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.

321. Wandering Earth, The ( Liu Lang Di Qiu )

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frant Gwo
Actors: Chuxiao Qu, Jing Wu, Guangjie Li, Man-Tat Ng, Jin Mai Jaho, Mike Kai Sui
Plot: As the sun threatened to end all life on Earth, humanity came up with a solution - giant planet thrusters that would propel Earth to a new star system. The 2500-year journey comes with a lot of danger and in order to save all of mankind, those who grow up in the age of the wandering Earth will put everything on the line.

322. The She Creature

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward L. Cahn
Actors: Chester Morris, Marla English, Tom Conway, Cathy Downs, Lance Fuller, Ron Randell

323. The Marvels

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Nia DaCosta
Actors: Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Zawe Ashton, Samuel L. Jackson, Park Seo-joon
Plot: Carol Danvers has taken the mantel of Captain Marvel as well as taken revenge on the dangerous Kree and their Supreme Intelligence but in doing so, has destabilized the universe. A wormhole entangles her powers with that of New Jersey super-fan Kamala Khan - Ms. Marvel and that of her estranged niece, Captain Monica Rambeau. Now the three must work together, harnessing their powers, to set things right.

324. 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

325. 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.

326. 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.

327. The Day of the Triffids

Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Steve Sekely
Actors: Howard Keel, Nicole Maurey, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, Mervyn Johns, Ewan Roberts
Plot: A blinding meteor shower rains some seeds onto the earth. These seeds grow into man eating plants, which aren't bound by roots in the ground.

328. 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.

329. 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.

330. Push

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Paul McGuigan
Actors: Camilla Belle, Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Djimon Hounsou, Cliff Curtis, Maggie Siff
Plot: A small group of teens with extraordinary abilities, including telepathy and clairvoyance, band together to bring down a government agency who will round them up and use their powers to create an unstoppable army.

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