Want to know the best Science Fiction movies? How about the worst Science Fiction movies? Curious about Science Fiction box office grosses or which Science Fiction movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Science Fiction movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information and lots more.
The following massive table has 625 Science Fiction movies ranked Best to Worst in 6 different categories. Why so many movies you wonder? Well…”A very long time ago in a galaxy far far away”…Steve Lensman requested we do an UMR (Ultimate Movie Rankings) page on Science Fiction movies. In order to figure out which science fiction movies were the best statistically we had to research as many science fiction movies as possible.
Before starting this massive research project we came up with three rules. (1) Superhero, King Kong and Godzilla movies would not be included in the study…..why? To us they fall into the fantasy category versus the science fiction category. (2) To be included in the page the movie’s box office grosses needed to be known. (3) The movie needed to have played in North American theaters. To help find all of these movies two books were a big help: Chris Barsanti’s The Sci-Fi Movie Guide and Tom DeMichael’s Modern Sci-Fi Films FAQ. After completing this research…we were able to finally write our science fiction page. Click on Top 200 Science Fiction Movies to see the sister site to this page..
Alphabetical Science Fiction Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort movies by stars of the movie
- Sort movies by adjusted domestic box office using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort science fiction movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort movies by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each movie received.
- Sort movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Blue link in Co-star column takes you to that star’s UMR movie page
- Highly recommend using the search and sort buttons to help navigate this massive table.
Blade Runner 2049 sits in 201st place (out of 640) after Thursday night’s preview box office…..will be moving up very fast this weekend. One of two movies still in theaters that are on this list…War For The Planet of the Apes is the other movie. Overall we added in 26 movies since we put this page together in early 2016.
“And I felt my body dwindling, melting, becoming nothing. My fears melted away. And in their place came acceptance. All this vast majesty of creation, it had to mean something. And then I meant something too. Yes, smaller than the smallest, I meant something too. To God, there is no zero. I still exist!”
Which classic film. Anyone?
Hey Steve….not sure how I missed this comment….I admit…I did not know…..so I cheated…and with the help of the internet…I can say the answer to your question is The Incredible Shrinking Man. Thanks for the trivia question.
Loved this some many movies I have seen. i saw liquid sky years ago now that is a strange movie.
Hey Blue01e….I saw Liquid Sky at a midnight show when I was in college. An interesting movie for sure. Thanks for stopping by.
Sorry I meant to say The Returner should be on this longer page versus your Top 200. I was going back and worth.
Hey Norm…..no problem….the two pages are pretty much connected. As for The Returner…it made about $70,000 in North America and $9 million in international box offices….so I will be adding it. That now makes three movies that I need to add….thanks for the suggestion.
Hey Steve….you make a great point…maybe in a few weeks when I have recovered from the sci fi fatigue I have right now….I will include some of those superhero movies. 🙂