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Sci-Fi Movies 1990 - 1999

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  • Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, and Madeleine Stowe in 12 Monkeys (1995)

    1. 12 Monkeys

    19952h 9mR75Metascore
    8.0 (667K)
    In 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.
    DirectorTerry GilliamStarsBruce WillisMadeleine StoweBrad Pitt
  • Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Anthony Daniels, Liam Neeson, Jake Lloyd, Kenny Baker, Ahmed Best, Keira Knightley, Ray Park, and Peter Serafinowicz in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

    2. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

    19992h 16mPG51Metascore
    6.5 (901K)
    Two Jedi escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long-dormant Sith resurface to claim their former glory.
    DirectorGeorge LucasStarsEwan McGregorLiam NeesonNatalie Portman
  • Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Joe Pantoliano, and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix (1999)

    3. The Matrix

    19992h 16mR73Metascore
    8.7 (2.2M)
    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.
    DirectorsLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne Moss
  • Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, and Bruce Willis in The Fifth Element (1997)

    4. The Fifth Element

    19972h 6mPG-1352Metascore
    7.6 (531K)
    In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.
    DirectorLuc BessonStarsBruce WillisMilla JovovichGary Oldman
  • Jim Carrey in The Truman Show (1998)

    5. The Truman Show

    19981h 43mPG90Metascore
    8.2 (1.3M)
    An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show.
    DirectorPeter WeirStarsJim CarreyEd HarrisLaura Linney
  • The City of Lost Children (1995)

    6. The City of Lost Children

    19951h 52mR73Metascore
    7.4 (74K)
    A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
    DirectorsMarc CaroJean-Pierre JeunetStarsRon PerlmanDaniel EmilforkJudith Vittet
  • Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey in Contact (1997)

    7. Contact

    19972h 30mPG62Metascore
    7.5 (305K)
    Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.
    DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsJodie FosterMatthew McConaugheyTom Skerritt
  • Mark Hamill in Time Runner (1993)

    8. Time Runner

    19931h 30mR
    4.1 (1.2K)
    During the unstoppable alien invasion of 2022, one man flees through a wormhole to 1992 in hope of changing the future. But attempt after attempt is made by someone there to catch and kill him.
    DirectorMichael MazoStarsMark HamillRae Dawn ChongBrion James
  • Robot Wars (1998)

    9. Robot Wars

    1998–2018142 epsTV-PGTV Series
    7.3 (1.3K)
    Knockout competition between deadly robots designed and controlled by contestants. There's chainsaws, spikes, and lots of flying metal.
    StarsJonathan PearceNoel SharkeyStuart McDonald
  • Megan Ward in Crash and Burn (1990)

    10. Crash and Burn

    19901h 25mRVideo
    5.0 (1.6K)
    Unicom is a powerful organization overseeing most of the world after its economic collapse. They have banned computers and robots in an attempt to insure "life, liberty, and the pursuit of economic stability". When a Unicom Synth robot infiltrates a southwest TV station and kills the manager, a revolutionary against the gestapo-like corporation, a lowly Unicom delivery man must help the rest of the station survive through the incoming "thermal storm".
    DirectorCharles BandStarsPaul GanusMegan WardRalph Waite
  • Alien³ (1992)

    11. Alien³

    19921h 54mR59Metascore
    6.4 (343K)
    Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.
    DirectorDavid FincherStarsSigourney WeaverCharles S. DuttonCharles Dance
  • Gary Oldman, Mimi Rogers, Lacey Chabert, William Hurt, Heather Graham, Matt LeBlanc, and Jack Johnson in Lost in Space (1998)

    12. Lost in Space

    19982h 10mPG-1343Metascore
    5.2 (76K)
    The Robinson family was going into space to fight for a chance for humanity. Now they are fighting to live long enough to find a way home.
    DirectorStephen HopkinsStarsGary OldmanWilliam HurtMatt LeBlanc
  • Stargate (1994)

