List of science fiction films of the 2020s

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This is a list of science fiction films released in the 2020s. These films include core elements of science fiction, but can cross into other genres. They have been released to a cinema audience by the commercial film industry and are widely distributed with reviews by reputable critics.

Listing[edit]

Years
2020
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes
2067 Seth Larney Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ryan Kwanten Australia Mystery
Archive Gavin Rothery Theo James, Stacy Martin, Rhona Mitra, Peter Ferdinando, Toby Jones United Kingdom Drama Mystery Thriller
Artemis Fowl Kenneth Branagh Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Josh Gad United States Adventure Family Fantasy
Bill & Ted Face the Music Dean Parisot Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler United States Adventure Comedy Music
Bloodshot David S. F. Wilson Vin Diesel, Eiza González, Guy Pearce United States Action Adventure
Breach John Suits Bruce Willis, Rachel Nichols, Thomas Jane United States Action Horror
Color Out of Space Richard Stanley Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson United States Horror Mystery Thriller
Cosmoball (a.k.a Vratar galaktiki) Dzhanik Fayziev Yevgeny Romantsov, Viktoriya Agalakova, Maria Lisovaya Russia Action Sport
Executive Order (a.k.a Medida Provisória) Lázaro Ramos Alfred Enoch, Taís Araújo, Seu Jorge Brazil Drama [1]
Freaks: You're One of Us (a.k.a Freaks - Du bist eine von uns) Felix Binder Finnlay Berger, Thelma Buabeng, Gisa Flake Germany Superhero Action Drama Fantasy
Friend of the World Brian Patrick Butler Nick Young, Alexandra Slade, Michael C. Burgess, Kathryn Schott, Kevin Smith, Luke Pensabene, Neil Raymond Ricco United States Comedy Horror Thriller [2]
Intersect Gus Holwerda James Morrison, Jason Spisak United States Horror Thriller
Invasion (a.k.a Vtorzhenie) Fyodor Bondarchuk Irina Starshenbaum, Rinal Mukhametov, Alexander Petrov Russia Action
The Invisible Man Leigh Whannell Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen United States Drama Horror Mystery Thriller
Jiu Jitsu Dimitri Logothetis Alain Moussi, Frank Grillo, JuJu Chan, Nicolas Cage United States Action Thriller
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War Matt Peters, Christina Sotta Jerry O'Connell, Matt Ryan, Jason O'Mara, Taissa Farmiga, Stuart Allan, Tony Todd,Ray Chase, Rosario Dawson United States Animation Action Adventure Fantasy
Love and Monsters Michael Matthews Dylan O'Brien, Jessica Henwick, Dan Ewing,Ariana Greenblatt, Michael Rooker United States Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy
The Midnight Sky George Clooney George Clooney, Felicity Jones United States Adventure Drama Thriller
Minor Premise Eric Schultz Sathya Sridharan, Paton Ashbrook, Dana Ashbrook United States Drama Thriller
The New Mutants Josh Boone Anya Taylor-Joy, Maisie Williams, Charlie Heaton, Henry Zaga, Blu Hunt United States Action Horror Mystery
PG: Psycho Goreman Steven Kostanski Nita-Josee Hanna, Owen Myre, Matthew Ninaber Canada Comedy Horror
Possessor Brandon Cronenberg Christopher Abbott, Andrea Riseborough, Sean Bean Canada
United Kingdom
United States		 Horror Mystery Thriller
Project Power Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback United States Action Crime Thriller
Skylines Liam O'Donnell Lindsey Morgan, Rhona Mitra, Alexander Siddig United States Action Adventure
Sonic the Hedgehog Jeff Fowler Ben Schwartz, Jim Carrey, James Marsden United States Action Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy
Sputnik Egor Abramenko Oksana Akinshina, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Pyotr Fyodorov Russia Drama Horror Mystery Thriller
Tenet Christopher Nolan John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki United Kingdom
United States		 Action Thriller
Tiong Bahru Social Club Tan Bee Thiam Thomas Pang, Guat Kian Goh, Jalyn Han Singapore Comedy
2021
Chaos Walking Doug Liman Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley United States Action Adventure Fantasy Western
Cosmic Sin Edward John Drake Bruce Willis, Frank Grillo United States Action
Cube (a.k.a Cube: Ichido haittara, saigo) Yasuhiko Shimizu Masaki Suda, Masaki Okada Japan Horror Mystery Thriller
Don't Look Up Adam McKay Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi United States Comedy Drama
Doors Saman Kesh, Dugan O'Neal, Jeff Desom Kathy Khanh, Julianne Collins, Aric Floyd United States
Dune (a.k.a Dune: Part One) Denis Villeneuve Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Stellan Skarsgård United States Action Adventure Drama
Encounter Michael Pearce Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer United Kingdom Drama Thriller
