If you’ve already watched Star Wars, the early Marvel movies, and everything from DC a hundred times, don’t worry — there’s more out there. We’ve put together a solid list of new sci-fi films for you to check out. Like the classics, these movies tend to be a few hours long, but the stories are gripping all the way to the end. Pick any of these top 10 sci-fi films from 2023 — you won’t be disappointed.
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- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
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- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
- The Flash
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
- Crater
- Simulant
- Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
IMDb: 6.1/10
2023, Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
USA, PG-13
Director: Peyton Reed
Top Cast: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer
Scott Lang, Hope van Dyne, and their family don’t just end up in a new city — they’re pulled into the Quantum Realm. There, they meet Kang the Conqueror. His name says it all: he’s a powerful being who wants to escape exile and take over the multiverse. Will he succeed?
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania kicks off Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
65
IMDb: 5.4/10
2023, Sci-Fi, Thriller
USA, PG-13
Director: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
Top Cast: Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt
Pilot Mills (played by Adam Driver) is exploring space when his ship crashes on an unknown planet. Unfortunately for him, that planet turns out to be Earth — 65 million years ago. With a young passenger named Koa, he must survive in a world full of dinosaurs and find a way back home.
The movie’s title refers to the time when the dinosaurs went extinct.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
IMDb: 7.9/10
2023, Sci-Fi, Action, Comedy
USA, PG-13
Director: James Gunn
Top Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper (voice)
The Guardians team faces off against the High Evolutionary, a villain trying to create the perfect being. Along the way, they uncover more about Rocket’s past and deal with new threats. Just like the first two movies, this one’s packed with sharp humor and a great soundtrack — get ready to laugh out loud and maybe even dance a little.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 wraps up James Gunn’s trilogy about the Guardians. The post-credit scenes introduce new team members, including Adam Warlock and Phyla-Vell.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
IMDb: 6.1/10
2023, Sci-Fi, Action
USA, PG-13
Director: Steven Caple Jr.
Top Cast: Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback
In 1994, Brooklyn, former soldier, Noah Diaz, crosses paths with the Autobots and the Maximals. To stop Unicron and his followers from destroying Earth, Noah has to team up with his new allies.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is a nostalgic trip back to the 1990s. Fair warning: it might make you seriously wish you could go back in time — even if the Transformers universe isn’t real.
The Flash
IMDb: 6.6/10
2023, Sci-Fi, Action
USA, PG-13
Director: Andy Muschietti
Top Cast: Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle
Barry Allen uses his powers to go back in time and save his mother. But, as often happens with time travel, things don’t go as planned. He accidentally creates an alternate reality where he meets different versions of familiar heroes — and faces new threats.
The movie is based on the Flashpoint comic, which explores alternate realities. It features multiple versions of Batman, including one played by Michael Keaton.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
IMDb: 7.0/10
2023, Sci-Fi, Action, Drama
USA, PG-13
Director: Francis Lawrence
Top Cast: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage
Brutal social inequality is once again at the heart of a new Hunger Games. It’s the 10th Games, but they’re far from boring. A young Coriolanus Snow is assigned as a mentor to Lucy Gray Baird — a role that could set him on a path to power and cruelty.
The film is a prequel to the original Hunger Games trilogy.
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
IMDb: 5.6/10
2023, Sci-Fi, Action
USA, PG-13
Director: James Wan
Top Cast: Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard
As is typical for the genre, Aquaman has to team up with someone just as strong — and just as stubborn — to stop Black Manta. This time, he joins forces with his half-brother Orm. Meanwhile, Black Manta is trying to unlock an ancient power to destroy the world he hates.
Crater
IMDb: 5.4/10
2023, Sci-Fi, Adventure
USA, PG
Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Top Cast: Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Mckenna Grace
Crater takes place way in the future — in the year 2257. But even then, teenagers are still the same: always looking for adventure. A group of kids lives on a colony on the Moon. They have regular lives, dream big, and want to be loved. One of them decides to fulfill his late father’s dream, so he sets off with his friends on a journey to explore a crater.
Simulant
IMDb: 5.2/10
2023, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Canada, PG-13
Director: April Mullen
Top Cast: Robbie Amell, Jordana Brewster, Sam Worthington
This is one of the few films in our list set in a distant future — and in that future, the rules are very different. People aren’t entirely human anymore; they’re synthetic beings called simulants, designed to blend into society. But even synthetic people can have free will. One simulant starts pushing beyond the limits of his programming, and his actions lead to unexpected consequences.
Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire
IMDb: 5.7/10
2023, Sci-Fi, Action
USA, PG-13
Director: Zack Snyder
Top Cast: Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein
Rebel Moon tells the story of an alternate version of humanity, spread out across the galaxy. Kora lives a quiet, almost rural life in a peaceful colony on a distant moon. But when a tyrannical empire threatens everything, she becomes humanity’s last hope. She can’t fight the dictator alone — so Kora must gather a team of warriors to join her in the battle.
