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Best Science fiction Movies of the 1990s
#1 The Matrix (1999) · ★ 8.3 · 28,776 votes · 2h 16m · action, science-fictionSet in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth…
#2 Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997) · ★ 8.3 · 1,970 votes · 1h 27m · action, fantasy, dramaSEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of h…
#3 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) · ★ 8.2 · 14,833 votes · 2h 17m · action, thriller, science-fictionTen years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, h…
#4 Jurassic Park (1993) · ★ 8.0 · 18,405 votes · 2h 7m · adventure, science-fictionA wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grand…
#5 The Iron Giant (1999) · ★ 8.0 · 6,397 votes · 1h 26m · adventure, drama, science-fictionIn the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their…
#6 Ghost in the Shell (1995) · ★ 7.9 · 3,930 votes · 1h 23m · action, science-fiction, animationIn the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a hi…
#7 The Fifth Element (1997) · ★ 7.6 · 12,205 votes · 2h 6m · action, fantasy, adventureIn 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.…
#8 Twelve Monkeys (1995) · ★ 7.6 · 9,403 votes · 2h 9m · thriller, science-fiction, mysteryIn the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and…
#9 Gattaca (1997) · ★ 7.6 · 7,170 votes · 1h 47m · thriller, romance, dramaVincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue…
#10 Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995) · ★ 7.6 · 955 votes · 0h 55m · action, fantasy, science-fictionNot paying attention to his job, a young demon allows the evil cleansing machine to overflow and explode, turning the young demon into the infamous monster Janemba. Goku and Vegeta…
#11 Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku (1990) · ★ 7.6 · 778 votes · 0h 48m · action, fantasy, dramaBardock, Son Goku's father, is a low-ranking Saiyan soldier who was given the power to see into the future by the last remaining alien on a planet he just destroyed. He witnesses t…
#12 Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (1993) · ★ 7.6 · 629 votes · 0h 48m · action, science-fiction, animationIt has been thirteen years since the Androids began their killing rampage and Son Gohan is the only person fighting back. He takes Bulma's son Trunks as a student and even gives hi…
#13 Back to the Future Part III (1990) · ★ 7.5 · 11,607 votes · 1h 59m · comedy, adventure, science-fictionThe final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the traveler…
#14 Open Your Eyes (1997) · ★ 7.5 · 1,256 votes · 1h 57m · thriller, drama, science-fictionHandsome 25-year-old Cesar had it all -- a successful career, expensive cars, a swank bachelor's pad, and an endless string of beautiful and willing women -- until he is thrown int…
#15 A Grand Day Out (1990) · ★ 7.5 · 1,043 votes · 0h 24m · comedy, adventure, science-fictionWallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese.…
#16 Memories (1995) · ★ 7.5 · 608 votes · 1h 53m · fantasy, science-fiction, animationThree back-to-back anime films by three different directors make up this sci-fi trilogy three years in the making.…
#17 Contact (1997) · ★ 7.4 · 5,196 votes · 2h 30m · drama, science-fiction, mysteryA radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action…
#18 Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999) · ★ 7.4 · 596 votes · 1h 42m · thriller, romance, dramaA member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the suicide bombing of a young girl and is forced to undergo retraining. However, unbe…
#19 Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997) · ★ 7.4 · 520 votes · 1h 41m · drama, science-fiction, animationOriginally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series. Rebirth was intended as that re…
#20 Total Recall (1990) · ★ 7.3 · 6,718 votes · 1h 53m · action, adventure, science-fictionConstruction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Rekall, a virtual vacation company that manufactures memories. When something goes wrong durin…
#21 Bicentennial Man (1999) · ★ 7.3 · 4,059 votes · 2h 11m · romance, drama, science-fictionRichard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a ro…
#22 Dark City (1998) · ★ 7.3 · 3,362 votes · 1h 41m · science-fiction, mysteryA man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of h…
#23 Star Trek: First Contact (1996) · ★ 7.3 · 2,041 votes · 1h 51m · action, adventure, thrillerThe Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS E…
#24 Delicatessen (1991) · ★ 7.3 · 1,700 votes · 1h 39m · comedy, fantasy, science-fictionIn a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town f…
#25 The City of Lost Children (1995) · ★ 7.3 · 1,256 votes · 1h 52m · fantasy, adventure, science-fictionA scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.…
#26 Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993) · ★ 7.3 · 1,034 votes · 1h 10m · action, science-fiction, animationWhile the Saiyan Paragus persuades Vegeta to rule a new planet, King Kai alerts Goku of the South Galaxy's destruction by an unknown Super Saiyan.…
#27 Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995) · ★ 7.3 · 810 votes · 0h 51m · action, science-fiction, animationThe Z Warriors discover an unopenable music box and are told to open it with the Dragon Balls. The contents turn out to be a warrior named Tapion who had sealed himself inside alon…
#28 Men in Black (1997) · ★ 7.2 · 15,230 votes · 1h 38m · action, comedy, adventureAfter a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth…
#29 Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound (1993) · ★ 7.2 · 644 votes · 0h 51m · action, science-fiction, animationMr. Money is holding another World Martial Arts Tournament and Mr. Satan invites everyone in the world to join in. Little does he know that Bojack, an ancient villain who has escap…
#30 Face/Off (1997) · ★ 7.1 · 6,130 votes · 2h 19m · action, science-fiction, crimeIn order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes u…
#31 Starship Troopers (1997) · ★ 7.1 · 5,715 votes · 2h 9m · action, adventure, thrillerSet in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned o…
#32 Galaxy Quest (1999) · ★ 7.1 · 2,653 votes · 1h 42m · comedy, adventure, science-fictionFor four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector — Commander Peter Quincy Taggart, Lieutenant Tawny Madison, and Doctor Lazarus — set off on a thrilling and often dangero…
#33 The Thirteenth Floor (1999) · ★ 7.1 · 1,628 votes · 1h 40m · thriller, science-fiction, mysteryIn Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his…
#34 Stargate (1994) · ★ 7.0 · 3,987 votes · 2h 1m · action, adventure, science-fictionAn interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.…
#35 Tremors (1990) · ★ 7.0 · 3,725 votes · 1h 36m · action, comedy, horrorVal McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the grou…
#36 Strange Days (1995) · ★ 7.0 · 1,622 votes · 2h 25m · thriller, drama, science-fictionIn the last days of 1999, ex-cop turned street hustler Lenny Nero receives a disc which contains the memories of the murder of a prostitute. With the help of bodyguard Mace, he sta…
#37 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) · ★ 7.0 · 1,443 votes · 1h 50m · action, adventure, thrillerAfter years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace summit when a Klingon ship is nearly destroyed by an apparent attack from the Ente…
#38 Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (1991) · ★ 7.0 · 761 votes · 0h 48m · action, science-fiction, animationAfter defeating Frieza, Goku returns to Earth and goes on a camping trip with Gohan and Krillin. Everything is normal until Cooler - Frieza's brother - sends three henchmen after G…
#39 Independence Day (1996) · ★ 6.9 · 10,756 votes · 2h 25m · action, adventure, science-fictionStrange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear tha…
#40 The X-Files (1998) · ★ 6.9 · 1,915 votes · 2h 1m · thriller, science-fiction, mysteryMulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean t…