Science Fiction Films
Pattern Statistics
413
Movies
7.0
Avg Arcplot
107
Avg Runtime
1950-2025
Year Range
6.2
Avg IMDb
51%
Avg RT
50
Avg Metacritic
$40872M
Total Box Office
369
With Awards
15.0
Avg Plot Points
Science Fiction Films - Structural Analysis
This compilation of 413 science fiction films reveals solid grasp of narrative structure common to the genre. Spanning works from 1950 to 2025, the average Arcplot score of 7.1 indicates careful attention to story structure.
Within this genre, 0% of films reach scores above 8.0, demonstrating that narrative approaches vary considerably. Genre highlights include Short Circuit (8.0), Chain Reaction (7.9), and Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (7.9).
Duration Characteristics
Science Fiction films in this collection average 1 hour and 47 minutes, indicating efficient narrative compression.
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1987
10 Cloverfield Lane
2016
2010
1984
2046
2004
24 Hours to Live
2017
28 Days Later
2002
28 Weeks Later
2007
9
2009
A Cure for Wellness
2017
A Quiet Place
2018
A Quiet Place Part II
2021
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
2019
A Sound of Thunder
2005
Ad Astra
2019
Æon Flux
2005
After Earth
2013
After Yang
2022
Akira
1988
Alien Nation
1988
Aliens in the Attic
2009
Altered States
1980
Annihilation
2018
Apollo 18
2011
Assassination Classroom
2015
Assassination Classroom: Graduation
2016
Astro Boy
2009
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2011
Attack on Titan
2015
Attack on Titan II: End of the World
2015
Attraction
2017
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
Avalon
2001
Avatar
2009
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004
Babylon A.D.
2008
Back to the Future Part II
1989
Back to the Future Part III
1990
Batman & Robin
1997
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980
Battle for Terra
2007
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
Battle: Los Angeles
2011
Battlefield Earth
2000
Battleship
2012
Belle
2021
Bicentennial Man
1999
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
1989
Black Lightning
2009
Blade Runner 2049
2017
Blindness
2008
Blood: The Last Vampire
2009
Boss Level
2021
Brightburn
2019
Capricorn One
1977
Captive State
2019
Carriers
2009
Chain Reaction
1996
Chaos Walking
2021
Chappie
2015
Children of Men
2006
CJ7
2008
Cocoon
1985
Cocoon: The Return
1988
Coneheads
1993
Creature 3D
2014
Crimes of the Future
2022
Damnation Alley
1977
Dark Phoenix
2019
Darkman
1990
Dawn of the Dead
1978
Daybreakers
2010
Death Race
2008
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
2018
Deep Rising
1998
Destination Moon
1950
Diary of the Dead
2007
District 9
2009
Disturbing Behavior
1998
Divergent
2014
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
Don't Let Go
2019
Don't Worry Darling
2022
Doom
2005
Doomsday
2008
Double Team
1997
Downsizing
2017
Dragon Wars: D-War
2007
Dragonball Evolution
2009
Dreamcatcher
2003
Dude, Where's My Car?
2000
Dune
1984
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
2011
Earth to Echo
2014
Easy on the Eyes
2014
Elio
2025
Elysium
2013
Ender's Game
2013
Enthiran
2010
Equilibrium
2002
Escape from L.A.
1996
Escape from New York
1981
Escape Plan 2: Hades
2018
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
2007
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
2009
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
2012
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
2021
Event Horizon
1997
Evolution
2001
Face/Off
1997
Fantastic Four
2005
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato
1978
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
Fire in the Sky
1993
Firefox
1982
Firestarter
1984
Fist of the North Star
1986
Flatliners
1990
Flight of the Navigator
1986
Forever Young
1992
Free Guy
2021
Freejack
1992
Frequency
2000
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009
Galaxy Quest
1999
Gamer
2009
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
1996
Geostorm
2017
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
Glass
2019
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
1999
Godzilla Minus One
2023
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
1995
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
1993
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
2000
Godzilla vs. Mothra
1992
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
1994
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
2001
Green Lantern
2011
Greenland
2020
Guest from the Future
2024
Halo Legends
2010
Happy Death Day 2U
2019
Hardcore Henry
2015
Hardware
1990
Heavy Metal
1981
Hellraiser: Bloodline
1996
Her
2013
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
1992
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
1989
Hot Tub Time Machine
2010
Hulk
2003
I, Robot
2004
Iceman
2014
Impostor
2001
Infinity Pool
2023
Innerspace
1987
Insurgent
2015
Invaders from Mars
1986
Invasion
2020
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978
Japan Sinks
2006
Jason X
2001
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2001
John Carter
2012
Judge Dredd
1995
Jumper
2008
Junior
1994
Jurassic World
2015
Justice League: The New Frontier
2008
K-PAX
2001
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
1988
Kingdom of the Spiders
1977
Krull
1983
Lake Placid
1999
Land of the Dead
2005
Land of the Lost
2009
Laplace's Witch
2018
Left Behind
2014
Life
2017
Lifeforce
1985
Lightyear
2022
Lockout
2012
Logan's Run
1976
Looper
2012
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005
Mac and Me
1988
Mad Max
1979
Mad Max 2
1981
Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
2020
Mars Attacks!
