There’s something about the science fiction genre that turns a lot of sci-fi movies into cult favorites. It may be because sci-fi is almost by definition unusually creative. Sci-fi movies may involve extraterrestrial lifeforms, cyborgs, time travel, interstellar travel, and other phenomena that just aren’t part of our daily routine. Better still, sci-fi movies often address social and political issues through allegory, and even tackle the biggest philosophical questions, such as “What does it mean to be human?” (These are the best movies about the future.)
To determine the best sci-fi movies of all time, 24/7 Tempo developed an index using average ratings on IMDb, an online movie database owned by Amazon, and a combination of audience scores and Tomatometer scores on Rotten Tomatoes, an online movie and TV review aggregator, as of March 2022. All ratings were weighted equally. Only movies with at least 10,000 audience votes on either IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes were considered. (The countless “Star Wars” movies and superhero fantasies based on Marvel Comics or DC Comics characters were excluded from consideration.) Directorial information comes from IMDb.
The No. 1 movie is “Alien” from 1979, with an IMDb user rating of 8.5/10 and Rotten Tomatoes audience and Tomatometer scores of 94% and 98%, respectively. Directed by Ridley Scott, it stars Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, a kick-аss officer on a spaceship who has to battle a terrifying alien life form. “Alien” is great for many reasons, not least the special effects, and it made a star out of Weaver. The 1986 sequel “Aliens” ranks No. 3 on our list. In between is “Back to the Future,” the time travel movie that made Michael J. Fox a box office star.
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At No. 4 is “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” which is about time travel and a whole lot more. It’s the sequel to “The Terminator,” which is at No. 7. Both star Arnold Schwarzenegger as a cyborg assassin. He’s the bad guy in the first movie and the good guy in the second, which is famous for its revolutionary computer-generated imagery. (These are the 23 best movies about time travel.)
100. The Thing from Another World (1951)
> IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (29,360 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 73% (8,000 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 86% (65 reviews)
> Directed by: Christian Nyby
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99. Time After Time (1979)
> IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (18,071 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 72% (7,021 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 87% (31 reviews)
> Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
98. Bumblebee (2018)
> IMDb user rating: 6.7/10 (157,133 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 74% (10,247 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 90% (251 reviews)
> Directed by: Travis Knight
97. Videodrome (1983)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (90,078 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 80% (41,270 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 78% (51 reviews)
> Directed by: David Cronenberg
96. The Time Machine (1960)
> IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (40,315 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 79% (19,512 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 76% (38 reviews)
> Directed by: George Pal
95. Back to the Future Part II (1989)
> IMDb user rating: 7.9/10 (513,676 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 85% (750,514 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 66% (61 reviews)
> Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
94. I Am Mother (2019)
> IMDb user rating: 6.7/10 (87,597 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 75% (1,280 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 91% (74 reviews)
> Directed by: Grant Sputore
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93. Escape from New York (1981)
> IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (137,946 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 77% (72,826 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 86% (66 reviews)
> Directed by: John Carpenter
92. Back to the Future Part III (1990)
> IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (431,924 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 78% (694,954 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 80% (45 reviews)
> Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
91. The Fifth Element (1997)
> IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (459,599 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (587,539 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 70% (67 reviews)
> Directed by: Luc Besson
90. Predestination (2014)
> IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (273,911 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 75% (24,422 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 84% (111 reviews)
> Directed by: Michael & Peter Spierig
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89. Star Trek Beyond (2016)
> IMDb user rating: 7/10 (241,167 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 80% (74,895 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 86% (314 reviews)
> Directed by: Justin Lin
88. Total Recall (1990)
> IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (321,637 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 78% (244,860 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 82% (73 reviews)
> Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
87. They Live (1988)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (124,834 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 79% (39,292 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 85% (65 reviews)
> Directed by: John Carpenter
86. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
> IMDb user rating: 7.6/10 (516,365 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 77% (449,366 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 82% (272 reviews)
> Directed by: Rupert Wyatt
85. Son of Frankenstein (1939)
> IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (10,125 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 71% (3,905 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 95% (37 reviews)
> Directed by: Rowland V. Lee
84. The Fly (1958)
> IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (22,725 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 71% (11,176 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 95% (41 reviews)
> Directed by: Kurt Neumann
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83. Snowpiercer (2013)
> IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (350,242 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 72% (60,029 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (261 reviews)
