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Best sci-fi movies and shows on Netflix right now, ranked
The highest-rated sci-fi movies and shows you can stream with a standard Netflix plan in the US today: 25 movies and 25 series, checked title by title. Titles that need a paid add-on channel, a rental or a purchase aren’t counted.
How this is ranked: when a title has at least 5 ratings from Wochly users, its score is their average (green). Otherwise we use TMDB’s user rating weighted by how many people voted (marked “TMDB, weighted”), so a title with a handful of votes can’t outrank an established favorite. Talk, news and reality shows are left out. Availability comes from JustWatch via TMDB and is re-checked every few hours.
Best sci-fi movies on Netflix
- 1
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Animation, Action, Adventure
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.
8.3TMDB, weighted
- 2
The Prestige (2006)
Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
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.
8.2TMDB, weighted
- 3
Alien (1979)
Horror, Science Fiction
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
8.2TMDB, weighted
- 4
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
Animation, Science Fiction, Drama
SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity.
7.9TMDB, weighted
- 5
Aliens (1986)
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.
7.9TMDB, weighted
- 6
Transformers One (2024)
Animation, Science Fiction, Adventure
The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 7
Nimona (2023)
Animation, Family, Fantasy
A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 8
Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Science Fiction, Horror, Action
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.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 9
Upgrade (2018)
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 10
PK (2014)
Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laughter and letting go.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 11
War Machine (2026)
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
On one last grueling mission during Army Ranger training, a combat engineer must lead his unit in a fight against a giant otherworldly killing machine.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 12
Okja (2017)
Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 13
Ultraman: Rising (2024)
Animation, Science Fiction, Family
A star athlete reluctantly returns home to take over his father's duties as Ultraman, shielding Tokyo from giant monsters as he becomes a legendary hero.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 14
The Call (2020)
Thriller, Mystery, Science Fiction
Connected by phone in the same home but 20 years apart, a caller puts a woman’s past — and life — on the line to change her own fate.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 15
Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
Animation, Comedy, Crime
A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers, the Minions.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 16
Bugonia (2025)
Science Fiction, Thriller, Comedy
Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 17
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021)
Animation, Action, Adventure
A mysterious group called Humarize strongly believes in the Quirk Singularity Doomsday theory which states that when quirks get mixed further in with future generations, that power will bring forth the end of humanity. In order to save everyone, the Pro-Heroes around the world ask UA Academy heroes-in-training to assist them and form a world-class selected hero team. It’s up to the heroes to save the world and the future of heroes in what is the most dangerous crisis to take place yet in My Hero Academia.
7.1TMDB, weighted
- 18
What Happened to Monday (2017)
Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.
7.1TMDB, weighted
- 19
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Gromit’s concern that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own. When it emerges that a vengeful figure from the past might be masterminding things, it falls to Gromit to battle sinister forces and save his master… or Wallace may never be able to invent again!
7.1TMDB, weighted
- 20
#Alive (2020)
Action, Horror, Science Fiction
As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.
7.1TMDB, weighted
- 21
Starship Troopers (1997)
Adventure, Action, Thriller
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs."
7.1TMDB, weighted
- 22
Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)
Animation, Adventure, Science Fiction
Sewashi and Doraemon find themselves way back in time and meet Nobita. It is up to Doraemon to take care of Nobita or else he will not return to the present.
7.1TMDB, weighted
- 23
Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)
Action, Animation, Science Fiction
In San Francisco, Jill Valentine is dealing with a zombie outbreak and a new T-Virus, Leon Kennedy is on the trail of a kidnapped DARPA scientist, and Claire Redfield is investigating a monstrous fish that is killing whales in the bay. Joined by Chris Redfield and Rebecca Chambers, they discover the trail of clues from their separate cases all converge on the same location, Alcatraz Island, where a new evil has taken residence and awaits their arrival.
7.0TMDB, weighted
- 24
Don't Look Up (2021)
Comedy, Science Fiction, Drama
Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.
7.0TMDB, weighted
- 25
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)
Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
Dr. Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's encounter with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightmare he can't escape.
7.0TMDB, weighted
Best sci-fi shows on Netflix
- 1
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
8.7TMDB, weighted
- 2
Arcane (2021)
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Amid the stark discord of twin cities Piltover and Zaun, two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions.
8.6TMDB, weighted
- 3
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019)
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
After a demon attack leaves his family slain and his sister cursed, Tanjiro embarks upon a perilous journey to find a cure and avenge those he's lost.
8.6TMDB, weighted
- 4
Stranger Things (2016)
Action & Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
8.5TMDB, weighted
- 5
Death Note (2006)
Animation, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?
8.5TMDB, weighted
- 6
My Hero Academia (2016)
Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Izuku has dreamt of being a hero all his life—a lofty goal for anyone, but especially challenging for a kid with no superpowers. That’s right, in a world where eighty percent of the population has some kind of super-powered "quirk," Izuku was unlucky enough to be born completely normal. But that’s not enough to stop him from enrolling in one of the world’s most prestigious hero academies.
