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IMDb: Highest Rated Sci-Fi Feature Films With At Least 1,000 Votes

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Highest Rated Sci-Fi Feature Films With At Least 1,000 Votes

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1. Image (Asset 2/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Inception (2010)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.8/10  
A thief who steals corporate secrets through use of the dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO. Dir: Christopher Nolan With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller 148 mins.
2. Image (Asset 3/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.7/10  
Three decades after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, a new threat arises. The First Order attempts to rule the galaxy and only a rag-tag group of heroes can stop them, along with the help of the Resistance. Dir: J.J. Abrams With: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi 135 mins.
3. Image (Asset 4/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.8/10  
After the rebels have been brutally overpowered by the Empire on their newly established base, Luke Skywalker takes advanced Jedi training with Master Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke. Dir: Irvin Kershner With: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi 124 mins.
4. Image (Asset 5/49) alt= Add to Watchlist The Matrix (1999)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.7/10  
A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers. Dir: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski With: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss Action | Sci-Fi 136 mins.
5. Image (Asset 6/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Star Wars (1977)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.7/10  
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids to save the universe from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader. Dir: George Lucas With: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi 121 mins.
6. Image (Asset 7/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Interstellar (2014)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.6/10  
A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival. Dir: Christopher Nolan With: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi 169 mins.
7. Image (Asset 8/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10  
A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her young son, John Connor, from a more advanced cyborg, made out of liquid metal. Dir: James Cameron With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong Action | Sci-Fi 137 mins.
8. Image (Asset 9/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Back to the Future (1985)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10  
A young man is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr. Emmett Brown, and must make sure his high-school-age parents unite in order to save his own existence. Dir: Robert Zemeckis With: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi 116 mins.
9. Image (Asset 10/49) alt= Add to Watchlist The Prestige (2006)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10  
Two stage magicians engage in competitive one-upmanship in an attempt to create the ultimate stage illusion. Dir: Christopher Nolan With: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller 130 mins.
10. Image (Asset 11/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Lucia (2013)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10  
A man suffering from insomnia is tricked into buying a drug, Lucia, that makes his desires come true in his dreams, blurring the line between fantasy and reality. Dir: Pawan Kumar With: Sathish Neenasam, Sruthi Hariharan, Achyuth Kumar Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller 135 mins.
11. Image (Asset 12/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Alien (1979)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10  
The commercial vessel Nostromo receives a distress call from an unexplored planet. After searching for survivors, the crew heads home only to realize that a deadly bioform has joined them. Dir: Ridley Scott With: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt Horror | Sci-Fi 117 mins.
12. Image (Asset 13/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10  
Shurik Timofeev builds a working model of a time machine. By accident, Ivan Bunsha, an apartment complex manager... Dir: Leonid Gayday With: Yuriy Yakovlev, Leonid Kuravlyov, Aleksandr Demyanenko Adventure | Comedy | Musical | Sci-Fi 93 mins.
13. Image (Asset 14/49) alt= Add to Watchlist WALL·E (2008)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10  
In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind. Dir: Andrew Stanton With: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin Animation | Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi 98 mins.
14. Image (Asset 15/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Aliens (1986)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10  
The planet from Alien has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, but will it be enough? Dir: James Cameron With: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn Action | Horror | Sci-Fi 137 mins.
15. Image (Asset 16/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10  
After rescuing Han Solo from the palace of Jabba the Hutt, the rebels attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to make Vader return from the dark side of the Force. Dir: Richard Marquand With: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi 131 mins.
16. Image (Asset 17/49) alt= Add to Watchlist A Clockwork Orange (1971)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10  
In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem - but not all goes according to plan. Dir: Stanley Kubrick With: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi 136 mins.
17. Image (Asset 18/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10  
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a procedure to have each other erased from their memories. But it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with. Dir: Michel Gondry With: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi 108 mins.
18. Image (Asset 19/49) alt= Add to Watchlist 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10  
Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest. Dir: Stanley Kubrick With: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester Mystery | Sci-Fi 149 mins.
19. Image (Asset 20/49) alt= Add to Watchlist It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10  
Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche, in this new feature film version of Don Hertzfeldt's animated short film trilogy. Dir: Don Hertzfeldt With: Sara Cushman, Don Hertzfeldt Animation | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi 62 mins.
20. Image (Asset 21/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Metropolis (1927)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10  
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences. Dir: Fritz Lang With: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich Drama | Sci-Fi 153 mins.
21. Image (Asset 22/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Indru Netru Naalai (2015)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10  
Elango and his friend Pulivetti Arumugam come in possession of a time machine and start profiting from it. However, their meddling with time prevents the death of a gangster, who begins to wreck havoc in their lives. Dir: R. Ravikumar With: Vishnu Vishal, Mia George, Karunakaran Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller 146 mins.
22. Image (Asset 23/49) alt= Add to Watchlist PK (2014)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10  
A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, P.K.'s innocent questions and childlike curiosity will take him on a journey of love, laughter and letting go. Dir: Rajkumar Hirani With: Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sanjay Dutt Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi 153 mins.
23. Image (Asset 24/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10  
Concurrent theatrical ending of the TV series "Shin Seiki Evangelion" (1995). Dir: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki With: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura Animation | Action | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi 90 mins.
24. Image (Asset 25/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10  
Two Russians push the wrong button on a strange device and end up on the telepathic planet Pluke with its strange societal norms. Dir: Georgiy Daneliya With: Stanislav Lyubshin, Evgeniy Leonov, Yuriy Yakovlev Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi 135 mins.
