You like science fiction, don’t you? Well, I’m going to let you introduce a little secret: Amazon Prime Video has a stacked library of sci-fi movies. Amazon owns streamers full of genre goodies – from weird B-movie titles to next-tier genre fares.
Science fiction is a genre that can be boiled down to many subcategories. Science fiction is stupid; it can also be very smooth. This can be frightening; it can be exhilarating. Regardless of your taste, I’m sure Prime Video will have a movie that appeals to you. Instead of scrolling through countless titles to find something worthwhile, I put this article together to guide your journey.
The sci-fi movies on the list below are just surfaces you can find on the streamer, but they are a good place to start. From updated universal monster classics to Stephen King Alien’s invasion story and epic dinosaur actors, the choices are all epic. You’ve browsed the appropriate planet, so keep reading to learn more.
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Written and directed by Leigh Whannell (Upgrade, Werewolf) and flipped the script in the iconic universal monster movie based on the original HG Wells story – 2020 Blumhouse’s Invisible Man. The theme of abuse, privilege and airlight permeates this tense and horrifying flick. The outstanding performance of the actor led by the always outstanding Elisabeth Moss makes this essential.
JJ Abrams stepped behind the camera and dug out some of Steven Spielberg’s heavy nostalgia. The film, held in 1979, follows a group of friends in a small Ohio town, shooting a zombie movie, a Spiffy Super 8 camera. They witnessed the train crashing, and soon after, something strange began to happen. Soon, the children discovered that they might have photographed the answers to the supernatural mysteries unfolding in the town.
Life is a closely-connected astronaut played by Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson who discovered the form of life in outer space. People who do it in sci-fi movies tend to do it: poke it and generate until the attack. The result is a taut space thriller reminiscent of Ridley Scott’s aliens. Note that it doesn’t lay a new foundation in the genre, but it’s still a solid flick.
Trollhunter is a parody of the Blair Witch Project vein, except that viewers know that the monster movie was fictional when it premiered in 2011. The gist is very simple: a group of Norwegian film students studied a series of illegal poaching. What they found was worse than they thought: giant, ugly, bloodthirsty trolls.
Ridick’s Chronicle
Vin Diesel reenacts his role as a titular space criminal in the second part of the Riddick series. In the capture, he finds himself immersed in a battle to defeat a warrior known as the Necromancer. The result is a pretty interesting story that feels a bit like a dune- it’s not a bad thing.
According to David Mitchell’s novel, Cloud Atlas is a vast science fiction epic that takes place for decades and explores the inner connections of human life. Wachowskis directed the film with their Sense8 co-director Tom Tykwer. Movie stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant and Hugo Weaving.
Frank Darabont took a big risk when he turned Stephen King’s novella The Mist into a movie. The story is simple with a stacked cast led by Thomas Jane: a group of people from small towns are trapped in shops as otherworldly mist releases unimaginable horror outside. Soon, factions formed a faction, and while external horrors remained invisible, fear would create chaos in the case of survivors struggling to understand the threat and each other. Darabont’s finale with King’s story is heartbreaking and actually what makes the movie popular.
Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard led the 2015 Jurassic Park sequel, which kicked off a new dinosaur-centric franchise that has continued to flourish over the past decade. What happens when a genetically modified hybrid dinosaur (called Indominus Rex) escapes containment and causes severe damage to the refurbished and immersive dinosaur-themed amusement park? Chaos, obviously.
Sometimes you just want some unquestionable fun, and Rampage provides that. Based on a 1986 video game, the movie star Dwayne Johnson tells the story of the giant beast that destroys the city, which is about the mutated giant beast that destroys the city. Grab some popcorn and turn off your brain. You’re welcome.
A quiet place: bringing audiences back to the beginning of the alien invasion on the first day. While this may not be a necessary entry in the franchise – for example, 10 Cloverfield Lane on this list, the film digs its heels into a human experience in otherworldly disasters. Come to disaster, stay for the cute cat.
In John Carpenter’s Classic of Insect Apocalypse, in 1997, the city was destroyed by war. Manhattan has been turned into a huge walled prison. After the president was taken hostage, he recruited former Special Forces official (and current prisoner) Snake Priscendant (Kurt Russell) to save the day in exchange for his own freedom.
The powerful cult classic star Jake Gyllenhaal is misunderstood as a misunderstood high school student who seems to survive a horrible accident and begins to pass away. In the process, he discovered the joy of living and falling in love. The themes of frustration, repression and alternative universe are filled with this weird movie. Also, don’t forget the giant demon rabbit named Frank.
Thematically reminiscent of the classic silent film metropolis, Black City follows the murder of a fugitive who simply doesn’t remember the crime. Is he guilty? Or is it possible that he went completely crazy? The underworld that he takes place is made up of a group of otherworldly creatures known as strangers, making him and the audience guess for most of the movie. The visual aesthetics and effects of the movie are well worthy of entry. This is ahead of the times.
10 Cloverfield Lane is a fascinating psychological thriller that shows off as unexpected supernatural things. Technically, Cloverfield’s sequel – which is definitely a sci-fi movie – this entry explores the horrible nature of reality and the metaphorical monsters it can create. The close-knit actors show it, but John Goodman’s Howard is a force that cannot be ignored.
