Top 100 Sci-Fi Movies List

#60 Sci-fi Movie

Paul (2011) R

Two British comic-book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.

Director:

Greg Mottola

Writers:

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost

Stars:

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen

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#59 Sci-fi Movie

Lost in Space (1998) PG-13

The Robinson family was going into space to fight for a chance for humanity. Now they are fighting to live long enough to find a way home.

Director:

Marc Webb

Writers:

Irwin Allen (television series), Akiva Goldsman

Stars:

Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc

#58 Sci-fi Movie

Source Code (2011) PG-13

A 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. A mission he has only 8 minutes to complete.

Director:

Duncan Jones

Writers:

Ben Ripley

Stars:

Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga

#57 Sci-fi Movie

I,Robot (2004) PG-13

In 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity.

Director:

Alex Proyas

Writers:

Jeff Vintar, Akiva Goldsman

Stars:

Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood

#56 Sci-fi Movie

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) PG-13

A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Writers:

Brian Aldiss, Ian Watson (screen story)

Stars:

Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor

#55 Sci-fi Movie

The Black Hole (1979) PG

A research vessel finds a missing ship, commanded by a mysterious scientist, on the edge of a black hole.

Director:

Gary Nelson

Writers:

Jeb Rosebrook (story), Bob Barbash (story)

Stars:

Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster

#54 Sci-fi Movie

Children of Men (2006) R

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have become somehow infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.

Director:

Alfonso Cuarón

Writers:

Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

Stars:

Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Chiwetel Ejiofor

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#53 Sci-fi Movie

Independence Day (1996) PG-13

The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Writers:

Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich

Stars:

Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum

#52 Sci-fi Movie

Snowpiercer (2013) R

Set in a future where a failed climate-change experiment kills all life on the planet except for a lucky few who boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, where a class system emerges.

Director:

Joon-ho Bong

Writers:

Joon-ho Bong (as Joon Ho Bong), Kelly Masterson

Stars:

Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, Tilda Swinton

#51 Sci-fi Movie

The Mist (2007) R

A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.

Director:

Frank Darabont

Writers:

Frank Darabont, Stephen King (novel)

Stars:

Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden

#50 Sci-fi Movie

Dune (2005) PG-13

A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis when they assassinate his father and free their desert world from the emperor's rule.

Director:

David Lynch

Writers:

Frank Herbert (novel), David Lynch

Stars:

Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis

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#49 Sci-fi Movie

Idiocracy (2006) R

Private Joe Bauers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes five centuries in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.

Director:

Mike Judge

Writers:

Mike Judge

Stars:

Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard

#48 Sci-fi Movie

The Abyss (1989) PG-13

A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and face danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.

Director:

James Cameron

Writers:

James Cameron

Stars:

Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn

#47 Sci-fi Movie

Vanilla Sky (2001) R

A self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover.

Director:

Cameron Crowe

Writers:

Alejandro Amenábar, Mateo Gil

Stars:

Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz

#46 Sci-fi Movie

Sunshine (2007) R

A team of international astronauts are sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying Sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057.

Director:

Danny Boyle

Writers:

Alex Garland

Stars:

Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans

#45 Sci-fi Movie

Red Planet (2000) PG-13

Astronauts, and their robotic dog AMEE (Autonomous Mapping Evaluation and Evasion), search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry

Director:

Antony Hoffman

Writers:

Chuck Pfarrer

Stars:

Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss, Tom Sizemore

#44 Sci-fi Movie

Total Recall (1990) R

When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or does he?

Director:

Paul Verhoeven

Writers:

Philip K. Dick, Ronald Shusett (screen story)

Stars:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside

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#43 Sci-fi Movie

The Thing (2011) R

At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson.

Director:

Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.

Writers:

Eric Heisserer, John W. Campbell Jr.

Stars:

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen

#42 Sci-fi Movie

Time Bandits (1981) PG

A young boy accidentally joins a band of dwarves as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.

Director:

Terry Gilliam

Writers:

Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam

Stars:

Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, John Cleese

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#41 Sci-fi Movie

Lockout (20112) PG-13

A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president's daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates.

Director:

David Slade

Writers:

James Mather, Stephen St. Leger

Stars:

Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare

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Red Planet (2000) PG-13

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