Best Sci Fi Movies by Director
870
47
2001
Steven Spielberg
Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards
Sci-Fi / Adventure / Drama
USA
English
1466
87
2002
Steven Spielberg
Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Tech-Noir
USA
English
2734
260
1993
Steven Spielberg
Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough
Horror / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Action / Fantasy / Family
USA
English
2735
261
2005
Steven Spielberg
Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
NR
-
1997
Steven Spielberg
Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard Attenborough
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
NR
-
2018
Steven Spielberg
Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T.J. Miller
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Family / Fantasy / Tech-Noir
USA
English
659
30
2008
Andrew Stanton
Ben Burtt, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, Elissa Knight, John Ratzenberger
Animation / Comedy / Family / Romance / Sci-Fi / Adventure
USA
English
1607
94
1936
Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor
Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton
Sci-Fi / Adventure / Action / Family / Cult / Comic / Serial
USA
English
2659
236
1975
Robert Stevenson
Derek Nimmo, Hugh Burden, Bernard Bresslaw, Helen Hayes, Joan Sims
Family / Adventure / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Spy / Sci-Fi
UK / USA
English
2738
264
2005
Tim Story
Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic
USA
English
2725
258
1933
Frank R. Strayer
Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, Maude Eburne, George E. Stone, Dwight Frye
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Romance / Sci-Fi / Detective
USA
English
2591
219
1965
John Sturges
George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews, John Larkin
Sci-Fi / Thriller / Action
USA
English
2385
179
1986
Eliseo Subiela
Lorenzo Quinteros, Hugo Soto, Inés Vernengo, Cristina Scaramuzza
Drama / Sci-Fi
Argentina
Spanish
2675
241
1981
Alain Tanner
Trevor Howard, Mick Ford, Bernice Stegers, Henri Virlojeux
Drama / Sci-Fi
Switzerland / France
English
129
7
1972
Andrei Tarkovsky
Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
Drama / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Cult
Soviet Union
Russian
718
32
1979
Andrei Tarkovsky
Aleksandr Kajdanovsky, Alisa Frejndlikh, Anatoli Solonitsyn
Mystery / Sci-Fi
West Germany / Soviet Union
Russian
NR
-
2015
Alan Taylor
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, J.K. Simmons
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2630
230
1977
Don Taylor
Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport, Barbara Carrera, Richard Basehart
Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Adventure / Romance
USA
English
NR
-
2016
Mike Thurmeier, Galen T. Chu
Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Lopez
Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2736
262
2016
Dan Trachtenberg
John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr., Douglas M. Griffin
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2718
256
2012
Josh Trank
Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly, Ashley Hinshaw
Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Fantasy
UK / USA
English
NR
-
2015
Colin Trevorrow
Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Irrfan Khan
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA / China
English
2718
256
2001
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Michael J. Fox, Corey Burton, Claudia Christian, James Garner, John Mahoney
Animation / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Adventure / Action / Family
USA
English
1703
101
1966
François Truffaut
Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring
Sci-Fi / Drama
UK
English
2116
138
1972
Douglas Trumbull
Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint, Steve Brown, Mark Persons
Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2691
244
1998
Ming-liang Tsai
Kuei-Mei Yang, Kang-sheng Lee, Tien Miao, Hsiang-Chu Tong
Drama / Musical / Comedy / Romance / Sci-Fi
Taiwan / France
Mandarin
2070
133
1988
Shinya Tsukamoto
Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka, Renji Ishibashi, Naomasa Musaka
Horror / Sci-Fi / Action / Experimental
Japan
Japanese
2702
249
2009
Shinya Tsukamoto
Shinya Tsukamoto, Eric Bossick, Akiko Monou, Yûko Nakamura, Dwayne Lawler
Action / Sci-Fi
Japan
English
2659
236
1982
Slava Tsukerman
Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Susan Doukas, Otto von Wernherr, Bob Brady
Sci-Fi / Comedy
USA
English
NR
-
2018
Jon Turteltaub
Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
China / USA
English
2725
258
2023
Marc Turtletaub
Ben Kingsley, Harriet Sansom Harris, Jane Curtin, Teddy Cañez, Narea Kang
Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2718
256
1996
David Twohy
Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff, Shane, Ron Silver, Teri Polo
Sci-Fi / Thriller / Mystery / Action
USA / Mexico
English
2540
208
2012
Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae
Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Epic
Germany / USA / Hong Kong / Singapore
English
NR
-
2016
Morten Tyldum
Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Andy Garcia
Adventure / Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Action
USA
English
1792
110
1968
Roger Vadim
Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O'Shea
Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Cult / Comic
France / Italy
English
2702
249
2009
Jaco van Dormael
Diane Kruger, Rhys Ifans, Jared Leto, Juno Temple, Sarah Polley, Toby Regbo
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Sci-Fi
Canada / Belgium / France / Germany
English
2409
185
2011
Matthew Vaughn
James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence
Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comic / Fantasy
USA
English
1424
85
1987
Paul Verhoeven
Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox
Sci-Fi / Action / Crime
USA
English
1515
90
1990
Paul Verhoeven
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Rachel Ticotin, Ronny Cox
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Tech-Noir
USA
English
1955
119
1997
Paul Verhoeven
Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / War
USA
English
2736
262
2016
Nacho Vigalondo
Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson, Dan Stevens
Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Canada / Spain
English
858
46
2016
Denis Villeneuve
Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg
Sci-Fi / Thriller / Drama / Mystery
USA
English
979
56
2021
Denis Villeneuve
Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa
Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Epic
USA / Canada
English
1713
103
2024
Denis Villeneuve
Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin
Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Epic
