What are the best sci-fi movies of all time?

Cerebral art-house visions sit alongside blockbuster spectacles in this lineup spanning decades of science fiction filmmaking. Cast your vote!

Blade Runner 2049

A visually stunning sequel exploring what it means to be human

1/12

2001: A Space Odyssey

Kubrick's masterpiece about humanity's evolution and AI

2/12

The Matrix

Reality-bending cyberpunk thriller that redefined action cinema

3/12

Alien

Ridley Scott's terrifying space horror that spawned a franchise

4/12

Interstellar

Nolan's epic journey through space and time to save humanity

5/12

Star Wars: A New Hope

The space opera that changed cinema forever

6/12

Terminator 2

James Cameron's action-packed sequel about preventing Judgment Day

7/12

Dune (2021)

Denis Villeneuve's sweeping adaptation of the sci-fi novel

8/12

Arrival

A linguist races to communicate with alien visitors

9/12

The Thing

John Carpenter's paranoia-fueled horror about a shape-shifting alien

10/12

Stalker

Tarkovsky's philosophical journey into the mysterious Zone

11/12

Ex Machina

A programmer discovers the truth about an AI's consciousness

12/12