Top Sci-Fi Movies


The Top Sci-Fi Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Sci-Fi List". Lists are calculated daily.

181. Stargate Continuum

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Martin Wood
Actors: Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks, Ben Browder, Christopher Judge
Plot: SG-1 travel to the Tokra home world to witness the execution of Ba'al, the last remaining system lord. While there however things quickly go awry as Teal'c + Vala vanish into thing Air. Mitchell, Carter + Jackson race back to the Stargate but when they arrive on Earth discover that things have been drastically altered.

182. Melancholia

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lars von Trier
Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Alexander Skarsgård
Plot: As a new planet appears and threatens to collide with earth, two sisters find their fractured relationship stretched to the breaking point.

183. Alien 3

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Fincher
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Lance Henriksen, Paul McGann, Ralph Brown
Plot: Ripley survives a crash landing on a planet ran by criminals. She soon finds that an alien stowaway caused the crash and is once again killing off the humans but that's not the only threat to her this time.

184. Frank Herbert's Dune

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Harrison
Actors: Alec Newman, William Hurt, Saskia Reeves, James Watson, Ian McNeice
Plot: A sci-fi channel made for tv re-make of the original Dune (1984) that pulls in more of the plot and character development of the original novel.

185. Midnight Special

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jeff Nichols
Actors: Michael Shannon, Kirsten Dunst, Joel Edgerton, Jaeden Lieberher, Adam Driver, Sam Shepard
Plot: When a father learns his son possesses a unique power, one that could ultimately change the fate of the world, he will do everything to protect him, even as a dangerous religious sect and government task force doggedly pursue them.

186. The Tingler

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Castle
Actors: Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman, Patricia Cutts, Pamela Lincoln, Philip Coolidge
Plot: A scientist (Price) discovers a strange creature that latches on to people's spines when they are afraid and causes a tingling sensation. A person must scream to get rid of the tingler; otherwise, he or she will die. When the film was first released in theaters, buzzers were attached to some audience members' seats to replicate the tingling sensation at key points in the movie.

187. Titan A.E.

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Don Bluth
Actors: Drew Barrymore, Matt Damon, John Leguizamo, Bill Pullman, Nathan Lane, Janeane Garofalo
Plot: A young man must travel through space to find the only thing that can rebuild the world and save the human race.

188. Ghostbusters 2

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ivan Reitman
Actors: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson
Plot: After five years of fighting ghosts and fighting lawsuits, the crew is bankrupt and retired. They must come out of retirement to save New York once again.

189. Short Circuit

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Badham
Actors: Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Austin Pendleton, Fisher Stevens, G.W. Bailey, Brian McNamara
Plot: Number 5 is an experimental robot that is electrocuted and becomes intelligent and almost human. It escapes and the government tries to track it down to destroy him but it has a couple friends looking out for him.

190. Riddick

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Twohy
Actors: Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff, Jordi Mollà, Dave Bautista, Bokeem Woodbine
Plot: Betrayed and left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick fights for
survival against vicious predators - and in the process becomes more
powerful than before. The only way off is to activate a beacon - a beacon
that brings bounty hunters and mercenaries directly to him - including one
that is very personal. If he hopes to escape, he will have to fight his
way out.

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