25. Image (Asset 26/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Blade Runner (1982)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10  
A blade runner must pursue and try to terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator. Dir: Ridley Scott With: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young Sci-Fi | Thriller 117 mins.
26. Image (Asset 27/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10  
A woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in post apocalyptic Australia in search for her homeland with the help of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper, and a drifter named Max. Dir: George Miller With: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller 120 mins.
27. Image (Asset 28/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10  
The universe is thrown into dimensional chaos as the dead come back to life. Now Goku and Vegeta must track down the cause of this uproar. Dir: Shigeyasu Yamauchi With: Masako Nozawa, Ryô Horikawa, Takeshi Kusao Animation | Action | Sci-Fi 51 mins.
28. Image (Asset 29/49) alt= Add to Watchlist The Martian (2015)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10  
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive. Dir: Ridley Scott With: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi 144 mins.
29. Image (Asset 30/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Stalker (1979)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10  
A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes. Dir: Andrei Tarkovsky With: Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn Drama | Sci-Fi 163 mins.
30. Image (Asset 31/49) alt= Add to Watchlist The Thing (1982)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10  
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills. Dir: John Carpenter With: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David Horror | Sci-Fi 109 mins.
31. Image (Asset 32/49) alt= Add to Watchlist The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10  
On December 18, Kyon finds that several traces of the SOS Brigade have mysteriously disappeared from his life... Dir: Tatsuya Ishihara, Yasuhiro Takemoto With: Aya Hirano, Tomokazu Sugita, Minori Chihara Animation | Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi 163 mins.
32. Image (Asset 33/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10  
Warrior/pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki With: Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyôda Animation | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi 117 mins.
33. Image (Asset 34/49) alt= Add to Watchlist The Avengers (2012)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10  
Earth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity. Dir: Joss Whedon With: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller 143 mins.
34. Image (Asset 35/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Donnie Darko (2001)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10  
A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident. Dir: Richard Kelly With: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell Drama | Sci-Fi 113 mins.
35. Image (Asset 36/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10  
Under constant attack by Angels, NERV introduces two new pilots: the mysterious Makinami Mari Illustrous and the intense Asuka Langley Shikinami... Dir: Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki With: Kotono Mitsuishi, Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara Animation | Action | Drama | Sci-Fi 112 mins.
36. Image (Asset 37/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Solaris (1972)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10  
A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane. Dir: Andrei Tarkovsky With: Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi 167 mins.
37. Image (Asset 38/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10  
A group of intergalactic criminals are forced to work together to stop a fanatical warrior from taking control of the universe. Dir: James Gunn With: Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi 121 mins.
38. Image (Asset 39/49) alt= Add to Watchlist The Mystery of the Third Planet (1981)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10  
At the end of the 22nd century Alisa Seleznyova, her father Professor Seleznyov and pilot Zeleny go... Dir: Roman Kachanov With: Olga Gromova, Vsevolod Larionov, Yuri Volyntsev Adventure | Sci-Fi | Animation | Family | Fantasy 48 mins.
39. Image (Asset 40/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Jurassic Park (1993)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10  
During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok. Dir: Steven Spielberg With: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller 127 mins.
40. Image (Asset 41/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Akira (1988)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10  
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psionic psychopath that only two kids and a group of psionics can stop. Dir: Katsuhiro Ôtomo With: Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Mitsuo Iwata Animation | Action | Sci-Fi 124 mins.
41. Image (Asset 42/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Twelve Monkeys (1995)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10  
In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet. Dir: Terry Gilliam With: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller 129 mins.
42. Image (Asset 43/49) alt= Add to Watchlist The Terminator (1984)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10  
A human-looking indestructible cyborg is sent from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate a waitress, whose unborn son will lead humanity in a war against the machines, while a soldier from that war is sent to protect her at all costs. Dir: James Cameron With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn Action | Sci-Fi 107 mins.
43. Image (Asset 44/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Telling Tales (2015)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10  
The story of a minibus driver and a fairytale princesss nestling under the wing of timeless friendship in an ordinary neighborhood. Dir: Burak Aksak With: Hande Dogandemir, Fatih Artman, Cengiz Bozkurt Comedy | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi 103 mins.
44. Image (Asset 45/49) alt= Add to Watchlist X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10  
The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants. Dir: Bryan Singer With: Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller 132 mins.
45. Image (Asset 46/49) alt= Add to Watchlist The Face of Another (1966)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10  
A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality. Dir: Hiroshi Teshigahara With: Tatsuya Nakadai, Mikijirô Hira, Kyôko Kishida Drama | Sci-Fi 124 mins.
46. Image (Asset 47/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10  
A hacker known as the Puppet Master is hunted by a female cyborg cop and her partner. This film is a revised version of Ghost in the Shell. Dir: Mamoru Oshii With: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera Animation | Action | Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi 85 mins.
47. Image (Asset 48/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Star Trek (2009)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10  
The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful, time-traveling Romulan creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time. Dir: J.J. Abrams With: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi 127 mins.
48. Image (Asset 49/49) alt= Add to Watchlist Brazil (1985)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10  
A bureaucrat in a retro-future world tries to correct an administrative error and himself becomes an enemy of the state. Dir: Terry Gilliam With: Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro Sci-Fi 132 mins.
49. Add to Watchlist Ghost in the Shell (1995)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10  
A female cyborg cop and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master. Dir: Mamoru Oshii With: Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Akio Ôtsuka Animation | Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller 83 mins.
50. Add to Watchlist Her (2013)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10  
A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need. Dir: Spike Jonze With: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi 126 mins.
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