Top 10 Best Sci-fi Movies
by Year 1990-1999
Criteria: These Top 10 Best Sci-fi Movies for each year 1990 through 1999 are ranked by Impact, Influence, and Popularity in the Sci-Fi movie genre.
Title (Director) (Leading Actors)
Title (Director) (Leading Actors)
Best Sci-Fi Movies of 1999
1. The Matrix
(Lana & Lilly Wachowski) (Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne)
2. eXistenZ
(David Cronenberg) (Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ian Holm)
3. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
(George Lucas) (Ewan McGregor)
4. Galaxy Quest
(Dean Parisot) (Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman)
5. The Thirteenth Floor
(Josef Rusnak) (Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl)
6. Bicentennial Man
(Chris Columbus) (Robin Williams, Embeth Davidtz, Sam Neill)
7. The Astronaut's Wife
(Rand Ravich) (Charlize Theron, Johnny Depp, Joe Morton)
8. Wing Commander
(Chris Roberts) (Freddie Prinze Jr., Matthew Lillard)
9. My Favorite Martian
(Donald Petrie) (Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Daniels, Elizabeth Hurley)
10. Universal Soldier: The Return
(Mic Rodgers) (Jean-Claude Van Damme, Heidi Schanz)
Best Sci-Fi Movies of 1998
1. The Truman Show
(Peter Weir) (Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney)
2. Dark City
(Alex Proyas) (Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly)
3. The X Files
(Rob Bowman) (David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, John Neville)
4. Deep Impact
(Mimi Leder) (Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman)
5. Soldier
(Paul W.S. Anderson) (Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Jason Isaacs)
6. The Faculty
(Robert Rodriguez) (Josh Hartnett, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall)
7. Armageddon
(Michael Bay) (Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton)
8. Sphere
(Barry Levinson) (Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson)
9. Lost in Space
(Stephen Hopkins) (Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc)
10. Disturbing Behavior
(David Nutter) (James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl)
10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 1997
1. Gattaca
(Andrew Niccol) (Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law)
2. Contact
(Robert Zemeckis) (Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, David Morse)
3. Men in Black
(Barry Sonnenfeld) (Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rip Torn)
4. The Fifth Element
(Luc Besson) (Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman)
5. Alien: Resurrection
(Jean-Pierre Jeunet) (Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder)
6. Cube
(Vincenzo Natali) (Nicole de Boer, Maurice Dean Wint, David Hewlett)
7. Mimic
((Guillermo del Toro) (Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin)
8. Starship Troopers
(Paul Verhoeven) (Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards)
9. Event Horizon
(Paul W.S. Anderson) (Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill)
10. The Postman
(Kevin Costner) (Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Olivia Williams)
10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 1996
1. Star Trek: First Contact
(Jonathan Frakes) (Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes)
2. Independence Day
(Roland Emmerich) (Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum)
3. The Arrival
(David Twohy) (Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff)
4. Escape from L.A.
(John Carpenter) (Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Cliff Robertson)
5. Oblivion 2: Backlash
(Sam Irvin) (Richard Joseph Paul, Jackie Swanson)
6. Crossworlds
(Krishna Rao) (Rutger Hauer, Josh Charles, Andrea Roth)
7. The Island of Dr. Moreau
(John Frankenheimer) (Val Kilmer, Marlon Brando)
8. Adrenalin: Fear the Rush
(Albert Pyun) (Christopher Lambert, Natasha Henstridge)
9. Barb Wire
(David Hogan) (Pamela Anderson, Amir AboulEla)
10. Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion
(Shûsuke Kaneko) (Toshiyuki Nagashima)
10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 1995
1. 12 Monkeys
(Terry Gilliam) (Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Madeleine Stowe)
2. Johnny Mnemonic
(Robert Longo) (Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Dina Meyer)
3. The City of Lost Children
(Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet) (Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork)
4. Screamers
(Christian Duguay) (Peter Weller, Roy Dupuis, Jennifer Rubin)
5. Waterworld
(Kevin Reynolds) (Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn)
6. Species
(Roger Donaldson) (Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Ben Kingsley)
7. Virtuosity
(Brett Leonard) (Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Kelly Lynch)
8. Judge Dredd
(Danny Cannon) (Sylvester Stallon, Armand Assante, Diane Lane)
