Best 16 Sci-Fi Movies of the 2010s

Mind-bending head-trips, awe-struck space epics and chilling visions of tomorrow defined a remarkable decade for the genre, from quiet art-house gems to roaring spectacle. Where do you stand?

1

Inception

Christopher Nolan's 2010 mind-bending heist set inside layered dreams.

1000pts

2

Mad Max: Fury Road

George Miller's relentless 2015 post-apocalyptic action masterpiece.

908pts

3

Pacific Rim

Guillermo del Toro's 2013 spectacle of giant robots battling monstrous Kaiju.

733pts

4

Ex Machina

Alex Garland's chilling 2014 chamber piece about artificial intelligence and deception.

733pts

5

Snowpiercer

Bong Joon-ho's 2013 dystopian thriller set aboard a perpetually moving train.

733pts

6

Blade Runner 2049

Denis Villeneuve's acclaimed 2017 sequel to the cyberpunk classic.

681pts

7

The Martian

Ridley Scott's 2015 crowd-pleaser about an astronaut stranded on Mars.

681pts

8

Interstellar

Nolan's 2014 space epic about a desperate journey through a wormhole to save humanity.

681pts

9

Arrival

Villeneuve's cerebral 2016 first-contact drama about communicating with aliens.

619pts

10

Gravity

Alfonso Cuaron's immersive 2013 survival thriller stranded in orbit.

619pts

11

Prometheus

Ridley Scott's ambitious 2012 return to the Alien universe.

619pts

12

Edge of Tomorrow

The 2014 time-loop alien-war action film starring Tom Cruise.

545pts

13

Annihilation

Alex Garland's surreal 2018 sci-fi horror about an expedition into 'The Shimmer'.

545pts

14

Source Code

Duncan Jones' 2011 thriller reliving the same eight minutes to stop a bombing.

545pts

15

Looper

Rian Johnson's 2012 time-travel thriller about hitmen and their future selves.

454pts

16

Her

Spike Jonze's tender 2013 romance between a lonely man and an AI operating system.

454pts