List of science fiction films of the 2020s
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This is a list of science fiction films released in the 2020s. These films include core elements of science fiction, but can cross into other genres. They have been released to a cinema audience by the commercial film industry and are widely distributed with reviews by reputable critics.
2020
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
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2067 | Seth Larney | Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ryan Kwanten | Australia | Mystery |
Archive | Gavin Rothery | Theo James, Stacy Martin, Rhona Mitra, Peter Ferdinando, Toby Jones | United Kingdom | Drama Mystery Thriller |
Artemis Fowl | Kenneth Branagh | Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Josh Gad | United States | Adventure Family Fantasy |
Bill & Ted Face the Music | Dean Parisot | Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler | United States | Adventure Comedy Music |
Bloodshot | David S. F. Wilson | Vin Diesel, Eiza González, Guy Pearce | United States | Action Adventure |
Breach | John Suits | Bruce Willis, Rachel Nichols, Thomas Jane | United States | Action Horror |
Color Out of Space | Richard Stanley | Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson | United States | Horror Mystery Thriller |
Cosmoball (a.k.a Vratar galaktiki) | Dzhanik Fayziev | Yevgeny Romantsov, Viktoriya Agalakova, Maria Lisovaya | Russia | Action Sport |
Executive Order (a.k.a Medida Provisória) | Lázaro Ramos | Alfred Enoch, Taís Araújo, Seu Jorge | Brazil | Drama [1] |
Freaks: You're One of Us (a.k.a Freaks - Du bist eine von uns) | Felix Binder | Finnlay Berger, Thelma Buabeng, Gisa Flake | Germany | Superhero Action Drama Fantasy |
Friend of the World | Brian Patrick Butler | Nick Young, Alexandra Slade, Michael C. Burgess, Kathryn Schott, Kevin Smith, Luke Pensabene, Neil Raymond Ricco | United States | Comedy Horror Thriller [2] |
Intersect | Gus Holwerda | James Morrison, Jason Spisak | United States | Horror Thriller |
Invasion (a.k.a Vtorzhenie) | Fyodor Bondarchuk | Irina Starshenbaum, Rinal Mukhametov, Alexander Petrov | Russia | Action |
The Invisible Man | Leigh Whannell | Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen | United States | Drama Horror Mystery Thriller |
Jiu Jitsu | Dimitri Logothetis | Alain Moussi, Frank Grillo, JuJu Chan, Nicolas Cage | United States | Action Thriller |
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War | Matt Peters, Christina Sotta | Jerry O'Connell, Matt Ryan, Jason O'Mara, Taissa Farmiga, Stuart Allan, Tony Todd,Ray Chase, Rosario Dawson | United States | Animation Action Adventure Fantasy |
Love and Monsters | Michael Matthews | Dylan O'Brien, Jessica Henwick, Dan Ewing,Ariana Greenblatt, Michael Rooker | United States | Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy |
The Midnight Sky | George Clooney | George Clooney, Felicity Jones | United States | Adventure Drama Thriller |
Minor Premise | Eric Schultz | Sathya Sridharan, Paton Ashbrook, Dana Ashbrook | United States | Drama Thriller |
Mortal | André Øvredal | Nat Wolff, Iben Akerlie, Per Frisch, Per Egil Aske | Norway United Kingdom United States | Superhero |
The New Mutants | Josh Boone | Anya Taylor-Joy, Maisie Williams, Charlie Heaton, Henry Zaga, Blu Hunt | United States | Action Horror Mystery |
PG: Psycho Goreman | Steven Kostanski | Nita-Josee Hanna, Owen Myre, Matthew Ninaber | Canada | Comedy Horror |
Possessor | Brandon Cronenberg | Christopher Abbott, Andrea Riseborough, Sean Bean | Canada United Kingdom United States | Horror Mystery Thriller |
Project Power | Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost | Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback | United States | Action Crime Thriller |
Proximity | Eric Demeusy | Ryan Masson, Highdee Kuan, Christian Prentice, Shaw Jones, Don Scribner, Sarah Navratil, Randy Davison | United States | Drama[3] |
A Quiet Place Part II | John Krasinski | Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy | United States | |
Skylines | Liam O'Donnell | Lindsey Morgan, Rhona Mitra, Alexander Siddig | United States | Action Adventure |
Sonic the Hedgehog | Jeff Fowler | Ben Schwartz, Jim Carrey, James Marsden | United States | Action Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy |
Sputnik | Egor Abramenko | Oksana Akinshina, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Pyotr Fyodorov | Russia | Drama Horror Mystery Thriller |
Tenet | Christopher Nolan | John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki | United Kingdom United States | Action Thriller |
Tiong Bahru Social Club | Tan Bee Thiam | Thomas Pang, Guat Kian Goh, Jalyn Han | Singapore | Comedy |
Underwater | William Eubank | Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, Jessica Henwick, John Gallagher Jr., Mamoudou Athie, T.J. Miller | United States | Sci-fi Action Horror |
2021
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
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Ape Vs Monster | Daniel Lusko | Eric Roberts, Arianna Renee, Katie Sereika, Shayne Hartigan | United States | |
Captain Nova | Maurice Trouwborst | Kika van de Vijver, Anniek Pheifer | Netherlands | Sci-fi Family Film |
Chaos Walking | Doug Liman | Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley | United States | Action Adventure Fantasy Western |
Cosmic Sin | Edward John Drake | Bruce Willis, Frank Grillo | United States | Action |
Cube (a.k.a Cube: Ichido haittara, saigo) | Yasuhiko Shimizu | Masaki Suda, Masaki Okada | Japan | Horror Mystery Thriller |
Demonic | Neill Blomkamp | Carly Pope, Chris William Martin, Michael J. Rogers, Nathalie Boltt, Terry Chen, Kandyse McClure | Canada United States | Sci-fi Supernatural Horror |
Don't Look Up | Adam McKay | Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi | United States | Comedy Drama |
Doors | Saman Kesh, Dugan O'Neal, Jeff Desom | Kathy Khanh, Julianne Collins, Aric Floyd | United States | |
Dune (a.k.a Dune: Part One) | Denis Villeneuve | Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Stellan Skarsgård | United States | Action Adventure Drama |
Encounter | Michael Pearce | Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer | United Kingdom | Drama Thriller |
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (a.k.a Shin Evangelion Gekijôban) | Hideaki Anno | Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura, Akira Ishida | Japan | Animation Action Drama |
Finch | Miguel Sapochnik | Tom Hanks, Caleb Landry Jones | United States | Adventure Drama |
The Forever Purge | Everardo Gout | Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta | United States | Action Crime Horror Thriller |
Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Jason Reitman | Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Bokeem Woodbine, Paul Rudd, Logan Kim, Celeste O'Connor, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts,Sigourney Weaver | United States | Adventure Comedy Fantasy |
Glasshouse | Kelsey Egan | Jessica Alexander, Anja Taljaard, Hilton Pelser, Adrienne Pearce, Kitty Harris, Brent Vermeulen | South Africa | Drama Thriller |
Godzilla vs. Kong | Adam Wingard | Alexander Skarsgard, Rebecca Hall, Kyle Chandler, Millie Bobby Brown | United States | Action Thriller Kaijū |
Little Fish | Chad Hartigan | Olivia Cooke, Jack O'Connell, Raúl Castillo, Soko | United States | Drama Romance |
The Matrix Resurrections | Lana Wachowski | Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss | United States | Action |
The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Mike Rianda | Danny McBride, Abbi Jacobson, Maya Rudolph, Mike Rianda, Eric André, Olivia Colman | Hong Kong United States | Science Fiction Comedy |
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway | Shūkō Murase | Kenshô Ono (voice), Reina Ueda (voice), Jun'ichi Suwabe (voice), Sôma Saitô (voice) | Japan | |
Mother/Android | Mattson Tomlin | Chloë Grace Moretz, Algee Smith, Raúl Castillo | United States | Drama Thriller |
Needle in a Timestack | John Ridley | Leslie Odom Jr., Freida Pinto | United States | Drama Fantasy Romance |
Night Raiders | Danis Goulet | Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Brooklyn Letexier-Hart, Alex Tarrant, Amanda Plummer, Violet Nelson | Canada New Zealand | Action Thriller |
Outside the Wire | Mikael Håfström | Anthony Mackie, Damson Idris, Emily Beecham | United States | Action Adventure Fantasy |
Oxygen (a.k.a Oxygène) | Alexandre Aja | Mélanie Laurent, Mathieu Amalric, Malik Zidi | France | Drama Fantasy Thriller |