    13. Stargate

    19942h 1mPG-1342Metascore
    7.0 (214K)
    An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
    DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsKurt RussellJames SpaderJaye Davidson
  • Screamers (1995)

    14. Screamers

    19951h 48mR
    6.3 (31K)
    A military commander stationed off planet during an interplanetary war travels through the devastated landscape to negotiate a peace treaty, but discovers that the primitive robots they built to kill enemy combatants have gained sentience.
    DirectorChristian DuguayStarsPeter WellerRoy DupuisJennifer Rubin
  • Pierce Brosnan, Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Danny DeVito, and Annette Bening in Mars Attacks! (1996)

    15. Mars Attacks!

    19961h 46mPG-1352Metascore
    6.4 (254K)
    Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor.
    DirectorTim BurtonStarsJack NicholsonPierce BrosnanSarah Jessica Parker
  • Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, and Juliette Lewis in Strange Days (1995)

    16. Strange Days

    19952h 25mR66Metascore
    7.2 (82K)
    A black-marketeer tries to save a woman in 1999 Los Angeles.
    DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsRalph FiennesAngela BassettJuliette Lewis
  • Spaced Invaders (1990)

    17. Spaced Invaders

    19901h 40mPG38Metascore
    5.3 (4.1K)
    Dimwitted Martians drop into a little Illinois town on the day that the local radio station happens to rebroadcast Orson Welles 1938 "War Of The Worlds".
    DirectorPatrick Read JohnsonStarsDouglas BarrRoyal DanoAriana Richards
  • Liv Tyler, Bruce Willis, and Ben Affleck in Armageddon (1998)

    18. Armageddon

    19982h 31mPG-1342Metascore
    6.7 (469K)
    After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.
    DirectorMichael BayStarsBruce WillisBilly Bob ThorntonBen Affleck
  • Kevin Costner in Waterworld (1995)

    19. Waterworld

    19952h 15mPG-1356Metascore
    6.3 (219K)
    In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw "smokers," and reluctantly helps a woman and a young girl try to find dry land.
    DirectorKevin ReynoldsStarsKevin CostnerJeanne TripplehornDennis Hopper
  • D.B. Sweeney in Fire in the Sky (1993)

    20. Fire in the Sky

    19931h 49mPG-1342Metascore
    6.5 (30K)
    An Arizona logger mysteriously disappears for five days in an alleged encounter with a flying saucer in 1975. His co-workers endure ridicule and contempt as they are wrongly accused of murder.
    DirectorRobert LiebermanStarsD.B. SweeneyRobert PatrickCraig Sheffer
  • Lori Petty in Tank Girl (1995)

    21. Tank Girl

    19951h 44mR46Metascore
    5.4 (37K)
    A girl is among the few survivors of a dystopian Earth. Riding a war tank, she fights against the tyranny of a mega-corporation that dominates the remaining potable water supply of the planet.
    DirectorRachel TalalayStarsLori PettyIce-TNaomi Watts
  • Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington in Virtuosity (1995)

    22. Virtuosity

    19951h 46mR39Metascore
    5.5 (34K)
    When a virtual reality simulation created using the personalities of multiple serial killers manages to escape into the real world, an ex-cop is tasked with stopping its reign of terror.
    DirectorBrett LeonardStarsDenzel WashingtonRussell CroweKelly Lynch
  • Keanu Reeves in Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

    23. Johnny Mnemonic

    19951h 36mR36Metascore
    5.6 (79K)
    A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza.
    DirectorRobert LongoStarsKeanu ReevesDolph LundgrenDina Meyer
  • The Arrival (1996)

    24. The Arrival

    19961h 55mPG-1356Metascore
    6.2 (40K)
    Zane, an astronomer, discovers intelligent alien life. But the aliens are keeping a deadly secret, and will do anything to stop Zane from learning it.
    DirectorDavid TwohyStarsCharlie SheenLindsay CrouseRichard Schiff
  • Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and DeForest Kelley in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

    25. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

    19911h 50mPG65Metascore
    7.2 (84K)
    On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace.
    DirectorNicholas MeyerStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest Kelley

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