Best Sci-Fi of 2020s
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- CreatorKirsten BeyerMichael ChabonAkiva GoldsmanStarsPatrick StewartMichelle HurdJeri RyanFollow-up series to Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) that centers on Jean-Luc Picard in the next chapter of his life.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsTimothée ChalametRebecca FergusonZendayaA noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsJohn David WashingtonRobert PattinsonElizabeth DebickiArmed with only the word "Tenet," and fighting for the survival of the entire world, CIA operative, The Protagonist, journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a global mission that unfolds beyond real time.
- DirectorLeigh WhannellStarsElisabeth MossOliver Jackson-CohenHarriet DyerWhen Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.
- DirectorCate ShortlandStarsScarlett JohanssonFlorence PughDavid HarbourNatasha Romanoff confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.
- CreatorGraeme MansonJosh FriedmanStarsDaveed DiggsMickey SumnerAlison WrightSeven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a perpetually-moving train that circles the globe, where class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out.
- DirectorMark PellingtonStarsJoy CastroAndrea DavisJason Deline12-year-old classmates Kima and Lil find themselves at odds with each other on a day that will change their lives forever.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsSam WorthingtonZoe SaldanaSigourney WeaverJake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverZoe SaldanaMichelle YeohSequel of Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). The plot is unknown.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverZoe SaldanaMichelle YeohSequel of Avatar 3 (2025). The plot is unknown.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverZoe SaldanaMichelle YeohSequel of Avatar 4 (2029) and last movie of the "Avatar" saga. The plot is unknown.
- DirectorLana WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesCarrie-Anne MossYahya Abdul-Mateen IIReturn to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a construct, to truly know himself, Mr. Anderson will have to choose to follow the white rabbit once more.
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- DirectorRebecca ThomasAn employee at a department of the United Nation that monitors Outer Space inadvertently makes contact with a beautiful woman, who may be an alien.
- DirectorHenry JoostAriel SchulmanStarsJamie FoxxJoseph Gordon-LevittDominique FishbackWhen a pill that gives its users unpredictable superpowers for five minutes hits the streets of New Orleans, a teenage dealer and a local cop must team with an ex-soldier to take down the group responsible for its creation.
- StarsChris PineKarl UrbanZoe SaldanaPlot kept under wraps. The follow-up to Star Trek Beyond (2016).
- DirectorGoran DukicPlot kept under wraps.
- Plot unknown. Reportedly a live-action series that takes place between the events of 'Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith' and 'Star Wars: A New Hope'.
- DirectorDoug LimanStarsEmily BluntTom CruiseRolando Davila-BeltranPlot unknown. A follow-up to the 2014 sci-fi film, 'Edge of Tomorrow'.
- DirectorDoug LimanA group of renegade employees who venture to the moon to steal an energy source.
- Based on the Novel by Adam Silvera, the show is set in the near-future where everyone receives a bureaucratic phone call notifying them at the start of their last day on Earth.
- DirectorOwen HarrisStarsAlden EhrenreichJessica Brown FindlayHarry LloydWelcome to New London, a utopia governed by three rules -- no privacy, family or monogamy -- where everyone belongs to everyone else.
- StarsChris PineKarl UrbanZoe SaldanaPlot kept under wraps. The follow-up to Star Trek Beyond (2016).
- DirectorDoug LimanA group of renegade employees who venture to the moon to steal an energy source.
- StarsEwan McGregorMoses IngramVivien Lyra BlairJedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi must save young Leia after she is kidnapped, all the while being pursued by Imperial Inquisitors and his former Padawan now known as Darth Vader.
- DirectorLisa JoyStarsHugh JackmanRebecca FergusonThandiwe NewtonNick Bannister, a private investigator of the mind, navigates the alluring world of the past when his life is changed by new client Mae. A simple case becomes an obsession after she disappears and he fights to learn the truth about her.
- StarsCamilla BeeputSarah LamEmily WatsonTV series set in the 'Dune' universe which centers on the lives of the Bene Gesserit.
- DirectorMike CahillStarsOwen WilsonSalma HayekNesta CooperA mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is a computer simulation.
- DirectorPatty JenkinsStarsGal GadotChris PineKristen WiigDiana must contend with a colleague, and with a businessman whose desire for extreme wealth sends the world down a path of destruction, after an ancient artifact that grants wishes goes missing.
