20 Best Sci-Fi Movies on Freevee 2026
Discover Freevee sci-fi favorites from Dredd and Ghost in the Shell to Vivarium, Donnie Darko, and more genre picks worth streaming now.
If you want a fast way to find the best sci-fi movies on Freevee, this list gives you a mix of cult favorites, smart thrillers, and offbeat genre plays without any guesswork. You’ll find the neon weirdness of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, the creeping dread of Vivarium, and the sleek cyberpunk classic Ghost in the Shell. There’s also hard-hitting action in Dredd, time-bending unease in Donnie Darko, and the sci-fi coming-of-age stakes of Ender’s Game. With horror, mystery, comedy, and pure science-fiction all in the mix, it’s an easy place to start when you want something entertaining and a little unexpected.
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Donnie Darko
drama · mystery · sci-fi · thriller
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Directed by Richard KellyCast Jake Gyllenhaal, Holmes Osborne, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Daveigh Chase, Mary McDonnellAmazon Prime VideoHuluFreevee -
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Ghost in the Shell
animation · action · crime · drama · mystery · sci-fi · thriller
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
Directed by Mamoru OshiiCast Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, Iemasa Kayumi, Kôichi Yamadera, Tamio ÔkiAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Nova
sci-fi
On a mission to set up a robot colony on Mars, Android Officer Nova is caught between her human crew-mates and her own kind when a mutiny erupts during the flight.
Directed by Dana Cowden HeathCast Juliet Chevelle, Skeeta Jenkins, Sai Piña, Chase Pollock, Leila Annastasia ScottAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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The Man from Earth
drama · fantasy · mystery · sci-fi
A departing professor gathers his closest colleagues for an intimate farewell, but the night takes an unexpected turn when he shares a stunning secret about his past. As the conversation unfolds, skepticism and curiosity collide, challenging everything they thought they knew about history, science, and belief.
Directed by Richard SchenkmanCast David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, John Billingsley, Ellen Crawford, Annika PetersonAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Dredd
action & adventure · crime · science-fiction
In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.
Directed by Pete TravisCast Karl Urban, Rachel Wood, Andile Mngadi, Porteus Xandau, Jason CopeAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
comedy · science-fiction
Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
Directed by W.D. RichterCast Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher LloydAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Z for Zachariah
drama · romance · sci-fi · thriller
In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly been driven mad by radiation exposure and his desperate search for others. A fragile, imperative strand of trust connects them. But when a stranger enters the valley, their precarious bond begins to unravel.
Directed by Craig ZobelCast Chiwetel Ejiofor, Margot Robbie, Chris PineAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Ender's Game
action · adventure · sci-fi
Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.
Directed by Gavin HoodCast Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Ben KingsleyAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Night of the Zoopocalypse
animation · adventure · comedy · family · fantasy · horror · sci-fi
A wolf and mountain lion team up when a meteor unleashes a virus turning zoo animals into zombies. They join forces with other survivors to rescue the zoo and stop the deranged mutant leader from spreading the virus.
Directed by Ricardo Curtis, Rodrigo Perez-CastroCast Gabbi Kosmidis, David Harbour, Pierre Simpson, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Scott ThompsonAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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After Midnight
drama · horror · romance · sci-fi
Dealing with a girlfriend suddenly leaving is tough enough. But for Hank, heartbreak couldn’t have come at a worse time. There’s also a monster trying to break through his front door every night.
