Best drama sci-fi films - Charts
Best drama sci-fi films
1. The Animatrix: The Second Renaissance Part 2 (2003)
USA, Animation / Short
Directed by: Mahiro Maeda
2. The Animatrix: The Second Renaissance Part 1 (2003)
USA, Animation / Short
Directed by: Mahiro Maeda
3. Dune: Part Two (2024)
USA / Canada, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya
4. The Prestige (2006)
USA / UK, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman
6. K-Pax (2001)
USA / Germany, Drama / Sci-fi
Directed by: Iain Softley
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges
7. Interstellar (2014)
USA / UK, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway
8. Metropolis (1927)
German Empire, Sci-fi / Drama
Directed by: Fritz Lang
Cast: Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich
9. Planet of the Apes (1968)
USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall
10. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Michel Gondry
Cast: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet
11. Donnie Darko (2001)
USA, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: Richard Kelly
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Holmes Osborne
12. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
UK / USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee
13. The White Disease (1937)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Psychological
Directed by: Hugo Haas
Cast: Hugo Haas, Zdeněk Štěpánek
16. Krakatit (1948)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Sci-fi
Directed by: Otakar Vávra
Cast: Karel Höger, Florence Marly
17. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Cast: Hideyuki Tanaka, Ichirō Nagai
18. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace
20. The Martian (2015)
USA / UK, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain
21. The Animatrix: A Detective Story (2003)
USA, Animation / Short
Directed by: Shin'ichirō Watanabe
22. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Mamoru Hosoda, Hiroyuki Aoyama
Cast: Riisa Naka, Mitsuki Tanimura
23. I, Robot (2004)
USA / Germany, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Alex Proyas
Cast: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan
24. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Rupert Wyatt
Cast: James Franco, Andy Serkis
26. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
USA, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: Jack Arnold
Cast: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart
27. Contact (1997)
USA, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey
28. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
Japan / USA, Animation / Action
Directed by: Shin'ichirō Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Takei
Cast: Ai Kobayashi, Kōichi Yamadera
29. Akira (1988)
Japan, Animation / Sci-fi
Directed by: Katsuhiro Ōtomo
Cast: Mami Koyama, Mitsuo Iwata
30. Evangelion 2.22: You Can (Not) Advance (2009)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki
Cast: Kotono Mitsuishi, Maaya Sakamoto
31. The Man from Earth (2007)
USA, Drama / Sci-fi
Directed by: Richard Schenkman
Cast: David Lee Smith, Annika Peterson
32. Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven (2006)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Kenji Kamiyama, 布施木一喜
Cast: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ōtsuka
33. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
USA, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: James Whale
Cast: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive
36. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man (2005)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Kenji Kamiyama
Cast: Akio Ōtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka
37. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Hideaki Anno
39. Poor Things (2023)
Ireland / UK, Sci-fi / Comedy
Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo
40. Brazil (1985)
UK, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro
42. La Jetée (1962)
France, Short / Sci-fi
Directed by: Chris Marker
Cast: Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain
43. Frequency (2000)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Dennis Quaid, James Caviezel
44. Memories (1995)
Japan, Animation / Anthology
Directed by: Kōji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura
Cast: Kōichi Yamadera, Shigeru Chiba
45. The Night of the Doctor (2013)
UK, Short / Adventure
Directed by: John Hayes
Cast: Paul McGann, Clare Higgins
46. Signs (2002)
USA, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix
47. The Fly (1986)
USA / UK, Drama / Horror
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis
48. Unbreakable (2000)
USA, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson
49. Mr. Nobody (2009)
Canada / Belgium, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Jaco Van Dormael
Cast: Jared Leto, Diane Kruger
50. Ikarie XB 1 (1963)
Czechoslovakia, Sci-fi / Drama
Directed by: Jindřich Polák
Cast: Zdeněk Štěpánek, Radovan Lukavský
51. Children of Men (2006)
USA / UK, Sci-fi / Drama
Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
