List of science fiction films of the 2020s

This is a list of science fiction films released in the 2020s. These films include core elements of science fiction, but can cross into other genres. They have been released to a cinema audience by the commercial film industry and are widely distributed with reviews by reputable critics.

Science
fiction films
By decade

Listing
Years
2020
TitleDirectorCastCountrySubgenre/Notes
2067Seth LarneyKodi Smit-McPhee, Ryan KwantenAustralia
ArchiveGavin RotheryTheo James, Stacy Martin, Rhona Mitra, Peter Ferdinando, Toby JonesUnited Kingdom
Artemis FowlKenneth BranaghFerdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Josh GadUnited States
Bill & Ted Face the MusicDean ParisotKeanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William SadlerUnited States
BloodshotDavid S. F. WilsonVin Diesel, Eiza González, Guy PearceUnited States
BreachJohn SuitsBruce Willis, Rachel Nichols, Thomas JaneUnited States
Color Out of SpaceRichard StanleyNicolas Cage, Joely RichardsonUnited States
CosmoballDzhanik FayzievYevgeny Romantsov, Viktoriya Agalakova, Maria LisovayaRussia
Freaks: You're One of UsFelix BinderFinnlay Berger, Thelma Buabeng, Gisa FlakeGermanySuperhero Film
Friend of the WorldBrian Patrick ButlerNick Young, Alexandra Slade, Michael C. BurgessUnited StatesThriller
InvasionFyodor BondarchukIrina Starshenbaum, Rinal Mukhametov, Alexander PetrovRussia
The Invisible ManLeigh WhannellElisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-CohenUnited States
Jiu JitsuDimitri LogothetisAlain Moussi, Frank Grillo, JuJu Chan, Nicolas CageUnited States
Love and MonstersMichael MatthewsDylan O'Brien, Jessica Henwick, Dan Ewing,Ariana Greenblatt, Michael RookerUnited States
Monster Adventure
The Midnight SkyGeorge ClooneyGeorge Clooney, Felicity JonesUnited States
Minor PremiseEric SchultzSathya Sridharan, Paton Ashbrook, Dana AshbrookUnited StatesThriller
The New MutantsJosh BooneAnya Taylor-Joy, Maisie Williams, Charlie Heaton, Henry Zaga, Blu HuntUnited States
PG: Psycho GoremanSteven KostanskiNita-Josee Hanna, Owen Myre, Matthew NinaberCanada
PossessorBrandon CronenbergChristopher Abbott, Andrea Riseborough, Sean BeanCanada
United Kingdom
United States
Project PowerAriel Schulman and Henry JoostJamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique FishbackUnited States
SkylinesLiam O'DonnellLindsey Morgan, Rhona Mitra, Alexander SiddigUnited States
Sonic the HedgehogJeff FowlerBen Schwartz, Jim Carrey, James MarsdenUnited States
SputnikEgor AbramenkoOksana Akinshina, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Pyotr FyodorovRussia
TenetChristopher NolanJohn David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth DebickiUnited Kingdom
United States
Tiong Bahru Social ClubTan Bee ThiamThomas Pang, Guat Kian Goh, Jalyn HanSingapore
2021
Chaos WalkingDoug LimanTom Holland, Daisy RidleyUnited States
Cosmic SinEdward John DrakeBruce Willis, Frank GrilloUnited States
CubeYasuhiko ShimizuMasaki Suda, Masaki OkadaJapan
Don't Look UpAdam McKayLeonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande, Scott MescudiUnited StatesBlack Comedy Film
DuneDenis VilleneuveTimothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Stellan SkarsgårdUnited States
EncounterMichael PearceRiz Ahmed, Octavia SpencerUnited Kingdom
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a TimeHideaki AnnoJapan
FinchMiguel SapochnikTom Hanks, Caleb Landry JonesUnited States
The Forever PurgeEverardo GoutAna de la Reguera, Tenoch HuertaUnited States
Ghostbusters: AfterlifeJason ReitmanCarrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Bokeem Woodbine, Paul Rudd, Logan Kim, Celeste O'Connor, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts,Sigourney WeaverUnited StatesSupernatural Comedy
GlasshouseKelsey EganJessica Alexander, Anja Taljaard, Hilton Pelser, Adrienne Pearce, Kitty Harris, Brent VermeulenSouth Africa
Godzilla vs. KongAdam WingardAlexander Skasgard, Rebecca Hall, Kyle Chandler, Millie Bobby BrownUnited States
Little FishChad HartiganOlivia Cooke, Jack O'Connell, Raúl Castillo, SokoUnited States
The Matrix ResurrectionsLana WachowskiKeanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne MossUnited States
Mother/AndroidMattson TomlinChloë Grace Moretz, Algee Smith, Raúl CastilloUnited States
Needle in a TimestackJohn RidleyLeslie Odom Jr., Freida PintoUnited States
Night RaidersDanis GouletElle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Brooklyn Letexier-Hart, Alex Tarrant, Amanda Plummer, Violet NelsonCanada
New Zealand
Outside the WireMikael HåfströmAnthony Mackie, Damson Idris, Emily BeechamUnited States
OxygenAlexandre AjaMélanie Laurent, Mathieu Amalric, Malik ZidiFrance
ReminiscenceLisa JoyHugh Jackman, Rebecca FergusonUnited States
SettlersWyatt RockefellerSofia Boutella, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Jonny Lee MillerUnited Kingdom
StowawayJoe PennaAnna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson, Toni ColletteUnited States
Germany		Thriller Film
Space SweepersJo Sung-heeSong Joong-ki, Kim Tae-riSouth Korea
Spider-Man: No Way HomeJon WattsTom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict CumberbatchUnited StatesSuperhero
Strawberry MansionAlbert Birney, Kentucker AudleyPenny Fuller, Kentucker Audley, Grace Glowicki, Reed Birney, Linas Phillips, Constance ShulmanUnited StatesSurrealist
The Suicide SquadJames GunnMargot Robbie, Idris Elba, John CenaUnited States
TidesTim FehlbaumNora Arnezeder, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Iain GlenSwitzerland
Germany
The Tomorrow WarChris McKayChris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J. K. SimmonsUnited States
Venom: Let There Be CarnageAndy SerkisTom Hardy, Woody HarrelsonUnited States
VoyagersNeil BurgerColin Farrell, Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose DeppUnited States
WarningAgata AlexanderAlex Pettyfer, Alice Eve, Annabelle Wallis, Benedict Samuel, Charlotte Le Bon, Thomas Jane, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Rupert Everett, Tomasz Kot, Kylie Bunbury, Garance MarillierUnited States
Poland
Zack Snyder's Justice LeagueZack SnyderBen Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Willem Dafoe, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons,Diane Lane,Connie Nielsen, J. K. SimmonsUnited StatesSuperhero
Zone 414Andrew BairdGuy Pearce, Matilda Lutz, Travis FimmelUnited States
2022
The Adam ProjectShawn LevyRyan Reynolds, Jennifer Garner, Zoe Saldana, Mark RuffaloUnited States
After YangKogonadaColin FarrellUnited States
BigbugJean-Pierre JeunetElsa ZylbersteinFrance
DualRiley StearnsKaren Gillan, Aaron PaulUnited States
MoonfallRoland EmmerichHalle Berry, Patrick WilsonUnited States
Sonic the Hedgehog 2Jeff FowlerBen Schwartz, Jim Carrey, James Marsden, Idris ElbaUnited States