Directed by Jeremy Gardner, Christian StellaCast Jeremy Gardner, Brea Grant, Henry Zebrowski, Justin Benson, Ashley SongAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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La hora fría
horror · mystery · sci-fi
The eight years boy Jesús has been living in a crumbling underground facility since he was born with eight survivors of an apocalyptical war: the leader Maria and her lover Pablo; the gays Lucas and Mateo; the astronomer Magdalena and the teenager Ana; the soldier Pedro and the lonely Judas. They are permanently is state of surveillance, threatened by the contaminated mutants The Strangers and once a day they have to lock themselves in their rooms without heating to protect against the dangerous ghosts The Invisibles that attack in the Cold Hour. They cannot go to the surface, destroyed by a nuclear war. When they need supplies, medications and ammunitions, they organize expeditions to a store. When the menace of The Invisibles affects the safety of the group of survivors, they need to reach the surface. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Directed by Elio QuirogaCast Silke, Omar Muñoz, Pepo Oliva, Carola Manzanares, Jorge CasaldueroAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Humanoids from the Deep
horror · sci-fi
After a new cannery introduces scientifically augmented salmon to a seaside town in the Pacific Northwest, a species of mysterious, mutated sea creatures begin killing the men and raping the women.
Directed by Barbara Peeters, Jimmy T. MurakamiCast Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, Vic Morrow, Cindy Weintraub, Anthony PenaAmazon Prime VideoAMC+Freevee -
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The Blackout
action · sci-fi · thriller
Contact between most towns on Earth has been severed. A small ring-like area in Eastern Europe still has electricity, and maybe even life is being reported from space. What military forces find outside the ring is shocking.
Directed by Egor BaranovCast Aleksey Chadov, Pyotr Fyodorov, Svetlana Ivanova, Lukerya Ilyashenko, Kseniya KutepovaAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Dune Drifter
action & adventure · drama · mystery & thriller · science-fiction
After a devastating orbital space battle, the survivor of a crashed star-fighter must navigate the harsh environment of a desolate planet to save herself before her life support expires.
Directed by Marc PriceCast Phoebe Sparrow, Daisy Aitkens, Simon Dwyer-Thomas, Alastair Kirton, Richard CorganFreevee -
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Escape from New York
action · adventure · sci-fi
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.
Directed by John CarpenterCast Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac HayesAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Phantasm
horror · sci-fi
A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.
Directed by Don CoscarelliCast A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester, Terrie KalbusAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumAMC+Freevee -
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Vivarium
horror · mystery · sci-fi
A young woman and her fiancé are in search of the perfect starter home. After following a mysterious real estate agent to a new housing development, the couple finds themselves trapped in a maze of identical houses and forced to raise an otherworldly child.
Directed by Lorcan FinneganCast Imogen Poots, Danielle Ryan, Molly McCann, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonathan ArisAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Terminus
action · sci-fi
An established dystopian sport has drivers of a computerized truck driving cross-country to a terminus. The lead truck, created by a boy genius, is driven by a woman. When the computer guidance system fails, she ends up in uncharted territories and encounters leather-clad hoods who torture her. Meanwhile, a mysterious doctor seems to have another plan in mind.
Directed by Pierre-William GlennCast Johnny Hallyday, Karen Allen, Jürgen Prochnow, Gabriel Damon, Julie GlennAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Hot Bot
comedy · science-fiction
Hot Bot is the hilarious journey of two sexually repressed and unpopular teenage geeks who accidentally discover a life-like super-model sex bot.
Directed by Michael PolishCast Zack Pearlman, Doug Haley, Cynthia Kirchner, David Shackelford, Anthony AndersonAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Cosmos
mystery & thriller · science-fiction
Three astronomers accidentally intercept what they believe to be a signal from a distant alien civilization, but the truth is even more incredible than any of them could have imagined.
Directed by Elliot Weaver, Zander WeaverCast Tom England, Joshua Ford, Arjun Singh Panam, Ben Vardy, Marc BaylisFreevee
Wrapping Up
Whether you want something dark, strange, thoughtful, or just plain fun, this roundup makes it easier to pick a great streaming night. From Night of the Zoopocalypse and Z for Zachariah to the genre standouts above, there’s plenty here to fit different moods. Bookmark this page and come back when you need another recommendation, since it’s updated regularly as titles change. That way, you’ll always have a fresh shortcut to the best sci-fi picks worth streaming on Freevee.
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Last updated: September 11, 2026