Best Sci-Fi Movies on Netflix 2018

These 25 Sci-Fi Movies on Netflix Will Blow Your Mind

Science fiction has the power to transport us to other dimensions, expand the boundaries of our imaginations, and teach us very important lessons about being leaders and adapting to change. Once you've read through all the best sci-fi classics, you might be ready to cosy up on the couch with a mind-bending sci-fi film. Thanks to Netflix, there are endless options that are sure to delight your senses and provide hours of entertainment. Keep reading for our 25 top picks.

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1. Star Wars: The Last Jedi

It doesn't get more sci-fi than space and lightsabers. Star Wars: The Last Jedi was an amazing addition to the Star Wars canon, and Daisy Ridley is our favourite hero.

2. Pandorum

In Pandorum, Ben Foster and Dennis Quaid star as two spacecraft workers who wake up from hypersleep and discover they're on an abandoned spacecraft — or so they think.

3. Cube

Cube is basically the original Saw. Six strangers wake up and realise they've been placed in some sort of endless maze of interlocking cubes with deadly traps. Together, they must figure out why they were chosen and how to get out.

4. Batteries Not Included

The 1987 sci-fi flick Batteries Not Included tells the story of an elderly couple facing eviction from a new landlord. Then a miracle happens: a family of aliens steps in and saves the day.

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5. Donnie Darko

Donnie might seem like your typical brooding teenage boy, but Jake Gyllenhaal's character ends up being anything but ordinary. He receives a prophesy that the world will end in 28 days, but he doesn't know what's real.

6. Ghostbusters

Comedy meets sci-fi in this classic film starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Sigourney Weaver. In Ghostbusters, a killer demon threatens to destroy the world, and it's up to a team of parapsychologists to send him back where he belongs.

7. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Featuring an amazing soundtrack and a phenomenal cast, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 picks up where the first film left off, and it sets you up perfectly for the new Avengers movie. Did we mention Sylvester Stallone has a starring role?

8. Moon

The past Academy Awards proved what we already know: Sam Rockwell is an amazing actor. In his starring role in Moon, we really see the actor's skillset in action. He plays Sam Bell, a lonely astronaut finishing his three-year solo stint on the moon, but things aren't wrapping up the way they should.

9. The Road

Viggo Mortensen stars in The Road as a father who must protect his son while they navigate a postapocalyptic America. The duo decide to move through the grey, snow-filled landscape to the promising coast, but it will not be an easy journey.

10. V For Vendetta

Based on a graphic novel, V For Vendetta takes place in an alternate reality where a totalitarian government is in charge of Britain. Natalie Portman finds her character at the mercy of the secret police until a caped, masked vigilante named V saves her.

11. Armageddon

In Armageddon, a gigantic asteroid is making its way toward Earth and a team of NASA astronauts need to split the rock in two in order to save the planet. It's the perfect combination of sci-fi and suspense/thriller.

12. Deep Blue Sea

If shark movies scare you, turn away now. But for the rest of you, Deep Blue Sea is about a group of scientists conducting experiments on sharks to unlock an Alzheimer's cure. The experiments go terribly wrong, and they're left with super sharks intent on killing.

13. Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Based on the adored comic, Hellboy II: The Golden Army stars Ron Perlman and Selma Blair as superheroes who must save the Earth. It's directed by Guillermo del Toro, so you know it's a must see.

14. Jurassic Park

The original Jurassic Park breathed new life into the sci-drama. We've got theme parks, gigantic dinosaurs, and Jeff Goldblum — it doesn't get much better than that.

15. Okja

Okja is basically the E.T. of the 21st century. A little girl has been taking care of Ojka, a gigantic animal bred to be the perfect meal, for 10 years. Then Okja is taken away from a corporate entity and relocated to New York . . . but Mija refuses to let them take Okja without a fight. Be warned that this movie will destroy you.

16. Mute

Netflix original film Mute stars Alexander Skarsgard, Paul Rudd, and Justin Theroux. Skarsgard plays a man whose girlfriend has vanished. To attempt to find her, he ventures into Berlin's futuristic underworld.

17. The Cloverfield Paradox

Netflix original film The Cloverfield Paradox focuses on a group of scientific researchers orbiting space and attempting to find a new energy source called the "God Particle." Instead, they unleash something evil.

18. Arrival

Arrival stars Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Forest Whitaker in a sci-fi film about a linguist trying to communicate with aliens that have landed on Earth. It's an amazing sci-fi film that is both powerful and emotional.

19. Doctor Strange

This Marvel movie is definitely one of the more fantasy-driven films, and we love it. Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Doctor Strange, a brilliant neurosurgeon who learns the magical arts to heal himself after an accident.

20. 2001: A Space Odyssey

Every sci-fi list should include 2001: A Space Odyssey. The 1968 film was directed by Stanley Kubrick, and it follows a crew's voyage to Jupiter, where they uncover a mysterious artificial object.

21. Inception

Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Ellen Page star in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller Inception. DiCaprio builds a business around using dreams to gain information, but he needs all the help he can get for his biggest mission yet.

22. Ex Machina

Artificial Intelligence is the main focus of 2014 film Ex Machine. It stars Alicia Vikander as Ava, the world's first true AI, who blurs the lines between machine and human.

23. The Discovery

Jason Segel, Rooney Mara, and Robert Redford star in this Netflix original film. In The Discovery, Redford plays Dr. Thomas Harbor, who proves the afterlife is real. As a result, people are now choosing suicide to reach the afterlife sooner.

24. Spectral

Directed by Nic Mathieu, the Netflix original film Spectral depicts a supernatural force bringing a European city to its knees. An engineer must step in with his team to save his people.

25. Back to the Future

Is there a sci-fi film more classic than Back to the Future? Doc Brown transforms a DeLorean into a time machine and accidentally sends Marty McFly 30 years into the past, where he must reconcile his parents and make it back to the present day.

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