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (a.k.a Shin Evangelion Gekijôban) Hideaki Anno Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura, Akira Ishida Japan Animation Action Drama
Finch Miguel Sapochnik Tom Hanks, Caleb Landry Jones United States Adventure Drama
The Forever Purge Everardo Gout Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta United States Action Crime Horror Thriller
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Jason Reitman Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Bokeem Woodbine, Paul Rudd, Logan Kim, Celeste O'Connor, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts,Sigourney Weaver United States Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Glasshouse Kelsey Egan Jessica Alexander, Anja Taljaard, Hilton Pelser, Adrienne Pearce, Kitty Harris, Brent Vermeulen South Africa Drama Thriller
Godzilla vs. Kong Adam Wingard Alexander Skarsgard, Rebecca Hall, Kyle Chandler, Millie Bobby Brown United States Action Thriller Kaijū
Little Fish Chad Hartigan Olivia Cooke, Jack O'Connell, Raúl Castillo, Soko United States Drama Romance
The Matrix Resurrections Lana Wachowski Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss United States Action
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway Shūkō Murase Japan
Mother/Android Mattson Tomlin Chloë Grace Moretz, Algee Smith, Raúl Castillo United States Drama Thriller
Needle in a Timestack John Ridley Leslie Odom Jr., Freida Pinto United States Drama Fantasy Romance
Night Raiders Danis Goulet Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Brooklyn Letexier-Hart, Alex Tarrant, Amanda Plummer, Violet Nelson Canada
New Zealand		 Action Thriller
Outside the Wire Mikael Håfström Anthony Mackie, Damson Idris, Emily Beecham United States Action Adventure Fantasy
Oxygen (a.k.a Oxygène) Alexandre Aja Mélanie Laurent, Mathieu Amalric, Malik Zidi France Drama Fantasy Thriller
Quarantine (a.k.a KARAntin) Diana Ringo Anatoliy Beliy, Aleksandr Obmanov Finland, Russia Dystopia Drama
Reminiscence Lisa Joy Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson United States Mystery Romance Thriller
Resident Evil : Welcome To Raccoon City Johannes Roberts Kaya Scodelario, Hannah John-Kamen, Robbie Amell, Tom Hopper Canada Germany Mystery Romance Thriller
Settlers Wyatt Rockefeller Sofia Boutella, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Jonny Lee Miller United Kingdom Drama Thriller
Stowaway Joe Penna Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson, Toni Collette United States
Germany		 Adventure Thriller
Space Sweepers (a.k.a Seungriho) Jo Sung-hee Song Joong-ki, Kim Tae-ri, Jin Seon-kyu, Yoo Hae-jin South Korea Action Adventure Drama Fantasy
Spider-Man: No Way Home Jon Watts Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch United States Superhero Action Adventure Fantasy
Strawberry Mansion Albert Birney, Kentucker Audley Penny Fuller, Kentucker Audley, Grace Glowicki, Reed Birney, Linas Phillips, Constance Shulman United States Adventure Fantasy Romance
The Suicide Squad James Gunn Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena United States Action Adventure Comedy
Tides (a.k.a The Colony) Tim Fehlbaum Nora Arnezeder, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Iain Glen Switzerland
Germany		 Action Adventure Thriller
The Tomorrow War Chris McKay Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J. K. Simmons United States Action Adventure Drama Thriller
Venom: Let There Be Carnage Andy Serkis Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson United States Action Thriller
Voyagers Neil Burger Colin Farrell, Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp United States Adventure Thriller
Warning Agata Alexander Alex Pettyfer, Alice Eve, Annabelle Wallis, Benedict Samuel, Charlotte Le Bon, Thomas Jane, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Rupert Everett, Tomasz Kot, Kylie Bunbury, Garance Marillier United States
Poland		 Drama Thriller
Zack Snyder's Justice League Zack Snyder Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Willem Dafoe, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons,Diane Lane,Connie Nielsen, J. K. Simmons United States Superhero Action Adventure Fantasy
Zone 414 Andrew Baird Guy Pearce, Matilda Lutz, Travis Fimmel United States Thriller
2022
The Adam Project Shawn Levy Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Garner, Zoe Saldana, Mark Ruffalo United States Action Adventure Comedy
After Yang Kogonada Colin Farrell United States Drama
Alienoid Choi Dong-hoon Ryu Jun-yeol, Kim Woo-bin, Kim Tae-ri South Korea
Avatar: The Way of Water James Cameron Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang United States Action Adventure Fantasy
