Best Sci-Fi Movies (of Each Year) 1950 to Now
A List of My Favourite Science Fiction Films for Each Year Since 1950.
Please Take Note: This list includes many Special Mentions, (i.e. they made my 'Top 5' for the year.)
Please Take Note: This list includes many Special Mentions, (i.e. they made my 'Top 5' for the year.)
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- DirectorAnthony RussoJoe RussoStarsRobert Downey Jr.Chris HemsworthMark RuffaloThe 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.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsHarrison FordRyan GoslingAna de ArmasYoung Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.
- DirectorTim MillerStarsRyan ReynoldsMorena BaccarinT.J. MillerA wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal yet hideously scarred, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks.
- DirectorGeorge MillerStarsTom HardyCharlize TheronNicholas HoultIn 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 worshipper and a drifter named Max.Special Mentions:
Ant-Man
Chappie
The Martian
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
6-10:
American Ultra
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Fantastic Four
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Insurgent
Above the Bar:
Jupiter Ascending
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Pixels
Terminator Genisys
Tomorrowland
Victor Frankenstein - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsMatthew McConaugheyAnne HathawayJessica ChastainWhen Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.Special Mentions:
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Edge of Tomorrow
Ex Machina
Guardians of the Galaxy
6-10:
Big Hero 6
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Predestination
RoboCop
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Above the Bar:
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Divergent
The Giver
Godzilla
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Lucy
The Maze Runner
Time Lapse
Also Seen:
The Anomaly
Autómata
Debug
Don't Blink
Earth to Echo
I, Frankenstein
Transcendence
Yet to See:
Comet*
Extraterrestrial*
I Origins*
In Your Eyes*
Left Behind*
Monsters: Dark Continent*
Parts Per Billion*
Project Almanac*
Robot Overlords*
The Signal*
Space Station 76*
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*
Transformers: Age of Extinction*
Young Ones*
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Cooties (Oct 10/DVD:?)
Bang Bang Baby (2015. Feb 5)
Yet to Screen:
The Quiet Hour (2015. Apr 22)
No Date:
Flashes - DirectorSpike JonzeStarsJoaquin PhoenixAmy AdamsScarlett JohanssonIn the near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.Special Mentions:
Ender's Game
Snowpiercer
Star Trek Into Darkness
The Zero Theorem
6-10:
About Time
Elysium
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Iron Man 3
Man of Steel
Above the Bar:
Dark Skies
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Oblivion
Pacific Rim
Thor: The Dark World
Under the Skin
The Wolverine
World War Z
The World's End
Also Seen:
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After Earth
Coherence
The Colony
The Host
Riddick
Yet to See:
The Congress*
Europa Report*
Despicable Me 2*
The Last Days on Mars*
The Machine*
The Purge*
Upstream Color - DirectorJake SchreierStarsPeter SarsgaardFrank LangellaSusan SarandonIn the near future, an ex-jewel thief receives a gift from his son: a robot butler programmed to look after him. But soon the two companions try their luck as a heist team.Special Mentions:
The Avengers
Cloud Atlas
The Hunger Games
Iron Sky
6-10:
John Carter
Looper
Prometheus
Safety Not Guaranteed
Total Recall
Above the Bar:
Battleship
Lockout
Men in Black 3
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
The Watch
Also Seen:
Chronicle
Dredd
Upside Down
Yet to See:
Frankenweenie*
Resident Evil: Retribution - DirectorDuncan JonesStarsJake GyllenhaalMichelle MonaghanVera FarmigaA soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train within 8 minutes.Special Mentions:
Limitless - close 2nd
The Adjustment Bureau
Paul
Perfect Sense
6-10:
Captain America: The First Avenger
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
X-Men: First Class
Above the Bar:
Battle Los Angeles
