15 Sci-Fi Movies of the Past 5 Years with Near-Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Score
Suprisingly enough, critics loved Avengers: Endgame more than Dune.
Sci-fi movies take us on wild rides to other worlds and show us what the future might look like, and some of the best ones from the last five years have gotten almost perfect scores from reviewers on Rotten Tomatoes.
Oxygen (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 89%
A woman wakes up in a cryogenic unit with no memory of who she is or how she got there; she must unravel her past and find a way to escape before her oxygen runs out, discovering her identity and the truth about her predicament in the process.
Save Yourselves! (2020)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 89%
A Brooklyn couple, disconnecting from technology to reconnect with each other in a remote cabin, find themselves ill-equipped to deal with an alien invasion, leading to comedic and life-threatening attempts to survive the fluffy but deadly creatures.
I Am Mother (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 89%
In a post-apocalyptic bunker, a robot named Mother raises a human girl from birth, their bond tested by the arrival of a mysterious stranger, raising questions about humanity, trust, and the outside world's true state.
After Yang (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 90%
In After Yang, a family's quest to fix their malfunctioning android, Yang, leads them through a deep emotional and existential journey, uncovering Yang's hidden memories and connections, and prompting them to re-evaluate their own lives and relationships.
A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91%
Continuing from the deadly silence-based survival, the Abbott family must face the terrors of the outside world as they search for safety and encounter other survivors, discovering that the sound-hunting creatures are not the only threat.
Bumblebee (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91%
In 1987, Bumblebee, the Autobot, seeks refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town, where a teenage girl discovers the battle-scarred and broken Bumblebee; together, they face challenges to save Earth from Decepticons.
Little Fish (2020)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91%
A couple fights to hold their relationship together as a memory loss virus spreads and threatens to erase the history of their love and courtship, facing the reality of potentially forgetting each other forever.
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 94%
A Chinese-American laundromat owner, feeling disconnected from her family and life, suddenly finds herself involved in a wild adventure where she must connect with different versions of herself across the multiverse to save the world from a dark force.
Prey (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 94%
Set in the Comanche Nation 300 years ago, a young woman, a fierce and highly skilled warrior, protects her tribe against a highly evolved alien predator that hunts humans for sport, using her ingenuity and warrior skills.
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 94%
Following the devastating events of Infinity War, the surviving members of the Avengers and their allies must assemble one final time to reverse Thanos' actions and restore balance to the universe, facing challenges that test their courage and friendship.
Lapsis (2020)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 95%
In an alternate reality, a man desperate for money and to pay for his brother's medical treatment takes a job in the strange new gig economy of quantum cabling, trekking through forests to lay cables but soon discovers the dark side of this new technology and its impact on society.
The Long Walk (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96%
An old man in Laos can communicate with the dead and revisits the ghost of a woman he encountered as a boy; he embarks on a journey through time, hoping to correct his past mistakes, only to discover the complexities of his actions and their repercussions.
I'm Your Man (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96%
A scientist, participating in an experiment to live with a humanoid robot designed to be her perfect life partner, finds herself questioning the nature of relationships, love, and humanity as she assesses the robot's ability to fulfill her needs and desires.
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96%
Shaun the Sheep encounters an adorable alien with extraordinary powers who crash-lands near Mossy Bottom Farm, leading Shaun and the flock on a mission to shepherd the intergalactic visitor home before a sinister organization can capture her.
The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 97%
The Mitchell family's road trip is interrupted by a global tech uprising, leading them to become humanity's unlikely last hope; together, they must use their quirks and ingenuity to save themselves and the world from a new technological age.