Critically Acclaimed Sci-Fi Movies, a list by Apollo

68

/6478/

68

/967/

3.2

/352796/

62

/290/

78

/750/

56

/52/

2.5

age 16+

Desperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards is convinced by The Running Man's charming but ruthless producer to enter the deadly competition game as a last resort. But Ben's defiance, instincts, and grit turn him into an unexpected fan favorite — and a threat to the entire system. As ratings skyrocket, so does the danger, and Ben must outwit not just the Hunters, but a nation addicted to watching him fall.

80

IMDb 10

7.3

/80510/

75

/6202/

77

/1391/

3.5

/315099/

86

/268/

95

/2985/

71

/43/

4.0

age 14+

Cast out from his clan, a young Predator finds an unlikely ally in a damaged android and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.

66

IMDb 13

6.2

/60038/

65

/5776/

65

/985/

2.7

/236738/

53

/266/

84

/2697/

48

/49/

4.0

age 13+

A highly sophisticated Program called Ares is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind's first encounter with A.I. beings.

74

IMDb 53

6.7

/90960/

68

/5918/

69

/1043/

3.5

/703084/

88

/292/

84

/942/

71

/34/

3.0

age 16+

In a dystopian near-future America, fifty teenage boys take part in a deadly annual walking contest, forced to maintain a minimum pace or be executed, until only one survivor remains.

64

5.3

/7131/

59

/774/

67

/205/

2.8

/14330/

65

/23/

86

/154/

age 16+

During the Vietnam War, a recon unit ventures to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing platoon. They soon find themselves in a fight for their lives against an unexpected enemy — prehistoric dinosaurs.

56

5.5

/671/

55

/46/

58

/15/

3.0

/4537/

63

/24/

51

/28/

2.0

age 17+

A shitstorm of bad news sends out-of-work filmmaker Jimmy Lang spiraling into an out-of-control bender, during which he claims to have been abducted by aliens. Fearing they’ll come back, he contacts his old friend Stiggs to help him gear up for war.

60

4.8

/1607/

56

/349/

56

/44/

2.9

/3153/

88

/25/

45

/39/

3.0

After a traumatic brain injury triggers terrifying visions of extraterrestrials and a newfound talent for drawing, a father-to-be begins to question his reality and becomes obsessed with the need to protect his family from an unseen threat.

54

4.9

/2685/

56

/351/

56

/52/

2.5

/1538/

94

/16/

24

/32/

2.0

Desperate to save her sister, Abby takes a dangerous job in the remote Georgian wilderness. Stranded in the mountains after her helicopter crashes, she finds hope through John, a mysterious helper radioing from nearby. As he guides her through the harsh conditions, Abby struggles to survive, and her grip on reality falters until she is faced with an impossible choice.

54

4.7

/4346/

61

/939/

61

/163/

2.3

/2743/

50

/18/

52

/58/

2.5

Special Forces commandos on a mission are abducted mid-operation by a mysterious spacecraft. Upon waking aboard, they find themselves prey to a relentless alien race in a fight for survival.

77

57

7.7

/3549/

75

/90/

78

/28/

3.9

/63839/

A young man living alone in Croatia encounters a woman who claims to be his wife from the future, sent on a mission to help him correct his bad habits and improve his lifestyle.

74

6.5

/5822/

71

/577/

61

/62/

3.3

/12471/

89

/95/

94

/59/

74

/19/

3.0

age 16+

Hailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they make one last stand against a vicious militia hell-bent on taking their 40 Acres.

57

IMDb 86

5.9

/171282/

62

/14752/

63

/2777/

2.6

/919436/

50

/401/

70

/7223/

50

/55/

2.0

age 12+

Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, covert operations expert Zora Bennett is contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure genetic material from the world's three most massive dinosaurs. When Zora's operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized, they all find themselves stranded on an island where they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that's been hidden from the world for decades.

63

6.0

/44286/

67

/5487/

73

/1081/

2.7

/192238/

57

/244/

81

/665/

54

/42/

2.5

age 14+

After the underlying tech for M3GAN is stolen and misused by a powerful defense contractor to create a military-grade weapon known as Amelia, M3GAN's creator Gemma realizes that the only option is to resurrect M3GAN and give her a few upgrades, making her faster, stronger, and more lethal.

72

IMDb 34

6.6

/180130/

64

/10653/

66

/1981/

3.4

/1030438/

89

/395/

63

/2019/

77

/56/

3.5

age 16+

Twenty-eight years since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. When one member departs on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.

78

IMDb 27

7.3

/52918/

74

/2789/

73

/708/

3.7

/239799/

80

/295/

88

/358/

67

/42/

4.0

age 14+

In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

65

64

5.7

/7231/

58

/405/

60

/70/

2.8

/12001/

83

/12/

77

/49/

At a secluded summer camp, timid and introverted 12-year-old Morgan is thrust into a waking nightmare when a once-fabled campfire tale becomes real. As a mysterious figure descends upon the camp, Morgan and his newfound friends must embark on a treacherous journey and uncover a sinister reality buried beneath the surface.

