, paints a depressing picture of the looming dangers of a socialist, or rather Stalinist, surveillance state. The film adaptation of the dystopian novel, which ironically actually appeared in 1984, is probably one of the most important science fiction films ever made in an era of Prism and NSA.
Both novel and film highlight the dangers of an overbearing state that controls everything in the lives of its citizens. The story is told by Winston Smith, who retroactively adapts newspaper articles in the Ministry of Truth to the Party’s specifications, which includes both content and linguistic adjustments. In the process, Big Brother, around whom a cult of personality is practiced, is omnipresent in the form of constant surveillance. Then Winston falls in love and meets his beloved, which makes him guilty of a so-called thought crime and puts him in the party’s sights.
30. Planet of the Apes (1968)
IMDb rating: 8/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 86%
Four astronauts travel through space at near the speed of light to test the hypothesis of time dilation. When they awaken from their artificial deep sleep, the only female crew member is dead, and the remaining three must fight their way through the inhospitable world of an alien planet until they encounter a group of humans. However, they cannot speak and behave more like animals. The surprise is all the greater when a drive hunt against the humans begins because the hunters are apes in armor on horseback. One of the astronauts falls into captivity of the apes, who investigate him. The talking man becomes a zoological precedent for the ape scientists, between whom two fronts soon emerge.
Planet of the Apes is based on the novel of the same name by Pierre Boulle and is probably the only film adaptation that is better than the book on which it is based. This is due in no small part to the surprising ending of this biting satire on human society, which puts everything in a different light. The original Planet of the Apes is a sci-fi masterpiece whose twisty storyline the later sequels and remakes could not match because only the 1968 film offers an ending that can reverse the roles of protagonist and antagonist within a single scene.
31. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
IMDb rating: 8.1/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 97%
32. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
IMDb rating: 8/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 88%
33. WALL-E (2008)
IMDb rating: 8.4/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 95%
34. Her (2013)
IMDb rating: 8/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 94%
35. Snowpiercer (2013)
IMDb rating: 7.1/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 94%
36. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
IMDb rating: 8.2/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 97%
37. Pacific Rim (2013)
IMDb rating: 7/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 72%
38. Dredd (2012)
IMDb rating: 7.1/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 79%
39. Donnie Darko (2001)
IMDb rating: 8/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 86%
40. Solaris (1972)
IMDb rating: 8/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 92%
41. A.I. – Artificial Intelligence (2001)
IMDb rating: 7.2/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 75%
42. Starship Troopers (1997)
IMDb rating: 7.3/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 65%
43. Sunshine (2007)
IMDb rating: 7.2/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 76%
44. Avatar (2009)
IMDb rating: 7.8/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 82%
45. Source Code (2011)
IMDb rating: 7.5/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 92%
46. Predestination (2014)
IMDb rating: 7.4/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 84%
47. Galaxy Quest (1999)
IMDb rating: 7.4/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 90%
48. Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
IMDb rating: 7.3/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 61%
49. Independence Day (1996)
IMDb rating: 7/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 67%
50. Upgrade (2018)
IMDb rating: 7.5/10 | Rotten Tomatoes rating: 88%
