Best sci fi movies imdb
In the following page, you will see a ranking of the best sci fi movies of all time. We have gathered the ratings of Imdb, Metacritic, Filmaffinity and crafted our own algorithm and generated the following ratings.
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1. Inception (2010)
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster. read more
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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74
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8.8
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8.1
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2. Interstellar (2014)
A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival. read more
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
7.9
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74
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8.7
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8.0
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3. The Matrix (1999)
When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence. read more
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi
7.9
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73
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8.7
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8.0
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4. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten-year-old son John from a more advanced and powerful cyborg. read more
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi
7.5
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75
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8.6
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7.9
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5. The Prestige (2006)
After a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other. read more
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
7.4
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66
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8.5
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7.5
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6. Back to the Future (1985)
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown. read more
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
7.5
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87
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8.5
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8.2
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7. Alien (1979)
The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounter a deadly lifeform after investigating an unknown transmission. read more
Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi
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8.5
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8. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe. read more
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
7.5
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68
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8.4
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7.6
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9. Aliens (1986)
Fifty-seven years after surviving an apocalyptic attack aboard her space vessel by merciless space creatures, Officer Ripley awakens from hyper-sleep and tries to warn anyone who will listen about the predators. read more
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
7.4
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84
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8.4
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8.1
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10. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories. read more
Genres: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
7.6
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89
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8.3
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8.3
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11. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
8.2
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77
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8.3
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8.1
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12. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The Monoliths push humanity to reach for the stars; after their discovery in Africa generations ago, the mysterious objects lead mankind on an awesome journey to Jupiter, with the help of H.A.L. 9000: the world's greatest supercomputer. read more
Genres: Adventure, Sci-Fi
7.8
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13. Metropolis (1927)
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. read more
Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi
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8.8
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14. V for Vendetta (2005)
In a future British tyranny, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V," plots to overthrow it with the help of a young woman. read more
Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
7.5
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62
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15. Jurassic Park (1993)
A pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose. read more
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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7.4
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16. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
With Spider-Man's identity now revealed, Peter asks Doctor Strange for help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous foes from other worlds start to appear, forcing Peter to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man. read more
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
7.1
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71
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7.5
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17. The Thing (1982)
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. read more
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
7.3
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57
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8.2
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7.1
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18. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper, and a drifter named Max. read more
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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8.1
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19. The Terminator (1984)
A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation. read more
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi
7.1
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84
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7.9
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20. Logan (2017)
In a future where mutants are nearly extinct, an elderly and weary Logan leads a quiet life. But when Laura, a mutant child pursued by scientists, comes to him for help, he must get her to safety. read more
Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
6.9
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77
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8.1
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7.6
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