The Batman Matt Reeves Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard United States Action Crime Drama Thriller
Bigbug Jean-Pierre Jeunet Elsa Zylberstein France Comedy
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Ryan Coogler Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Tenoch Huerta United States Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Thriller
Crimes of the Future David Cronenberg Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart United States
Canada		 Drama Horror
Dual Riley Stearns Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul United States Comedy Drama Thriller
Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jenny Slate United States Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Jurassic World Dominion Colin Trevorrow Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard United States Action Adventure Thriller
Lightyear Angus MacLane Chris Evans United States Animation Action Adventure Drama Family
Maika: The Girl From Another Galaxy Ham Tran Chu Diep Anh, Kim Nha, Ngoc Tuong, Truong Phu Vietnam Adventure Comedy Family
Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Japan
Moonfall Roland Emmerich Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson United States Action Adventure
Nope Jordan Peele Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun United States Horror Mystery Thriller
Petrópolis Valery Fokin Anton Shagin, Yuliya Snigir Russia Science-fiction Drama
Prey Dan Trachtenberg Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro United States Action Adventure Drama Horror Thriller
Rubikon Magdalena Lauritsch Magdalena Lauritsch, Jessica Lind, Elisabeth Schmied Drama
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Jeff Fowler Ben Schwartz, Jim Carrey, James Marsden, Idris Elba United States Action Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy
Spiderhead Joseph Kosinski Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett United States Action Crime Drama Thriller
Strange World Don Hall Jake Gyllenhaal, Dennis Quaid, Lucy Liu, Gabrielle Union United States Animation Action Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy
W Anna Eriksson Anna Eriksson, Parco Lee, Jussi Parviainen Finland Dystopia
Warriors of Future Ng Yuen-fai Louis Koo, Sean Lau Hong Kong Action Adventure Thriller
2023
1984 Diana Ringo Aleksandr Obmanov, Diana Ringo Finland, Russia Dystopia Drama[3][4][5]
65 Scott Beck, Bryan Woods Adam Driver United States
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Peyton Reed Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer United States
Asteroid City Wes Anderson United States
Crater Kyle Patrick Alvarez Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Mckenna Grace, Billy Barratt. Orson Hong. Thomas Boyce, Scott Mescudi United States
The Creator Gareth Edwards John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Allison Janney United States
The Fantastic Golem Affairs Burnin' Percebes Brays Efe, Bruna Cusí, Luis Tosar, Anna Castillo, Javier Botet, Roberto Álamo Spain Comedy[6]
The Flash Andy Muschietti Ezra Miller, Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle United States
Foe Garth Davis Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, Aaron Pierre United States
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 James Gunn Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista United States
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Francis Lawrence Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer United States
Infinity Pool Brandon Cronenberg Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth Canada
Croatia
France
Hungary
Jung_E Yeon Sang-ho Kang Soo-yeon, Kim Hyun-joo, Ryu Kyung-soo South Korea
M3GAN Gerard Johnstone Allison Williams United States
The Marvels Nia DaCosta Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani United States
No One Will Save You Brian Duffield Kaitlyn Dever United States
Simulant April Mullen Robbie Amell, Jordana Brewster, Simu Liu, Sam Worthington Canada Thriller
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson Shameik Moore (voice), Hailee Steinfeld (voice), Jake Johnson (voice), Oscar Isaac (voice) United States
They Cloned Tyrone Juel Taylor John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris United States
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Steven Caple Jr. Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Peter Cullen United States
The Wandering Earth 2 Frant Gwo Wu Jing, Andy Lau, Li Xuejian China

Forthcoming[edit]

Years
2023 2024 2025
2023
Title Director Cast Country Release
Mars Express Jérémie Périn France November 22, 2023
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire Zack Snyder Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Ray Fisher United States December 22, 2023