Quarantine (a.k.a KARAntin) | Diana Ringo | Anatoliy Beliy, Aleksandr Obmanov | Finland, Russia | Dystopia Drama |
Reminiscence | Lisa Joy | Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson | United States | Mystery Romance Thriller |
Resident Evil : Welcome To Raccoon City | Johannes Roberts | Kaya Scodelario, Hannah John-Kamen, Robbie Amell, Tom Hopper | Canada Germany | Mystery Romance Thriller |
Ron's Gone Wrong | Sarah Smith | Jack Dylan Grazer, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Justice Smith, Rob Delaney | United Kingdom United States | Science Fiction Comedy |
Seo Bok | Lee Yong-ju | Gong Yoo, Park Bo-gum | South Korea | Science Fiction Action |
Settlers | Wyatt Rockefeller | Sofia Boutella, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Jonny Lee Miller | United Kingdom | Drama Thriller |
Stowaway | Joe Penna | Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson, Toni Collette | United States Germany | Adventure Thriller |
Space Sweepers (a.k.a Seungriho) | Jo Sung-hee | Song Joong-ki, Kim Tae-ri, Jin Seon-kyu, Yoo Hae-jin | South Korea | Action Adventure Drama Fantasy |
Spider-Man: No Way Home | Jon Watts | Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch | United States | Superhero Action Adventure Fantasy |
Strawberry Mansion | Albert Birney, Kentucker Audley | Penny Fuller, Kentucker Audley, Grace Glowicki, Reed Birney, Linas Phillips, Constance Shulman | United States | Adventure Fantasy Romance |
The Suicide Squad | James Gunn | Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena | United States | Action Adventure Comedy |
Tides (a.k.a The Colony) | Tim Fehlbaum | Nora Arnezeder, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Iain Glen | Switzerland Germany | Action Adventure Thriller |
The Tomorrow War | Chris McKay | Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J. K. Simmons | United States | Action Adventure Drama Thriller |
Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Andy Serkis | Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson | United States | Action Thriller |
Voyagers | Neil Burger | Colin Farrell, Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp | United States | Adventure Thriller |
Warning | Agata Alexander | Alex Pettyfer, Alice Eve, Annabelle Wallis, Benedict Samuel, Charlotte Le Bon, Thomas Jane, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Rupert Everett, Tomasz Kot, Kylie Bunbury, Garance Marillier | United States Poland | Drama Thriller |
Zack Snyder's Justice League | Zack Snyder | Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Willem Dafoe, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons,Diane Lane,Connie Nielsen, J. K. Simmons | United States | Superhero Action Adventure Fantasy |
Zone 414 | Andrew Baird | Guy Pearce, Matilda Lutz, Travis Fimmel | United States | Thriller |
2022
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
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The Adam Project | Shawn Levy | Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Garner, Zoe Saldana, Mark Ruffalo | United States | Action Adventure Comedy |
After Yang | Kogonada | Colin Farrell | United States | Drama |
Alienoid | Choi Dong-hoon | Ryu Jun-yeol, Kim Woo-bin, Kim Tae-ri | South Korea | Science Fiction Fantasy |
The Artifice Girl | Franklin Ritch | Tatum Matthews, Sinda Nichols, David Girard, Lance Henriksen | United States | Mystery Thriller |
Attack: Part 1 | Lakshya Raj Anand | John Abraham, Rakul Preet Singh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Prakash Raj | India | Science Fiction Action |
Avatar: The Way of Water | James Cameron | Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang | United States | Action Adventure Fantasy |
The Batman | Matt Reeves | Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, | United States | Action Crime Drama Thriller |
Batman And Superman Battle Of The Super Sons | Matt Peters | Jack Dylan Grazer (voice), Jack Griffo (voice), Laura Bailey (voice), Troy Baker (voice) | United States | Action Animation |
Bigbug | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Elsa Zylberstein | France | Comedy |
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Ryan Coogler | Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Tenoch Huerta | United States | Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Thriller |