- DirectorTakeru NakajimaYoshiyuki OkadaShouta KitamotoStarsRay ChaseDoug StoneKaiji TangOn the planet Latimer, reawakened Takeshi Kovacs must protect a teenage tattooist named Holly while investigating the death of a yakuza boss alongside Gina, a strangely familiar no-nonsense CTAC agent.
- CreatorNathaniel HalpernStarsDaniel ZolghadriPaul SchneiderRebecca HallThe townspeople who live above "The Loop," a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe, experience things previously consigned to the realm of science fiction.
- DirectorDearbhla WalshStarsDaniel ZolghadriAto EssandohNicole LawUpon falling in love, a teenaged girl attempts to make the moment last forever.
- DirectorGreg DanielsStarsRobbie AmellAndy AlloAllegra EdwardsAfter a self-driving car crash, Nathan is uploaded to Lakeview, his girlfriend's family's digital after-life, where he meets his customer service rep, Nora.
- DirectorChloé ZhaoStarsGemma ChanRichard MaddenAngelina JolieThe saga of the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations.
- DirectorDestin Daniel CrettonStarsSimu LiuAwkwafinaTony Leung Chiu-waiShang-Chi, the master of weaponry-based Kung Fu, is forced to confront his past after being drawn into the Ten Rings organization.
- CreatorKerry WilliamsonWhen the humans' twelve planets are destroyed by a Cylon invasion force, the survivors flee in 220 spaceships following the Galactica - a gigantic battlestar spaceship - in a search for a "thirteenth" planet.
- StarsLindy BoothBriana MiddletonA TV series adaptation of Fritz Lang's legendary 1927 sci-fi silent film "Metropolis.
- CreatorAkiva GoldsmanAlex KurtzmanJenny LumetStarsAnson MountEthan PeckChristina ChongA prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series, the show follows the crew of the USS Enterprise under Captain Christopher Pike.
- CreatorAndrew HinderakerStarsHilary SwankJosh CharlesVivian WuAn American astronaut struggles with leaving her husband and daughter behind to embark on a dangerous mission with an international space crew.
- CreatorChristian DitterStarsLuna WedlerJessica SchwarzThomas PrennA fast-paced thriller following medical student Mia Akerlund who discovers the use of highly advanced biohacking technology in her university town.
- CreatorAaron GuzikowskiStarsTravis FimmelAmanda CollinAbubakar SalimAndroids are tasked with raising human children on a mysterious planet.
- CreatorMike McMahanStarsTawny NewsomeJack QuaidNoël WellsThe support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, have to keep up with their duties, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.
- DirectorMatt RossA man investigates the death of his family after his town is wiped out in a mysterious explosion and re-created in virtual reality.
- CreatorHaro AsoStarsKento YamazakiTao TsuchiyaNijirô MurakamiObsessed gamer Arisu suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive.
- DirectorJóhann JóhannssonStarsTilda SwintonTwo billion years ahead of us, a future race of humans finds itself on the verge of extinction. Almost all that is left in the world are lone and surreal monuments, beaming their message into the wilderness.
- DirectorAnthony Scott BurnsStarsJulia Sarah StoneLandon LiboironCarlee RyskiA teenage runaway takes part in a sleep study that becomes a nightmarish descent into the depths of her mind and a frightening examination of the power of dreams.
- DirectorSung-hee JoStarsSong Joong-kiKim Tae-riJin Seon-kyuSet in the year 2092 and follows the crew of a space junk collector ship called The Victory. When they discover a humanoid robot named Dorothy that's known to be a weapon of mass destruction, they get involved in a risky business deal.
- DirectorJoe PennaStarsAnna KendrickDaniel Dae KimShamier AndersonA three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.
- DirectorJavor GardevStarsStasya MiloslavskayaVitaliya KornienkoIvan YankovskiyFollows a group of young thrill-seekers who gather on an island to play a dangerous game with a priceless prize - immortality.
- DirectorAlexandre AjaStarsMélanie LaurentMathieu AmalricMalik ZidiA woman wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there. As she's running out of oxygen, she must rebuild her memory to find a way out of her nightmare.
- CreatorJennifer CorbettDave FiloniStarsMing-Na WenDee Bradley BakerMichelle AngThe "Bad Batch" of elite and experimental clones make their way through an ever-changing galaxy.
- CreatorDave FiloniStarsRosario DawsonDavid TennantNatasha Liu BordizzoAfter the fall of the Galactic Empire, former Jedi Ahsoka Tano investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy.
