Netflix is one of the biggest streaming platforms in the world and is filled with a selection of numerous awesome flicks catering to every genre you can think of. If you are in the mood for some sci-fi action. In this article find out about the top 15 sci-fi movies you can watch on Netflix. So, grab your favorite snack and set camp on your couch this weekend while you enjoy one of these movies!
1. Zathura: A Space Adventure
- Release Date–November 8, 2005
- IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes Ratings– 6.3/76%
There was an era in the movie industry when characters getting sucked into board games or video games became a trend. The torchbearer of this genre was Jumanji but the one movie that took it to the next level was Zathura: A Space Adventure. This movie revolves around a couple of kids who found a board game called Zathura, and as soon as they started playing it, they were teleported into outer space. Each move they make in the game has repercussions in real life and now they battle time and aliens to finish the game and get back home.
2. The Silence
- Release Date– May 16, 2019
- IMDb/ Rotten Tomatoes Rating- 5.7/30%
The Silence takes us to a world that is under attack by creatures that hunt humans for prey through sound. Even though the world has gone to hell, a young girl who lost her hearing at the age of 13, is out on a quest to look for her family and find refuge at a location that is dubbed to be safe. However, the path is not easy and full of challenges that put her in a life-or-death situation.
3. The Adam Project
- Release Date– March 9, 2022
- IMDb/ Rotten Tomatoes Rating- 6.7/68%
The Adam Project is by far, one of my favorite sci-fi movies to date. It’s one of those movies that I can watch multiple times and still enjoy it. The Adam project revolves around the main lead, Adam, played by Ryan Reynolds who goes back in time looking for his missing wife but bumps into his younger self resulting in a heartfelt and adrenaline-filled adventure. Ryan Reynolds, as always is as charming as possible along with Walker Scobell perfectly emulating young Ryan’s charm. This is a movie you should definitely watch and once you do, there’s no going back.
4. Stowaway
- Release Date– June 24, 2021
- IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes Rating- 7/76%
Stowaway is a thrilling sci-fi movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat. This movie takes you to a three-person crew on their way to a manned mission to Mars. However, soon they realize that they are not alone and there is an unwelcome passenger on board with them. Chaos is instilled among the crew members with quickly depreciating supplies. Will they make it safely? Watch Stowaway to find out!
5. The Midnight Sky
- Release Date– December 9, 2020
- IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes Ratings- 5.7/49%
The Midnight Sky is an apocalyptic sci-fi movie revolving around the death of planet Earth due to a mysterious catastrophe that has left the planet uninhabitable. However, there is a crew of astronauts returning home after discovering a habitable planet that does not know about the death of their home.
A scientist named Augustine Lofthouse, who refused to abandon his station in the Arctic finds out about this ship returning to Earth and makes it his mission to make sure they travel back to the planet they found to save their lives even if Augustine has to give his life to do that. The Midnight Sky received rather mixed reviews, but I think this movie is worth a shot.
6. Project Power
- Release Date– August 14, 2020
- IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes Ratings- 6/61%
Project Power’s central plot is something almost all of us have dreamed of at least once – having superpowers. This movie revolves around a new drug booming on the streets of New Orleans. The drug is a pill called “Power’ that can grant anyone unpredictable superpowers for 5 minutes. This pill is being sold freely by drug dealers resulting in havoc breaking out in the city. One man, who goes by the name of “The Major” is hell-bent on finding the man behind this drug and yes, it’s personal.
7. Oblivion
- Release Date– April 19, 2013
- IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes Ratings- 7/53%
Oblivion is one of the most celebrated sci-fi movies of all time. Starring Tom Cruise as Jack Harper, the movie takes us to the year 2077, where Earth has been devastated after a war with aliens and now, humans are scavenging resources to move the entire species to a faraway colony. However, on one of his missions as a repairman, he finds something that completely turns everything around for him, instilling in him the hope that Earth can still be saved.
