Top Sci Fi Movies, a list by Jason Krauser

8.5

/1430620/

85

/47039/

83

/21247/

4.2

/2376729/

93

/117/

95

/40121/

88

/27/

3.5

age 10+

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

86

8.1

/1194315/

79

/53705/

76

/23650/

4.2

/1983078/

97

/439/

86

/11208/

90

/51/

4.0

age 16+

An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.

86

IMDb 82

8.8

/2773250/

86

/84168/

83

/38473/

4.2

/3561441/

87

/363/

91

/41621/

74

/42/

4.0

age 14+

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

85

8.6

/1269306/

84

/30730/

81

/13839/

4.3

/885501/

91

/154/

95

/25650/

75

/22/

3.5

age 15+

Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.

84

7.9

/1207246/

80

/62040/

76

/27622/

3.8

/2095122/

94

/278/

91

/82980/

79

/38/

4.0

age 13+

After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.

83

8.1

/914336/

80

/66176/

78

/20044/

4.1

/1351295/

93

/428/

91

/7189/

77

/51/

3.5

age 16+

In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.

83

IMDb 68

8.7

/2461153/

86

/90597/

84

/38563/

4.4

/4902103/

73

/375/

87

/14174/

74

/46/

3.5

age 11+

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

82

8.7

/2218798/

87

/72769/

82

/27199/

4.2

/2497747/

83

/209/

85

/1307885/

73

/36/

3.0

age 15+

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

82

7.3

/898649/

75

/52667/

73

/23065/

3.7

/2557253/

96

/526/

79

/9118/

88

/55/

4.0

age 12+

King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.

82

8.0

/993869/

81

/59213/

76

/20725/

3.8

/1556223/

91

/385/

91

/7127/

80

/46/

3.5

age 12+

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

81

7.9

/848057/

78

/65069/

76

/18856/

4.1

/2244913/

94

/441/

83

/6109/

81

/52/

3.0

age 11+

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

81

8.4

/1417586/

84

/58301/

82

/27110/

3.9

/3111168/

94

/552/

90

/20562/

78

/57/

2.5

age 13+

After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.

81

8.2

/1160184/

82

/39632/

79

/17387/

4.1

/1967743/

91

/204/

91

/38382/

68

/21/

3.0

age 11+

A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.

81

7.9

/795259/

79

/44959/

76

/14681/

3.8

/751159/

91

/338/

90

/8665/

71

/43/

3.5

age 14+

Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.

80

7.5

/648478/

76

/34267/

73

/14984/

3.6

/1820301/

96

/387/

83

/5928/

82

/55/

3.5

age 14+

A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.

80

7.7

/960482/

78

/49011/

76

/19629/

3.8

/1774209/

90

/310/

92

/12038/

70

/48/

3.5

age 13+

After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.

79

8.4

/1345613/

84

/66283/

82

/31324/

4.0

/3161134/

85

/487/

92

/11970/

68

/54/

2.5

age 13+

As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.

79

7.5

/765344/

76

/38028/

74

/18103/

3.9

/1947799/

90

/291/

89

/12026/

76

/49/

3.0

age 14+

After surviving the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta struggle with the consequences of their victory as unrest spreads across Panem. Forced back into the spotlight, they become symbols of hope and resistance while the Capitol prepares a new and deadly challenge that will change the future of the nation forever.

79

7.7

/1017188/

77

/55130/

73

/20188/

3.2

/1706151/

93

/449/

84

/19146/

80

/55/

3.5

age 10+

Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.

78

7.8

/745832/

79

/52318/

75

/16056/

3.8

/1469363/

84

/459/

87

/9513/

65

/51/

3.5

age 11+

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

78

7.8

/915064/

78

/62408/

74

/23643/

3.6

/1964589/

90

/431/

89

/9721/

75

/52/

3.0

age 13+

Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.

77

7.4

/784156/

75

/59498/

73

/22734/

3.5

/2396059/

92

/397/

87

/6618/

73

/51/

3.0

age 10+

Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.

77

7.2

/316718/

73

/17859/

74

/7132/

3.4

/888243/

91

/368/

92

/3534/

71

/57/

3.0

age 14+

Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

77

7.5

/771528/

75

/27983/

73

/15966/

3.9

/1940074/

93

/276/

82

/59410/

83

/41/

2.5

age 11+

Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...

77

7.9

/782325/

77

/34660/

75

/15961/

3.7

/904999/

90

/328/

91

/11026/

75

/44/

2.5

age 13+

The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.