> Directed by: Bong Joon Ho
82. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (74,421 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 83% (63,185 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 82% (56 reviews)
> Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
81. The Hunger Games (2012)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (891,872 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 81% (903,116 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 84% (313 reviews)
> Directed by: Gary Ross
80. The Dead Zone (1983)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (67,971 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 76% (36,499 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 90% (48 reviews)
> Directed by: David Cronenberg
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79. Dark City (1998)
> IMDb user rating: 7.6/10 (196,725 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 85% (153,575 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 76% (85 reviews)
> Directed by: Alex Proyas
78. Timecrimes (2007)
> IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (62,677 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 79% (8,820 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 89% (71 reviews)
> Directed by: Nacho Vigalondo
77. WarGames (1983)
> IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (97,641 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 76% (52,720 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (44 reviews)
> Directed by: John Badham
76. Freaks (2018)
> IMDb user rating: 6.7/10 (33,282 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (152 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 88% (84 reviews)
> Directed by: Adam B. Stein & Zach Lipovsky
75. Little Monsters (2019)
> IMDb user rating: 6.3/10 (16,574 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 100% (09 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 79% (131 reviews)
> Directed by: Abe Forsythe
74. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
> IMDb user rating: 7.6/10 (17,664 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 82% (3,901 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 81% (48 reviews)
> Directed by: Jack Arnold
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73. Coherence (2013)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (122,233 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 81% (7,963 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 88% (91 reviews)
> Directed by: James Ward Byrkit
72. Alphaville (1965)
> IMDb user rating: 7/10 (24,733 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 81% (13,141 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 91% (46 reviews)
> Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
71. Them! (1954)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (21,624 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 77% (8,748 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (57 reviews)
> Directed by: Gordon Douglas
70. Seconds (1966)
> IMDb user rating: 7.6/10 (19,418 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (4,497 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 78% (59 reviews)
> Directed by: John Frankenheimer
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69. Village of the Damned (1960)
> IMDb user rating: 7.3/10 (16,681 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 77% (9,669 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (28 reviews)
> Directed by: Wolf Rilla
68. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
> IMDb user rating: 7.3/10 (59,445 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 79% (55,402 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 91% (45 reviews)
> Directed by: Dan O’Bannon
67. Galaxy Quest (1999)
> IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (160,491 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 79% (224,413 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 90% (126 reviews)
> Directed by: Dean Parisot
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66. Until the End of the World (1991)
> IMDb user rating: 6.8/10 (10,038 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89% (5,501 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 88% (17 reviews)
> Directed by: Wim Wenders
65. The City of Lost Children (1995)
> IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (67,707 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (65,845 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 79% (56 reviews)
> Directed by: Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet
64. 2046 (2004)
> IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (56,517 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 85% (46,765 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 86% (123 reviews)
> Directed by: Kar-Wai Wong
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63. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
> IMDb user rating: 8/10 (164,973 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 75% (20 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 89% (19 reviews)
> Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
62. Take Shelter (2011)
> IMDb user rating: 7.3/10 (99,055 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 81% (25,831 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (166 reviews)
> Directed by: Jeff Nichols
61. PK (2014)
> IMDb user rating: 8.2/10 (176,694 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 85% (4,495 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 77% (22 reviews)
> Directed by: Rajkumar Hirani
60. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
> IMDb user rating: 7.6/10 (13,598 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 80% (5,667 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 90% (41 reviews)
> Directed by: Rouben Mamoulian
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59. Face/Off (1997)
> IMDb user rating: 7.3/10 (367,073 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 82% (450,488 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (86 reviews)
> Directed by: John Woo
58. 28 Days Later… (2002)
> IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (401,216 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 85% (482,621 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 87% (234 reviews)
> Directed by: Danny Boyle
57. Re-Animator (1985)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (62,247 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 82% (37,278 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (62 reviews)
> Directed by: Stuart Gordon
56. Donnie Darko (2001)
> IMDb user rating: 8/10 (777,975 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 80% (30,984,568 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 86% (118 reviews)
> Directed by: Richard Kelly
55. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
> IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (58,489 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 82% (35,486 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (61 reviews)
> Directed by: Philip Kaufman
54. Interstellar (2014)
> IMDb user rating: 8.7/10 (1,699,394 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (177,109 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 72% (368 reviews)
> Directed by: Christopher Nolan
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53. Gattaca (1997)
> IMDb user rating: 7.8/10 (295,482 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (208,864 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 83% (64 reviews)
> Directed by: Andrew Niccol
52. Looper (2012)
> IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (562,627 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 82% (180,508 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (270 reviews)
> Directed by: Rian Johnson
51. Upgrade (2018)
> IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (178,178 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (6,077 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 88% (193 reviews)
> Directed by: Leigh Whannell
50. Open Your Eyes (1997)
> IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (68,357 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 88% (38,337 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 85% (47 reviews)
> Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
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49. Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
> IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (477,496 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89% (313,092 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 84% (293 reviews)
> Directed by: J.J. Abrams
48. Sleeper (1973)
> IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (42,645 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 81% (30,621 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 100% (36 reviews)
> Directed by: Woody Allen
47. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
> IMDb user rating: 7.9/10 (395,780 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 72% (32,314,349 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 99% (136 reviews)
> Directed by: Steven Spielberg
46. Serenity (2005)
> IMDb user rating: 7.8/10 (292,648 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 91% (313,290 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 82% (187 reviews)
> Directed by: Joss Whedon
45. District 9 (2009)
> IMDb user rating: 7.9/10 (666,233 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 82% (1,178,754 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 90% (313 reviews)
> Directed by: Neill Blomkamp
44. The Fly (1986)
> IMDb user rating: 7.6/10 (174,262 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 83% (90,102 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (69 reviews)
> Directed by: David Cronenberg
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43. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
> IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (118,756 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (85,592 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 86% (69 reviews)
> Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
42. Richard III (1995)
> IMDb user rating: 7.3/10 (14,569 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 85% (7,022 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (50 reviews)
> Directed by: Richard Loncraine
41. Gravity (2013)
> IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (806,830 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 80% (303,400 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (357 reviews)
> Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
40. A Quiet Place (2018)
> IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (500,476 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 83% (24,573 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (387 reviews)
> Directed by: John Krasinski
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39. Planet of the Apes (1968)
> IMDb user rating: 8/10 (175,898 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (119,137 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 86% (59 reviews)
> Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
38. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
> IMDb user rating: 7.6/10 (196,669 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 85% (142,198 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (65 reviews)
> Directed by: Steven Spielberg
37. Fantastic Planet (1973)
> IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (29,704 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (9,222 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 91% (32 reviews)
> Directed by: René Laloux
36. Ex Machina (2014)
> IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (519,434 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (73,458 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (283 reviews)
> Directed by: Alex Garland
35. Forbidden Planet (1956)
> IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (48,119 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 85% (21,513 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (47 reviews)
> Directed by: Fred M. Wilcox
34. Arrival (2016)
> IMDb user rating: 7.9/10 (662,146 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 82% (84,063 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (435 reviews)
> Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
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33. The Road Warrior (1981)
> IMDb user rating: 7.6/10 (176,238 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (84,614 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (50 reviews)
> Directed by: George Miller
32. The Invisible Man (1933)
> IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (34,034 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 85% (11,224 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (51 reviews)
> Directed by: James Whale
31. Godzilla (1954)
> IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (32,895 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89% (9,990 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (74 reviews)
> Directed by: Ishirô Honda
30. Children of Men (2006)
> IMDb user rating: 7.9/10 (488,992 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 85% (531,278 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (256 reviews)
> Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
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29. Her (2013)
> IMDb user rating: 8/10 (584,733 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 82% (101,928 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (284 reviews)
> Directed by: Spike Jonze
28. The Thing (1982)
