This week’s picks feature A.I. kids, comic time loops and killer robots. By Elisabeth Vincentelli Rent or buy on most major platforms. Franklin Ritch’s feature starts off like a taut thriller ...

Henry Thomas and a Puppet in ‘E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Universal Pictures) ‘E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial’ (1982) The granddaddy of all sci-fi kids movies is nearly old enough to be a granddad.

When you think of the greatest science fiction movies by the decades, the 2010s might not come to mind at first. But what if I told you that the 2010s just might have some of the best sci-fi ...

Animation has a long and proud history of bringing kids great science fiction, from The Iron Giant to WALL-E.In 2024, director Chris Sanders delivered one of the best all-ages sci-fi movies in The ...

Science fiction is a popular genre, and you can't fault a movie production company for going where the money is. Uncle Walt was a visionary when it came to what was a fledgling genre in the early ...

If this list were for the best special effects in the sci-fi movies of the 2020s, then Avatar: The Way of Water would have been No. 1. Director James Cameron revisits the world of Pandora 16 years ...

If I had to pick a single genre of film that I love above all else it would be science fiction. Whether it’s a story about aliens in outer space or simply the use of advanced technology, movies ...

Hulu offers a great selection of science fiction movies featuring aliens, space travel, futuristic technology, deadly viruses and more. These (inter)stellar films all use their out-of-this-world ...

The Movies We’ve Loved Since 2000: Explore 25 years of our movie coverage, and find your next film from this collection of our critics’ favorites from each year.