76

8.0

/1541102/

81

/73845/

79

/34979/

3.7

/2301778/

80

/274/

75

/15709/

69

/43/

3.0

age 13+

When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!

75

8.0

/1237755/

82

/122824/

76

/32224/

3.7

/2508176/

85

/345/

90

/10923/

65

/49/

2.0

age 17+

The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.

75

7.2

/1069233/

75

/46180/

72

/22897/

3.8

/2643001/

84

/314/

81

/27261/

68

/49/

3.0

age 14+

In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.

74

IMDb 76

7.1

/377872/

71

/20480/

74

/4122/

3.9

/2684030/

83

/499/

90

/4278/

68

/58/

2.5

age 12+

Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.

74

7.4

/952533/

75

/33100/

73

/20177/

3.9

/2160457/

90

/278/

67

/1692241/

73

/38/

2.5

age 11+

After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man.

74

7.2

/771142/

74

/49223/

70

/20525/

3.2

/1502006/

83

/339/

85

/7222/

64

/44/

3.5

age 12+

Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Doctor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

73

6.3

/263689/

67

/17391/

75

/10436/

2.8

/582367/

75

/393/

91

/3875/

59

/57/

4.0

age 11+

In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle for the ages.

72

7.2

/664564/

75

/31054/

70

/11622/

3.4

/627955/

74

/240/

72

/27917/

62

/40/

3.5

age 15+

The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels digging to Zion in 72 hours, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must find the Keymaker to ultimately reach the Source.

72

6.6

/470137/

69

/28172/

71

/10946/

2.9

/1437079/

79

/462/

91

/4471/

68

/58/

3.0

age 12+

Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.

72

7.0

/690818/

70

/28812/

66

/12932/

3.3

/662694/

73

/311/

68

/19999/

64

/43/

4.0

age 17+

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

72

7.3

/987171/

74

/52474/

72

/23995/

3.2

/1769129/

75

/371/

82

/10376/

66

/49/

3.0

age 13+

When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.

71

6.9

/956052/

74

/46469/

70

/22363/

3.3

/1598704/

80

/274/

75

/15709/

66

/43/

3.0

age 11+

During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an organization that intends to use a mysterious device of untold powers for world domination.

71

7.3

/672861/

72

/31356/

71

/10725/

3.4

/1575612/

70

/380/

76

/2373/

69

/50/

3.0

age 14+

Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

70

7.4

/534431/

75

/42482/

75

/16487/

3.3

/1127062/

71

/442/

77

/5654/

64

/56/

2.5

age 12+

When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.

69

7.1

/710930/

71

/26038/

68

/11924/

3.3

/720336/

57

/227/

85

/392143/

61

/35/

3.0

age 11+

Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.

69

7.1

/954274/

73

/44603/

69

/23037/

3.1

/1421121/

79

/327/

78

/17325/

62

/44/

2.5

age 13+

When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

69

6.9

/721362/

71

/44871/

67

/21212/

3.1

/1127856/

72

/357/

78

/11587/

59

/49/

3.0

age 12+

Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.

68

7.3

/320423/

75

/24866/

72

/9739/

3.2

/412560/

61

/329/

91

/11807/

53

/49/

2.5

age 14+

When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

68

6.9

/926147/

72

/45771/

68

/21958/

3.0

/1458057/

72

/299/

71

/26059/

57

/40/

3.0

age 13+

With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, with Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances – and confront powerful enemies.

67

6.9

/753792/

71

/32233/

67

/18155/

3.5

/1680764/

71

/334/

77

/22235/

66

/42/

2.0

age 12+

Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.

67

6.6

/539334/

71

/28522/

68

/16463/

3.3

/1450811/

70

/301/

71

/6310/

64

/46/

2.5

age 13+

After surviving the Quarter Quell, Katniss finds herself in the hidden stronghold of District 13, where the rebellion against the Capitol is gaining momentum. Struggling with the weight of becoming the symbol of resistance, she must navigate fragile alliances while trying to protect those she loves. As propaganda battles rage and Panem moves closer to full-scale war, Katniss is forced to confront the true cost of revolution.

66

6.8

/553945/

72

/31484/

71

/17775/

3.5

/1265135/

66

/172/

68

/4346/

57

/34/

2.5

age 13+

A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to uncover clues that may lead to escape and the truth behind their confinement.

66

7.1

/859548/

70

/34015/

66

/15859/

3.0

/858822/

57

/341/

75

/27130/

55

/47/