USA / Canada
English
2079
136
2017
Denis Villeneuve
Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright
Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller / Tech-Noir / Cult / Action
USA / UK / Canada
English
2725
258
2017
Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John C. Reilly, John Goodman
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2775
272
2006
Christian Volckman
Sean Barrett, Lachelle Carl, Daniel Craig, Patrick Floersheim, Ian Holm
Animation / Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Tech-Noir
France / UK / Luxembourg
English
902
50
2011
Lars von Trier
Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling
Drama / Sci-Fi
Denmark / Sweden / France / Germany
English
410
16
1999
Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2389
180
2003
Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
NR
-
2003
Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2709
252
2021
Lana Wachowski
Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jonathan Groff
Action / Sci-Fi
USA / UK / Australia
English
2763
269
2008
Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Family / Sci-Fi / Sports
USA / UK / Germany / Japan
English
2725
258
2017
Taika Waititi
Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi / Comic / Fantasy
USA
English
2630
230
1935
Stuart Walker
Henry Hull, Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson, Lester Matthews, Lawrence Grant
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2762
268
1987
Gary Walkow
Tom Villard, Susan Dey, Elaine Giftos, Elizabeth Gorcey
Comedy / Sci-Fi
USA
English
NR
-
2018
James Wan
Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Nicole Kidman
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic
Australia / USA
English
2036
129
1965
Andy Warhol
Tosh Carillo, Larry Latrae, Gerard Malanga, J.D. McDermott
Sci-Fi / Experimental
USA
English
1241
70
1965
Peter Watkins
Michael Aspel, Peter Graham
Drama / Sci-Fi / War / Documentary
UK
English
2615
226
1967
Peter Watkins
Paul Jones, Jean Shrimpton, Mark London, Max Bacon
Sci-Fi / Music / Drama
UK
English
2125
140
2021
Jon Watts
Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic
USA
English
2590
218
2019
Jon Watts
Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comic
USA
English
2735
261
2017
Jon Watts
Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comic / Fantasy / Thriller
USA
English
2570
214
2005
Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha
Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Robin Williams, Greg Kinnear, Mel Brooks
Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Adventure
USA
English
787
38
1998
Peter Weir
Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone
Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2725
258
2011
Simon Wells
Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Joan Cusack, Elisabeth Harnois, Seth Robert Dusky
Animation / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi
USA
English
146
8
1935
James Whale
Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester
Horror / Sci-Fi / Drama
USA
English
269
13
1931
James Whale
Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff, Edward Van Sloan
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi
USA
English
954
53
1933
James Whale
Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, Henry Travers, Una O'Connor
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
2709
252
2020
Leigh Whannell
Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid
Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Australia / USA / Canada / UK
English
2329
167
2012
Joss Whedon
Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comic
USA
English
2725
258
2005
Joss Whedon
Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2736
262
2015
Joss Whedon
Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comic
USA
English
900
49
1956
Fred M. Wilcox
Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens
Drama / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Action / Cult
USA
English
2736
262
2021
Adam Wingard
Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA / Australia / Canada / India
English
2536
207
2003
Michael Winterbottom
Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Jeanne Balibar, Om Puri, Essie Davis
Romance / Sci-Fi / Drama
UK
English
667
31
1951
Robert Wise
Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal
Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Family
USA
English
2446
190
1979
Robert Wise
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei
Sci-Fi / Adventure / Cult
USA
English
2630
230
1971
Robert Wise
Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell
Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
1141
62
2004
Kar Wai Wong
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Li Gong, Takuya Kimura, Faye Wong, Ziyi Zhang
Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi
China / France / Germany / Hong Kong
Cantonese
2231
153
1997
John Woo
John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon
Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2660
237
1959
Edward D. Wood Jr.
Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Duke Moore, Tom Keene, Carl Anthony
Horror / Sci-Fi / Action / Cult
USA
English
2590
218
2013
Edgar Wright
Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike, Thomas Law
Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi
UK
English
NR
-
2011
Rupert Wyatt
James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton, David Oyelowo
Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2410
186
2023
Takashi Yamazaki
Minami Hamabe, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Sakura Ando, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Munetaka Aoki
Action / Adventure / Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi
Japan
Japanese
2630
230
1958
Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., Russell S. Doughten Jr.
Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, Olin Howland, Alden 'Stephen' Chase
Horror / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Cult
USA
English
2758
266
1989
Clarence Fok Yiu-leung
Maggie Cheung, Biao Yuen, Wah Yuen, Sarah Lee, Alvina Kong
Action / Romance / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Fantasy
Hong Kong
Cantonese
444
18
1985
Robert Zemeckis
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson
Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Family
USA
English
2224
151
1997
Robert Zemeckis
Jena Malone, David Morse, Jodie Foster, Geoffrey Blake, William Fichtner
Drama / Sci-Fi / Mystery
USA
English
2591
219
1990
Robert Zemeckis
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Western / Romance
USA
English
NR
-
1989
Robert Zemeckis
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2772
271
1988
Andrzej Zulawski
Andrzej Seweryn, Jerzy Trela, Grazyna Dylag, Waldemar Kownacki, Iwona Bielska
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Action / Epic
Poland
Polish
