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Science fiction and fantasy films of the 2020s

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1899 (2022 film)

1899 (2022) is a German Netflix mystery sci-fi series by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese, creators of Dark, following the migrant steamship Kerberos; eight episodes, €60m budget, cancelled January 2023.

1984 (2023 film)

1984 (2023 film), also known as Nineteen Eighty-Four, is a dystopian science fiction film by Finnish director Diana Ringo blending Orwell's 1984 with Zamyatin's We; shot in Moscow in Russian, released digitally November 15, 2023, starring Aleksandr Obmanov as D503.

200% Wolf

200% Wolf is a 2024 Australian animated comedy sequel to 100% Wolf, directed by Alexs Stadermann for Flying Bark Productions, in which pink were-poodle Freddy Lupin must send stranded moon spirit Moopoo home.

2067 (film)

2067 is a 2020 Australian climate-fiction time-travel thriller written and directed by Seth Larney, starring Kodi Smit-McPhee as Ethan Whyte and Ryan Kwanten; released October 2020, it earned 32% on Rotten Tomatoes.

42.6 Years

42.6 Years is an upcoming American sci-fi romantic comedy directed by Michael Schwartz, written by Seth Reiss, starring Andy Samberg and Annette Bening; a Focus Features film about a man cryogenically frozen 42.6 years, targeting 2027.

65 (film)

65 is a 2023 Columbia Pictures sci-fi thriller written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, produced by Sam Raimi, starring Adam Driver as pilot Mills, who crash-lands on Earth 65 million years ago; it grossed $60.7 million against a reported $90 million budget.

A Knight's War

A Knight's War is a 2025 Canadian dark fantasy horror film by Matthew Ninaber, starring Jeremy Ninaber as knight Bhodie, who relives his death day to rescue Avalon; released by DREAD, 66% on Rotten Tomatoes.

A Matter of Time (upcoming film)

A Matter of Time is an upcoming Harry Bradbeer supernatural romantic comedy for Netflix, announced May 2026, starring Ben Stiller, Nicholas Galitzine, and Bella Maclean; it began filming in London in July 2026, produced by Sony Pictures and Debra Hayward and Larry Mark, expected in 2027. It is distinct from the released 2026 sci-fi film Matter of Time.

A Samurai in Time

A Samurai in Time (侍タイムスリッパー, Samurai Time Slipper) is a 2024 Japanese indie comedy-drama by Junichi Yasuda in which an Edo-period samurai lands on a modern jidaigeki film set and becomes a kirareyaku; it won Best Film at the 48th Japan Academy Film Prize.

A Writer's Odyssey (刺杀小说家)

A Writer's Odyssey (刺杀小说家), also known as Assassin in Red, is Lu Yang's 2021 Chinese fantasy action film adapted from Shuang Xuetao's short story, starring Lei Jiayin and Dong Zijian; it passed 1 billion yuan and spawned a 2025 sequel.

A.M.I.

A.M.I. (also written Ami) is an upcoming science fiction survival thriller directed by Fernando Szurman, starring Mads Mikkelsen as an astronaut stranded with an AI companion.

After Yang

After Yang is a 2021 American sci-fi drama written, directed, and edited by Kogonada, adapted from Alexander Weinstein's short story "Saying Goodbye to Yang". Starring Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Justin H. Min, it follows a family grieving their malfunctioning android; Metascore 78.

Again Again (film)

Again Again is a 2026 American indie sci-fi romance directed by Mia Moore Marchant and Heather Ballish, starring Marchant as Agatha, a trans woman leaving a ten-year time loop in Aberdeen, Washington; Lilly Wachowski executive produced.

Agent Recon

Agent Recon (2024) is an American sci-fi action film, the third in Derek Ting's Agent franchise, written, directed by, and starring Ting with Chuck Norris and Marc Singer; released digitally June 21, 2024 by Quiver Distribution.

Alienoid: Return to the Future (외계+인 2부)

Alienoid: Return to the Future (외계+인 2부) is Choi Dong-hoon's 2024 Korean sci-fi action fantasy sequel to Alienoid (2022), starring Kim Tae-ri, Ryu Jun-yeol, and Kim Woo-bin; released January 2024, 122 minutes, about 1.43 million Korean admissions.

