Sci-Fi Films
Pattern Statistics
132
Movies
6.6
Avg Arcplot
112
Avg Runtime
1916-2024
Year Range
NaN
Avg IMDb
65%
Avg RT
59
Avg Metacritic
$31035M
Total Box Office
117
With Awards
13.4
Avg Plot Points
Sci-Fi Films - Narrative Patterns
This compilation of 132 sci-fi films displays evolving relationship with narrative structure typical within the genre. Spanning works from 1916 to 2024, the average Arcplot score of 6.7 suggests a balance between convention and innovation.
Within this genre, 3% of films attain scores above 8.0, demonstrating that narrative approaches vary considerably. Notable examples include The Lost World: Jurassic Park (8.3), Inception (8.1), and Interstellar (8.1).
Runtime Patterns
Sci-Fi films in this sample average 1 hour and 54 minutes, indicating economical storytelling approaches.
+50-5
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1916
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968
2012
2009
A Boy and His Dog
1975
A Clockwork Orange
1971
A Quiet Place: Day One
2024
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
Absolutely Anything
2015
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982
Alien
1979
Alien Resurrection
1997
Alien: Romulus
2024
Alien³
1992
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
2007
Alone in the Dark
2005
Ant-Man
2015
Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End
2024
Arrival
2016
Automata
2014
Avengers: Endgame
2019
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
Back to the Future
1985
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
Bats
1999
Black Panther
2018
Black Widow
2021
Blade
1998
Blade II
2002
Blade Runner
1982
Bloodshot
2020
Blue Beetle
2023
Brainstorm
1983
Brazil
1985
Captain America: Civil War
2016
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014
Chronicle
2012
City Under Siege
2010
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
Cloud Atlas
2012
Cloverfield
2008
Colossal
2017
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972
Contact
1997
Criminal
2016
Critters
1986
Cube
1998
Cyborg
1989
D.A.R.Y.L.
1985
Dark City
1998
Dark Skies
2013
Deadly Friend
1986
Deadpool
2016
Death Race 2000
1975
Deep Blue Sea
1999
DeepStar Six
1989
Demolition Man
1993
Donnie Darko
2001
Dredd
2012
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
Edge of Tomorrow
2014
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2024
Gattaca
1997
Gemini Man
2019
Ghosts of Mars
2001
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
2002
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1982
I Am Number Four
2011
In Time
2011
Inception
2010
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023
Interstellar
2014
Jurassic Park
1993
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
1985
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015
Man of Steel
2013
Man's Best Friend
1993
Metropolis
1927
Moon
2009
Mothra vs. Godzilla
1964
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1984
Ready Player One
2018
Real Genius
1985
Scanners
1981
Serenity
2005
Tenet
2020
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
The Amazing Spider-Man
2012
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
The Ambushers
1967
The Andromeda Strain
1971
The Arrival
1996
The Black Hole
1979
The Blob
1988
The Blob
1958
The First Purge
2018
The Fly
1958
The Fly II
1989
The Giant Spider Invasion
1975
The Happening
2008
The Hidden
1987
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
The Matrix
1999
The Nutty Professor
1963
The Predator
2018
The Prestige
2006
The Puppet Masters
1994
The Return of the Living Dead
1985
The Running Man
1987
The Space Between Us
2017
The Substance
2024
The Terminator
1984
The Thing
1982
The World's End
2013
They Live
1988
Time After Time
1979
Timecop
1994
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
2023
UHF
1989
V for Vendetta
2005
Venom
2018
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
Village of the Damned
1995
Visit to a Small Planet
1960
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961
War of the Worlds
2005
Weird Science
1985
Westworld
1973
What Planet Are You From?
2000
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014
X-Men: First Class
2011