Best Science Fiction Movies

Science fiction asks what if and follows the answer — space, AI, dystopia and time. The lineup runs from Hollywood blockbusters to Indian and Asian takes on the genre. Sorted by audience score, so ideas-driven films sit beside the spectacle.

All Science Fiction Movies

The Whistleblower

2022

8.8

Inception

2010

8.7

The Empire Strikes Back

1980

8.7

The Matrix

1999

8.7

Interstellar

2014

8.6

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991

8.6

Star Wars

1977

8.5

The Prestige

2006

8.5

Back to the Future

1985

8.5

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

8.4

Gintama the Movie 2026: Yoshiwara in Flames

2026

8.4

WALL·E

2008

8.4

Aliens

1986

8.4

Avengers: Endgame

2019

8.4

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

2018

8.4

Alien

1979

8.4

Avengers: Infinity War

2018

8.4

Dune: Part Two

2024

8.3

Return of the Jedi

1983

8.3

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2004

8.3

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968

8.2

The Thing

1982

8.2

Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: Winged Angels

2011

8.2

Jurassic Park

1993

8.2

Project Hail Mary

2026

8.1

The Iron Giant

1999

8.1

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

2013

8.1

The Terminator

1984

8.1

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

8.1

Blade Runner

1982

8.1

V for Vendetta

2006

8.1

Logan

2017

8.1

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

8.1

Maanaadu

2021

8.1

PK

2014

8.1

The Wild Robot

2024

8.0

Blade Runner 2049

2017

8.0

Akira

1988

8.0

Twelve Monkeys

1995

8.0

Stalker

1979

8.0

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

2021

8.0

Dune

2021

8.0

Guardians of the Galaxy

2014

8.0

The Martian

2015

8.0

The Avengers

2012

7.9

Thor: Ragnarok

2017

7.9

Avatar

2009

7.9

Edge of Tomorrow

2014