- CreatorLeslye HeadlandStarsAmandla StenbergDafne KeenJodie Turner-SmithStar Wars series that takes viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era.
- Animated series featuring the best known droid duo: R2D2 and C3PO.
- DirectorPatty JenkinsPlot kept under wraps. Centers on the Rebel Alliance starfighter squadron from the Star Wars films.
- StarsMichael SinterniklaasNeil KaplanAdam SietzAn anthology of animated shorts from around the world celebrating the mythology of Star Wars through unique cultural perspectives.
- CreatorGrant MorrisonBrian TaylorDavid WienerStarsAlden EhrenreichJessica Brown FindlayHarry LloydIn a utopia whose perfection hinges upon control of monogamy and privacy, members of the collective begin to question the rules, putting their regimented society on a collision course with forbidden love and revolution.
- CreatorTim MillerStarsFred TatascioreScott WhyteNolan NorthA collection of animated short stories that span various genres including science fiction, fantasy, horror and comedy.
- CreatorJon FavreauStarsTemuera MorrisonMing-Na WenFrank TriggBounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand navigate the underworld when they return to Tatooine to claim Jabba the Hutt's old turf.
- DirectorGabriele PennacchioliJon YeoStarsElly CondronChristopher Lee ParsonStranded in orbit, an astronaut must choose between life and limb before her oxygen runs out.
- DirectorDavid WeilStarsAnthony MackieMorgan FreemanAfter learning his time on Earth is limited, Tom purchases a controversial new product for his family.
- DirectorSam Taylor-JohnsonStarsHelen MirrenDan StevensMorgan FreemanWhile hurtling through space on a mysterious trip to the farthest reaches of the universe, Peg recounts a lifetime of events that led her to this moment.
- DirectorJulia DucournauStarsVincent LindonAgathe RousselleGarance MarillierFollowing a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for ten years.
- DirectorMiguel SapochnikStarsTom HanksCaleb Landry JonesMarie WagenmanOn a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his creator's beloved dog learns about life, love, friendship and what it means to be human.
- DirectorEdson OdaStarsWinston DukeZazie BeetzBill SkarsgårdA reclusive man conducts a series of interviews with human souls for a chance to be born.
- CreatorTony GilroyStarsDiego LunaKyle SollerStellan SkarsgårdPrequel series to Star Wars' 'Rogue One'. In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian will embark on the path that is destined to turn him into a Rebel hero.
- CreatorRyan J. CondalGeorge R.R. MartinStarsMatt SmithEmma D'ArcyOlivia CookeAn internal succession war within House Targaryen at the height of its power, 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen.
- DirectorKogonadaStarsColin FarrellJodie Turner-SmithMalea Emma TjandrawidjajaIn a near future, a family reckons with questions of love, connection, and loss after their A.I. helper unexpectedly breaks down.
- StarsChloë Grace MoretzGary CarrJack ReynorSet in the future when technology has subtly altered society, a woman discovers a secret connection to an alternate reality as well as a dark future of her own.
- StarsJunya EnokiYuma UchidaYûichi NakamuraA boy swallows a cursed talisman - the finger of a demon - and becomes cursed himself. He enters a shaman's school to be able to locate the demon's other body parts and thus exorcise himself.
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsJoséphine SanzGabrielle SanzNina MeurisseNelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her age building a tree-house.
- DirectorKristina BuozyteBruno SamperStarsRaffiella ChapmanEddie MarsanRosy McEwenStruggling to survive with her father after the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, 13-year-old Vesper must use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the future.
- CreatorDan EricksonStarsAdam ScottZach CherryBritt LowerMark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
- DirectorAbel KohenStarsDominique TipperRachael, a fearless diver explores the ocean's abyss with her expedition leader, Eva. Rachael's bravery is challenged when she discovers that extra-terrestrial bio-luminescent parasites are infecting the ocean flora and fauna.
- CreatorGreg DanielsStarsRobbie AmellAndy AlloAllegra EdwardsAfter his premature death, a man's consciousness is uploaded into a virtual world. As he gets comfortable with his surroundings, questions about his death arise.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsEmma StoneMark RuffaloWillem DafoeAn account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.
- DirectorGareth EdwardsStarsJohn David WashingtonMadeleine Yuna VoylesGemma ChanAgainst the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form of a young child.