All of You (2024 film)

All of You (2024) is a near-future romantic drama directed by William Bridges, co-written with and starring Brett Goldstein opposite Imogen Poots. Best friends Simon and Laura are kept apart by the Soul Connex soulmate test; it premiered at TIFF 2024 and streams on Apple TV+ from September 26, 2025.

Altered (2024 film)

Altered (2024 film) is Timo Vuorensola's sci-fi action film starring Tom Felton as Leon, a disabled inventor in a genetically stratified dystopia; shot in Kazakhstan, released November 21, 2025, distinct from Altered Reality (2024).

Anima (2026 film)

Anima (2026 film): American sci-fi comedy-drama road movie, the narrative feature debut of writer-director Brian Tetsuro Ivie; premiered at SXSW 2026, stars Sydney Chandler and Takehiro Hira, shot on 16mm in Connecticut; distinct from the Paul Thomas Anderson short and other titles named Anima.

Another End

Another End is a 2024 Italian sci-fi drama by Piero Messina, in competition at the 74th Berlinale, starring Gael García Bernal, Renate Reinsve, and Bérénice Bejo, about a technology that implants the dead's memories in living hosts.

Another World (世外) (2025 film)

Another World (世外, Shì Wài) is a 2025 Hong Kong Cantonese animated fantasy drama directed by Tommy Ng Kai Chung, adapted from Naka Saijo's novel Sennenki (千年鬼), premiering at Annecy 2025 and distributed in North America by GKIDS.

Archive (film)

Archive is a 2020 British science fiction thriller, the feature debut of writer-director Gavin Rothery, starring Theo James as a 2038 scientist secretly building a human-equivalent AI to reunite with his dead wife, with a twist ending revealing George himself is dead.

Arco (film)

Arco is a 2025 French animated feature (also called ARCO) by debut director Ugo Bienvenu, about a boy from 2932 stranded in 2075 with the girl Iris; it won Annecy's Cristal, the European Film Award, and an Oscar nomination.

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026) is the first Avatar Studios animated film, a sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender set years later, directed by Lauren Montgomery, released on Paramount+ July 25, 2026 after delays and a leak.

Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) is James Cameron's sequel to Avatar, following the Sully family among Pandora's oceanic Metkayina. It pioneered underwater performance capture, grossed $2.33 billion worldwide, and won the Visual Effects Oscar.

Awake (2021 film)

Awake (2021 film): Netflix sci-fi thriller directed by Mark Raso, starring Gina Rodriguez and Ariana Greenblatt, released June 9, 2021; a global event ends human sleep, and a soldier's sleeping daughter may be the cure.

Baby (upcoming film)

Baby (upcoming film): unreleased English-language film directed by Sam Max, starring Joe Locke, about a male sex worker pregnant with a mysterious creature; distinct from Marcelo Caetano's 2024 Brazilian Cannes drama of the same title.

Batman Beyond: Year One

Batman Beyond: Year One is a 2024 live-action fan film, also called a proof-of-concept short, directed by Michael Yu for Lumis Entertainment; Ryan Potter plays Terry McGinnis fighting the Royal Flush Gang in Neo Gotham.

Batman: Knightfall (film)

Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall (2026) is the first of a three-part Warner Bros. Animation/DC Studios R-rated animated trilogy adapting the 1993-94 Knightfall comics, directed by Jeff Wamester, starring Anson Mount as Batman and Michael Mando as Bane.

Billa Ranga Baasha

Billa Ranga Baasha (ಬಿಲ್ಲ ರಂಗ ಬಾಷ), First Blood: Kannada dystopian sci-fi action-adventure set in 2209 AD, directed by Anup Bhandari, starring Kichcha Sudeep; Primeshow Entertainment production filming since April 2025.

Boss Level

Boss Level (2021) is a Joe Carnahan sci-fi action film on Hulu starring Frank Grillo as Roy Pulver, a special forces agent stuck in a time loop on the day of his murder, fighting assassins to reach Mel Gibson's Colonel Ventor; also called its original title Continue.