Top 100 Sci-fi Movies List

#40 Sci-fi Movie

Stargate (1994) PG-13

An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Writers:

Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich

Stars:

Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson

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#39 Sci-fi Movie

Cloverfield (2003) PG

A group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack.

Director:

Matt Reeves

Writers:

Drew Goddard

Stars:

Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan

#38 Sci-fi Movie

Unbreakable (2000) PG-13

A man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident.

Director:

M. Night Shyamalan

Writers:

M. Night Shyamalan

Stars:

Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright

#37 Sci-fi Movie

Armageddon (1998) PG-13

After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, N.A.S.A. recruits a misfit team of deep core drillers to save the planet.

Director:

Michael Bay

Writers:

Jonathan Hensleigh, J.J. Abrams

Stars:

Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck

#36 Sci-fi Movie

Gattaca (1997) PG-13

A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.

Director:

Andrew Niccol

Writers:

Andrew Niccol

Stars:

Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law

#35 Sci-fi Movie

I am legend (2007) PG-13

Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.

Director:

Francis Lawrence

Writers:

Mark Protosevich, Akiva Goldsman

Stars:

Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan

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#34 Sci-fi Movie

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) PG-13

A remake of the 1951 classic sci-fi film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth.

Director:

Scott Derrickson

Writers:

David Scarpa, Edmund H. North

Stars:

Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates

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#33 Sci-fi Movie

Equilibrium (2002) R

In a Fascist future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.

Director:

Kurt Wimmer

Writers:

Kurt Wimmer

Stars:

Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Emily Watson

#32 Sci-fi Movie

Signs (2002) PG-13

A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.

Director:

M. Night Shyamalan

Writers:

M. Night Shyamalan

Stars:

Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin

#31 Sci-fi Movie

The Fly (1986) R

A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.

Director:

Chris Columbus

Writers:

George Langelaan, Charles Edward Pogue

Stars:

Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz

#30 Sci-fi Movie

Evolution (2001) PG-13

A fire-fighting cadet, two college professors, and a geeky but sexy government scientist work against an alien organism that has been rapidly evolving since its arrival on Earth inside a meteor.

Director:

Ivan Reitman

Writers:

Don Jakoby (story), David Diamond

Stars:

David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Julianne Moore

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#29 Sci-fi Movie

Galaxy Quest (1999) PG

The alumni cast of a space opera television series have to play their roles as the real thing when an alien race needs their help.

Director:

Dean Parisot

Writers:

David Howard (story), David Howard

Stars:

Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman

#28 Sci-fi Movie

Serenety (2005) PG-13

The crew of the ship Serenity tries to evade an assassin sent to recapture one of their numbers who is telepathic.

Director:

Joss Whedon

Writers:

Joss Whedon

Stars:

Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Chiwetel Ejiofor

#27 Sci-fi Movie

Minority Report (2002) PG-13

In 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.

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Writers:

Philip K. Dick (short story), Scott Frank

Stars:

Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton

#26 Sci-fi Movie

The Butterfly Effect (2004) R

Evan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.

Director:

Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber

Writers:

J. Mackye Gruber, Eric Bress

Stars:

Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters

#25 Sci-fi Movie

War of the worlds (2005) PG-13

As Earth is invaded by alien tripod fighting machines, one family fights for survival.

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Writers:

Josh Friedman, David Koepp

Stars:

Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins

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#24 Sci-fi Movie

The Fifth Element (1997) PG-13

In 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.

Director:

Luc Besson

Writers:

Luc Besson

Stars:

Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman

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#23 Sci-fi Movie

Moon (2009) R

Astronaut 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 planet's power problems.

Director:

Duncan Jones

Writers:

Duncan Jones (story), Nathan Parker

Stars:

Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott

#22 Sci-fi Movie

Gravity (2013) PG-13

A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space.

Director:

Alfonso Cuarón

Writers:

Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón

Stars:

Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris

#21 Sci-fi Movie

District 9 (2009) R

An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.

Director:

Neill Blomkamp

Writers:

Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell

Stars:

Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope

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