Captain | Shakti Soundar Rajan | Arya, Aishwarya Lekshmi | India | Science Fiction Monster |
Crimes of the Future | David Cronenberg | Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart | United States Canada | Drama Horror |
Dual | Riley Stearns | Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul | United States | Comedy Drama Thriller |
Everything Everywhere All at Once | Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert | Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jenny Slate | United States | Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy |
Jurassic World Dominion | Colin Trevorrow | Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard | United States | Action Adventure Thriller |
Kids vs. Aliens | Jason Eisener | Dominic Mariche, Phoebe Rex, Calem MacDonald, Asher Grayson | United States | Science Fiction Horror |
Lightyear | Angus MacLane | Chris Evans | United States | Animation Action Adventure Drama Family |
LOLA | Andrew Legge | Emma Appleton, Stefanie Martini | Ireland United Kingdom | Found footage: alternate history World War II |
Maika: The Girl From Another Galaxy | Ham Tran | Chu Diep Anh, Kim Nha, Ngoc Tuong, Truong Phu | Vietnam | Adventure Comedy Family |
Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | Japan | ||
Monolith | Matt Vesely | Lily Sullivan (on screen); Erik Thomson, Kate Box, Terence Crawford, Damon Herriman, (voices) | Australia | Sci-fi / horror thriller (indie film) |
Moonfall | Roland Emmerich | Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson | United States | Action Adventure |
Moon Man | Zhang Chiyu | Shen Teng, Ma Li | China | Science Fiction Comedy |
Nope | Jordan Peele | Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun | United States | Horror Mystery Thriller |
Petrópolis | Valery Fokin | Anton Shagin, Yuliya Snigir | Russia | Science-fiction Drama |
Prey | Dan Trachtenberg | Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro | United States | Action Adventure Drama Horror Thriller |
Rubikon | Magdalena Lauritsch | Magdalena Lauritsch, Jessica Lind, Elisabeth Schmied | Austria | Drama |
Shin Ultraman | Shinji Higuchi | Takumi Saitoh, Masami Nagasawa, Daiki Arioka, Akari Hayami, Tetsushi Tanaka, Hidetoshi Nishijima | Japan | Superhero Film |
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Jeff Fowler | Ben Schwartz, Jim Carrey, James Marsden, Idris Elba | United States | Action Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy |
Spiderhead | Joseph Kosinski | Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett | United States | Action Crime Drama Thriller |
Strange World | Don Hall | Jake Gyllenhaal, Dennis Quaid, Lucy Liu, Gabrielle Union | United States | Animation Action Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy |
UFO Sweden | Victor Danell | Inez Dahl Torhaug, Jesper Barkselius, Eva Melander, Sara Shirpey | Sweden | Science Fiction Adventure |
W | Anna Eriksson | Anna Eriksson, Parco Lee, Jussi Parviainen | Finland | Dystopia |
Warriors of Future | Ng Yuen-fai | Louis Koo, Sean Lau | Hong Kong | Action Adventure Thriller |
2023
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
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1984 | Diana Ringo | Aleksandr Obmanov, Diana Ringo | Finland Russia | Dystopian Drama |
65 | Scott Beck, Bryan Woods | Adam Driver | United States | Thriller |
AIMEE The Visitor [4] | Charles Band | Dallas Schaefer, Faith West, Felix Merback, Tom Dacey Carr | United States | |
Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out | Jake Van Wagoner | Emma Tremblay, Jacob Buster, Will Forte, Elizabeth Mitchell | United States | |
Alien Invasion [5] | Fred Searle | Sarah T. Cohen, Benjamin Colbourne, Nikolai Leon | United Kingdom | |
Alien Planet [6] | Alan Maxson | Alexandra Bokova, Hunter C. Smith, Naiia Lajoie, Eric Prochnau | United States | |
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Peyton Reed | Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer | United States | Superhero Film |
Ape Vs Mecha Ape [7] | Marc Gottlieb | Tom Arnold, Anna Telfer, Lisa Ellee, Jack Pearson | United States | |
Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom | James Wan | Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II | United States | |
