Aliens, robots, superheroes, and even a little bit of romance; this is called a science fiction movie. A good sci-fi movie is not just about escaping into the Galaxy, but it can also be telling us a little something about the current time. From falling in love with the operating system to the existence of computer-controlled virtual reality, you can experience the best sci-fi movies that Hollywood and the world are best on Netflix.
25 Best Sci-Fi Movies on Netflix
Her (2013)
Her is an American science-fiction romantic film directed and produced by Spike Jonze. It also marks Jonze’s solo screenwriting debut. The stars of this movie are Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, and Scarlett Johansson.
Theodore is a lonely writer who is in the last stage of his divorce. He works by writing letters. He recalls his good moments of life with his wife, Catherine. One day, Theodore sees an advertisement for a new OS, and he buys it. After installation, he has a conversation with Samantha, a seductive female voice. Samantha develops her feelings, and they both fall in love with each other.
?Ex Machina (2014)
Ex Machina is a science fiction film directed by Alex Garland. Domhnall Gleeson as Caleb Smith, Alicia Vikander as Ava, and Oscar Isaac as Nathan Bateman are the stars in the movie. The story follows a programmer who is invited by his CEO, Nathan Bateman, to administer the Turing test to an intelligent humanoid robot.
Caleb Smith is a young programmer who wins the contest where he can spend a week at the private estate of Nathan Bateman. He finds a chance to be a part of the scientific experiment. He is likely to interact with a beautiful female robot named Ava.
The Matrix (1999)
The Matrix is a science fiction action film directed by the Wachowskis. The stars of this movie are Keanu Reeves as Neo, Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus, Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity, Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith, and Joe Pantoliano.
Thomas A. Anderson is a man who is living two lives. In a day, he is an average computer programmer, and in the night, he is a hacker named Neo. One night a woman named Trinity seeks him out and introduces him to Morpheus. He learns about the true nature of his role and reality of life.
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
The Matrix Revolutions is an American science fiction action film released on November 5, 2003, based on Characters by The Wachowskis. It was written and directed by the Wachowskis, Produced by Joel Silver under the production companies Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment, and Silver Pictures. The movie is starring Keanu Reeves as Neo, Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus, Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity, Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith as Niobe and many more.
Neo gets trapped in a subway station between the real world and the matrix world. Zion is preparing for the war with the machines. But there was another threat that some were trying to destroy both the pattern and the real world.
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Forbidden Planet is an American science fiction movie, directed by Fred M. Wilcox, and produced by Nicholas Nayfack. The casts of this film are Walter Pidgeon as Dr. Edward Morbius, Anne Francis as Altaira, and Leslie Nielsen as Commander John J. Adams. It was the first science fiction movie to depict the humans traveling in a faster-than-light starship of their creation.
When Adams and his crew were sent to investigate the silence from a planet inhabited by scientists, they find all people, but two of them have died. Dr. Morbius and his daughter Altaira have somehow survived. Without any knowledge to Adams, Morbius has made a discovery, and he has no intention of sharing it with anyone.
Black Panther (2018)
Black Panther is an American superhero film. It is directed by Ryan Coogler and written by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole. The stars of this movie are Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa/ Black Panther, Michael B. Jordan, as N’Jadaka/Erik “Killmonger” Stevens, Lupita Nyong’ o as Nakia and many more.
A secret African country is hidden from the world known as Wakanda and has a king. When a formal king dies, his son T’Challa gets rightful thrown. But he gets challenged by Killmonger for the king. Killmonger defeats T’Challa and throws him in the waterfall, but another tribe from Wakanda saves. T’Challa comes back and defeats Killmonger and becomes the rightful king of Wakanda.
Snowpiercer (2013)
Snowpiercer is a science fiction action movie directed by Bong Joon-ho and written by Bong and Kelly Masterson. This movie is based on the French novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, and Jean-Marc Rochette. The film starring is Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, Ko Asung, John Hurt, and Ed Harris.
The entire world is freezing except for those who had aboard the Snowpiercer. The world’s survivors are on a train, creating their economy and class system for seventeen years. Groups of lower-class citizens living in poverty are determined to get to the front and spread the wealth around. Every section of the train holds new surprises for them.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
This movie is an American sci-fi film that is based on Characters by George Lucas. It is directed by Rian Johnson. The movie casts are Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa, Daisy Ridley as Rey, Adam Driver as Kylo Ren, and many more.
After the destruction of Starkiller Base, when a First Order fleet arrives, D’Qar, General Leia Organa, leads Resistance forces to escape into hyperspace. Still, First Order attacks again but tracking them. Kylo Ren hesitates to fire on the first Resistance ship because he senses his mother, but his wingman does it and killing most of the Resistance’s leaders. Leia survives the attack by using the force. Poe assigned Finn, mechanic Rose Tico, and BB-8 with a secret mission to deactivate the First Order’s tracking device so they could not find the Resistance force.
Men in Black (1997)
Men in Black is an American action, science fiction film written by Ed Solomon and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. This movie is based on The Men in Black comic book series by Lowell Cunningham and Sandy Carruthers. The stars of the film are Tommy Lee Jones as Kevin Brown/ Agent K, Will Smith as James Darrell Edwards III / Agent J, Linda Fiorentino as Dr. Laurel Weaver / Agent L, Vincent D’Onofrio as the Bug, and Rip Torn as Chief Zed.
