Release calendarTop 250 moviesMost popular moviesBrowse movies by genreTop box officeShowtimes & ticketsMovie newsIndia movie spotlight
    What's on TV & streamingTop 250 TV showsMost popular TV showsBrowse TV shows by genreTV news
    What to watchLatest trailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily entertainment guideIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsEmmysSan Diego Comic-ConSummer Watch GuideToronto Int'l Film FestivalSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll events
    Born todayMost popular celebsCelebrity news
    Help centerContributor zonePolls
For industry professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign in
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
Copy

Sci-Fi Movies

by Dear_Rufus • Created 11 months ago • Modified 1 month ago
List activity
163 views
• 1 this week
Create a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
  • 1 - 250
  • 552 titles
  • Hardware (1990)

    1. Hardware

    19901h 34mR41Metascore
    5.9 (17K)
    The head of a cyborg reactivates, rebuilds itself, and goes on a violent rampage in a space marine's girlfriend's apartment.
    DirectorRichard StanleyStarsDylan McDermottStacey TravisJohn Lynch
  • Robot Jox (1989)

    2. Robot Jox

    19891h 25mPG
    5.5 (7.8K)
    In the distant future, mankind has forsaken global wars for battles of single combat. The world has been divided into two opposing super powers, with each side represented by trained champions.
    DirectorStuart GordonStarsGary GrahamAnne-Marie JohnsonPaul Koslo
  • Mindwarp (1991)

    3. Mindwarp

    19911h 36mR
    5.2 (3.2K)
    In post-apocalyptic 2037, Judy rebels against the AI-ruled utopia where people live in a happy VR simulation. She's exiled to a post-nuclear wasteland where she meets drifter Stover. Mutated cannibals capture them for their leader Seer.
    DirectorSteve BarnettStarsBruce CampbellAngus ScrimmMarta Martin
  • Tom Selleck and Cynthia Rhodes in Runaway (1984)

    4. Runaway

    19841h 40mPG-1350Metascore
    5.9 (15K)
    In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.
    DirectorMichael CrichtonStarsTom SelleckCynthia RhodesGene Simmons
  • Sean Young and Kyle MacLachlan in Dune (1984)

    5. Dune

    19842h 17mPG-1341Metascore
    6.3 (190K)
    A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanVirginia MadsenFrancesca Annis
  • Alien (1979)

    6. 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
  • Alien³ (1992)

    7. 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
  • Winona Ryder and Sigourney Weaver in Alien: Resurrection (1997)

    8. Alien: Resurrection

    19971h 49mR62Metascore
    6.2 (284K)
    Two centuries after her death, a powerful human/alien hybrid clone of Ellen Ripley aids a crew of space pirates in stopping the aliens from reaching Earth.
    DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsSigourney WeaverWinona RyderDominique Pinon
  • Alien Nation (1988)

    9. Alien Nation

    19881h 31mR45Metascore
    6.3 (17K)
    In 1988, Earth makes the first contact with an alien civilization. In 1991, these aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after three years of quarantine.
    DirectorGraham BakerStarsJames CaanMandy PatinkinTerence Stamp
  • 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)

    10. 2010: The Year We Make Contact

    19841h 56mPG53Metascore
    6.7 (60K)
    A joint USA-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn exactly what happened to the "Discovery" and its H.A.L. 9000 computer.
    DirectorPeter HyamsStarsRoy ScheiderJohn LithgowHelen Mirren
  • Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn in Aliens (1986)

    11. Aliens

    19862h 17mR84Metascore
    8.4 (815K)
    Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.
    DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverMichael BiehnCarrie Henn
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ralf Moeller, Vincent Klyn, and Haley Peterson in Cyborg (1989)

    12. Cyborg

    19891h 26mR24Metascore
    5.0 (36K)
    A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.
    DirectorAlbert PyunStarsJean-Claude Van DammeDeborah RichterVincent Klyn
  • Dolph Lundgren and Matthias Hues in Dark Angel (1990)

    13. Dark Angel

    19901h 31mR
    6.1 (16K)
    A renegade cop is forced to work with an FBI agent in order to bring down a group of drug dealers with sinister plans.
    DirectorCraig R. BaxleyStarsDolph LundgrenBrian BenbenBetsy Brantley
  • Sandahl Bergman, Roddy Piper, and Cec Verrell in Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)

