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Discover popular and highly rated science fiction movies. This page focuses on useful, popular choices for viewers in the United States.
Updated 2026-08-04 · Ratings from TMDB
Eligible titles are ranked using TMDB popularity, audience rating, and vote count. Streaming availability and ratings can change over time.
2023 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 296 votes
After the death of his father, a boy growing up on a lunar mining colony takes a trip to explore a legendary crater, along with his four best friends, prior to being permanently relocated to another planet. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1979 · TMDB 5.8/10 · 557 votes
The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2008 · TMDB 4.8/10 · 442 votes
In the not too distant future a secret government re-animation chemo-virus gets released into conservative Sartre, Nebraska and lands in an underground strip club. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2022 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 536 votes
When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1989 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 716 votes
A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2016 · TMDB 5.8/10 · 1,622 votes
A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2022 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 847 votes
After surviving a car accident that took the life of her boyfriend, a teenage girl believes he's attempting to reconnect with her from the after world. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2006 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 1,983 votes
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2012 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 1,646 votes
Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2012 · TMDB 5.2/10 · 147 votes
Railroad owner Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden search desperately for the inventor of a revolutionary motor as the U.S. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1978 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 413 votes
When a devious plot separates CIA agent Peter Sandza from his son, Robin, the distraught father manages to see through the ruse. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1985 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 371 votes
Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2018 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 402 votes
With no means for defeating Godzilla Earth, mankind watches as King Ghidorah, clad in a golden light, descends on the planet. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2023 · TMDB 5.3/10 · 244 votes
Set in the future on a war-ravaged Earth, four exhausted soldiers man Sentinel - a remote military base in a vast ocean that separates two warring continents. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2008 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 563 votes
The human race is threatened by a powerful creature, and only the combined power of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and The Flash can stop it. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2021 · TMDB 6.0/10 · 990 votes
With the future of the human race at stake, a group of young men and women -- bred for intelligence and obedience -- embark on an expedition to colonize a distant planet. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2021 · TMDB 4.0/10 · 589 votes
In the year 2524, four centuries after humans started colonizing the outer planets, retired General James Ford gets called back into service when a hostile alien fleet attacks soldiers on a remote planet. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1991 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 1,379 votes
Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1985 · TMDB 6.0/10 · 537 votes
Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2018 · TMDB 6.0/10 · 182 votes
A group of friends stumble upon a mirror that serves as a portal to a "multiverse", but soon discover that importing knowledge from the other side in order to better their lives brings increasingly dangerous consequences. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.