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.

71. The Invisible Man

Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Whale
Actors: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, Henry Travers, Forrester Harvey , William Harrigan, Dudley Digges
Plot: As a normal scientist works to become invisible to the human eye, he succeeds. But, in doing so, he goes insane as the success and chemicals make him homicidal.

72. City of Lost Children, The ( Cite des enfants perdus, La )

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
Actors: Daniel Emilfork, Ron Perlman, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Dominique Pinon, Judith Vittet, Odile Mallet
Plot: Set in a fictional world in the future, a scientist thinks that if he can steel the dreams of young children he can prevent himself from aging. He tries kidnapping children as they try to figure out a way to escape or not be kidnapped.

73. Escape from New York

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Kurt Russell, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Van Cleef, Isaac Hayes, Donald Pleasence, Harry Dean Stanton
Plot: Takes place in 1998 as New York is in rubbles. The President crashes into
the jailed city when a crook is sent in to rescue him because he is the
only one skilled enough to do complete the job.

74. Contact

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Jodie Foster, William Fichtner, Matthew McConaughey, David Morse, Jena Malone, Tom Skerritt
Plot: A small group of scientists discover a radio transmission that was sent from another world. What is the message and what do they want from us?

75. Cube

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Vincenzo Natali
Actors: Nicole de Boer, Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Andrew Miller, Wayne Robson, Maurice Dean Wint
Plot: A group of six strangers find themselves in a giant cube maze filled with
deadly traps. Each has a unique skill and they must work together to solve
the puzzle and escape before they all perish or let paranoia tear them
apart.

76. Super 8

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: J.J. Abrams
Actors: Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Amanda Michalka, Ron Eldard, Gabriel Basso, Noah Emmerich
Plot: A group of six children filming a home movie with a Super 8 camera witness a horrific train crash on a remote railway crossing. Yet the crash is only the beginning of the ordeal, as the train bound from Area 51 carries an inhuman cargo that has now been set free.

77. Spaceballs

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mel Brooks
Actors: Bill Pullman, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Daphne Zuniga, Mel Brooks, Joan Rivers
Plot: Follow the expliots of a Druish princess, her loyal droid, a scruffy pilot and his loyal sidekick as they attempt to stop the ruthless Spaceballs led by President Skroob and Dark Helmet from their nefarious plan to steal all the air from the planet Druidia.

78. I, Robot

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Alex Proyas
Actors: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Alan Tudyk, Chi McBride, Bruce Greenwood, Angela Moore
Plot: In 2035 the world is a vastly different place. Robots are now common place among humans, they help and serve people and even act as companions. U.S. Robotics company is about to release a new model of robots that are so real that they almost have a life of their own.

79. Assassin 33 A.D.

Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jim Carroll
Actors: Donny Boaz, Heidi Montag, Susan Gallagher, Anthony Crivello, Jason Castro, Johnny Rey Diaz

80. Videodrome

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: James Woods, Deborah Harry, Sonja Smits, Leslie Carlson, Peter Dvorsky, Julie Khaner
Plot: Max Renn is always looking for ultimate in programming for his lowly cable TV station, but when he stumbles on to Videodrome it takes over his life.

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