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Best Sci-Fi films ever made (in my personal opinion)

by dreamwalk1986 • Created 9 years ago • Modified 6 years ago
Films featuring hacking, robots, A.I, cyberpunk themes, virtual reality, Aliens etc.
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  • Antonio Banderas in Automata (2014)

    1. Automata

    20141h 49mR37Metascore
    6.0 (61K)
    During a routine investigation involving robot manipulation, an insurance agent at a robotics company makes a discovery that has profound consequences for the human race.
    DirectorGabe IbáñezStarsAntonio BanderasBirgitte Hjort SørensenDylan McDermott
  • Deborah Kara Unger and Jeremy Sisto in One Point O (2004)

    2. One Point O

    20041h 35mR
    5.9 (6.2K)
    After receiving mysterious empty packages inside his apartment, a young computer-programmer begins a personal investigation into their origins.
    DirectorsJeff RenfroeMarteinn ThorssonStarsRichard ReesJeremy SistoUdo Kier
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger and John Pantellas in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

    3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    19912h 17mR75Metascore
    8.6 (1.2M)
    A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.
    DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonEdward Furlong
  • Sharlto Copley in Chappie (2015)

    4. Chappie

    20152hR41Metascore
    6.8 (279K)
    In the near future, crime is patrolled by a mechanized police force. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself.
    DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsSharlto CopleyDev PatelHugh Jackman
  • Ryan Phillippe, Rachael Leigh Cook, and Claire Forlani in Antitrust (2001)

    5. Antitrust

    20011h 48mPG-1331Metascore
    6.1 (31K)
    A computer programmer's dream job at a hot Portland-based firm turns nightmarish when he discovers his boss has a secret and ruthless means of dispatching anti-trust problems.
    DirectorPeter HowittStarsRyan PhillippeTim RobbinsRachael Leigh Cook
  • Ryan Reynolds in The Nines (2007)

    6. The Nines

    20071h 40mR52Metascore
    6.2 (35K)
    A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
    DirectorJohn AugustStarsRyan ReynoldsHope DavisMelissa McCarthy
  • Harrison Ford and Sean Young in Blade Runner (1982)

    7. Blade Runner

    19821h 57mR84Metascore
    8.1 (860K)
    A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean Young
  • Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Joe Pantoliano, and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix (1999)

    8. 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
  • Bruce Willis in Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

    9. Live Free or Die Hard

    20072h 8mPG-1369Metascore
    7.1 (431K)
    John McClane is forced to team up with a young computer hacker, Matt Farrell, to stop a master cyber-terrorist called Thomas Gabriel, who wants to shut down the entire nations computer infrastructure in a mass cyber attack.
    DirectorLen WisemanStarsBruce WillisJustin LongTimothy Olyphant
  • Toby Stephens and Caity Lotz in The Machine (2013)

    10. The Machine

    20131h 31mR52Metascore
    6.0 (33K)
    In efforts to construct perfect android killing machines in a war against China, UK scientists exceed their goal and create a sentient robot.
    DirectorCaradog W. JamesStarsToby StephensCaity LotzDenis Lawson
  • Alicia Vikander in Ex Machina (2014)

    11. Ex Machina

    20141h 48mR78Metascore
    7.7 (622K)
    A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I.
    DirectorAlex GarlandStarsAlicia VikanderDomhnall GleesonOscar Isaac
  • Splice (2009)

    12. Splice

    20091h 44mR66Metascore
    5.8 (105K)
    Genetic engineers Clive Nicoli and Elsa Kast hope to achieve fame by successfully splicing together the DNA of different animals to create new hybrid animals for medical use.
    DirectorVincenzo NataliStarsAdrien BrodySarah PolleyDelphine Chanéac
  • Haley Joel Osment in A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

    13. A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    20012h 26mPG-1365Metascore
    7.2 (333K)
    A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHaley Joel OsmentJude LawFrances O'Connor
  • Jeff Bridges, Olivia Wilde, and Garrett Hedlund in Tron: Legacy (2010)

    14. Tron: Legacy

    20102h 5mPG49Metascore
    6.8 (370K)
    The son of a computer programmer goes looking for his father and ends up inside the digital world that his father designed. He meets his father's corrupted creation and a unique ally who was born inside the digital world.
    DirectorJoseph KosinskiStarsJeff BridgesGarrett HedlundOlivia Wilde
  • Will Smith in I, Robot (2004)

    15. I, Robot

    20041h 55mPG-1359Metascore
    7.1 (601K)
    In 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity.
    DirectorAlex ProyasStarsWill SmithBridget MoynahanBruce Greenwood
  • 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
  • The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

    17. The Thirteenth Floor

    19991h 40mR36Metascore
    7.0 (81K)
    Computer scientist Douglas Hall unknowingly gets involved in the murder of his colleague, Hannon Fuller, a computer genius, who is killed just before the testing of his newly launched virtual reality simulation programme.
    DirectorJosef RusnakStarsCraig BierkoGretchen MolArmin Mueller-Stahl
  • Susan Sarandon, Liv Tyler, Frank Langella, and James Marsden in Robot & Frank (2012)

    18. Robot & Frank

    20121h 29mPG-1367Metascore
    7.0 (67K)
    In 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.
    DirectorJake SchreierStarsPeter SarsgaardFrank LangellaSusan Sarandon
  • District 9 (2009)

    19. District 9

    20091h 52mR81Metascore
    7.9 (739K)
    In a future Earth in which aliens are isolated in a remote ghetto, a government agent finds himself banished there.
    DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsSharlto CopleyDavid JamesJason Cope
  • Joaquin Phoenix in Her (2013)

    20. Her

    20132h 6mR91Metascore
    8.0 (708K)
    In the near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.
    DirectorSpike JonzeStarsJoaquin PhoenixAmy AdamsScarlett Johansson
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger in Total Recall (1990)

    21. Total Recall

    19901h 53mR60Metascore
    7.5 (372K)
    When a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?
    DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerSharon StoneMichael Ironside
  • Sam Rockwell in Moon (2009)

    22. Moon

    20091h 37mR67Metascore
    7.8 (388K)
    Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.
    DirectorDuncan JonesStarsSam RockwellKevin SpaceyDominique McElligott
  • Alien (1979)

    23. Alien

    19791h 57mR89Metascore
    8.5 (1M)
    After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn Hurt

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