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Science fiction 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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).

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.

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: 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.

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.

Breach (2020 film)

Breach (formerly Anti-Life) is a 2020 sci-fi action horror film directed by John Suits, starring Bruce Willis, Cody Kearsley, and Thomas Jane aboard a plague-fleeing interstellar ark; released December 18, 2020, it grossed $39,328 and holds 18% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Bulk (film)

Bulk is a 2025 British lo-fi multiverse sci-fi film by Ben Wheatley, starring Sam Riley, Alexandra Maria Lara, Noah Taylor, and Mark Monero, about a journalist trapped in a house of parallel worlds after a scientist's brane explodes.

Chaos Walking (film)

Chaos Walking (2021) is Doug Liman's dystopian sci-fi film adapted from Patrick Ness's The Knife of Never Letting Go, starring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley; it cost $100 million, grossed about $26.5 million, and scored 21% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Companion (film)

Companion (2025 film), Drew Hancock's debut sci-fi horror comedy starring Sophie Thatcher as android Iris and Jack Quaid as Josh; $10M budget, $20.8M US gross, 93% Tomatometer, Max streaming from April 18, 2025.

Cosmic Sin

Cosmic Sin is a 2021 American sci-fi action film directed by Edward Drake, starring Bruce Willis and Frank Grillo as generals leading a preemptive Q-bomb strike on zombie-like aliens in 2524; it scored 3% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye (ダンダダン 邪視)

Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye (ダンダダン 邪視) is a 2025 Science SARU compilation film pairing the Dan Da Dan season 1 finale with season 2's first three episodes, released theatrically from May 30, 2025 before the July 3 season premiere.

Daniela Forever

Daniela Forever is a 2024 Spanish-Belgian sci-fi romance directed by Nacho Vigalondo, starring Henry Golding and Beatrice Grannò; a grieving DJ uses a lucid-dreaming drug trial to recreate his dead girlfriend, premiering at TIFF 2024.

Descendent (2025 film)

Descendent (2025) is Peter Cilella's feature-directing debut, a sci-fi psychological thriller starring Ross Marquand and Sarah Bolger about a Los Angeles security guard who believes aliens abducted him; produced by Rustic Films, released by RLJE Films after a 2025 SXSW premiere.

Deus (film)

Deus (2022), aka Deus: The Dark Sphere, a British sci-fi thriller by Steve Stone starring Claudia Black; the Achilles crew finds a Mars-orbit sphere broadcasting 'God' in every language. Low ratings (IMDb 4.4), $11,997 box office.

Dog 51

Dog 51 (Chien 51) is a 2025 French dystopian sci-fi thriller by Cédric Jimenez, adapted from Laurent Gaudé's novel, set in a 2045 Paris of three zones policed by AI ALMA; Venice 2025 closing film, StudioCanal release.

Doors (film)

Doors is a 2021 American sci-fi anthology film, also released in the UK as Portal, directed by Jeff Desom, Saman Kesh, and Dugan O'Neal, starring Josh Peck, about alien doors appearing worldwide; segments Lockdown, Knockers, and Lamaj; 46% on Rotten Tomatoes.

DRAGN (film)

DRAGN (Defense Reaction and Ground Neutralization) is a 2025 sci-fi horror film directed by Peter Webber, starring James Paxton and Lilly Krug, about co-workers on a Serbian corporate retreat hunted by a rogue AI military drone; released digitally by Cineverse in March 2026.

Dual (2022 film)

Dual (2022) is a sci-fi comedy-drama written and directed by Riley Stearns, starring Karen Gillan as a woman and her clone forced into a court-mandated duel; also with Aaron Paul, Beulah Koale, Theo James; shot in Tampere, Finland.

Dune: Part Two

Dune: Part Two (Dune Part 2) is a 2024 science-fiction epic directed by Denis Villeneuve, adapting the second half of Frank Herbert's 1965 novel Dune and starring Timothée Chalamet.