Highest Rated Science Fiction
Weighted toward critics
- 1
Metropolis
1927 · Fritz Lang
90.78/8 sources
- 2
WALL·E
2008 · Andrew Stanton
89.08/8 sources
- 3
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
1997 · Kazuya Tsurumaki
88.86/8 sources
- 4
Star Wars
1977 · George Lucas
88.38/8 sources
- 4
Alien
1979 · Ridley Scott
88.37/8 sources
- 6
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Irvin Kershner
87.58/8 sources
- 7
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018 · Bob Persichetti
87.48/8 sources
- 8
2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick
87.18/8 sources
- 8
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023 · Kemp Powers
87.18/8 sources
- 10
Stalker
1979 · Andrei Tarkovsky
86.97/8 sources
- 11
Back to the Future
1985 · Robert Zemeckis
86.78/8 sources
- 12
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Michel Gondry
86.68/8 sources
- 13
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
86.46/8 sources
- 14
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · George Miller
86.08/8 sources
- 14
Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · James Whale
86.08/8 sources
- 16
Threads
1985 · Mick Jackson
85.67/8 sources
- 17
Aliens
1986 · James Cameron
85.37/8 sources
- 18
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
85.18/8 sources
- 19
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
2021 · Kazuya Tsurumaki
84.96/8 sources
- 19
Dune: Part Two
2024 · Denis Villeneuve
84.98/8 sources
- 19
The Wild Robot
2024 · Chris Sanders
84.98/8 sources
- 22
The Iron Giant
1999 · Brad Bird
84.88/8 sources
- 23
A Trip to the Moon
1902 · Georges Méliès
84.47/8 sources
- 24
Night of the Living Dead
1968 · George A. Romero
84.28/8 sources
- 24
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
2026 · Matt Johnson
84.26/8 sources
- 26
Her
2013 · Spike Jonze
84.18/8 sources
- 27
Brazil
1985 · Terry Gilliam
84.08/8 sources
- 28
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 · Don Siegel
83.88/8 sources
- 28
Blade Runner
1982 · Ridley Scott
83.88/8 sources
- 30
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · Steven Spielberg
83.48/8 sources
- 30
Robot Dreams
2023 · Pablo Berger
83.48/8 sources
- 32
Gravity
2013 · Alfonso Cuarón
83.38/8 sources
- 32
Children of Men
2006 · Alfonso Cuarón
83.38/8 sources
- 34
Project Hail Mary
2026 · Phil Lord
83.08/8 sources
- 35
A Clockwork Orange
1971 · Stanley Kubrick
82.98/8 sources
- 35
Inception
2010 · Christopher Nolan
82.98/8 sources
- 37
Frankenstein
1931 · James Whale
82.88/8 sources
- 38
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · James Cameron
82.68/8 sources
- 38
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022 · Daniel Scheinert
82.68/8 sources
- 40
Arrival
2016 · Denis Villeneuve
82.38/8 sources
- 41
Poor Things
2023 · Yorgos Lanthimos
82.28/8 sources
- 42
Godzilla Minus One
2023 · Takashi Yamazaki
82.08/8 sources
- 43
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931 · Rouben Mamoulian
81.87/8 sources
- 44
Blade Runner 2049
2017 · Denis Villeneuve
81.78/8 sources
- 45
Eraserhead
1977 · David Lynch
81.57/8 sources
- 46
The Invisible Man
1933 · James Whale
81.48/8 sources
- 47
Interstellar
2014 · Christopher Nolan
81.28/8 sources
- 48
The Fly
1986 · David Cronenberg
81.18/8 sources
- 49
The Man in the White Suit
1951 · Alexander Mackendrick
81.06/8 sources
- 50
The Terminator
1984 · James Cameron
80.78/8 sources
- 50
Logan
2017 · James Mangold
80.78/8 sources
- 52
Spider-Man 2
2004 · Sam Raimi
80.68/8 sources
- 52
Resurrection
2025 · Bi Gan
80.68/8 sources
- 52
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
80.68/8 sources
- 55
The Man from Earth
2007 · Richard Schenkman
80.56/8 sources
- 55
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
2018 · Park Hoon-jung
80.56/8 sources
- 57
Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Joe Russo
80.48/8 sources
- 58
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes
2020 · Junta Yamaguchi
80.16/8 sources
- 59
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
80.07/8 sources
- 60
Ghost in the Shell
1995 · Mamoru Oshii
79.97/8 sources
- 61
Island of Lost Souls
1932 · Erle C. Kenton
79.86/8 sources
- 62
Avatar
2009 · James Cameron
79.78/8 sources
- 62
Godzilla
1954 · Ishirō Honda
79.77/8 sources
- 62
Paprika
2006 · Satoshi Kon
79.78/8 sources
- 65
Planet of the Apes
1968 · Franklin J. Schaffner
79.68/8 sources
- 65
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951 · Robert Wise
79.68/8 sources
- 67
Jurassic Park
1993 · Steven Spielberg
79.58/8 sources
- 68
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski
79.48/8 sources
- 69
Minority Report
2002 · Steven Spielberg
79.38/8 sources
- 70
Seconds
1966 · John Frankenheimer
79.27/8 sources
- 70
District 9
2009 · Neill Blomkamp
79.28/8 sources
- 70
Star Trek
2009 · J.J. Abrams
79.28/8 sources
- 73
Superman
1978 · Richard Donner
79.07/8 sources
- 73
Dawn of the Dead
1978 · George A. Romero
79.08/8 sources
- 75
Mad Max 2
1981 · George Miller
78.98/8 sources
- 75
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954 · Richard Fleischer
78.96/8 sources
- 75
Ex Machina
2015 · Alex Garland
78.98/8 sources
- 75
War for the Planet of the Apes
2017 · Matt Reeves
78.98/8 sources
- 79
Black Panther
2018 · Ryan Coogler
78.88/8 sources
- 80
Mars Express
2023 · Jérémie Périn
78.78/8 sources
- 80
Palm Springs
2020 · Max Barbakow
78.77/8 sources
- 82
2046
2004 · Wong Kar-Wai
78.58/8 sources
- 83
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
2000 · Curt Geda
78.46/8 sources
- 83
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014 · Matt Reeves
78.48/8 sources
- 85
Twelve Monkeys
1995 · Terry Gilliam
78.38/8 sources
- 85
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978 · Philip Kaufman
78.37/8 sources
- 85
Iron Man
2008 · Jon Favreau
78.38/8 sources
- 88
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014 · James Gunn
78.28/8 sources
- 88
The Host
2006 · Bong Joon Ho
78.28/8 sources
- 88
Dune
2021 · Denis Villeneuve
78.28/8 sources
- 88
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2024 · George Miller
78.28/8 sources
- 88
Nimona
2023 · Troy Quane
78.28/8 sources
- 93
Snowpiercer
2013 · Bong Joon Ho
78.18/8 sources
- 94
The Prestige
2006 · Christopher Nolan
77.88/8 sources
- 94
The Thing
1982 · John Carpenter
77.88/8 sources
- 94
Looper
2012 · Rian Johnson
77.88/8 sources
- 94
Fantastic Planet
1973 · René Laloux
77.87/8 sources
- 98
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957 · Jack Arnold
77.77/8 sources
- 98
PK
2014 · Rajkumar Hirani
77.76/8 sources
- 98
Forbidden Planet
1956 · Fred M. Wilcox
77.78/8 sources