9. Tank Girl
(Rachel Talalay) (Lori Petty, Naomi Watts, Ice-T, Don Harvey)
10. Cyberjack
(Robert Lee) (Michael Dudikoff, Suki Kaiser, Brion James)
10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 1994
1. Star Trek: Generations
(David Carson) (Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Malcolm McDowell)
2. Stargate
(Roland Emmerich) (Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson)
3. Timecop
(Peter Hyams) (Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, Ron Silver)
4. Guyver: Dark Hero
(Steve Wang) (David Hayter, Kathy Christopherson)
5. Brainscan
(John Flynn) (Edward Furlong, Frank Langella, Amy Hargreaves)
6. The Puppet Masters
(Stuart Orme) (Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Julie Warner)
7. Death Machine
(Stephen Norrington) (Brad Dourif, Ely Pouget, John Sharian)
8. Oblivion
(Sam Irvin) (Richard Joseph Paul, Jackie Swanson, Andrew Divoff)
9. Trancers 4: Jack of Swords
(David Nutter) (Tim Thomerson, Stacie Randall)
10. Cyber Tracker
(Richard Pepin) (Don Wilson, Richard Norton, Joseph Ruskin)
10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 1993
1. Jurassic Park
(Steven Spielberg) (Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Richard Attenborough)
2. Demolition Man
(Marco Brambilla) (Sylvester Stallone, Sandra Bullock, Wesley Snipes)
3. Body Snatchers
(Abel Ferrara) (Gabrielle Anwar, Meg Tilly, Terry Kinney)
4. Daybreak
(Stephen Tolkin) (Moira Kelly, Cuba Gooding Jr., Omar Epps)
5. Time Runner
(Michael Mazo) (Mark Hamill, Rae Dawn Chong, Brion James)
6. RoboCop 3
(Fred Dekker) (Robert John Burke, Nancy Allen, Mario Machado)
7. Body Melt
(Philip Brophy) (Gerard Kennedy, Andrew Daddo, Ian Smith)
8. Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow
(Michael Schroeder) (Angelina Jolie, Elias Koteas)
9. 12:01
(Jack Sholder) (Helen Slater, Jonathan Silverman, Nicolas Surovy)
10. Philadelphia Experiment II
(Stephen Cornwell) (Brad Johnson, Marjean Holden)
10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 1992
1. Alien 3
(David Fincher) (Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance)
2. Fortress
(Stuart Gordon) (Christopher Lambert, Loryn Locklin, Kurtwood Smith)
3. Split Second
(Tony Maylam) (Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Alastair Duncan)
4. Freejack
(Geoff Murphy) (Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo)
5. The Lawnmower Man
(Brett Leonard) (Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright)
6. Universal Soldier
(Roland Emmerich) (Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren)
7. Nemesis
(Albert Pyun) (Olivier Gruner, Tim Thomerson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa)
8. Mindwarp
(Steve Barnett) (Bruce Campbell, Angus Scrimm, Marta Martin)
9. Trancers III
(C. Courtney Joyner) (Tim Thomerson, Melanie Smith, Andrew Robinson)
10. Shadowchaser
(John Eyres) (Martin Kove, Meg Foster, Frank Zagarino)
10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 1991
1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(James Cameron) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton)
2. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
(Nicholas Meyer) (William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy)
3. Naked Lunch
(David Cronenberg) (Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm)
4. Trancers II
(Charles Band) (Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Megan Ward)
5. Neon City
(Monte Markham) (Michael Ironside, Vanity, Lyle Alzado)
6. Timebomb
(Avi Nesher) (Michael Biehn, Patsy Kensit, Robert Culp)
7. The Guyver
(Screaming Mad George, Steve Wang) (Mark Hamill, Greg Joung Paik)
8. Eve of Destruction
(Duncan Gibbins) (Gregory Hines, Renée Soutendijk)
9. Dead Space
(Fred Gallo) (Marc Singer, Laura Mae Tate, Bryan Cranston)
10. The Unborn
(Rodman Flender) (Brooke Adams, Jeff Hayenga, Lisa Kudrow)
10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 1990
1. Total Recall
(Paul Verhoeven) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone)
2. Flatliners
(Joel Schumacher) (Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon)
3. Darkman
(Sam Raimi) (Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels)
4. Predator 2
(Stephen Hopkins) (Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Rubén Blades)
5. The Handmaid's Tale
(Volker Schlöndorff) (Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway)
6. Dark Angel
(Craig R. Baxley) (Dolph Lundgren, Brian Benben, Matthias Hues)
7. RoboCop 2
(Irvin Kershner) (Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Belinda Bauer)
8. Class of 1999
(Mark L. Lester) (Bradley Gregg, Traci Lind, Malcolm McDowell)
9. The Dark Side of the Moon
(D.J. Webster) (Robert Sampson, Will Bledsoe)
10. The Rift
(Juan Piquer Simón) (Jack Scalia, R. Lee Ermey, Ray Wise)
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Edited By: Lew
Last Updated: 2021-11-30