- CreatorGraham YostStarsRebecca FergusonCommonTim RobbinsMen and women live in a giant silo underground with several regulations which they believe are in place to protect them from the toxic and ruined world on the surface.
- CreatorJosh FriedmanDavid S. GoyerStarsJared HarrisLou LlobellLeah HarveyA complex saga of humans scattered on planets throughout the galaxy all living under the rule of the Galactic Empire.
- DirectorBrandon DermerStarsJillian BellNatalie MoralesBlake AndersonVanessa, a woman in mourning, takes a solo trip to clear her head after the death of her friend, but her self-care vacation plans change when she's met with an out-of-this-world situation.
- DirectorNia DaCostaStarsBrie LarsonTeyonah ParrisIman VellaniCarol Danvers gets her powers entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe.
- CreatorOsamu TezukaNaoki UrasawaStarsShinshû FujiYôko HikasaRachel SlotkyWhen the world's seven most advanced robots and their human allies are murdered one by one, inspector Gesicht soon discovers that he's also in danger.
- CreatorJoe BennettCharles HuettnerStarsSunita ManiWunmi MosakuBob StephensonThe crew of a damaged deep space freighter strands on a beautiful but dangerous planet.
- CreatorGeneva Robertson-DworetGraham WagnerStarsElla PurnellAaron MotenWalton GogginsIn a future, post-apocalyptic Los Angeles brought about by nuclear decimation, citizens must live in underground bunkers to protect themselves from radiation, mutants and bandits.
- DirectorJoaquim Dos SantosKemp PowersJustin K. ThompsonStarsShameik MooreHailee SteinfeldBrian Tyree HenryAfter leaving off from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the story continues.
- StarsTimothy OlyphantSydney ChandlerEssie DavisA prequel series set three decades before the events of the 1979 film.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsTimothée ChalametZendayaRebecca FergusonPaul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.
- CreatorRonald D. MooreBen NediviMatt WolpertStarsJoel KinnamanMichael DormanWrenn SchmidtIn an alternative version of 1969, the Soviet Union beats the United States to the Moon, and the space race continues on for decades with still grander challenges and goals.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsBrandon SantanaZayaImmersive and innovative exploration of planet Earth through eyes of two human beings.
- StarsStephanie BeatrizJenny CurtisJonathan BangsA Journey to the Center of the Solar System and an Exploration of the Vastness of the Human Spirit. In 2045, the largest solar flare ever recorded hit earth, crippling communication networks and leaving North and South America in disarray. Disconnected from Earth and trapped on separate parts of their spacecraft, crew members must fight for survival following th disaster on board the ill-fated Aethon, a manned solar research vessel sent on a mission to the sun. As painful memories, forgotten dreams, technological challenges and blunt realities collide--they must work together to keep their hope alive in the face of growing darkness. But prior to the enormous solar flare that left the spacecraft in critical condition--things were already amiss onboard. Despite being hailed as co-operative endeavor between the private research company, CimmTech, and the North American Space Coalition NASC, the divergent missions of each organization had put the crew at odds especially when some of the experiments were causing the Aethon Language Interface (ALI, the voice of the spacecraft) to glitch and risk the lives of the crew. Now, stranded in close orbit to the sun, the survivors struggle to manage damaged life support and communication systems. They must uncover the truth by listening to ALI's recordings made throughout the Aethon's final mission in hopes of finding a way home, while haunted by guilt, haunted by trauma, and possibly haunted by ghosts.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveA team of astronauts are sent on a mission to explore a giant interstellar spaceship hurtling toward the sun. Based on the novel by Arthur C. Clarke.
- DirectorChie HayakawaStarsChieko BaishôHayato IsomuraStefanie ArianneGovernment program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be euthanized to remedy an aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a Filipino laborer face choices of life and death.
- DirectorWes BallStarsOwen TeagueEka DarvilleTravis JefferyMany years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he's been taught about the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
- CreatorScott M. GimpleDanai GuriraAndrew LincolnStarsAndrew LincolnDanai GuriraPollyanna McIntoshThe love story between Rick and Michonne. Changed by a world that is constantly changing, will they find themselves in a war against the living or will they discover that they too are The Walking Dead?
- CreatorDavid BenioffD.B. WeissAlexander WooStarsJovan AdepoLiam CunninghamEiza GonzálezA fateful decision made in 1960s China reverberates in the present, where a group of scientists partner with a detective to confront an existential planetary threat.