Asteroid City | Wes Anderson | Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, Jake Ryan | United States | Comedy Drama |
Babylon 5 The Road Home | Matt Peters | Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Peter Jurasik, Bill Mumy | United States | |
Beneath The Green [8] | Jason Georgiades | Eric Roberts, Anthony Nikolchev, Veronica Wylie, Garland Scott | United States | |
Bird Box Barcelona | Álex Pastor, David Pastor | Mario Casas, Naila Schuberth, Georgina Campbell, Diego Calva | United States Spain | |
Blue Beetle | Ángel Manuel Soto | Xolo Maridueña, Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Raoul Max Trujillo | United States | |
Colonials [9] | Andrew Balek, Joe Bland | Greg Kriek, Daniel Roebuck, Sean Kanan, Jon Provost | United States | |
Concrete Utopia | Um Tae-hwa | Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-joon, Park Bo-young, Kim Sun-young | South Korea | |
Control Zeta [10] | Axel Gaibisso | María Abadi, Milagros Betti, Oscar Dubini, Sofía Elliot | Argentina | |
Crater | Kyle Patrick Alvarez | Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Mckenna Grace, Billy Barratt, Scott Mescudi | United States | Adventure |
The Creator | Gareth Edwards | John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Allison Janney | United States | Action |
The Fantastic Golem Affairs | Burnin' Percebes | Brays Efe, Bruna Cusí, Luis Tosar, Anna Castillo, | Spain | Comedy |
Fingernails | Andy Muschietti | Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, Jeremy Allen White, Luke Wilson | United States | Romantic Drama |
The Flash | Andy Muschietti | Ezra Miller, Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle | United States | Superhero Film |
Foe | Garth Davis | Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, Aaron Pierre | United States | Psychological Thriller |
Godzilla Minus One | Takashi Yamazaki | Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki | Japan | Kaiju Monster Film |
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | James Gunn | Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista | United States | Superhero Film |
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | Francis Lawrence | Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer | United States | Dystopian Action |
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | James Mangold | Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, John Rhys-Davies | United States | |
Infinity Pool | Brandon Cronenberg | Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth | Canada Croatia France Hungary | Horror |
Jung_E | Yeon Sang-ho | Kang Soo-yeon, Kim Hyun-joo, Ryu Kyung-soo | South Korea | Action |
Justice League Warworld | Jeff Wamester | Jensen Ackles, Darren Criss, Stana Katic | United States | |
The Kitchen | Kibwe Tavares, Daniel Kaluuya | Kane Robinson, Ian Wright | United Kingdom | Drama |
Lego Marvel Avengers Code Red | Ken Cunningham | Laura Bailey (voice), Haley Joel Osment (voice), Will Friedle (voice), James Mathis III (voice) | United States | Action Family Animation |
Landscape with Invisible Hand | Cory Finley | Asante Blackk, Kylie Rogers, Tiffany Haddish | United States | |
M3GAN | Gerard Johnstone | Allison Williams | United States | Horror |
Maid Droid[11] | Rich Mallery | Faith West, Jose Adam Alvarez, Kylee Michael, Anthony Rainville | United States | |
Mars Express | Jérémie Périn | Léa Drucker, Mathieu Amalric | France | Neo-noir |
The Marvels | Nia DaCosta | Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani | United States | Superhero Film |
Molli and Max in the Future | Michael Lukk Litwak | Zosia Mamet, Aristotle Athari | United States | |
Monsters of California | Tom DeLonge | Jack Samson, Jack Lancaster, Jared Scott, Gabrielle Haugh | United States | Comedy Drama |
No One Will Save You | Brian Duffield | Kaitlyn Dever | United States | Horror |
The Pod Generation | Sophie Barthes | Emilia Clarke, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rosalie Craig, Vinette Robinson | Belgium France United Kingdom | Romantic Comedy |
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire | Zack Snyder | Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Ray Fisher | United States | Space Opera |
Restore Point | Robert Hloz | Andrea Mohylová, Matěj Hádek | Czech Republic Slovakia Poland Serbia | Cyberpunk |