1996
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
Masters of the Universe
1987
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
2018
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015
Meet Dave
2008
Megamind
2010
Men in Black: International
2019
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
1995
Mimic
1997
Mission to Mars
2000
Monkey Shines
1988
Monkeybone
2001
Monster Trucks
2016
Monsters
2010
Moonfall
2022
Moonraker
1979
Morgan
2016
Mortal Engines
2018
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997
Multiplicity
1996
Muppets from Space
1999
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
2006
Mystery Men
1999
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
1997
Next
2007
Oblivion
2013
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
Outland
1981
Pacific Rim: Uprising
2018
Pandorum
2009
Parts Per Billion
2014
Passengers
2016
Paul
2011
Paycheck
2003
Phantoms
1998
Pitch Black
2000
Pixels
2015
Planet of the Apes
1968
Poor Things
2023
Predator
1987
Predator 2
1990
Predators
2010
Predestination
2014
Project Almanac
2015
Project Silence
2024
Prophecy
1979
Pulse
2006
Push
2009
Quarantine
2008
Race to Witch Mountain
2009
Real Steel
2011
Red Planet
2000
Repo Men
2010
Resident Evil
2002
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
2004
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
2016
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
2021
Return of the Killer Tomatoes!
1988
Rewind
2023
Riddick
2013
Ring 2
1999
RoboCop
1987
RoboCop 2
1990
RoboCop 3
1993
Robot Dreams
2023
Robots
2005
Rollerball
2002
Ron's Gone Wrong
2021
S1m0ne
2002
Safety Not Guaranteed
2012
Saturn 3
1980
Screamers
1995
Self/less
2015
Shanghai Fortress
2019
Shin Godzilla
2016
Short Circuit
1986
Short Circuit 2
1988
Shorts
2009
Silent Rage
1982
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
2004
Skyline
2010
Sleeper
1973
Small Soldiers
1998
Snowpiercer
2013
Sonic the Hedgehog
2020
Sorry to Bother You
2018
Space Jam
1996
Spawn
1997
Species
1995
Split Second
1992
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
2011
Star Trek Beyond
2016
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991
Star Trek: Generations
1994
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
Starship Troopers
1997
Stealth
2005
Strange World
2022
Submersion of Japan
1973
Summer Wars
2009
Super 8
2011
Superhero Movie
2008
Superman II
1980
Superman III
1983
Surrogates
2009
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
2018
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
1993
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
Terminator: Dark Fate
2019
The 5th Wave
2016
The 6th Day
2000
The Abyss
1989
The Adjustment Bureau
2011
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
2005
The Animal
2001
The Animatrix
2003
The Astronaut Farmer
2007
The Astronaut's Wife
1999
The Avengers
1998
The Avengers
2012
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953
The Box
2009
The Brood
1979
The Butterfly Effect
2004
The Cell
2000
The Circle
2017
The Core
2003
The Creator
2023
The Dark Tower
2017
The Darkest Hour
2011
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008
The Dead Zone
1983
The Faculty
1998
The Fifth Element
1997
The Flash
2023
The Flu
2013
The Fly
1986
The Forgotten
2004
The Fourth Kind
2009
The Fury
1978
The Giver
2014
The Handmaid's Tale
1990
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
The Host
2013
The Host
2006
The Humanity Bureau
2017
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2023
The Incredible Hulk
2008
The Invasion
2007
The Invisible Boy
2014
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996
The Land That Time Forgot
1974
The Last Starfighter
1984
The Lawnmower Man
1992
The Laws of the Universe: The Age of Elohim
2021
The Lazarus Effect
2015
The Man from the Future
2011
The Marvels
2023
The Mist
2007
The New Mutants
2020
The Omega Man
1971
The One
2001
The Postman
1997
The Purge
2013
The Rage: Carrie 2
1999
The Return of Godzilla
1984
The Rocketeer
1991
The Saint
1997
The Stepford Wives
1975
The Thief Lord
2006
The Thing
2011
The Thirteenth Floor
1999
The Time Machine
2002
The Transformers: The Movie
1986
The Tuxedo
2002
The Watch
2012
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
2018
The Witch: Part 2. The Other One
2022
The X Files: I Want to Believe
2008
The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity
2020
Thermae Romae
2012
They Call Me Jeeg
2016
Time Bandits
1981
Timeline
2003
Tomorrowland
2015
Toys
1992
Transcendence
2014
Treasure Planet
2002
Tremors
1990
Tron
1982
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
Ultraviolet
2006
Underdog
2007
Underwater
2020
Underworld: Blood Wars
2016
Universal Soldier
1992
Universal Soldier: The Return
1999
Upgrade
2018
Upside Down
2012
Virtuosity
1995
Virus
1999
WarGames
1983
Warriors of Future
2022
Waterworld
1995
Wild Wild West
1999
Wing Commander
1999
X-Men
2000
Xanadu
1980
Young Einstein
1988
Zathura: A Space Adventure
2005