65

5.7

/8033/

53

/523/

58

/189/

3.0

/63585/

75

/187/

51

/22/

72

/37/

4.0

age 17+

Inconsolable since the death of his wife, Karsh, a prominent businessman, invents a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor their dear departed in their shrouds. One night, multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated, and he sets out to track down the perpetrators.

72

6.6

/21378/

66

/1490/

68

/369/

3.5

/101516/

84

/79/

91

/17/

62

/19/

3.0

age 15+

In a climate change-ravaged world, a utopian society optimizes life, including parenthood assessments. A successful couple faces scrutiny by an evaluator over seven days to determine their fitness for childbearing.

57

4.6

/15748/

50

/2054/

51

/399/

2.4

/43376/

71

/92/

52

/71/

63

/16/

3.0

age 15+

On the mysterious planet of Ash, Riya awakens to find her crew slaughtered. When a man named Brion arrives to rescue her, an ordeal of psychological and physical terror ensues while Riya and Brion must decide if they can trust one another to survive.

68

62

5.7

/2548/

59

/292/

57

/43/

3.4

/24792/

100

/24/

A group of recent grads head out on a late night drive for grub, hoping to enjoy one final hangout before their paths diverge. Instead, they accidentally turn onto a never-ending, two-lane hellscape surrounded by untold horrors and cosmic forces beyond their understanding. Cramped together inside a Jeep Cherokee and with the miles stretching infinitely ahead, they face a choice: embrace their new existence or fight to escape it.

55

5.5

/694/

58

/65/

64

/15/

3.0

/3349/

65

/55/

49

/15/

1.5

A man struggling to come to terms with the sudden death of his girlfriend in an accident six months prior signs up for a sleep trial that allows him to reconstruct his life with her through the use of lucid dreams.

67

6.7

/158667/

71

/13641/

76

/3311/

2.9

/419165/

62

/149/

74

/1212/

57

/29/

3.0

age 14+

Two highly trained operatives grow close from a distance after being sent to guard opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. When an evil below emerges, they must work together to survive what lies within.

73

6.9

/162845/

70

/10927/

70

/1997/

3.4

/1291462/

93

/261/

88

/531/

70

/40/

2.5

age 16+

During a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced technology. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, they uncover unsettling truths about themselves and the world around them.

50

5.1

/3794/

55

/458/

66

/91/

2.4

/5849/

49

/45/

43

/92/

52

/10/

1.5

age 15+

Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and personal freedom have been well and truly obliterated.

70

6.8

/51995/

70

/4771/

72

/406/

3.4

/159342/

77

/44/

78

/358/

55

/7/

3.0

age 13+

When an 8-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes on Caddo Lake, a series of past deaths and disappearances begin to link together, forever altering a broken family’s history.

59

5.6

/29012/

65

/4869/

64

/861/

2.2

/41091/

55

/56/

80

/180/

50

/9/

2.5

age 14+

Post-apocalyptic survivors find refuge in the Rocky Mountains to hide from giant, insect-like creatures that can't live above 8,000 feet. However, when one of them needs life-saving supplies, they risk it all to venture into the danger zone.

62

5.2

/3305/

60

/474/

56

/67/

3.0

/6627/

81

/54/

40

/44/

62

/5/

3.5

In order to escape the police after a robbery, two estranged siblings lay low in a metaphysical farmhouse that hides them away in a different time. There they reckon with a mysterious force that pushes their familial bonds to unnatural breaking points.

62

6.1

/22790/

64

/3892/

67

/1191/

2.8

/39944/

Popcorn

65

/119/

age 15+

When a kind of rabies that transforms people into aggressive creatures spreads across the planet, Manel isolates himself at home with his cat, relying on his wits to survive; but soon they must go out in search of food, by land and by sea, dodging many dangers.

62

61

5.8

/5411/

63

/1066/

59

/118/

3.0

/4530/

81

/16/

53

/35/

age 16+

Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he encounters Mae, a hardened and eccentric survivor. Together, Ethan and Mae face threats both human and otherwise before a fateful encounter with Kai unravels a secret that lies just beyond Ethan's fractured memory.

50

4.7

/40809/

47

/2812/

52

/927/

2.3

/278220/

46

/303/

34

/444/

55

/60/

3.0

age 15+

In a futuristic New York known as New Rome, visionary architect Cesar Catilina dreams of building "Megalopolis," a utopian city that redefines society’s limits. Opposing him is the corrupt Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who clings to power and profit. Between them stands Julia, the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar forces her to choose between loyalty, ambition, and the fate of humanity.

