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The best sci-fi movies of 2019

The top 3 according to 41 votes from people: Ad Astra (2019) · High Life (2018) · I Am Mother (2019). (Updated May 1, 2021.)

A year when small, strange films beat the blockbusters: the 2019 science fiction movies critics and fans rank highest (Rotten Tomatoes, Taste of Cinema, Forbes).

Kirsty Cox · · 13 items · 41 votes · 1 comment

Top 12

  1. 1

    Ad Astra (2019)

    Brad Pitt travels to Neptune in search of his father; James Gray.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 0

    6
  2. 2

    High Life (2018)

    Robert Pattinson and a baby on a ship of convicts; Claire Denis.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 0

    5
  3. 3

    I Am Mother (2019)

    A girl raised in a bunker by a robot.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 0

    5
  4. 4

    Avengers: Endgame (2019)

    The end of the Infinity Saga.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  5. 5

    Aniara (2018)

    A Swedish passenger ship knocked off course into deep space.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  6. 6

    Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

    A cyborg with a lost past; Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  7. 7

    The Wandering Earth (2019)

    China's blockbuster about pushing Earth out of the solar system.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  8. 8

    Vivarium (2019)

    A couple trapped in an endless suburb of identical houses.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  9. 9

    Little Joe (2019)

    A plant engineered to make people happy.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  10. 10

    Code 8 (2019)

    Powers are illegal in a city run by robot police.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  11. 11

    Captain Marvel (2019)

    Brie Larson in the 1990s.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  12. 12

    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

    The end of the Skywalker saga.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1

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  1. 13

    Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

    Linda Hamilton returns as Sarah Connor.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0

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ashley_atlanta

Aniara deserves way more attention. Bleakest space movie I've ever seen and I loved it.

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