Cast: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore
52. Cloud Atlas (2012)
USA / Germany, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer
Cast: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry
53. Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
UK, Sci-fi / Drama
Directed by: François Truffaut
Cast: Oskar Werner, Julie Christie
54. The Face of Another (1966)
Japan, Drama / Sci-fi
Directed by: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kishida
56. Gravity (2013)
USA / UK, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
Cast: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney
57. I Am Legend (2007)
USA, Drama / Sci-fi
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Cast: Will Smith, Alice Braga
58. Isle of Dogs (2018)
USA / Germany, Animation / Puppet
Directed by: Wes Anderson
Cast: Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin
59. I'm Here (2010)
USA, Short / Romance
Directed by: Spike Jonze
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Daniel London
60. Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Richard Donner, Richard Lester
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman
61. Vongozero: The Outbreak (2019)
Russia, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Павел Костомаров
Cast: Kirill Käro, Viktoriya Isakova
63. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Hiroyuki Okiura
Cast: Tamio Ōki, Kōsei Hirota
65. Woman in the Moon (1929)
German Empire, Drama / Sci-fi
Directed by: Fritz Lang
Cast: Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus
66. Evangelion 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki
Cast: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara
67. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
USA, Drama / Sci-fi
Directed by: Robert Wise
Cast: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal
68. Steins;Gate The Movie: Burdened Domain Of Déjà Vu (2013)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Kanji Wakabayashi, Hiroshi Hamasaki
Cast: Tomokazu Seki, Mamoru Miyano
69. Kin-Dza-Dza! (1986)
Soviet Union, Comedy / Sci-fi
Directed by: Georgiy Daneliya
Cast: Stanislav Lyubshin, Лео Габриадзе
70. Open Your Eyes (1997)
Spain / France, Mystery / Romance
Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
Cast: Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz
71. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
USA, Sci-fi / Drama
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law
73. The Fountain (2006)
USA / Canada, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz
74. Frankenstein (1994)
UK / Japan, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh
76. The Hole (1998)
Taiwan / France, Drama / Musical
Directed by: Ming-liang Tsai
Cast: Kang-Sheng Lee, Kuei-Mei Yang
77. The Boys from Brazil (1978)
UK / USA, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier
78. Patema Inverted (2013)
Japan, Animation / Adventure
Directed by: Yasuhiro Yoshiura
Cast: Nobuhiko Okamoto, Stephanie Sheh
79. Angel's Egg (1985)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Mamoru Oshii
Cast: Kei'ichi Noda, Jinpachi Nezu
80. Capricorn One (1977)
USA / UK, Drama / Sci-fi
Directed by: Peter Hyams
Cast: Elliott Gould, James Brolin
82. Pale Cocoon (2005)
Japan, Animation / Short
Directed by: Yasuhiro Yoshiura
Cast: Yasuhiro Yoshiura, Yuka Koyama
83. Equilibrium (2002)
USA, Action / Sci-fi
Directed by: Kurt Wimmer
Cast: Christian Bale, Dominic Purcell
84. Phenomenon (1996)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
Cast: John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick
86. The Night Is Young (1986)
France / Switzerland, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Leos Carax
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Juliette Binoche
87. Seconds (1966)
USA, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Rock Hudson, John Randolph
88. Ex Machina (2014)
UK, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Alex Garland
Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac
89. Passengers (2016)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Morten Tyldum
Cast: Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence
91. Ghost in the Shell Arise: Border 1 - Ghost Pain (2013)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Kazuchika Kise, Masahiko Murata
Cast: Maaya Sakamoto, Miyuki Sawashiro
92. Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Takashi Yamazaki
Cast: Ryūnosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe
93. Appleseed (2004)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Shinji Aramaki
Cast: Ai Kobayashi, Jūrōta Kosugi
94. Superman (1978)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando
95. Perfect Sense (2011)
UK / Sweden, Drama / Romance
Directed by: David Mackenzie
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Eva Green
97. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
USA / UK, Sci-fi / Mystery
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford
100. The Mist (2007)
USA, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Frank Darabont
Cast: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden