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Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 2020s, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
150 sci-fi films from the 2020s are in our catalog; the 50 best are ranked below. Top of the list is Dune: Part Two (2024), at 8.4 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.3. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Don't Look Up, 7.1 on IMDb against 49 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dune: Part Two '2024 | Sci-Fi | 8.4 | 92% | 79 | 8.1 | Denis Villeneuve |
| 2 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse '2023 | Animation / Action / Sci-Fi | 8.5 | 95% | 86 | 8.3 | Justin K. Thompson |
| 3 | Project Hail Mary '2026 | Sci-Fi | 8.2 | 95% | 77 | 8.6 | Phil Lord |
| 4 | Spider-Man: No Way Home '2021 | Action / Sci-Fi | 8.1 | 93% | 71 | 7.9 | Jon Watts |
| 5 | Dune '2021 | Sci-Fi | 8.0 | 83% | 74 | 7.8 | Denis Villeneuve |
| 6 | Spider-Man: Brand New Day '2026 | Sci-Fi / Action | 8.0 | 90% | 66 | 8.5 | Destin Daniel Cretton |
| 7 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 '2023 | Sci-Fi / Action | 7.9 | 82% | 64 | 7.9 | James Gunn |
| 8 | The Wild Robot '2024 | Animation / Sci-Fi | 8.1 | 97% | 85 | 8.3 | Chris Sanders |
| 9 | Everything Everywhere All at Once '2022 | Action / Sci-Fi | 7.7 | 93% | 81 | 7.7 | Daniel Scheinert |
| 10 | Poor Things '2023 | Sci-Fi / Romance / Comedy | 7.7 | 92% | 88 | 7.6 | Yorgos Lanthimos |
| 11 | Resident Evil '2026 | Horror / Sci-Fi | - | 96% | - | 7.3 | Zach Cregger |
| 12 | Avatar: The Way of Water '2022 | Action / Sci-Fi | 7.5 | 76% | 67 | 7.6 | James Cameron |
| 13 | Deadpool & Wolverine '2024 | Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi | 7.5 | 77% | 56 | 7.6 | Shawn Levy |
| 14 | Godzilla Minus One '2023 | Sci-Fi / Horror / Action | 7.6 | 99% | 81 | 7.6 | Takashi Yamazaki |
| 15 | Tenet '2020 | Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi | 7.3 | 70% | 69 | 7.2 | Christopher Nolan |
| 16 | Palm Springs '2020 | Comedy / Romance / Sci-Fi | 7.4 | 95% | 83 | 7.3 | Max Barbakow |
| 17 | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga '2024 | Action / Sci-Fi | 7.4 | 90% | 79 | 7.4 | George Miller |
| 18 | Bugonia '2025 | Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comedy | 7.4 | 87% | 72 | 7.3 | Yorgos Lanthimos |
| 19 | The Substance '2024 | Horror / Sci-Fi | 7.2 | 89% | 78 | 7.1 | Coralie Fargeat |
| 20 | A Quiet Place Part II '2021 | Sci-Fi / Thriller / Horror | 7.2 | 91% | 71 | 7.4 | John Krasinski |
| 21 | Don't Look Up '2021 | Comedy / Sci-Fi / Drama | 7.1 | - | 49 | 7.1 | Adam McKay |
| 22 | Free Guy '2021 | Comedy / Sci-Fi | 7.1 | 80% | 62 | 7.4 | Shawn Levy |
| 23 | Avatar: Fire and Ash '2025 | Sci-Fi / Fantasy | 7.2 | 66% | 61 | 7.6 | James Cameron |
| 24 | The Invisible Man '2020 | Thriller / Sci-Fi / Horror | 7.1 | - | 72 | 7.1 | Leigh Whannell |
| 25 | 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple '2026 | Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi | 7.2 | 91% | 81 | 7.1 | Nia DaCosta |
| 26 | Thunderbolts* '2025 | Action / Sci-Fi | 7.1 | 88% | 68 | 7.3 | Jake Schreier |
| 27 | Predator: Badlands '2025 | Action / Sci-Fi | 7.2 | 86% | 71 | 7.8 | Dan Trachtenberg |
| 28 | Prey '2022 | Thriller / Action / Sci-Fi | 7.1 | 94% | 71 | 7.6 | Dan Trachtenberg |
| 29 | Alien: Romulus '2024 | Horror / Sci-Fi | 7.1 | 80% | 64 | 7.2 | Fede Álvarez |
| 30 | Superman '2025 | Sci-Fi / Action | 7.0 | 83% | 68 | 7.3 | James Gunn |
| 31 | Hoppers '2026 | Animation / Comedy / Sci-Fi | 7.2 | 94% | 73 | 8.1 | Daniel Chong |
| 32 | Transformers One '2024 | Animation / Sci-Fi | 7.6 | 89% | 65 | 8.0 | Josh Cooley |
| 33 | Predator: Killer of Killers '2025 | Animation / Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller | 7.4 | 94% | 78 | 7.8 | Dan Trachtenberg |
| 34 | Nimona '2023 | Animation / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Action | 7.5 | 92% | 75 | 7.9 | Nick Bruno |
| 35 | Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die '2026 | Sci-Fi / Action / Comedy | 7.0 | - | 66 | 7.1 | Gore Verbinski |
| 36 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem '2023 | Animation / Comedy / Action / Sci-Fi | 7.2 | 95% | 74 | 7.2 | Jeff Rowe |
| 37 | Companion '2025 | Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller | 6.9 | 93% | 70 | 7.0 | Drew Hancock |
| 38 | The Call '2020 | Thriller / Mystery / Sci-Fi | 7.1 | 46% | - | 7.5 | Lee Chung-hyun |
| 39 | The Fantastic 4: First Steps '2025 | Sci-Fi / Action | 6.8 | - | 65 | 6.9 | Matt Shakman |
| 40 | Nope '2022 | Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller | 6.8 | 83% | 77 | 6.8 | Jordan Peele |
| 41 | Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time '2021 | Animation / Action / Sci-Fi / Drama | 8.0 | 100% | 85 | 8.2 | Kazuya Tsurumaki |
| 42 | Finch '2021 | Sci-Fi / Drama | 6.9 | 74% | 57 | 7.8 | Miguel Sapochnik |
| 43 | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special '2022 | Comedy / Sci-Fi | 6.9 | 95% | - | 7.1 | James Gunn |
| 44 | Backrooms '2026 | Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi | 6.7 | 86% | 76 | 7.0 | Kane Parsons |
| 45 | Ron's Gone Wrong '2021 | Animation / Sci-Fi / Comedy | 7.1 | - | 65 | 7.8 | Sarah Smith |
| 46 | Mickey 17 '2025 | Sci-Fi / Comedy | 6.7 | 77% | 72 | 6.8 | Bong Joon Ho |
| 47 | The Mandalorian and Grogu '2026 | Action / Sci-Fi | 6.7 | 60% | 53 | 7.5 | Jon Favreau |
| 48 | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes '2024 | Sci-Fi / Action | 6.8 | 80% | 66 | 7.0 | Wes Ball |
| 49 | The Gorge '2025 | Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller | 6.7 | 62% | 57 | 7.7 | Scott Derrickson |
| 50 | The Adam Project '2022 | Sci-Fi / Comedy | 6.7 | 68% | 55 | 7.0 | Shawn Levy |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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