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But what if I told you that the 2010s just might have some of thebest sci-fi moviesmade,ever?
(Even ifwe never made contact.)
Don’t believe me?
Here’s 35 of the greatest sci-fi movies of the 2010s.
Lovecraft tale ever made.
Before Trank helmed the disastrous 2015 reboot of Fantastic Four, he was a rising visionary due to Chronicle.
Domnhall Gleeson stars as an ordinary man who inherits his family’s secret power to travel backward in time.
(Almost like Michael Bay’s The Island, with far fewer car chases.)
A cross between Groundhog Day and The Matrix, Source Code is a dizzying thrill ride.
A Quiet Place
Year:2018Director:John Krasinski
Silence is not only golden; it’s a life-saver.
This leads the crew to a distant and hostile world where a threatening secret awaits them all.
Upgrade
Year:2018Director:Leigh Whannell
Artificial intelligence is threatening, but can it be scary?
That question lies at the heart of Leigh Whannell’s blood-soaked sci-fi thriller Upgrade, released in 2018.
But soon enough, the A.I.
Its haunting ending is one you won’t easily forget.
Although Edge of Tomorrow had a middling box office run, it effortlessly earned cult classic status.
As it turns out, his suspicions are correct, as the family hides a terrible secret.
It’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner by way of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
So begins Edgar Wright’s tribute to all our golden nights with his sci-fi comedy The World’s End.
It just so happens their town is secretly overrun by an alien species.
The answer is Pacific Rim, simply one of the coolest sci-fi movies of the 2010s.
Black Panther
Year:2018Director:Ryan Coogler
Wakanda Forever!
A monumental release, Black Panther remains one of the sci-fi crown jewels in Marvel’s exhaustive canon.
Meanwhile, members of the Resistance race against time to find an advantage over the First Order.
Annihilation
Year:2018Director:Alex Garland
8.
The Martian
Year:2015Director:Ridley Scott
Matt Damon is always in need of rescuing, it seems.
Look closely at Chris Evans and how he’s trying to obscure his face in the shawarma restaurant.
Logical worldbuilding be damned, Bong Joon-ho’s movie hits harder than a front charge of Cap’s shield.
A sinewy sequel with operatic flair, Mad Max: Fury Road earns its place in cinematic Valhalla.
Villeneuve’s movie is magnificent as it is compassionate, with its circular plot ending with a gut-punch twist.
