Top 100 Sci-Fi Movies/TV Shows of All Time

100 titles that travel well across time — a personal watchlist for top 100 sci-fi movies/tv shows of all time.

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1 Alien(1979)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | UK, USA | English
2 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968)
Movie | Adventure, Sci-Fi | UK, USA | English, Russian
3 Metropolis(1927)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | Germany | German, English
4 Stalker(1979)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | Russia | Russian
5 The Matrix(1999)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | USA, Australia | English
6 Gravity(2013)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | UK, USA | English, Greenlandic
7 The Avengers(2012)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | USA | English, Russian
8 A Clockwork Orange(1971)
Movie | Crime, Sci-Fi | UK, USA | English
9 District 9(2009)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | South Africa, USA | English, Nyanja
10 Close Encounters of the Third Kind(1977)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | USA, UK | English
11 Planet of the Apes(1968)
Movie | Adventure, Sci-Fi | USA | English
12 Children of Men(2006)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | USA, UK | English, German
13 Twelve Monkeysaka 12 Monkeys(1995)
Movie | Mystery, Sci-Fi | USA | English, French
14 Brazil(1985)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | UK, USA | English
15 The Day the Earth Stood Still(1951)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | USA | English, French
16 The Invisible Man(1933)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | USA | English
17 Gojiraaka Godzilla(1954)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | Japan | Japanese, German
18 Red Dwarf(1988)
TV | Comedy, Sci-Fi | UK | English, Esperanto
19 La planete sauvageaka Fantastic Planet(1973)
Movie | Animation, Sci-Fi | France, Czech | French, Czech
20 Forbidden Planet(1956)
Movie | Adventure, Sci-Fi | USA | English
21 Mystery Science Theater 3000(1988)
TV | Comedy, Sci-Fi | USA | English
22 The Handmaid's Tale(2017)
TV | Drama, Sci-Fi | USA | English, German
23 Captain America: Civil War(2016)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | USA, Germany | English, German
24 Ex Machina(2014)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | UK, USA | English
25 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde(1931)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | USA | English
26 X: First Classaka X-Men: First Class(2011)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | USA, UK | English, German
27 Lucia(2013)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | India | Kannada
28 Gattaca(1997)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | USA | English, Esperanto
29 X2aka X2: X-Men United(2003)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | Canada, USA | English, German
30 The Matrix Reloaded(2003)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | USA | English, French
31 Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1978)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | USA | English, French
32 Tanin no kaoaka The Face of Another(1966)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | Japan | Japanese, German
33 Fahrenheit 451(1966)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | UK | English, Russian
34 Seconds(1966)
Movie | Sci-Fi, Thriller | USA | English
35 Snowpiercer(2013)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | South Korea, Czech | English, Korean
36 The Incredible Shrinking Man(1957)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | USA | English
37 The War of the Worlds(1953)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | USA | English, Spanish
38 Them!(1954)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | USA | English
39 Village of the Damned(1960)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | UK, USA | English
40 Tenet(2020)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | USA, UK | English
41 The Butterfly Effect(2004)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | USA, Canada | English
42 Threads(1984)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | UK, Australia | English
43 The Thing from Another World(1951)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | USA | English
44 Melancholia(2011)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | Denmark, Sweden | English
45 Creature from the Black Lagoon(1954)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | USA | English, Spanish
46 Sleeper(1973)
Movie | Comedy, Sci-Fi | USA | English, Yiddish
47 Paris qui dortaka At 3:25(1925)
Movie | Sci-Fi | France | French
48 Fantastic Voyage(1966)
Movie | Adventure, Sci-Fi | USA | English
49 Upgrade(2018)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | USA, Australia | English, Dutch
50 Limitless(2011)
Movie | Sci-Fi, Thriller | USA | English, Russian
51 Tetsuoaka Tetsuo: The Iron Man(1989)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | Japan | Japanese
52 Sunshine(2007)
Movie | Sci-Fi, Thriller | UK, USA | English
53 The Running Man(1987)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | USA | English, Italian
54 Nineteen Eighty-Fouraka 1984(1984)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | UK, Germany | English
55 Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion(1966)
TV | Adventure, Sci-Fi | Germany | German
56 Alien: Romulus(2024)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | UK, USA | English
57 Iron Man 2(2010)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | USA | English, French
58 Starman(1984)
Movie | Romance, Sci-Fi | USA | English
59 Orphan Black(2013)
TV | Drama, Sci-Fi | Canada | English
60 28 Weeks Later(2007)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | UK, Spain | English
61 The Matrix Revolutions(2003)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | USA, Australia | English, French
62 The Andromeda Strain(1971)
Movie | Mystery, Sci-Fi | USA | English
63 The Blob(1958)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | USA | English, Italian
64 Monkey Business(1952)
Movie | Comedy, Sci-Fi | USA | English
65 The Curse of Frankenstein(1957)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | UK | English
66 Foundation(2021)
TV | Drama, Sci-Fi | Ireland, USA | English
67 Super 8(2011)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | USA | English
68 Pitch Black(2000)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | USA | English, Arabic
69 The Thirteenth Floor(1999)
Movie | Mystery, Sci-Fi | Germany, USA | English
70 THX 1138(1971)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | USA | English
71 The Invaders(1967)
TV | Drama, Sci-Fi | USA | English
72 The Island(2005)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | USA | English
73 Krrish(2006)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | India | Hindi
74 Kaiju soshingekiaka Destroy All Monsters(1968)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | Japan | Japanese
75 Scanners(1981)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | Canada | English
76 Things to Come(1936)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | UK | English
77 The Mist(2007)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | USA | English
78 Legion(2017)
TV | Action, Sci-Fi | USA | English
79 Altered States(1980)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | USA | English, Spanish
80 Phantasm(1979)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | USA | English
81 Lucy(2014)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | France, Germany | English, Mandarin
82 Demolition Man(1993)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | USA | English
83 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea(1964)
TV | Adventure, Sci-Fi | USA | English
84 The Brood(1979)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | Canada | English
85 Sora no daikaiju Radonaka Rodan(1956)
Movie | Sci-Fi, Thriller | Japan | Japanese, Mandarin
86 Je t'aime, je t'aimeaka I Love You, I Love You(1968)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | France | French, Dutch
87 Tarantula(1955)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | USA | English
88 It Came from Outer Space(1953)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | USA | English
89 Indradhanush(1989)
TV | Sci-Fi | India | Hindi
90 The Wolverine(2013)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | USA, UK | English, Japanese
91 Stargate Universe(2009)
TV | Drama, Sci-Fi | Canada, USA | English
92 The Blob(1988)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | USA | English
93 Captain Vyom(1998)
TV | Action, Sci-Fi | India | Hindi
94 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms(1953)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | USA | English, French
95 Coherence(2013)
Movie | Mystery, Sci-Fi | USA, UK | English
96 X-Men Origins: Wolverine(2009)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | USA, UK | English
97 Better Off Ted(2009)
TV | Comedy, Sci-Fi | USA | English
98 The Man Who Fell to Earth(1976)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | UK | English
99 UHF(1989)
Movie | Comedy, Sci-Fi | USA | English
100 Escape from the Planet of the Apes(1971)
Movie | Action, Sci-Fi | USA | English

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Updated November 29, 2025 · FlickRatings