63

5.8

/11559/

59

/1114/

66

/267/

2.9

/56381/

90

/61/

53

/96/

65

/8/

2.5

age 16+

The infinite playground of forbidden worlds and dangerous lifeforms offered by the sci-fi horror genre will lead to the biggest, maddest, bloodiest V/H/S ever.

63

5.6

/3729/

60

/717/

58

/85/

3.0

/16346/

84

/38/

49

/48/

68

/10/

3.0

age 14+

Diagnosed with a black hole growing inside her chest and stuck in a loop reliving the last five days of her life, a 55-year-old wife and mother from Miami, Florida decides to solve time travel in order to go back and be the person she always intended to be.

77

7.2

/392638/

69

/20578/

71

/5542/

3.8

/3144045/

89

/377/

76

/762/

78

/57/

3.5

age 17+

A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

51

5.7

/11669/

61

/1869/

61

/215/

2.8

/10242/

38

/61/

64

/52/

52

/15/

1.0

age 15+

An elite trio of astronauts aboard a years-long, possibly compromised mission to Saturn's moon Titan, gears up for a highly dangerous slingshot manoeuvre that will either catapult them to Titan or into deep space.

53

4.4

/1468/

49

/196/

50

/47/

2.4

/4717/

83

/41/

31

/29/

62

/10/

2.5

Far away, in the desolate Serbian wilderness, a U.S.-led fracking crew uncover a dormant monster gestating inside a centuries-old French soldier. Now awakened and exposed in its most dangerously fragile state, it tears through the men on the grounds in search of a new womb.

50

5.4

/34396/

61

/4190/

66

/917/

1.9

/112037/

49

/35/

37

/294/

age 16+

With his wife out sick, a struggling father brings home a lifelike AI, only to have his self-aware new help want everything her new family has to offer... Like the affection of her owner and she'll kill to get it.

73

7.1

/277738/

72

/18562/

72

/4199/

3.6

/1153035/

80

/409/

85

/3136/

64

/57/

3.0

age 15+

While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.

60

53

4.3

/2819/

51

/346/

45

/34/

2.5

/1128/

92

/13/

81

/45/

Injured U.S. soldier Miles Willis awakens to discover he is trapped in a mysterious cube armed only with his combat gear. As Miles begins to question his sanity, he finds a lifeline – a voice on the other end of his satellite phone who claims to be a prisoner in a similar space. As the walls close in, these two strangers must put their heads together if they are to outwit their captors and unlock this deadly puzzle.

65

53

6.3

/5354/

67

/89/

74

/114/

2.9

/4430/

Bonded in their youth and separated by tragedy, an astronaut and a free diver bend the laws of space and time in their efforts to be together again.

67

6.3

/169529/

64

/12148/

66

/3122/

3.1

/866745/

86

/288/

72

/1321/

68

/53/

2.5

age 14+

As New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sam fights to survive with her cat.

56

51

4.7

/2098/

61

/461/

54

/46/

2.4

/1854/

72

/68/

When a troubled model takes a new drug at a party, she suffers a shocking transformation. Pursued by authorities and a dangerous gang, she hunts for a fix to reverse these effects, only to discover her mutations could save the human race.

53

4.6

/4386/

56

/1061/

58

/338/

2.1

/7156/

73

/15/

23

/68/

3.0

A couple celebrates their son’s birthday in the middle of the ocean on their boat. A violent storm hits and it brings up hungry creatures from the depths and they fight for their survival.

82

7.5

/312651/

74

/17882/

74

/4595/

3.8

/981778/

90

/426/

88

/528/

79

/64/

4.0

age 16+

As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the wasteland, they encounter the citadel presided over by Immortan Joe. The two tyrants wage war for dominance, and Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

73

6.8

/165177/

70

/13302/

70

/4040/

3.3

/587941/

81

/329/

77

/1172/

66

/57/

3.5

age 13+

Several generations following Caesar's reign, apes – now the dominant species – live harmoniously while humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all he's known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.

55

5.5

/9047/

60

/1115/

54

/212/

2.6

/26955/

72

/60/

41

/57/

59

/12/

2.0

age 15+

In the wake of an environmental collapse that has forced humanity to shed 20% of its population, a family dinner erupts into chaos when a father's plan to enlist in the government's new euthanasia program goes horribly awry.

58

5.7

/18716/

61

/1782/

62

/474/

2.4

/52514/

70

/113/

62

/18/

57

/16/

2.0

age 16+

After raising an unnervingly talented spider in secret, 12-year-old Charlotte must face the truth about her pet and fight for her family's survival.

63

6.0

/131574/

68

/11701/

70

/4461/

2.7

/439354/

54

/252/

89

/1718/

47

/51/

2.5

age 11+

Following their explosive showdown, Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own.

86

8.4

/708670/

83

/31844/

81

/7380/

4.4

/2928132/

92

/466/

95

/2263/

79

/62/