There are two federal agent men, Agent Jay and Agent Kay, who is also known as “The Men in Black.” Their primary job is to keep an eye on aliens in New York City and try to save the world. Jay’s and Kay’s plan is to track down the terrorists and prevent the earth from being destroyed.
Men in Black: International (2019)
Men in Black: International is an American science fiction film based on The Men in Black by Lowell Cunningham and Sandy Carruthers. F. Gary Gray is the director of this movie. The stars of the film are Chris Hemsworth as Henry / Agent H, Tessa Thompson as Molly Wright / Agent M, Liam Neeson as High T, and many more.
Men in Black saves the earth from alien invasion, but a girl Molly Wright tracks their base and becomes the man in Black. Henry and Molly Wright is singed as a bodyguard of Fungus the Ugly, a member of an alien royal family and friend of Henry, but he gets killed by the enemy. Hive attacks the earth, and Agent H and Agent M save the planet again.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a computer-animated superhero film featuring multiple spidermen from various dimensions. It was based on Spider-Man by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, and Miles Morales by Brian Michael Bends. This film was directed by Bob Persichetti, Rodney Rothman, and Peter Ramsey.
Miles Morales, the voice of Shameik Moore, is a kid who struggles to live up his father’s expectation, who is a police officer. For better education, miles gets transferred to boarding school. He bunks the class and visits his uncle with him. He goes to the graffiti painting. Radioactive spider bits miles, and he becomes a spiderman. A kingpin builds a particle accelerator in the hope of bringing his dead family back to life from a parallel universe. While stoping, the kingpin peter parker dies, but he gives a USB to stop the particular accelerator to miles morales, but he brokes during the fight. Due to the particle accelerator, 12 other spiderman come to this dimension. All the spiderman forms a team and destroys the collider and arrest kingpin and his people.
Inception (2010)
Inception is a science fiction movie directed by Christopher Nolan. The film is starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Dom Cobb, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Arthur, Ellen Page as Ariadne, Tom Hardy as Eames, and many more.
Inception is a technology that can share a dream. Dom Cobb is an artist who can enter into another idea and could take valuable information with the help of Inception. Dom Cobb gets approached by Saito for a mission not to steal data but to plant the idea into the mind of a billion-dollar entrepreneur.
Okja (2017)
Okja is a South Korean-American action, science fiction film directed by Bong Joon-ho. The film casts are Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Ahn Seo-hyun, Byun Hee-bong, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins, Yoon Je-moon, Shirley Henderson, Daniel Henshall, Devon Bostick, Choi Woo-Shik, Giancarlo Esposito, and Jake Gyllenhaal. This movie is all about a girl who raises the genetically modified super pig.
For ten years, Mia has been taking care of a massive animal or beast, Okja, and a more significant friend at her house.? She risks everything to prevent the multinational company from kidnapping her super pig, and her best friend. A gentle girl and the girl who raised her are caught in the crossfire between animal activism, corporate greed, and scientific ethics.
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Ant-Man and the Wasp is an American sci-fi superhero film that is based on Ant-Man by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The director of this movie is Peyton Reed. The movie is starring Paul Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man, Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne / Wasp, Michael Pe?a as Luis.
Scott Lang was placed in house arrest for almost two years because of involving with the Avengers in violation of the Sokovia Accords. They believe in 1987 Pym’s wife Janet van Dyne gets stuck in the sub-atomic levels and makes the tunnel to the quantum realm. Lang had visited the quantum realm, and unknown lying become quantum entangled with Janet due to which he receives the message from her. To make the quantum tunnel and buys the parts from black market dealer Sonny Burch but he double-crosses them to make a profit.
Captain Marvel (2019)
Captain Marvel is an American superhero science fiction film based on the Marvel Comics character Carol Danvers. The movie is the twenty-first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The casts of the movie are Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Annette Bening, Clark Gregg, and Jude Law.
After disappearing from Earth, Carol was counted into a team of Elite Kree warriors called the Star force. She has become one of the strongest heroes in the Galaxy. But, arriving on earth, the planet itself is caught up in the conflict between two warring alien races.
Hellboy (2004)
Hellboy is an American superhero sci-fi film directed by Neil Marshall. The movie, Hellboy is based on the Dark Horse Comics character of the same name. The movie is starring David Harbour as Hellboy / Anung Un Rama, Milla Jovovich as Vivienne Nimue, the Blood Queen, Ian McShane as Trevor “Broom” Bruttenholm and many more.
Hellboy works with a secret origination foundation for Paranormal Research and Defence Paranormal Research and Defence. Hellboy and his team go to save the world against the Vivienne Nimue, the Blood Queen.
Gravity (2013)
Gravity is a science fiction movie written by Alfonso Cuar?n and Jon?s Cuar?n and directed by Alfonso Cuar?n. The film stars are Sandra Bullock as Dr. Ryan Stone and George Clooney as Lieutenant Matt Kowalski.