8.5TMDB, weighted
- 7
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009)
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Disregard for alchemy’s laws ripped half of Edward Elric’s limbs from his body and left his brother Alphonse’s soul clinging to a suit of armor. To restore what was lost, the brothers seek the Philosopher’s Stone. Enemies and allies – the corrupt military, the Homunculi, and foreign alchemists – will alter the Elric brothers course, but their purpose will remain unchanged and their bond unbreakable.
8.5TMDB, weighted
- 8
JUJUTSU KAISEN (2020)
Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to exorcise a curse, a life from which he could never turn back.
8.4TMDB, weighted
- 9
Hunter x Hunter (2011)
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Gon, a young boy who lives on Whale Island, dreams of becoming a Hunter like his father, who left when Gon was still young.
8.4TMDB, weighted
- 10
The Umbrella Academy (2019)
Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
Reunited by their father's death, estranged siblings with extraordinary powers uncover shocking family secrets — and a looming threat to humanity.
8.4TMDB, weighted
- 11
Lucifer (2016)
Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles, where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals. But the longer he's away from the underworld, the greater the threat that the worst of humanity could escape.
8.4TMDB, weighted
- 12
FROM (2022)
Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Unravel the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes down.
8.4TMDB, weighted
- 13
Dark (2017)
Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending mystery that spans three generations.
8.4TMDB, weighted
- 14
InuYasha (2000)
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Kagome Higurashi is a modern day young girl who lives with her family by the old Higure shrine. Unbeknownst to Kagome, she is the reincarnation of priestess Kikyo and posseses the "Jewel of Four Souls" (the Shikon jewel). One ill-fated day, Kagome locates an ancient well near her home and is abruptly transported through the well and into a feudal Japan, inhabited by demons. There, she encounters Inuyasha, son of a powerful demon father and a human mother, who is pinned to a tree by an enchanted arrow.
8.3TMDB, weighted
- 15
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation, Drama
At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.
8.3TMDB, weighted
- 16
The Seven Deadly Sins (2014)
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The “Seven Deadly Sins”—a group of evil knights who conspired to overthrow the kingdom of Britannia—were said to have been eradicated by the Holy Knights, although some claim that they still live. Ten years later, the Holy Knights have staged a Coup d'état and assassinated the king, becoming the new, tyrannical rulers of the kingdom. Elizabeth, the king's only daughter, sets out on a journey to find the “Seven Deadly Sins,” and to enlist their help in taking back the kingdom.
8.3TMDB, weighted
- 17
Naruto (2002)
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Naruto Uzumaki, a mischievous adolescent ninja, struggles as he searches for recognition and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the village's leader and strongest ninja.
8.3TMDB, weighted
- 18
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (2023)
Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama
After the party of heroes defeated the Demon King, they restored peace to the land and returned to lives of solitude. Generations pass, and the elven mage Frieren comes face to face with humanity's mortality. She takes on a new apprentice and promises to fulfill old friends' dying wishes. Can an elven mind make peace with the nature of life and death? Frieren embarks on her quest to find out.
8.3TMDB, weighted
- 19
Teen Wolf (2011)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically changed when he's bitten by a werewolf, becoming one himself. He must henceforth learn to balance his problematic new identity with his day-to-day teenage life. The following characters are instrumental to his struggle: Stiles, his best friend; Allison, his love interest who comes from a family of werewolf hunters; and Derek, a mysterious werewolf with a dark past. Throughout the series, he strives to keep his loved ones safe while maintaining normal relationships with them.
8.3TMDB, weighted
- 20
Wednesday (2022)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Comedy
Smart, sarcastic and a little dead inside, Wednesday Addams investigates twisted mysteries while making new friends — and foes — at Nevermore Academy.
8.3TMDB, weighted
- 21
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022)
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
In a dystopia riddled with corruption and cybernetic implants, a talented but reckless street kid strives to become a mercenary outlaw — an edgerunner.
8.3TMDB, weighted
- 22
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Follow the intergenerational feud between the Joestar Family and various forces of evil, the most prominent of which is Dio Brando and his followers.
8.2TMDB, weighted
- 23
Dr. STONE (2019)
Animation, Action & Adventure, Comedy
One fateful day, all of humanity was petrified by a blinding flash of light. After several millennia, high schooler Taiju awakens and finds himself lost in a world of statues. However, he’s not alone! His science-loving friend Senku’s been up and running for a few months and he's got a grand plan in mind—to kickstart civilization with the power of science!
8.2TMDB, weighted
- 24
Legacies (2018)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
In a place where young witches, vampires, and werewolves are nurtured to be their best selves in spite of their worst impulses, Klaus Mikaelson’s daughter, 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson, Alaric Saltzman’s twins, Lizzie and Josie Saltzman, among others, come of age into heroes and villains at The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted.
8.2TMDB, weighted
- 25
One-Punch Man (2015)
Animation, Comedy, Action & Adventure
Saitama is a hero who only became a hero for fun. After three years of “special” training, though, he’s become so strong that he’s practically invincible. In fact, he’s too strong—even his mightiest opponents are taken out with a single punch, and it turns out that being devastatingly powerful is actually kind of a bore. With his passion for being a hero lost along with his hair, yet still faced with new enemies every day, how much longer can he keep it going?
8.2TMDB, weighted
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