# Your top-10 science fiction films of this century (2000-2023) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [September 30, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-science-fiction-films-of-this-century-2000-2023/990918 "2023-09-30T18:51:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-science-fiction-films-of-this-century-2000-2023/990918/41 "2023-10-02T19:20:49Z")
Wow, thank you for this! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-science-fiction-films-of-this-century-2000-2023/990918/42 "2023-10-02T20:33:18Z")
That is an awesome summary. One nitpick: you have _The Shape of Water_ getting one vote, twice. It should be on the “two votes” list. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-science-fiction-films-of-this-century-2000-2023/990918/43 "2023-10-02T20:36:17Z")
I am going to leave any Marvel/superhero movies off my list because I am a big fan and my list would probably be just them. District 9 Interstellar Limitless Mad Max: Fury Road Pitch Black Star Trek(2009) Terminator Genysis Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Wall-E War of The Worlds (2005) If I did NOT mention a movie it probably because I have NOT seen it yet. (And this thread reminds me of about a dozen movies I should probably check out.) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-science-fiction-films-of-this-century-2000-2023/990918/44 "2023-10-03T04:27:04Z")
Updated list The top ten Arrival - 13 votes Edge of Tomorrow - 10 votes The Martian - 8 votes Children of Men - 7 votes Dune - 7 votes Everything Everywhere All At Once - 6 votes Inception - 6 votes Mad Max: Fury Road - 6 votes Ex Machina - 5 votes Gravity - 5 votes Four votes each Blade Runner 2049 District 9 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Her Interstellar Looper Moon The Prestige Three votes each Avatar Get Out The Incredibles Minority Report Predestination Primer Rogue One Serenity WALL-E War of the Worlds Two votes each Cloverfield Dredd Hellboy Knowing A Quiet Place A Scanner Darkly The Shape of Water Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse Under the Skin Terminator Genysis Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines One vote each The Adjustment Bureau Alienoid Appleseed After Yang Asteroid City Attack The Block Avengers: Endgame Avengers: Infinity War Battle: Los Angeles Big Hero 6 Bird Box Border Chronicle Coherence Computer Chess The Congress Day Watch Europa Report Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Guardians of the Galaxy Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Immortel Iron Man Let the Right One in Limitless Logan The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra The Matrix Reloaded Midnight Special The Mist Nope Outlander Paul Pitch Black Possessor Prey Ready Player One Real Steel Returner Safety Not Guaranteed Sean of the Dead Settlers Shin Godzilla Star Trek Sunshine Super-8 Surrogates 10 Cloverfield Lane Tron Legacy Upgrade V for Vendetta Vanilla Sky Watchmen The World’s End ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-science-fiction-films-of-this-century-2000-2023/990918/45 "2023-10-03T05:25:19Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > The Incredibles (2004) > Serenity (2006) > Let the Right One in (2008) > Gravity (2013) > The Martian (2015) > > Avengers: Infinity War (2018) > Isle of Dogs (2018) Good picks except Let the Right One in (2008) which is a horror film, not SF. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-science-fiction-films-of-this-century-2000-2023/990918/46 "2023-10-03T05:57:32Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Good picks except Let the Right One in (2008) which is a horror film, not SF. I feel the OP made it clear we were using a loose definition of what constitutes science fiction. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-science-fiction-films-of-this-century-2000-2023/990918/47 "2023-10-03T16:30:32Z")
In no order at all: Gravity Interstellar District 9 Moon The Martian Primer Looper Children of Men Edge of Tomorrow Mad Max: Fury Road ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-science-fiction-films-of-this-century-2000-2023/990918/48 "2023-10-03T22:34:46Z")
What the heck, I’ll add the Ghostbusters remake (the one with the female cast) to my list, since I have room. No, it wasn’t as funny as the original, and no, it certainly wasn’t the same. But I thought that, overall, it was a better movie (better characterization, better plot, etc.). ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-science-fiction-films-of-this-century-2000-2023/990918/49 "2023-10-04T16:51:09Z")
Dune Prey The Creator - (just saw this so it may be recency bias but I really enjoyed it) the Planet of the Apes trilogy (Rise, Dawn, War) Edge of Tomorrow The Martian Arrival Pitch Black Alita: Battle Angel Mad Max: Fury Road ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-science-fiction-films-of-this-century-2000-2023/990918/50 "2023-10-05T00:11:38Z")
Gravity Blade Runner 2049 Serenity Moon The Martian Guardians of the Galaxy PREY Iron Man Edge of Tomorrow Mad Max: Fury Road ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-science-fiction-films-of-this-century-2000-2023/990918/51 "2023-10-05T00:14:03Z")
What in The Prestige is science fictiony? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-science-fiction-films-of-this-century-2000-2023/990918/52 "2023-10-05T04:41:47Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Edge of Tomorrow - 10 votes Hey, I’ll watch any movie where I get to see Tom Cruise killed 26 times. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-science-fiction-films-of-this-century-2000-2023/990918/53 "2023-10-05T04:52:07Z")
> [@Galactus](#): > > What in The Prestige is science fictiony? The Tesla device used by Angier. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-science-fiction-films-of-this-century-2000-2023/990918/54 "2023-10-05T13:15:21Z")
Thanks for the info. Haven’t watched this movie since it first came out. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-science-fiction-films-of-this-century-2000-2023/990918/55 "2023-10-07T06:24:22Z")
In no particular order… Minority Report Wall-E Ex Machina Edge of Tomorrow Blade Runner 2049 Moon Inception The Prestige (does this count?) Arrival Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (also not sure if counts) The Martian Oops that’s 11! Since I’ve included a couple of films that are debatable as far their ‘science-fictionish’ is concerned, I thought I would add a couple more here that I personally wouldn’t include as sci fi but have seen mentioned above. The Incredibles, which is one of my favourites full stop, and Spiderman into the Spiderverse (I haven’t seen the sequel). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-science-fiction-films-of-this-century-2000-2023/990918.md?page=2)