Dr. Ryan Stone is an American medical engineer on her shuttle mission. The disaster strikes during a routine spacewalk. When debris destroys their shuttle, a medical engineer and a seasoned astronaut find themselves floating through space with no connection to the earth.
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War American sci-fi film. The movie is based on Marvel Comic’s superhero team, the Avengers by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, which is directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo. The film is starring Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / Hulk, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man and many more.
Thanos, a supervillain, is in search of 5 infinity stone to wipe up half the population of the universe to bring the balance in the world. All the superheroes try to stop him but could not and get the time stone from Dr. Strange. After he got the infinity stone in just one snap, he will wipe the universe half population.
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame is an American superhero film directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo. The stars of the movie are Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / Hulk, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man and many more. It is the sequel of the 2012’s The Avengers, 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, and 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, and the twenty-second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
After the event in Infinity War, superheroes start to search for Thanos to reverse what he has done, but Thanos had already destroyed the Infinity Gauntlet. So, there decapitates Thanos. Scott Lang(ant-man) escapes from the quantum realm and explains that the quantum realm could allow time travel. After that, they make a time machine and go back to time to collect all the infinity stone before Thanos. But Thanos found the plan. After receiving all the infinity stone, they keep the stone together on a glove made by tony stark from his iron man suit. In the meantime, Thanos attacks avengers. While fighting with Thanos, Hulk snaps and returns all the disappeared superheroes. Massive war starts between avengers and Thanos. But Iron Man takes the infinity stones and clasps to disapprove the Thanos and his soldiers.
Guardian of The Galaxy (2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy is an American science fiction movie produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the tenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) directed by James Gunn. The casts of the movie are Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Vin Diesel as Groot, Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Karen Gillan as Nebula, and many more.
After discovering the mysterious orb in outer space, Peter Quill was the main target of the villain Ronan. To fight Ronan and save the Galaxy, Quill creates his team of superheroes named by the “Guardian of the Galaxy.”
The Martian (2015)
The Martian is a science fiction movie directed by Ridley Scott. The casts of the film are Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Pe?a, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, Benedict Wong, Donald Glover, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. The film describes Matt Damon’s individual struggle to survive on Mars as he is being left behind.
During the mission to Mars, astronaut Mark Watney is assumed to be dead as he was left behind by his crew members. But he survived to find a way to live. In the hostile planet, he was successful in growing up potatoes as a food supply. Later he finds a way to signal the earth that he is alive. NASA and the team of international scientists played a significant role in bringing Martian home.
The Incredibles (2004):
The Incredibles is an American computer-animated superhero film directed by Brad Bird and produced by Pixar Animation Studios. This movie is starring the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Vowell, Spencer Fox, Jason Lee, and Elizabeth Pe?a.
Bob and Helen Parr are formerly known as Mr. Incredible and Elastic girl, and they are the world’s famous crime-fighting superheroes in Metroville. But after 15 years, they are forced to live a healthy life and retire as superheroes. They have three children Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack, who are all born with their superpowers. Mr. Incredible gets the chance to return to his life of adventure, but he is in great trouble. At last, the whole superfamily should be together to save him.
Incredibles 2 (2018):
Incredibles 2 is a computer-animated superhero film, which is a sequel to The Incredibles. It is directed and written by Brad Bird and produced by Pixar Animation Studios. The movie casts are Craig T. Nelson as Mr. Incredible (voice), Holly Hunter as Elastigirl (voice), Sarah Vowell as Violet Parr (voice), Huck Milner as Dashiell Parr (Dash), Eli Fucile as Jack-Jack Parr (voice) and many more.
The story goes according to the first parts, Incredibles family fights with underminer along with Frozone, which cost massive loss to government and bands the superhero. Superhero got illegal, and Incredibles family started their healthy life. But one wealthy businessman scams the superhero and begins to control by a pair of mind-control goggles. But violet, dash, and jack-jack save all the superhero and captures the wealthy businessman (Winston Deavor). Due to there work, a superhero becomes legal.
Click (2006)
Click is an American science fiction movie produced by Adam Sandler. The director of this movie is Frank Coraci. The co-actors of this movie are Adam Sandler as Michael Newmann, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, and David Hasselhoff.
Michael Newman is a hardworking architect. He is married to his sweetheart Donna Newman with two children. Michael Newman seems to have it all, but his wife, the Donna, is frustrated by the amount of time he had to spend at work. Michael cannot find time to be at home until he meets an eccentric inventor who gave him a universal remote that controls time.
Beyond Skyline (2017)
Beyond Skyline is an American post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Liam O’Donnell, produced by Matthew E Chausse, Liam O’Donnell, Colin Strause, and Greg. The movie is starring Frank Grillo as Mark, Bojana Novakovic as Audrey, Jonny Weston as Trent, and many more.
Beyond Skyline (2017) source: imdb.com
Before the alien invasion begins, Los Angeles police detective Mark Corley helps his estranged son “Trent” out of jail. But the unknown attacks and blue light of various spaceships take the people of the city. Mark led the group of the survivor to escape, and his son gets captured by the aliens. Mark and other survivor fights against the alien to rescue his son other people.
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