Best Sci-Fi Movies are some of the most desired movies in motion picture history, with movies such as Star Wars and Aliens keeping viewers on the fringe of their collective seats for many years. Great sci-fi movies consist of stories of extraterrestrial life, time travel, space travel, robots and much more. Many of these amazing sci-fi movies tend to be more fantasy-oriented, while some are a bit closer to reality. In either case, top sci fi movies keep audiences rapt with tales of technology and science, combined, occasionally with all the supernatural.
Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
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1. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, 1980 |
| Description Darth Vader is adamant on turning Luke Skywalker to the dark side. Master Yoda trains Luke to become a Jedi Knight while his friends try to fend off the Imperial fleet. |
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2. Star Wars, 1977 |
| Description Luke and Han Solo must free Princess Leia, the leader of the Rebel Alliance, who is held captive by Darth, and destroy a space station that has the potential to wipe away the entire planet. |
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3. The Matrix, 1999 |
| Description Thomas, a computer programmer, is led to fight an underground war against powerful computers who now rule the world with a system called ‘The Matrix’. |
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4. Alien, 1979 |
| Description The crew of a commercial spacecraft finds itself in danger when they discover a signal from an alien spacecraft. To their horror, they are attacked by an alien creature. |
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5. Blade Runner, 1982 |
| Description Deckard (Harrison Ford) is forced by the police Boss (M. Emmet Walsh) to continue his old job as Replicant Hunter. His assignment: eliminate four escaped Replicants from the colonies who have returned to Earth. Before starting the job, Deckard goes to the Tyrell Corporation and he meets Rachel (Sean Young), a Replicant girl he falls in love with. |
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6. Return of the Jedi, 1983 |
| Description Luke Skywalker attempts to bring his father back to the light side of the ‘Force’ while the rebels hatch a plan to destroy the second Death Star. |
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7. Terminator 2: Judgment Day, 1991 |
| Description A terminator is set on a mission to kill Sarah’s son, John Connor. However, a cyborg, who once was after the life of Sarah, has been assigned to protect him. |
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8. Aliens, 1986 |
| Description Ellen Ripley is sent back to the planet LV-426 to establish contact with a terraforming colony. She has no choice but to face the deadly Alien Queen and her offspring on this planet. |
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9. Back to the Future, 1985 |
| Description Marty travels back in time using a time machine invented by an eccentric scientist. He meets his parents there and accidentally attracts his mother’s attention. He must make his parents fall in love. |
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10. The Terminator, 1984 |
| Description A cyborg assassin is sent back in time to kill Sarah, a waitress, in a bid to stop her son who will wage a long war against his enemy in the future unless the course of history is altered. |
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11. Jurassic Park, 1993 |
| Description A joyride at a wildlife amusement park, which contains cloned dinosaurs, soon becomes a horrifying experience when a power breakdown afflicts the park and the dinosaurs begin to react violently. |
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12. The Fifth Element, 1997 |
| Description A cab driver in the 23rd century finds himself battling an evil force during an apocalyptic war as he tries to secure a mysterious “fifth element”, as only the fifth element can stop the evil force. |
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13. 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968 |
| Description The Discovery One and its revolutionary super computer seek a mysterious monolith that first appeared at the dawn of man. |
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14. Predator, 1987 |
| Description Dutch and his team are out on a mission to rescue a group of hostages in Central America. They then discover that they are being targeted by an extraterrestrial warrior. |
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15. Inception, 2010 |
| Description Cobb steals information from his targets by entering their dreams. He is wanted for his alleged role in his wife’s murder and his only chance at redemption is to perform the impossible, an inception. |
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16. Ghostbusters, 1984 |
| Description Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz and Egon Spengler lose their jobs as parapsychologists and start an establishment called Ghostbusters to fight supernatural creatures in New York City. |
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17. Independence Day, 1996 |
| Description A computer whiz, a hot-shot pilot, the U.S. President and a group of ragtag survivors unite to save mankind after an alien race invades Earth and destroys all its major cities. |
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18. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, 1982 |
| Description Admiral Kirk’s midlife crisis is interrupted by the return of an old enemy, the evil Khan, who is looking for revenge and a potentially destructive device. |
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19. Total Recall, 1990 |
| Description Douglas Quaid tries to find the reason behind his recurring dream about Mars. He soon learns that a false memory has been planted into his brain and the people responsible for this want him dead. |
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20. Star Trek, 2009 |
| Description Nero, a Romulan from the future, creates black holes to destroy the planets of the Federation, one by one. James Kirk and Spock team up to find a way to stop his evil mission that threatens mankind. |
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21. Planet of the Apes, 1968 |
| Description When astronaut Taylor’s spaceship crash-lands on an unknown planet, to his horror, he realizes the planet is ruled by apes much advanced than humans. How will Taylor lead his team to safety? |
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22. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1982 |
| Description An alien is left behind on Earth and is saved by young Elliot who decides to keep him hidden. While the task force hunts for it, Elliot and his siblings form an emotional bond with their new friend. |
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23. Guardians of the Galaxy, 2014 |
| Description Peter escapes from the planet Morag with a valuable orb that Ronan the Accuser wants. He eventually forms a group with unwilling heroes to stop Ronan. |
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24. Stargate, 1994 |
| Description In modern-day Egypt, professor Daniel Jackson (James Spader) teams up with retired Army Col. Jack O’Neil (Kurt Russell) to unlock the code of an interstellar gateway to an ancient Egypt-like world. They arrive on a planet ruled by the despotic Ra (Jaye Davidson), who holds the key to the Earth travelers’ safe return. Now, in order to escape from their intergalactic purgatory, Jackson and O’Neil must convince the planet’s people that Ra must be overthrown. |
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25. WALL-E, 2008 |
| Description A robot who is responsible for cleaning a waste-covered Earth meets another robot and falls in love with her. Together, they set out on a journey that will alter the fate of mankind. |
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