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3 days ago · Sci-fi spreads across subgenres, all represented here: the monster movie (Cloverfield), space opera (Serenity), cyberpunk (Ghost in the Shell), and post-apocalyptic (Mad Max: Fury Road) and more....
3 days ago · "Stranger Things," "Star Trek," "Battlestar Galactica," "The Expanse," and "Westworld" are among the shows ranked on our list of TV's best sci-fi series. Did your favorite make the cut?
From clones to alien invasions, we asked scientists, filmmakers and writers to select the 100 best sci-fi movies ever made
- Galaxy Quest
- Wall-E
- Ex Machina
- Inception
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Robocop
- Back to The Future
- Close encounters of The Third Kind
- The Day The Earth Stood Still
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Where to Watch:Prime Video, Fubo, Paramount+ Hailed as the best "non-Star Trek" Star Trek movie, Galaxy Questis a hilarious love letter to both sci-fi fandom and iconic performers in sci-fi properties perhaps held back in their careers because of their association with said sci-fi. Starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, and more as the...
Where to Watch:Disney+ Finding Nemo's Andrew Stanton went from deep sea to deep space for this delightfully warped trek, seen through the eyes of a trash-bot tasked with cleaning up a centuries-later Earth smothered in garbage. Laced with satirical social commentary regarding the consequences of excess and pollution, WALL-E is a love story among th...
Where to Watch: Max Alex Garland's intimate, close-quarters sci-fi suspense piece Ex Machina centers on a lowly programmer (Domhnall Gleeson) who gets invited to the house of his CEO (Oscar Isaac) to administer the Turing test to the CEO's latest creation -- a humanoid robot (Alicia Vikander). It's an A.I. taledesigned to set you on edge and catch ...
Where to Watch: Rentable on most platforms Christopher Nolan movieswon the hearts and minds of fanboys with Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, but he truly solidified his status as a filmmaker at the top of his game with 2010's Inception. A mind-bending sci-fi stunner that proved Hollywood blockbusters could still be smart while also dazzling us on...
Where to Watch: Paramount+, Showtime apps "In another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you." Our most recent entry on this list is an honest-to-goodness Best Picture winner. In fact, the multiversal madness of A24's Everything Everywhere All at Once took home seven Academy Awards, which is one of the most significan...
Where to Watch: Prime Video, Roku Channel (w/ ads), Tubi (w/ ads) "Your move... creep." In the back half of the '80s, director Paul Verhoeven not only uncorked an action classic, complete with over the top gore and an unforgettable score, but also a wry sci-fi satire of corperate grime and greed. Envisioning a bleak, practically lawless future Detr...
Where to Watch: DirecTV, Turner apps Time travel in movies wasn't uncommon before 1985's Back to the Future, but no one thought to cram a flux capacitor in the back of a DeLorean until Marty McFly and Doc Brown stepped onto the scene. This family(ish)-friendly sci-fi classic sees Michael J. Fox's Marty accidentally drive himself back to 1955. Befor...
Where to Watch: Rentable on most platforms. "This means something." Yes, yes it does, Richard Dreyfuss. His character's carving Devil's Tower a.k.a. UFO-topia and then later visiting the site where the titular close encounter occurs turns this movie into one of the few entries on this list about aliens that is more concerned with the wonder and pri...
Where to Watch: Prime Video, Fubo Forget the bland 2008 remake starring Keanu Reeves, the original 1951 version of The Day the Earth Stood Stillis the one that deserves accolades in the annals of sci-fi greatness. After all, it's the movie that inserted the phrase "Klaatu barada nikto" into the pop-culture lexicon! The Day the Earth Stood Still was...
Where to Watch: Netflix Terminator 2 is a solid example of a sequel coming along and just destroying the original in every regard. In this follow-up to the original, Skynet sends back an advanced, liquid metal-based Terminator to destroy John Connor once and for all. Connor's only hope is the T-800 -- a reprogrammed version of the same machine that...
The Fifth Element [b] is a 1997 English-language French science fiction action film conceived and directed by Luc Besson, as well as co-written by Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It stars Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Milla Jovovich, and Chris Tucker. Primarily set in the 23rd century, the film's central plot involves the survival of ...
Mar 25, 2023 · Rotten Tomatoes provides a strong list of the best science fiction TV shows that are currently available to stream. From atomic-age fears spawning classic films like The Day The Earth Stood Still to modern technology-derived worries reflected in Black Mirror, sci-fi has long been a staple of media on screens both large and small.
Mar 31, 2022 · The best sci-fi movies ever made, including space exploration and close encounters in Alien and Arrival to robots in Terminator and Blade Runner.