    14. Hell Comes to Frogtown

    19881h 26mR
    5.5 (8K)
    After a worldwide nuclear war, where 68% of the male population was wiped out and virile men becoming a rarity, Sam Hell, a scavenger and a highly virile man, is assigned to help rescue a group of fertile women kidnapped by humanoid frogs.
    DirectorsDonald G. JacksonR.J. KizerStarsJulius LeFloreRCBRoddy Piper
  • Andrew Divoff and Musetta Vander in Oblivion (1994)

    15. Oblivion

    19941h 34mPG-13
    4.8 (1.8K)
    On another planet which resembles the Old West, a die-hard pacifist is forced to re-examine his ways after an evil alien bandit and his gang murder his estranged sheriff father, take over his home town, and threaten his friends.
    DirectorSam IrvinStarsRichard Joseph PaulJackie SwansonAndrew Divoff
  • Dark Star (1974)

    16. Dark Star

    19741h 23mG66Metascore
    6.1 (29K)
    In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDan O'BannonDre PahichBrian Narelle
  • Jeff Fahey in The Lawnmower Man (1992)

    17. The Lawnmower Man

    19921h 48mR42Metascore
    5.4 (41K)
    A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.
    DirectorBrett LeonardStarsJeff FaheyPierce BrosnanJenny Wright
  • Lance Guest in The Last Starfighter (1984)

    18. The Last Starfighter

    19841h 40mPG67Metascore
    6.7 (48K)
    High schooler Alex Rogan conquers the Starfighter video game, only to find out it was just a test, and is transported to another planet. He has been recruited to join a team of the best starfighters to defend their world from the attack.
    DirectorNick CastleStarsLance GuestRobert PrestonKay E. Kuter
  • Carmen Argenziano, Daryl Bartley, Tyke Caravelli, Joe Colligan, Noelle North, and Les Tremayne in Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)

    19. Starchaser: The Legend of Orin

    19851h 40mPG
    6.5 (2.7K)
    Set on the subterranean Mine-World, a band of human worker are treated like slaves under the power of the evil overlord Zygon until one, Orin, unearths the hilt of a mythical sword that only he can master. Escaping the planet, he runs into the rogue smuggler Dagg and a pair of helpful droids and the princess, who all team up to return to the Mine-World with a plan to defeat Zygon and free Orin's enslaved people.
    DirectorSteven HahnStarsJoe ColliganCarmen ArgenzianoNoelle North
  • Heavy Metal (1981)

    20. Heavy Metal

    19811h 26mR51Metascore
    6.6 (40K)
    A glowing green orb that embodies ultimate evil terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories.
    DirectorsGerald PottertonJohn BrunoJohn HalasStarsRichard RomanusJohn CandyJoe Flaherty
  • Dolph Lundgren, Robert Duncan McNeill, and Courteney Cox in Masters of the Universe (1987)

    21. Masters of the Universe

    19871h 46mPG35Metascore
    5.4 (47K)
    The heroic warrior He-Man battles against the evil lord Skeletor and his armies of darkness for control of Castle Grayskull.
    DirectorGary GoddardStarsDolph LundgrenFrank LangellaMeg Foster
  • Olivier Gruner in Nemesis (1992)

    22. Nemesis

    19921h 36mR
    5.4 (7.4K)
    Alex, a burned out LA cyborg cop, is forced by commissioner Farnsworth to find his former cyborg partner and lover Jared who's about to deliver sensitive data to cyborg terrorists who wish to wage war against humans. Is he being played?
    DirectorAlbert PyunStarsOlivier GrunerTim ThomersonCary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
  • Rutger Hauer in Split Second (1992)

    23. Split Second

    19921h 30mR26Metascore
    6.0 (18K)
    In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner, and has haunted him ever since. He soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.
    DirectorTony MaylamStarsRutger HauerKim CattrallAlastair Duncan
  • Christopher Lambert in Fortress (1992)

    24. Fortress

    19921h 35mR48Metascore
    5.9 (32K)
    In a future, private underground prison/Fortress, the inmates are computer controlled with CCTV, dream readers and devices that can cause pain or death. John and his illegally pregnant wife are inside but want to escape before birth.
    DirectorStuart GordonStarsChristopher LambertLoryn LocklinKurtwood Smith
  • Paul Satterfield in Arena (1989)

    25. Arena

    19891h 55mPG-13
    5.3 (3.4K)
    A human becomes an unlikely rising star in the biggest fighting tournament in the galaxy that's dominated by alien species.
    DirectorPeter ManoogianStarsPaul SatterfieldHamilton CampClaudia Christian

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb App
Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
Follow IMDb on social
Get the IMDb App
For Android and iOS
Get the IMDb App
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • License IMDb Data
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.