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Sci-Fi Movies Critics Rated Higher Than Audiences
14 sci-fi films in our catalog have at least 10,000 IMDb votes and a score that is higher with critics than with audiences by 15 points or more. The widest gap: Alphaville (1965), 6.9 on IMDb against 92 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphaville '1965 | Drama / Sci-Fi / Mystery | 6.9 | 92% | 92 | 6.9 | Jean-Luc Godard | -23 |
| 2 | Under the Skin '2014 | Thriller / Sci-Fi / Drama | 6.3 | 84% | 83 | 6.1 | Jonathan Glazer | -20 |
| 3 | Dragonball Evolution '2009 | Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller | 2.5 | 14% | 45 | 2.9 | James Wong | -20 |
| 4 | Gravity '2013 | Sci-Fi / Thriller / Drama | 7.7 | 96% | 96 | 7.2 | Alfonso Cuarón | -19 |
| 5 | Plan 9 from Outer Space '1957 | Sci-Fi / Horror | 3.9 | 66% | 56 | 4.2 | Edward D. Wood Jr. | -17 |
| 6 | Bride of Frankenstein '1935 | Horror / Sci-Fi | 7.8 | 97% | 95 | 7.5 | James Whale | -17 |
| 7 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi '2017 | Action / Sci-Fi | 6.8 | 91% | 84 | 6.7 | Rian Johnson | -16 |
| 8 | Metropolis '1927 | Drama / Sci-Fi | 8.2 | 97% | 98 | 8.1 | Fritz Lang | -16 |
| 9 | Black Panther '2018 | Action / Sci-Fi | 7.3 | 96% | 88 | 7.4 | Ryan Coogler | -15 |
| 10 | Ad Astra '2019 | Sci-Fi / Drama | 6.5 | 83% | 80 | 6.1 | James Gray | -15 |
| 11 | Superman II '1980 | Sci-Fi / Action | 6.8 | 88% | 83 | 6.7 | Richard Lester | -15 |
| 12 | Eraserhead '1977 | Horror / Sci-Fi | 7.2 | 87% | 87 | 7.3 | David Lynch | -15 |
| 13 | The Man Who Fell to Earth '1976 | Sci-Fi / Drama / Fantasy | 6.6 | 79% | 81 | 6.5 | Nicolas Roeg | -15 |
| 14 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers '1956 | Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller | 7.7 | 97% | 92 | 7.5 | Don Siegel | -15 |
Gap is IMDb score times 10 minus Metacritic score, in points. Only films with at least 10,000 IMDb votes and both scores are included, and only gaps of 15 points or more. This list is ordered by the size of the gap, not by quality. Scores shown are the raw ones.
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