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Best sci-fi movies (all time)

A ranking of science-fiction movies.

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Avatar

(2009)
Avatar (James Cameron's Avatar) is a 2009 American epic science fiction film directed, written, produced, and co-edited by James Cameron, and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney W...
6.6
6.6
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from 13 votes
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Pixels
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Pixels

(2015)
Pixels is an 2015 American science fiction action comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures, 1492 Pictures and Happy Madison Productions. The film was directed by Chris Columbus from a screenplay written by Tim Herlihy and Timothy...
6.6
6.6
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from 9 votes
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Prometheus
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Prometheus

(2012)
Prometheus is a 2012 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof, and starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Charlize Theron. It is...
6.5
6.5
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from 4 votes
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Pitch Black
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Pitch Black

(2000)
Pitch Black (titled The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black on its DVD release) is a 2000 science fiction action/horror film co-written and directed by David Twohy. The film stars Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, and Keith...
6.5
6.5
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from 2 votes
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Waterworld
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Waterworld

(1995)
Waterworld is a 1995 American post-apocalyptic science fiction action film directed by Kevin Reynolds and co-written by Peter Rader and David Twohy. It was based on Rader's original 1986 screenplay and stars Kevin Costner, who als...
6.3
6.3
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from 3 votes
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Elysium
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Elysium

(2013)
Elysium is a 2013 American science fiction action thriller film written and directed by Neill Blomkamp. It stars Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Alice Braga and Sharlto Copley. The film takes place on both a ravaged Earth, and a luxurio...
6.3
6.3
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from 4 votes
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

(2016)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, or simply Rogue One, is a 2016 American epic space opera film directed by Gareth Edwards and written by Gary Whitta and Chris Weitz, from an idea by visual effects supervisor John Knoll. The film star...
6.2
6.2
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from 15 votes
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Predator 2
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Predator 2

(1990)
Predator 2 is a 1990 American science fiction action horror film written by Jim and John Thomas, directed by Stephen Hopkins, and starring Danny Glover and Kevin Peter Hall. The film is a sequel to 1987's Predator, with Kevin Pete...
6
6
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from 2 votes
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Dune
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Dune

(1984)
Dune is a 1984 American science fiction film written and directed by David Lynch, based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name. The film stars Kyle MacLachlan as young nobleman Paul Atreides, and includes an ensemble of...
6
6
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from 1 vote
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Doom
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Doom

(2005)
Doom is a 2005 science fiction action film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak. It is loosely based on the video game series of the same name created by Id Software. The film follows a group of Marines in a Research Facility on Mars –...
6
6
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from 1 vote
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

(2001)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a 2001 American computer-animated science fiction film directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of Final Fantasy (video game series). It was the first photorealistic computer-animated feature fi...
6
6
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from 1 vote
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Jupiter Ascending
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Jupiter Ascending

(2015)
Jupiter Ascending is a 2015 American-Australian space opera film written, produced, and directed by Lana and Andy Wachowski. Starring Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis, the film is centered on Jupiter Jones (Kunis), a down-on-her-luck...
5.9
5.9
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from 8 votes
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Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
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Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

(1999)
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is a 1999 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas, produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is the fourth installment in the Star Wars saga a...
5
5
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from 3 votes
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Barbarella
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Barbarella

(1968)
Barbarella is a 1968 French-Italian science fiction film based on Jean-Claude Forest's French Barbarella comics. The film stars Jane Fonda in the title role and was directed by Roger Vadim, who was Fonda's husband at the time...
5
5
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from 1 vote
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Info: The items listed below are officially not in the ranking; they're candidates that don't have the minimum number of votes (1) to officially be in yet. They're listed by the number of votes, not by the rating. Click any item to cast your vote.
Victor Frankenstein
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Victor Frankenstein

(2015)
Victor Frankenstein is a 2015 American science fiction horror film based on contemporary adaptations of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein. It is directed by Paul McGuigan and written by Max Landis. Starring James McAvoy as th...
0
0
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from 0 votes
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