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Sci-Fi

The best Sci-Fi movies — new releases and enduring classics — each pitched spoiler-free with tone, themes, and where to watch. Tap any movie to pitch it live.

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New & notable — the past couple years

2024

Dune: Part Two

Denis Villeneuve's continuation of the epic space opera expands the world-building with stunning visuals and deeper political intrigue that solidifies the saga's grandeur.

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2024

Civil War

A24's haunting war photojournalism thriller set in a fractured America offers visceral tension and thought-provoking commentary on conflict and truth.

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2024

The Wild Robot

A gorgeously animated tale of a sentient robot raising a human child in a post-apocalyptic world explores themes of parenthood, survival, and consciousness with emotional depth.

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2024

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

George Miller's prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road delivers breathtaking practical action sequences and a compelling origin story of an iconic character.

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2024

Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver

Zack Snyder's space opera continues with ambitious world-building, striking cinematography, and an expansive narrative of rebellion against tyranny.

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2024

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

The latest installment in the franchise reimagines a post-human world with strong visual effects and explores themes of power, evolution, and civilization.

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2024

A Quiet Place: Day One

A prequel that chronicles the alien apocalypse's first day with inventive sound design and emotional stakes that enhance the universe's mythology.

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2023

Godzilla Minus One

A Japanese masterpiece blending kaiju action with post-WWII drama, praised for its intimate human storytelling against apocalyptic spectacle.

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2023

The Creator

Gareth Edwards directs a visually stunning exploration of AI consciousness and parent-child bonds in a war-torn future Asia with breathtaking cinematography.

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2023

Rebel Moon - Part One: Child of Fire

Zack Snyder's sprawling space-western about an uprising against an oppressive empire combines grand mythology with intimate character drama.

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The classics

1968

2001: A Space Odyssey

Kubrick's revolutionary masterpiece redefines sci-fi cinema with philosophical ambition, groundbreaking visuals, and a meditation on human evolution and consciousness.

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1982

Blade Runner

Ridley Scott's noir-tinged cyberpunk vision explores what it means to be human through stunning world-building and a morally ambiguous protagonist hunting artificial beings.

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1984

The Terminator

James Cameron's relentless action thriller about a cyborg assassin from the future became a genre-defining work combining practical effects, narrative innovation, and visceral thrills.

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1979

Alien

Ridley Scott's claustrophobic horror-sci-fi masterpiece set on a space freighter revolutionized creature design and suspenseful filmmaking with a perfect balance of terror and tension.

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1997

The Fifth Element

Luc Besson's visually extravagant space opera combines operatic spectacle, humor, and heart in a colorful future world threatened by cosmic evil.

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2016

Arrival

Denis Villeneuve's cerebral first-contact narrative explores linguistics, time, and sacrifice with emotional weight and mind-bending scientific imagination.

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2010

Inception

Christopher Nolan's ingenious heist thriller set within dreams combines breathtaking action, complex storytelling, and visual effects that redefined blockbuster ambition.

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1999

The Matrix

The Wachowskis' paradigm-shifting action film about a simulated reality became culturally iconic for its innovative bullet-time effects and philosophical exploration of free will.

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1927

Metropolis

Fritz Lang's silent dystopian epic about class warfare in a futuristic city remains visually stunning and thematically rich, influencing nearly every sci-fi film that followed.

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1972

Solaris

Andrei Tarkovsky's philosophical masterpiece about a space station orbiting a mysterious planet explores human consciousness, love, and identity through meditative, poetic filmmaking.

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