Best Sci-Fi Movies
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Best Sci-Fi Movies
TOP Movies: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), The Matrix (1999), Alien (1979), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Interstellar (2014), Back to the Future (1985), The Terminator (1984), Limitless (2011), Minority Report (2002), Independence Day (1996), Avatar (2009), Total Recall (1990), Prometheus (2012), Equilibrium (2002), The Thing (1982), District 9 (2009), The Fifth Element (1997), Aliens (1986), Dune (2021), Arrival (2016).
List of Best Movies
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has ...
Style:
exciting, apocalyptic, suspense, breathtaking, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, manly, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, time travel, terminator, robot, cyborgs, man versus machine, apocalypse, androids and robots, end of the world, violence, child in peril, time traveler ...
Time:
future, 90s, 20th century, year 1991, near future ...
Place:
california, los angeles, america, persia, usa ...
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2.0M
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, cerebral, mind bending, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, date night, family friendly, manly, chick flick ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, philosophy, virtual reality, dystopia, distopia, martial arts, existentialism, cyberpunk, alternate reality, gunfight, fight, visceral ...
Time:
future, 20th century, near future, year 1999, 90s ...
Place:
persia, los angeles
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943K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs ...
Style:
scary, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, minimal cast ...
Audience:
kids, manly, adult
Plot:
alien, monster, space travel, outer space, space and aliens, evil alien, space, heroine, female protagonist, survival horror, spaceship, alien monster ...
Time:
future, 22nd century, 20th century, year 1979, distant future
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, exciting, clever, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
time loop, time travel, alien invasion, alien, invasion, battles, repeated event, military, danger, soldier, time paradox, space and aliens ...
Time:
future, year 2014, near future, 2010s, 2020s ...
Place:
france, paris france, united kingdom, europe, big ben london ...
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2.1M
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, cerebral, philosophical, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, date night, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
space travel, time travel, outer space, father daughter relationship, nasa, astronaut, space, survival, end of the world, distopia, natural disaster, apocalypse ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, colorado
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his ...
Style:
feel good, exciting, light, funny, cult classic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, mad scientist, time loop, teenager, destiny, inventor, scientist, changing the past or future, time, fish out of water, high school ...
Time:
future, 80s, 1950s, year 1985, year 1955 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical ...
Style:
tech noir, suspenseful, neo noir, serious, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot:
time travel, cyborgs, cyberpunk, man versus machine, dystopia, good versus evil, terminator, androids, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, gunfight, car chase ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century, near future, year 1984 ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, mexico
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609K
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract ...
Style:
clever, thought provoking, philosophical, intellectual, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
intelligence, success, drug, drug abuse, creativity, ambition, rags to riches, rise to the top, life turned upside down, prodigy, experimental drug, overnight success ...
Time:
year 2011, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Style:
futuristic, suspense, neo noir, cerebral, mind bending ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
cyberpunk, murder, dystopian future, foreknowledge, precognition, time loop, distopia, psychic, dystopia, frame up, law enforcer, consciousness ...
Time:
future, near future, 20th century, distant future, year 2002 ...
Place:
washington d.c., virginia, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, suspense, apocalyptic, futuristic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, end of the world, invasion, extraterrestrial, survival, ufo, space and aliens, alien, evil alien, first contact, alien encounter, save the world ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, jurassic, future
Place:
new york, washington d.c., usa, houston texas, london ...
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1.4M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Style:
futuristic, breathtaking, exciting, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
alien, fantasy world, ecology, culture clash, creature, beautiful scenery, battles, space and aliens, alien life-form, alien planet, space travel, alien encounter ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 20th century, year 2009, 22nd century
Place:
iran, space western
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352K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Construction worker Douglas Quaid discovers a memory chip in his brain during a virtual-reality trip. He also finds that his past has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Soon, he's off to Mars to find out who he is and who ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, cerebral, ambiguous ending, suspense ...
Audience:
kids, manly, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, mars, memory loss, secret agent, dystopia, virtual reality, memory, alien, false memory, space colony, conspiracy, chase ...
Time:
future, 20th century, near future, 90s, year 1990 ...
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641K
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Style:
futuristic, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, space travel, survival, androids, outer space, robot, space and aliens, distant planet, expedition, alien encounter, spacecraft, alien life-form ...
Time:
future, year 2012, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
scotland
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346K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, serious, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, martial arts, dystopia, fighting the system, cyberpunk, gunfight, rebellion, post apocalyptic, dystopian future, utopia, totalitarianism, dystopic future ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 2002, 2000s
Place:
china, beijing china
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463K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, isolation, alien, survival, creature, fear, body horror, paranoia, snow, supernatural, suspicion, ufo ...
