20 Best Sci-Fi Movies to Stream Right Now
Find the latest sci-fi picks to watch now, from Aliens and Interstellar to Project Hail Mary and more streaming favorites across action, family, fantasy.
If you’re hunting for a fresh sci-fi watchlist, this roundup brings together big-screen favorites, new releases, and cult classics worth streaming now. You’ll find high-stakes adventure and action in Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, Project Hail Mary, and Aliens, plus more emotional, mind-bending stories like Interstellar. We also included playful picks such as Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die and family-friendly fare like Clash of the Thundermans, so there’s something here for every mood. From fantasy-leaning worlds to grounded space survival stories, these titles cover a wide slice of the genre and make it easier to pick your next queue-worthy movie.
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Backrooms
horror · mystery & thriller · science-fiction
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
Directed by Kane ParsonsCast Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, Lukita MaxwellMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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Project Hail Mary
adventure · comedy · drama · sci-fi
Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction.
Directed by Phil Lord, Christopher MillerCast Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, James Ortiz, Lionel Boyce, Milana VayntrubAmazon Prime VideoMore details on IMDb → -
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Soulm8te
horror · sci-fi · thriller
After a ruthless tech giant acquires a small robotics company, a grieving engineer is tasked with testing their new AI companion. But when he attempts to reprogram her to be a truly sentient soulmate, she develops needs of her own—unleashing a relentless spree of precision-engineered mayhem.
Directed by Kate DolanCast Lily Sullivan, David Rysdahl, Claudia Doumit, Arty Froushan, Elijah CookHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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Supergirl
action & adventure · drama · fantasy · science-fiction
When an unexpected and ruthless adversary strikes too close to home, Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, reluctantly joins forces with an unlikely companion on an epic, interstellar journey of vengeance and justice.
Directed by Craig GillespieCast Milly Alcock, David Corenswet, Eve Ridley, Matthias Schoenaerts, Diarmaid MurtaghMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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The Thing
horror · mystery · sci-fi
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Directed by John CarpenterCast Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith DavidAmazon Prime VideoMore details on IMDb →
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
action · adventure · family · fantasy · sci-fi
Once a lone bounty hunter, Mandalorian Din Djarin and his apprentice Grogu embark on an exciting new Star Wars adventure.
Directed by Jon FavreauCast Pedro Pascal, Brendan Wayne, Lateef Crowder, Sigourney Weaver, Steve BlumDisney PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Ad Astra
1 Oscar nomination
adventure · drama · mystery · sci-fi · thriller
The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.
Directed by James GrayCast Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, Kimberly EliseNetflixMore details on IMDb → -
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
action · adventure · comedy · sci-fi
A 'Man from the Future' arrives at an LA diner where he must recruit the precise combination of disgruntled patrons to join him on a one-night quest to save the world from the terminal threat of a rogue artificial intelligence.
Directed by Gore VerbinskiCast Sam Rockwell, Juno Temple, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña, Zazie BeetzHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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Interstellar
Won 1 Oscar 5 nominations
adventure · drama · sci-fi
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Directed by Christopher NolanCast Ellen Burstyn, Matthew McConaughey, Mackenzie Foy, John Lithgow, Timothée ChalametAmazon Prime VideoParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
action & adventure · animation · comedy · fantasy · kids & family · science-fiction
Having thwarted Bowser's previous plot to marry Princess Peach, Mario and Luigi now face a fresh threat in Bowser Jr., who is determined to liberate his father from captivity and restore the family legacy. Alongside companions new and old, the brothers travel across the stars to stop the young heir's crusade.
Directed by Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Pierre Leduc, Fabien PolackCast Brie Larson, Virginia Dare Jelenic, Benny Safdie, Kevin Michael Richardson, Chris PrattPeacock PremiumMore details on IMDb → -
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The Prestige
2 Oscar nominations Best Cinematography (2007)
drama · mystery · sci-fi · thriller
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
Directed by Christopher NolanCast Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo, Rebecca HallNetflixMore details on IMDb → -
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
action · adventure · fantasy · sci-fi · thriller
Following their explosive showdown, Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own.
Directed by Adam WingardCast Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex FernsAmazon Prime VideoMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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28 Days Later
drama · horror · mystery & thriller · science-fiction
Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the United Kingdom, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
Directed by Danny BoyleCast Alex Palmer, Bindu De Stoppani, Jukka Hiltunen, David Schneider, Cillian MurphyApple TV PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Blade Runner 2049
Won 2 Oscars Best Cinematography (2018) · 5 nominations
action & adventure · drama · mystery & thriller · science-fiction
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
Directed by Denis VilleneuveCast Ryan Gosling, Dave Bautista, Robin Wright, Mark Arnold, Vilma SzécsiAmazon Prime VideoParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Event Horizon
horror · mystery & thriller · science-fiction
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.
Directed by Paul W.S. AndersonCast Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T. JonesPeacock PremiumParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Won 4 Oscars Best Cinematography (1992) · 6 nominations
action · adventure · sci-fi
Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.
Directed by James CameronCast Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Earl BoenAmazon Prime VideoParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Idiocracy
adventure · comedy · sci-fi · thriller
To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.
Directed by Mike JudgeCast Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews, Anthony 'Citric' CamposAmazon Prime VideoMore details on IMDb → -
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Godzilla Minus One
Won 1 Oscar
action · adventure · drama · horror · sci-fi
In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.
Directed by Takashi YamazakiCast Minami Hamabe, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Munetaka Aoki, Sakura Andō, Yuki YamadaNetflixMore details on IMDb → -
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Jurassic Park
Won 3 Oscars
adventure · sci-fi
A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.
Directed by Steven SpielbergCast Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob PeckHuluStarzDisney PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Arrival
Won 1 Oscar 8 nominations
drama · mystery · sci-fi
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Directed by Denis VilleneuveCast Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O'BrienPeacock PremiumParamount PlusMore details on IMDb →
Wrapping Up
Whether you want space battles, smart survival drama, or a lighter genre twist, this list gives you a solid place to start. The mix of newer films and dependable favorites makes it easy to find something that fits your taste without spending forever scrolling. Bookmark this page so you can come back whenever you want another streaming suggestion. We update it regularly to keep the selections current, so it stays useful as new sci-fi movies arrive and old favorites rotate in and out.
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