Resurrected [12] | Egor Baranov | Dave Davis, Karli Hall, Erika Chase, Kristen Ariza | Russia | |
Robot Dreams | Pablo Berger | Silent Film | Spain, France | Animated Tragicomedy |
Simulant | April Mullen | Robbie Amell, Jordana Brewster, Simu Liu, Sam Worthington | Canada | Thriller |
The Shift | Brock Heasley | Kristoffer Polaha, Neal McDonough, John Billingsley, Sean Astin | United States | Christian Thriller |
Shin Kamen Rider | Hideaki Anno | Sousuke Ikematsu, Minami Hamabe, Tasuku Emoto | Japan | Superhero |
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson | Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Oscar Isaac | United States | Superhero |
The Stratum[13] | Crash Buist | Crash Buist, Lauren Senechal, Jonathan Medina, Ramin Karimloo | United States | |
The Missing | Carl Joseph Papa | Carlo Aquino, Gio Gahol, Dolly de Leon | Philippines | Adult Animation |
The Moon | Kim Yong-hwa | Sol Kyung-gu, Doh Kyung-soo, Kim Hee-ae | South Korea | Space Survival Drama |
They Cloned Tyrone | Juel Taylor | John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris | United States | |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem | Jeff Rowe | Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr, Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon | United States | |
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | Steven Caple Jr. | Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Peter Cullen | United States | Action |
The Wandering Earth 2 | Frant Gwo | Wu Jing, Andy Lau, Li Xuejian | China | Action Adventure |
2024
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
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Aftermath [14] | József Gallai, Gergő Elekes | Fruzsina Nagy, Edward Apeagyei, Sally Kirkland, Eric Roberts | Hungary United States United Kingdom | |
Alienoid: Return to the Future | Choi Dong-hoon | Ryu Jun-yeol, Kim Woo-bin, Kim Tae-ri | South Korea | Science Fiction Fantasy |
Another End | Piero Messina | Gael García Bernal, Renate Reinsve, Bérénice Bejo, Olivia Williams | Italy France United Kingdom | Sci-fi Romance Drama |
Atlas | Brad Peyton | Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown | United States | |
Ayalaan | R. Ravikumar | Sivakarthikeyan, Rakul Preet Singh, Sharad Kelkar | India | Sci-fi Action Comedy |
Badland Hunters | Heo Myeong-haeng | Ma Dong-seok, Lee Hee-joon, Lee Jun-young, Roh Jeong-eui | South Korea | |
Big City Greens The Movie Spacecation | Anna O'Brian | Chris Houghton, Marieve Herington, Bob Joles, Artemis Pebdani | United States | |
Bionic [15] | Afonso Poyart | Jessica Córes, Bibi Flor, Emilly Nayara, Gabz | Brazil | |
Borderlands | Eli Roth | Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black | United States | Science Fiction Action |
Code 8: Part II | Jeff Chan | Robbie Amell, Stephen Amell | Canada | Sci-fi Action Drama |
Dune: Part Two | Denis Villeneuve | Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson | United States | Sci-fi Space Opera |
The Empire | Bruno Dumont | Lyna Khoudri, Anamaria Vartolomei, Camille Cottin, Fabrice Luchini | France | Science Fiction Comedy |
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | George Miller | Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth | United States | |
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Gil Kenan | Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, Carrie Coon | United States | Science Fiction Fantasy |
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | Adam Wingard | Dan Stevens, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry | United States | Science Fiction Monster |
Guest from the Future | Alexander Andryushchenko | Daria Vereshchagina, Mark Eidelstein | Russia | Teen Sci-fi Drama |
I.S.S. | Gabriela Cowperthwaite | Ariana DeBose, Chris Messina, John Gallagher Jr. | United States | Science Fiction Thriller |
Justice League Crisis on Infinite Earths : Part One | Jeff Wamester | Matt Bomer (voice), Jensen Ackles (voice), Darren Criss (voice), Meg Donnelly (voice) | United States | Action Animation |
Justice League Crisis On Infinite Earths: Part Two | Jeff Wamester | Matt Bomer (voice), Jensen Ackles (voice), Darren Criss (voice), Meg Donnelly (voice) | United States | Action Animation |
