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!

1

Blade Runner 2049

A visually stunning sequel exploring what it means to be human

2

2001: A Space Odyssey

Kubrick's masterpiece about humanity's evolution and AI

3

The Matrix

Reality-bending cyberpunk thriller that redefined action cinema

4

Alien

Ridley Scott's terrifying space horror that spawned a franchise

5

Interstellar

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

6

Star Wars: A New Hope

The space opera that changed cinema forever

7

Terminator 2

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

8

Dune (2021)

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

9

Arrival

A linguist races to communicate with alien visitors

10

The Thing

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

11

Stalker

Tarkovsky's philosophical journey into the mysterious Zone

12

Ex Machina

A programmer discovers the truth about an AI's consciousness