From disasters, to dystopian futures, to alien invasions, to time travel, to science gone amok – filmmakers have embraced the art of science fiction for decades. The following is a list of sci-fi films (and sci-fi hybrids) recommended by former students, professors, and fans of film worth exploring.
12 Monkeys (1998)
A Quiet Place (2018)
The Abyss (1989)
Ad Astra (2019)
A.I: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Annihilation (2018)
Arrival (2016)
Armageddon (1998)
Avatar (2009)
Blade Runner: 2049 (2017)
Book of Eli (2010)
Bumblebee (2018)
Chaos Walking (2021)
Children of Men (2006)
Chronicle (2012)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Cloverfield (2008)
Contact (1997)
Contagion (2011)
The Core (2003)
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
District 9 (2009)
Divergent (2014)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Elysium (2013)
Escape from New York (1981)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Ex Machina (2015)
Frequency (2000)
Gattaca (1997)
Godzilla (1998, 2014, 2019)
Gravity (2013)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Her (2013)
The Hunger Games (2012)
I Robot (2004)
I Am Legend (2007)
In Time (2011)
Inception (2010)
Independence Day (1996)
Interstellar (2013)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, 1978, 2007)
The Island (2005)
John Carter (2012)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2012)
Jurassic Park (1993)
King Kong (2005)
Looper (2012)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
The Martian (2015)
The Matrix (1999)
The Maze Runner (2014)
Midnight Sky (2020)
Minority Report (2002)
Oblivion (2013)
Outbreak (1995)
Passengers (2016)
The Predator (1987)
Project Almanac (2015)
Ready Player One (2018)
Repo Man (1984)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
The Road (2009)
San Andreas (2015)
Serenity (2005)
Signs (2002)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Skyfire (2020-21)
Snowpiercer (2014)
Source Code (2011)
Star Trek (2009)
Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Super 8 (2011)
The Swarm (1978)
The Terminator (1984)
Terminator 2 (1991)
Tomorrowland (2015)
Transformers (2007)
Volcano (1997)
WALL-E (2008)
Wandering Earth (2019)
War of the Worlds (2005)
World War Z (2013)
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