Cowboys & Aliens
Melancholia
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Also Seen:
Green Lantern
I Am Number Four
In Time
Priest
Yet to See:
Another Earth*
Attack the Block
Contagion*
The Darkest Hour
The Day*
Manborg*
The Thing* - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot PageA 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.Special Mentions:
Iron Man 2
Monsters
Repo Men
Skyline
Also Seen:
Hot Tub Time Machine
TRON: Legacy
Yet to See:
Megamind*
Never Let Me Go*
Predators
Radio Free Albemuth*
Resident Evil: Afterlife*
Splice
Womb* - DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsSharlto CopleyDavid JamesJason CopeIn a future Earth in which aliens are isolated in a remote ghetto, a government agent finds himself banished there.Special Mentions:
9
Avatar
Moon
Watchmen
6-10:
Push
Star Trek
Surrogates
Terminator Salvation
The Time Traveler's Wife
Above the Bar:
Gamer
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Also Seen:
2012
Daybreakers
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Knowing
Race to Witch Mountain
TiMER
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Yet to See:
Astro Boy
The Box
Cargo*
The Fourth Kind
Ink*
Monsters vs. Aliens
Mr. Nobody*
Pandorum* - DirectorJon FavreauStarsRobert Downey Jr.Gwyneth PaltrowTerrence HowardAfter being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.Special Mentions:
Meet Dave
Outlander
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
WALL·E
6-10:
Alien Raiders
Babylon A.D.
Cloverfield
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Jumper
Also Seen:
10,000 BC
The Happening
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The Incredible Hulk
Quarantine
The X Files: I Want to Believe
Yet to See:
Blindness
City of Ember*
Death Race
Doomsday
Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (revised version of the original)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Repo! The Genetic Opera - DirectorDanny BoyleStarsCillian MurphyRose ByrneChris EvansA team of international astronauts is sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying Sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057.Special Mentions:
I Am Legend
The Mist
Next
Transformers
6-10:
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
The Golden Compass
The Invasion
The Man from Earth
[●REC]
Also Seen:
28 Weeks Later
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Premonition
Yet to See:
The Last Mimzy
The Nines
Resident Evil: Extinction*
The Signal
Timecrimes* - DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsKeanu ReevesWinona RyderRobert Downey Jr.An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.Special Mentions:
Children of Men
The Fountain
The Prestige
X-Men: The Last Stand
Also Seen:
Deja Vu
Slither
Superman Returns
Underworld: Evolution
Yet to See:
The Astronaut Farmer
The Host
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
Paprika
Pulse
Renaissance
Southland Tales - DirectorJames McTeigueStarsHugo WeavingNatalie PortmanRupert GravesIn a future British dystopian society, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow the tyrannical government - with the help of a young woman.Special Mentions:
Serenity - close 2nd
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
War of the Worlds
Also Seen:
Æon Flux
Fantastic Four
The Island
Yet to See:
The Jacket
Stealth
Zathura - DirectorShane CarruthStarsShane CarruthDavid SullivanCasey GoodenFour friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.Special Mentions:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - close 2nd
The Final Cut
Hellboy
I, Robot
6-10:
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
The Butterfly Effect
The Chronicles of Riddick
The Day After Tomorrow
The Manchurian Candidate
Also Seen:
Blade: Trinity
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Yet to See:
2046
Appleseed
Control
Dawn of the Dead
The Forgotten
Godsend
Resident Evil: Apocalypse*
Steamboy*
The Stepford Wives* - DirectorBryan SingerStarsPatrick StewartHugh JackmanHalle BerryWhen anti-mutant Colonel William Stryker kidnaps Professor X and attacks his school, the X-Men must ally with their archenemy Magneto to stop him.Special Mentions:
Code 46
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolutions
Paycheck
6-10:
Daredevil
Dreamcatcher
Hulk
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Also Seen:
The Animatrix
The Core
Yet to See:
Absolon
Beyond Re-Animator
It's All About Love
Thoughtcrimes
Timeline
Willard - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom CruiseColin FarrellSamantha MortonJohn works with the PreCrime police which stop crimes before they take place, with the help of three 'PreCogs' who can foresee crimes. Events ensue when John finds himself framed for a future murder.Special Mentions:
Solaris
Star Trek: Nemesis
The Time Machine
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
6-10:
28 Days Later
Equilibrium
Impostor
Resident Evil
Signs
Also Seen:
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Blade II
Men in Black II
The Tuxedo
Yet to See:
Clockstoppers
Cypher
Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road
Lilo & Stitch
Reign of Fire
S1m0ne
Treasure Planet - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHaley Joel OsmentJude LawFrances O'ConnorA highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.Special Mentions:
Donnie Darko
Evolution
K-PAX
Planet of the Apes
Also Seen:
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Spy Kids
Vanilla Sky
Yet to See:
CQ
Ghosts of Mars
Jurassic Park III - DirectorBryan SingerStarsPatrick StewartHugh JackmanIan McKellenIn a world where mutants (evolved super-powered humans) exist and are discriminated against, two groups form for an inevitable clash: the supremacist Brotherhood, and the pacifist X-Men.Special Mentions:
The 6th Day
Pitch Black
Red Planet
Titan A.E.
6-10:
The Cell
Mission to Mars
On the Beach
Unbreakable
Hollowman
Also Seen:
Battlefield Earth
Yet to See:
Battle Royale
Supernova - DirectorDean ParisotStarsTim AllenSigourney WeaverAlan RickmanThe alumni cast of a space opera television series have to play their roles as the real thing when an alien race needs their help. However, they also have to defend both Earth and the alien race from a reptilian warlord.Special Mentions:
Bicentennial Man
The Matrix
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
The Thirteenth Floor
6-10:
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Blast From the Past
Inspector Gadget
Mystery Men
Wild Wild West
Yet to See:
The Astronaut's Wife
Deep Blue Sea
eXistenZ
The Iron Giant*
Virus - DirectorAlex ProyasStarsRufus SewellKiefer SutherlandJennifer ConnellyA man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.Special Mentions:
Run, Lola, Run
Star Trek: Insurrection
The Truman Show
The X Files
6-10:
Armageddon
Deep Impact
The Faculty
Lost in Space
Pi
Above the Bar:
Small Soldiers
Also Seen:
The Avengers
Disturbing Behavior
Sliding Doors
Sphere
Who Am I?
Yet to See:
Godzilla
Soldier - DirectorAndrew NiccolStarsEthan HawkeUma ThurmanJude LawVincent, an "In-Valid", assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect.Special Mentions:
Contact - A very close 2nd
The Fifth Element
Men in Black
Starship Troopers
6-10:
Alien: Resurrection
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Cube
Event Horizon
Face/Off
Also Seen:
Flubber
Mimic
The Postman
The Relic
Volcano
Yet to See:
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Retroactive
Smilla's Sense of Snow - DirectorJonathan FrakesStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesBrent SpinerThe Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed.Special Mentions:
Chain Reaction
Independence Day
Mars Attacks!
Phenomenon
6-10:
Escape From L.A.
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Multiplicity
The Nutty Professor
Solo
Yet to See:
The Arrival
Black Mask
Unforgettable - DirectorTerry GilliamStarsBruce WillisMadeleine StoweBrad PittIn 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.Special Mentions:
Strange Days - close 2nd
The City of Lost Children
Ghost in the Shell
Powder
6-10:
Judge Dredd
Johnny Mnemonic
Species
Virtuosity
Waterworld
Also Seen:
Congo
Tank Girl
Yet to See:
Screamers
Village of the Damned - DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsKurt RussellJames SpaderJaye DavidsonAn interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.Special Mentions:
Escape from Absolom
Frankenstein
Star Trek: Generations
The Puppet Masters
Also Seen:
Junior
Street Fighter
Timecop