Justice League Crisis On Infinite Earths: Part Three | Jeff Wamester | Matt Bomer (voice), Jensen Ackles (voice), Darren Criss (voice), Meg Donnelly (voice) | United States | Action Animation |
Kalki 2898 AD | Nag Ashwin | Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan | India | Epic Science Fiction |
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Wes Ball | Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Peter Macon | United States | |
Meanwhile on Earth | Jérémy Clapin | Megan Northam, Catherine Salée | France | Science Fiction Drama |
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom | Mitsuo Fukuda | Sōichirō Hoshi, Rie Tanaka, Akira Ishida, Nanako Mori, Kenichi Suzumura | Japan | Mecha Anime |
A Quiet Place: Day One | Michael Sarnoski | Lupita Nyong'o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff | United States | |
Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver | Zack Snyder | Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Ray Fisher | United States | Epic Space Opera |
Spaceman | Johan Renck | Adam Sandler, Paul Dano, Carey Mulligan | United States | Science Fiction Drama |
Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya | Amit Joshi, Aradhana Sah | Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon | India | Sci-fi Romantic Comedy |
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Title | Director | Cast | Country | Release | ||
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Alien: Romulus | Fede Álvarez | Cailee Spaeny, Isabela Merced | United States | August 16, 2024 | ||
The Electric State | Russo brothers | Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan | United States | 2024 | ||
Seeking the King | Won Shin-yun | Koo Kyo-hwan, Yoo Jae-myung, Seohyun | South Korea | 2024 | ||
Slingshot | Mikael Håfström | Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne | United States | August 30, 2024 | ||
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Jeff Fowler | Ben Schwartz, Idris Elba, Colleen O'Shaughnessey | United States | December 20, 2024 | ||
2025 or later or unknown | ||||||
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Release | ||
Avatar: Fire and Ash | James Cameron | Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana | United States | December 19, 2025[16] | ||
Avatar 4 | James Cameron | Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana | United States | December 21, 2029[16] | ||
Avatar 5 | James Cameron | Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana | United States | December 19, 2031[16] | ||
The Bride! | Maggie Gyllenhaal | United States | ||||
Distant | Will Speck and Josh Gordon | Anthony Ramos, Naomi Scott, Zachary Quinto | United States | |||
Dune Messiah | Denis Villeneuve | United States | 2026 | |||
Elio | Adrian Molina | Yonas Kibreab, America Ferrera | United States | June 13, 2025 | ||
The Fix | Kelsey Egan | Clancy Brown, Daniel Sharman, Grace Van Dien, Greteli Fincham, Keenan Arrison, Nicole Fortuin | South Africa | [17] | ||
The Immortal Ashwatthama | Aditya Dhar | Allu Arjun | India | [18][19][20] | ||
In the Blink of an Eye | Andrew Stanton | Kate McKinnon, Rashida Jones | United States | |||
Life on Mars | John Krasinski | United States | [21] | |||
Mickey 17 | Bong Joon-ho | Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie | United States | January 31, 2025 | ||
Osiris | William Kaufman | Max Martini, Linda Hamilton | United States | |||
Project Hail Mary | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller | United States | March 20, 2026 | ||
RoboCop Returns | Abe Forsythe | United States | [22] | |||
Rogue Trooper | Duncan Jones | Aneurin Barnard, Hayley Atwell, Jack Lowden | United Kingdom | |||
Skyline: Warpath | Liam O'Donnell | Iko Uwais, Scott Adkins | United States | |||
The Three-Body Problem | Panpan Zhang | Zhang Jingchu | China | [23][24][25] | ||
Untitled Jurassic World film | Gareth Edwards | Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey | United States | July 2, 2025 | ||
Untitled Michael Mann sci-fi film | Michael Mann | United States | [26] | |||
Untitled S. Shankar underwater sci-fi film | S. Shankar | Shah Rukh Khan, Vijay | India | [27][28] |
See also
Notes
References
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External links
- Science fiction films of the 2020s on Internet Movie Database