> IMDb user rating: 8.2/10 (405,129 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (132,501 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 82% (74 reviews)
> Directed by: John Carpenter
27. Moon (2009)
> IMDb user rating: 7.8/10 (351,501 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89% (100,914 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 90% (195 reviews)
> Directed by: Duncan Jones
26. 12 Monkeys (1995)
> IMDb user rating: 8/10 (605,116 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 88% (391,275 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 89% (72 reviews)
> Directed by: Terry Gilliam
25. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
> IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (48,500 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 85% (19,239 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (58 reviews)
> Directed by: Don Siegel
24. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
> IMDb user rating: 7.8/10 (80,687 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (34,289 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 95% (57 reviews)
> Directed by: Robert Wise
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23. Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
> IMDb user rating: 7.9/10 (649,620 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (148,228 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 91% (329 reviews)
> Directed by: Doug Liman
22. Blade Runner (1982)
> IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (742,106 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 91% (338,191 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 89% (125 reviews)
> Directed by: Ridley Scott
21. The Matrix (1999)
> IMDb user rating: 8.7/10 (1,841,610 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 85% (33,324,202 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 88% (156 reviews)
> Directed by: Lana & Lilly Wachowski
20. Solaris (1972)
> IMDb user rating: 8/10 (88,873 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (27,222 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (63 reviews)
> Directed by: Andrei Tarkovsky
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19. The Martian (2015)
> IMDb user rating: 8/10 (819,734 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 91% (132,138 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 91% (383 reviews)
> Directed by: Ridley Scott
18. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
> IMDb user rating: 7.8/10 (47,163 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (24,895 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (47 reviews)
> Directed by: James Whale
17. King Kong (1933)
> IMDb user rating: 7.9/10 (83,954 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (90,255 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 99% (67 reviews)
> Directed by: Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack
16. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
> IMDb user rating: 8.3/10 (803,216 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (437,260 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 87% (77 reviews)
> Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
15. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
> IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (957,464 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (129,096 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 97% (435 reviews)
> Directed by: George Miller
14. Frankenstein (1931)
> IMDb user rating: 7.8/10 (70,562 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (5,709 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 100% (52 reviews)
> Directed by: James Whale
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13. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
> IMDb user rating: 8.3/10 (645,765 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89% (299,516 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (114 reviews)
> Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
12. Star Trek (2009)
> IMDb user rating: 8/10 (595,898 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 91% (748,091 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (353 reviews)
> Directed by: J.J. Abrams
11. Jurassic Park (1993)
> IMDb user rating: 8.2/10 (935,952 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 91% (1,072,088 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (132 reviews)
> Directed by: Steven Spielberg
10. Brazil (1985)
> IMDb user rating: 7.9/10 (197,620 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (103,112 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (49 reviews)
> Directed by: Terry Gilliam
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9. Inception (2010)
> IMDb user rating: 8.8/10 (2,243,107 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 91% (572,135 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 87% (360 reviews)
> Directed by: Christopher Nolan
8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
> IMDb user rating: 8.3/10 (971,165 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 94% (571,965 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (250 reviews)
> Directed by: Michel Gondry
7. The Terminator (1984)
> IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (834,137 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89% (777,097 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 100% (65 reviews)
> Directed by: James Cameron
6. Metropolis (1927)
> IMDb user rating: 8.3/10 (170,299 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (62,955 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 97% (134 reviews)
> Directed by: Fritz Lang
5. Stalker (1979)
> IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (130,295 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (25,426 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 100% (41 reviews)
> Directed by: Andrei Tarkovsky
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> IMDb user rating: 8.6/10 (1,058,899 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 94% (749,406 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (84 reviews)
> Directed by: James Cameron
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> IMDb user rating: 8.4/10 (694,001 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 94% (430,203 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 97% (78 reviews)
> Directed by: James Cameron
2. Back to the Future (1985)
> IMDb user rating: 8.6/10 (1,147,593 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 94% (1,095,886 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (84 reviews)
> Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
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> IMDb user rating: 8.5/10 (845,316 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 94% (460,678 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (128 reviews)
> Directed by: Ridley Scott
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