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.

301. The Signal

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: William Eubank
Actors: Brenton Thwaites, Olivia Cooke, Laurence Fishburne, Beau Knapp, Lin Shaye, Robert Longstreet
Plot: A trio of friends, MIT educated hackers, follow a fellow hacker, Nomad, to the Nevada desert. Once they finally track him down, he delivers a cryptic message before all three fall unconscious. Waking up captive in a secure facility, they will find things go much deeper than they could possibly imagine.

302. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Wes Ball
Actors: Nathalie Emmanuel, Katherine McNamara, Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Aidan Gillen, Giancarlo Esposito
Plot: The Gladers have successfully left the Maze behind them, but escape is only the first step on their journey. Now they find themselves in the Scorch, a desolate landscape where unimaginable obstacles await. The powerful, mysterious group known as the WCKD seems to be behind it all - and, joining with a group of resistance fighters, the Gladers look for clues behind this sinister organization.

303. Insurgent

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Schwentke
Actors: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Miles Teller, Kate Winslet, Jai Courtney, Naomi Watts
Plot: When Beatrice 'Tris' Prior found out she was Divergent, it changed everything. Now the factions and their chosen ideologies are growing closer to war - and the choices made will have far-reaching consequences. Loyalties and relationships will be tested and if Tris chooses to embrace her Divergence she may gain an identity - but lose far more than she could imagine.

304. The Time Machine

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Simon Wells
Actors: Guy Pearce, Sienna Guillory, Orlando Jones, Mark Addy, Samantha Mumba, Jeremy Irons
Plot: Based on the H.G. well's novel of the same name: An inventor creates a
time machine that can travel thousands of years into the future. What he
finds there is nothing like he could have ever imagined.

305. The Devil Doll

Year of Release: 1936
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tod Browning
Actors: Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton, Rafaela Ottiano, Robert Greig, Lucy Beaumont

306. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Year of Release: 1916
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stuart Paton
Actors: Lois Alexander, Allen Holubar, Wallace Clarke, Howard Crampton, Curtis Benton, Joseph W. Girard
Plot: One of the earliest films to utilize what we now call "special effects" it follows Captain Nemo, his ship the Nautilus and his quest for revenge.

307. Returner ( Ritana )

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Actors: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Anne Suzuki, Kirin Kiki, Goro Kishitani, Yukiko Okamoto, Mitsuru Murata

308. Waterworld

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Actors: Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dennis Hopper, Tina Majorino, Michael Jeter, Zitto Kazann
Plot: After the ice caps have melted a man has adapted to the world around him where Dirt is traded for food, water is scarce, and there is talk of land to live on.

309. Terminator: Dark Fate

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tim Miller
Actors: Linda Hamilton, Mackenzie Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Luna, Natalia Reyes, Brett Azar
Plot: Set thirty years after the events of Terminator 2, Sarah Connor teams up with a T-800 and new female cyborg in order to protect a young woman from a new, liquid terminator who can copy himself - once again hoping to secure the future against the threat of Skynet.

310. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Eugène Lourié
Actors: Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Lee Van Cleef, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey, Steve Brodie
Plot: A series of atomic tests in the Arctic awakens a none-too-happy dinosaur who threatens the North Atlantic, including New York.

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