2024
Title Director Cast Country Release
Alienoid 2 Choi Dong-hoon Ryu Jun-yeol, Kim Woo-bin, Kim Tae-ri South Korea January 2024
Alien: Romulus Fede Álvarez Cailee Spaeny, Isabela Merced United States August 16, 2024
Borderlands Eli Roth Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black United States August 9, 2024
Distant Will Speck and Josh Gordon Anthony Ramos, Naomi Scott, Zachary Quinto United States January 19, 2024
Dune: Part Two Denis Villeneuve Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson United States March 1, 2024
The Electric State Russo brothers Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan United States 2024
Furiosa George Miller Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth United States May 24, 2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Gil Kenan Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, Carrie Coon United States March 29, 2024
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Adam Wingard Dan Stevens, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry United States April 12, 2024
Guest from the Future Alexander Andryushchenko Daria Vereshchagina, Mark Eidelstein Russia April 18, 2024
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Wes Ball Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Peter Macon United States May 24, 2024
Mickey 17 Bong Joon-ho Robert Pattinson , Naomi Ackie United States March 29, 2024
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom Mitsuo Fukuda Japan January 26, 2024
Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver Zack Snyder Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Ray Fisher United States April 19, 2024
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Jeff Fowler Ben Schwartz, Idris Elba, Colleen O'Shaughnessey United States December 20, 2024
Spaceman Johan Renck Adam Sandler, Paul Dano, Carey Mulligan United States 2024
2025 or later or unknown
Title Director Cast Country Release
Avatar 3 James Cameron Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana United States December 19, 2025[7]
Avatar 4 James Cameron Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana United States December 21, 2029[7]
Avatar 5 James Cameron Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana United States December 19, 2031[7]
Elio Adrian Molina Yonas Kibreab, America Ferrera United States June 13, 2025
Life on Mars John Krasinski United States [8]
The Mothership Matt Charman Halle Berry United States
RoboCop Returns Abe Forsythe United States [9]
The Three-Body Problem Panpan Zhang Zhang Jingchu China [10][11][12]
Untitled Michael Mann sci-fi film Michael Mann United States [13]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2020s movies on SciFiList.com". Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Davidson, Douglas (2022-05-05). "Paranoia seeps through every frame of surrealist, absurdist sci-fi thriller "Friend of the World."". Elements of Madness. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  3. ^ "Вышел трейлер фильма «1984». Премьера — в апреле 2023" [The film trailer of "1984" has been released]. Afisha Weekend. 23 November 2022.
  4. ^ Linar Gimashev (26 March 2023). "Появился второй трейлер фильма «1984» - первая экранизация на русском языке" [The second trailer of "1984" based on George Orwell's novel has been released - the first Russian-language film adaptation]. Plugged In.
  5. ^ Yulia Danilchenko (5 December 2022). "Волгоградец Александр Обманов сыграл главную роль в экранизации «1984» Оруэлла" [Aleksandr Obmanov from Volgograd played the lead role in the film adaptation of Orwell's "1984"]. Komsomolskaya Pravda.
  6. ^ Yáñez, Manu (16 June 2023). "'El fantástico caso del Golem', un museo para el posthumor". El Cultural – via El Español.
  7. ^ a b c McNary, Dave (April 22, 2017). "'Avatar' Sequel Release Dates Set, Starting in December 2020". Variety. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  8. ^ Williams, Trey (April 12, 2018). "John Krasinski Pegs 'Life on Mars' as Directing Follow-Up to 'A Quiet Place'". The Wrap. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  9. ^ Kit, Borys (November 20, 2019). "'Robocop Returns' Lands 'Little Monsters' Director Abe Forsythe (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
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  12. ^ CaixinOnline (June 23, 2016). "Premiere of Film based on Acclaimed Sci-fi Novel 'The Three-Body Problem' Pushed Back until 2017". english.entgroup.cn. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  13. ^ Fleming Jr., Kevin (October 23, 2017). "Michael Mann Talks New Project 'Comanche,' Praises 'Avatar'". The Playlist. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
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