Time:
year 1982, 20th century, 80s
Place:
antarctica, antarctic, south pole
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714K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA, New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Aliens land in South Africa and, with their ship totally disabled, have no way home. Years later, after living in a slum and wearing out their welcome the 'Non-Humans' are being moved to a new tent city overseen by Multi-National United ...
Style:
mockumentary, serious, suspense, biting, futuristic ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, alien invasion, extraterrestrial, distopia, space and aliens, alien encounter, apocalypse, transformation, mutation, metamorphosis, refugee, society ...
Time:
year 2009, future, 2000s, year 2000, year 1982 ...
Place:
africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
Style:
futuristic, breathtaking, exciting, colorful, visually stunning ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien, space opera, cyberpunk, dystopian future, space and aliens, good versus evil, space travel, end of the world, save the world, dystopia, life philosophy, love ...
Time:
future, year 1997, 90s, 23rd century, 1910s
Place:
egypt, usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
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758K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is ...
Style:
scary, futuristic, suspense, space horror, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, space travel, strong female character, space, survival, female warrior, outer space, creature, space and aliens, human versus alien, monster, deadly creature ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1986, 22nd century
Place:
space western
Is relevant ?
785K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure ...
Style:
epic, suspense, captivating, tense, action adventure ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
desert, space opera, alien planet, messiah, prophecy, destiny, outer space, premonition, water shortage, politics, adaptation, survival ...
Time:
future, distant future, 2020s
Place:
space western
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759K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Style:
psychological, intellectual, philosophical, reflective, futuristic ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
alien, first contact, female protagonist, linguist, ufo, time, science, alien race, alien contact, extraterrestrial, scientist, creature ...
Time:
future, year 2016, 2010s
Place:
china, montana, america, massachusetts, venezuela ...
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916K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Hungary, Jordan
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw ...
Style:
futuristic, biting, clever, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
survival, mars, astronaut, space travel, stranded, nasa, isolation, outer space, science, scientist, space, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, 2030s, near future ...
Place:
china, london, houston texas, pasadena california, north america ...
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609K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent Kay and new recruit Agent Jay find ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, humorous, not serious, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
alien, ufo, government agency, space and aliens, buddy cop, alien encounter, creature, buddy, save the world, intergalactic, invasion, flying saucer ...
Time:
jurassic, year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, persia, usa, north america ...
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1.2M
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
WALL·E is the last robot left on an Earth that has been overrun with garbage and all humans have fled to outer space. For 700 years he has continued to try and clean up the mess, but has developed some rather interesting human-like qualities. When ...
Style:
feel good, touching, futuristic, emotional, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
loneliness, robot, space travel, ecology, outer space, post apocalypse, love, technology, artificial intelligence, society, happy ending, ecological disaster ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 2008, 2000s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
superhero, space opera, heroes, outer space, space travel, intergalactic, escapades, space and aliens, good versus evil, talking animal, raccoon, creature ...
Time:
future, year 2014, year 2016, 80s, 2010s ...
Place:
space western, london, usa, missouri
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177K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to ...
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, rough, space horror, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien, survival, space opera, tough heroes, distopia, one man army, space and aliens, outer space, danger, mysterious planet, mercenary, heroes ...
Time:
future, year 2013, 2010s
Place:
space western
Is relevant ?
2.5M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, clever, cerebral, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
dream, virtual reality, memory, alternate reality, twists and turns, imagination, subconscious, philosophy, existentialism, fictional reality, heist, puzzle ...
Time:
year 2010, future, 2000s, 2010s, near future
Place:
paris france, japan, los angeles, iran, tokyo ...
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, twist ending, non-linear, atmospheric ...
Plot:
time travel, insanity, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, virus, time loop, post apocalypse, paranoia, psychology, end of the world, twists and turns, epidemic ...
Time:
future, 90s, 20th century, year 1995, distant future ...
Place:
philadelphia, maryland, baltimore, usa, pennsylvania ...
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191K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, psychological, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
ufo, ocean, underwater, first contact, submarine, sea, disaster, alien, space and aliens, survival, alien encounter, heroic mission ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, future
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Spain
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, ...
Style:
futuristic, neo noir, tech noir, thought provoking, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, dystopia, investigation, robot, dark future, mission, police detective, flying car, violence, bounty hunter, memory ...
Time:
future, 2040s, year 2017, near future, distant future ...
Place:
california, san diego california, space western, los angeles, las vegas
Is relevant ?
572K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 2035, where robots are common-place and abide by the three laws of robotics, a techno-phobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, philosophical, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens, manly, family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, cyberpunk, distopia, cyborgs, androids and robots, androids, technology gone awry, danger, computer, hi-tech, fate of humanity ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 20th century, near future, 2030s ...
Place:
chicago, usa
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