Forthcoming
Years
2022 2023
2022
TitleDirectorCastCountryRelease
Avatar: The Way of WaterJames CameronSam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen LangUnited StatesDecember 16, 2022
Crimes of the FutureDavid CronenbergViggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen StewartUnited States
Canada		May 25, 2022
DistantWill Speck and Josh GordonAnthony Ramos, Naomi Scott, Zachary QuintoUnited StatesSeptember 16, 2022
Jurassic World DominionColin TrevorrowChris Pratt, Bryce Dallas HowardUnited StatesJune 10, 2022
LightyearAngus MacLaneChris EvansUnited StatesJune 17, 2022
The MothershipMatt CharmanHalle BerryUnited States2022
PreyDan TrachtenbergAmber MidthunderUnited States2022
SpiderheadJoseph KosinskiChris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee SmollettUnited StatesJune 17, 2022
They Cloned TyroneJuel TaylorJohn Boyega, Jamie Foxx, Teyonah ParrisUnited States2022
2023 or later or unknown
TitleDirectorCastCountryRelease
65Scott Beck, Bryan WoodsAdam DriverUnited StatesApril 14, 2023
Ant-Man and the Wasp: QuantumaniaPeyton ReedPaul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle PfeifferUnited StatesJuly 28, 2023
Avatar 3James CameronSam Worthington, Zoe SaldanaUnited StatesDecember 20, 2024[1]
Avatar 4James CameronSam Worthington, Zoe SaldanaUnited StatesDecember 18, 2026[1]
Avatar 5James CameronSam Worthington, Zoe SaldanaUnited StatesDecember 22, 2028[1]
BorderlandsEli RothCate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack BlackUnited States
Dune: Part TwoDenis VilleneuveTimothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca FergusonUnited StatesOctober 20, 2023
The FlashAndy MuschiettiEzra Miller, Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton, Sasha CalleUnited StatesJune 23, 2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3James GunnUnited StatesMay 5, 2023
Life on MarsJohn KrasinskiUnited States[2]
The MarvelsNia DaCostaBrie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman VellaniUnited StatesFebruary 17, 2023
RoboCop ReturnsAbe ForsytheUnited States[3]
The Three-Body ProblemPanpan ZhangZhang JingchuChina[4][5][6]
Transformers: Rise of the BeastsSteven Caple Jr.Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Peter CullenUnited StatesJune 9, 2023
Untitled Michael Mann sci-fi filmMichael MannUnited States[7]
WarningAgata AlexanderAnnabelle Wallis, Alice Eve, Rupert Everett, Thomas JaneUnited States
Poland
Warriors of FutureNg Yuen-faiLouis Koo, Sean LauHong Kong

See also

Notes

    References
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