Sci-fi is one of the most diverse, versatile genres.
Here are the best sci-fi movies on Netflix right now.
Updated for March 2020. you’re able to see a complete list of new Netflix releases here.
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Science fiction is one of our more dynamic and inspired genres as a species.
We need something to aspire to as much as we need something to fear.
Science fiction provides both.
And the best science fiction can provide even more.
Here is our list of the best sci-fi movies onNetflixright now.
Come back often to see what the future holds.
Under the Skin
Writer/director Jonathan Glazer worked on developingUnder the Skinfor over a decade and it shows.
PartUnder the Skins M.O.
is certainly forwarding an inverse of sexual politics with Johanssons character as a predator as opposed to a male.
Ron Perlman (under heavy makeup) stars as demon turned paranormal policeman Hellboy in…well,Hellboy.
Together the Bureau works to protect the world from paranormal and mythological threats.
In this installment those threats include Nazis and Grigori Rasputin (not that Rasputin).
Hellboyis an exciting paranormal action thriller and occupies a unique spot in the recent superhero movie canon.
ButThe Lobstercouldnt be as emotionally valid as it is without its initial sci-fi conceit.
You see,The Lobsteris about a resort where single people meet to pair up and become couples.
Thing is, though, its compulsory.
Ex Machina
Ex Machinais in the conversation for best science fiction movie of the decade.
The appeal of Alex Garlands first directorial effort is that its as simple as it is smart.
It features only three meaningful characters.
creation: Ava (Alicia Vikander).
It uses the creation of truly sentient technology as a battleground for timeless ethical and philosophical human questions.
It also has a fantastic dance number.
2013sSnowpiercerdevelops a simple, yet brilliant way to present class disparity.
Remember all those passenger classes on the Titanic?
What if basically the whole world was Titanic?
Snowpierceris set in a future in which climate change has turned planet Earth into Hoth, basically.
The remnants of humanity all live on a globe-spanning train, called the Snowpiercer.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
There have been 11 different movies about Spider-Man since Sam RaimisSpider-Manin 2002.
So did we really need another?
Well if its the animated sci-fi atom bomb of joy thatSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verseis, then yes.
I Am Mother
You know what they say: mother knows best.
Even when mother is a droid.
This Netflix original film picks up after a mass extinction even for humanity.
Inception
On its surface,Inceptionis a purely science fiction blockbuster.
Its plot is famously complicated, involving multi-layered dreams and various kicks to get out of them.
Cobb takes the job and viewers are entreated to an action thriller within the architecture of the human mind.
But the crust is the thinnest part of Earths makeup.
There is miles and miles and miles of matter below.
What could possibly be hiding there?
Action/Horror/Comedy/Sci-Fi hybridTremorsoffers up an answer.
And that answer is: worm monsters, stupid!
Starship Troopers
Its unclear just how much ofStarship Troopersis sincere and how much is satire.
On the other hand, those space soldiers sure do shoot those bugs good.
Blade Runner
Sometimes it takes awhile for a film to be registered as an all-time classic.
Such is the case with Ridley Scotts 1982 sci-fi masterpieceBlade Runner.
Thing is, some of the replicants arent too happy with this arrangement and escape back to Earth.
Hopefully, he cashes all that in to keep expanding the Cloverfield universe.
Found footage movies have certainly had their day andCloverfieldcan be counted among the best.
Heres to Abrams producing many more sci-fi thrillers with Cloverfield somewhere in the name.
One of the best exhibits of his star power, talent, and appeal isDuncan Jonesexcellent 2009 sci-fi filmMoon.
