“60 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time: The Ultimate List for Sci-Fi Fans”

Here’s a list of 60 of the best Sci-Fi movies of all time, mixing classics, modern hits, and cult favorites. I arranged them roughly by era so it flows from early legends to recent masterpieces:

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🌌 Golden Classics (1950s–1970s)

1. Metropolis (1927)

2. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

3. Forbidden Planet (1956)

4. Planet of the Apes (1968)

5. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

6. Solaris (1972)

7. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

8. Logan’s Run (1976)

9. Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)

10. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

11. Alien (1979)

12. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

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🚀 1980s Sci-Fi Boom

13. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

14. The Thing (1982)

15. Blade Runner (1982)

16. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

17. Tron (1982)

18. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)

19. The Terminator (1984)

20. Dune (1984)

21. Back to the Future (1985)

22. Aliens (1986)

23. RoboCop (1987)

24. Predator (1987)

25. Akira (1988, anime masterpiece)

26. The Abyss (1989)

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🤖 1990s Mind-Benders

27. Total Recall (1990)

28. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

29. Starship Troopers (1997)

30. Contact (1997)

31. The Fifth Element (1997)

32. Gattaca (1997)

33. The Matrix (1999)

34. Galaxy Quest (1999)

35. Dark City (1998)

36. Armageddon (1998)

37. Deep Impact (1998)

38. Men in Black (1997)

39. 12 Monkeys (1995)

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🌍 2000s Modern Sci-Fi

40. Donnie Darko (2001)

41. Minority Report (2002)

42. Solaris (2002 remake)

43. War of the Worlds (2005)

44. Serenity (2005)

45. V for Vendetta (2005)

46. Sunshine (2007)

47. Cloverfield (2008)

48. Avatar (2009)

49. District 9 (2009)

50. Moon (2009)

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🚀 2010s–Present

51. Inception (2010)

52. Interstellar (2014)

53. Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

54. Ex Machina (2015)

55. The Martian (2015)

56. Arrival (2016)

57. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

58. Annihilation (2018)

59. Dune: Part One (2021)

60. Dune: Part Two (2024)