8. Paradise
- Release Date– June 24, 2023
- IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes Ratings- 6.3/55%
Set in the future, Paradise takes us to a world where a company named AEON has discovered a way to transfer a person’s lifespan to another person. However, this discovery has serious consequences, completely changing how the world operates. The movie revolves around a married couple, Elena and Max. They took a loan they cannot pay back yet, and now, Elena has to pay for the loan with 40 years of her life. Max, who works at AEON, tries to find a way to save her wife, leading us to an adventure that challenges the morality of Max and Elina.
9. I Am Mother
- Release Date– January 25, 2019
- IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes Ratings- 6.7/89%
I Am Mother takes us to a dystopian future where humanity has faced a mass extinction. However, an android named Mother is reviving humanity and the first child to be born is a girl named Daughter. As she grows, Mother teaches her things and is affectionate towards her. However, ‘Daughter’ soon finds out a dark secret and now has to come up with a plan to save all the surviving embryos from something that was supposed to protect them.
10. Rim of The World
- Release Date– May 24, 2019
- IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes Ratings- 5.2/29%
Rim of the World is once again, an alien invasion movie but this time, the heroes are not huge mech suits or a naval fleet but a bunch of 12-year-old kids. An alien invasion leaves the defenses of planet Earth useless. However, a bunch of kids stumble upon a key that could activate a weapons system that can take out the Alien mothership. This movie follows these kids as they make their journey to save planet Earth while being chased by a lethal alien. I know that this movie does not sound that appealing but trust me, it’s as fun as it gets. So have faith in me and go for it. Trust me when I say it, it’s going to be worth it.
11. Atlas
- Release Date- May 24, 2024
- IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes ratings- 5.6/17%
One of the most recent Sci-Fi releases saw Jennifer Lopez driving a heavily armed mech suit on an alien planet. Atlas was released quite recently and was strikingly similar to the highly popular video game Titanfall 2. This movie sees Jeniffer Lopez as Atlas who is on a mission to hunt down Harlem an AI terrorist who is hell-bent on destroying humankind with Atlas and her Mech Suit named Smith standing against him. This movie is nothing very special with a pretty generic plot but is still a movie that you can enjoy watching.
12. Oxygen
- Release Date- May 12, 2021
- IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes ratings- 6.5/90%
If you are claustrophobic, I would recommend you steer clear of Oxygen. This movie shows us a woman named Liz Hansen who is locked into a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she landed there. However, she is not alone and is kept company by M.I.L.O., a highly advanced AI. She has fragments of her memory still with her and has to figure out a way to get out of this chamber before her 90 minutes of Oxygen runs out. Will she be able to make it in time?
13. Spaceman
- Release Date– February 23, 2024
- IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes Ratings- 5.7/49%
This recently released movie brings in Adam Sandler in a rather serious role. Initially, it might bother you a bit seeing him play a serious character instead of his regular comic roles. However, Adam has pulled off this role pretty well. Spaceman revolves around an astronaut played by Sandler who has been sent on a mission to study an anomaly. However, during his mission, he starts becoming homesick and all of a sudden, a huge spider appears on his ship and talks to him while helping him with his mental state. This movie is unique and an experience you need to have at least once.
14. Pixels
- Release Date– July 24, 2015
- IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes Ratings- 5.6/18%
Remember that OG arcade games like Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, or Space Invaders? What if one day they come to life but not as heroes but as villains who want to take over our planet? Pixels is a movie that shows you this very scenario. An alien species stumbles upon recordings of these arcade games launched into space by humans. Those aliens take those recordings as a threat and create weaponized versions of them. When these weaponized games invade Earth, humanity turns to three guys who were arcade champions back in the day to save them from impending doom.
15. Extinction
- Release Date– July 27, 2018
- IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes Ratings- 5.8/32%
Extinction is once again your classic alien invasion movie where a man has concurrent dreams of an invasion of which he is almost sure of happening. Neither his wife nor any of his friends believe that something like this could happen. However, eventually, the invasion does happen but the ones who invaded were not really aliens.
As far as I think, the concept of this movie was not bad, but the way it was carried out seemed to be rushed hindering the overall experience of the movie. Now it’s not exactly a terrible movie, you can watch and enjoy it if you’re just looking to watch something for fun.
