The 5 best science fiction films currently on Prime Video

Prime Video is a great streaming destination for genre projects—here’s a roundup of the best fantasy shows on Prime Video as proof—and it’s no different if you’re into sci-fi.

The best science fiction movies have great ideas and striking imagery, take us to faraway places or even jump through timelines, and Prime Video offers a wide selection of films that live up to these demands.

Whether you’re in the mood for a suspenseful story, a gripping thriller, or just a cult favorite comedy, Prime Video is sure to have at least one sci-fi movie to suit your tastes. Here are just a few of the best sci-fi movies available to stream on Prime Video right now.

‘Cloverfield Street 10’

Dan Trachtenberg’s 2016 thriller “10 Cloverfield Lane” takes us into an underground bunker and experiences a claustrophobic, thrilling journey beneath the earth’s surface.

Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) wakes up after a serious car accident to find herself chained to the wall of a bunker owned by Howard (John Goodman). This man claims the surface of the Earth is no longer habitable after aliens poisoned our world. Howard says he rescued her from the accident and brought her inside for her safety. Michelle must decide whether to trust him or plan her escape into the unknown world.

Rotten tomatoes Score: 90%
Watch now on Prime Video

“Donnie Darko” – The incredible journey around the world

Richard Kelly’s kaleidoscopic sci-fi thriller from 2001 is still as fascinating and strange as ever, and is still a fantastic experience even after all these years.

The film follows teenager Donnie Darko (a young Jake Gyllenhaal). After surviving a bizarre accident, our troubled protagonist has visions of Frank, a man in a hideous rabbit costume who warns that the world is about to end. As Donnie begins to investigate time travel and the laws that govern life as we know it, he is drawn into a series of increasingly bizarre events as that fateful date draws ever closer.

Rotten tomatoes Score: 87%
Watch now on Prime Video

“Galaxy Quest” – The journey into space

Need something lighter? Dean Parisot’s 1999 sci-fi parody is definitely worth a look. Just as “Spaceballs” pokes fun at “Star Wars,” “Galaxy Quest” takes aim at “Star Trek.”

Here, the former cast members of the cult classic science fiction series “Galaxy Quest” – consisting of Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub and Daryl Mitchell – are reunited more than a decade after the series ended. This time, however, they will not be playing heroes; they must become Heroes, because the “fans” asking them for help are actually aliens who believe the show is real. The Thermians want their help to save them from an evil warlord.

Rotten tomatoes Score: 90%
Watch now on Prime Video

‘Ghost in the Shell’

Ghost in the Shell is a groundbreaking 1995 anime film that follows Major Motoko Kusanagi (Atsuko Tanaka), an elite government agent who works as the head of an assault squad for Section 9 and fights major incidents in Japan’s New Port City in the year 2029. Cybernetic technology has advanced significantly, to the point that humans have developed the Cyberbrain, a casing that encases human brains and allows users to connect their brains to the internet. Right now, she’s on the hunt for the Puppet Master, a hacker who can enter his victims’ brains and alter their memories.

Philosophical, influential, and brilliantly executed, you should definitely watch Ghost in the Shell if you haven’t already.

Rating at Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
Watch now on Prime Video

“Interstellar”

If you can not wait until the Cinema re-release of “Interstellar” later this year, You can now stream Christopher Nolan’s hit sci-fi film on Prime Video.

If you haven’t seen the movie yet, Interstellar is set in a grim (but increasingly plausible) future where humanity’s brightest minds are desperately searching for a solution to save us all as the Earth becomes increasingly uninhabitable.

One of these visionaries, Professor Brand (Michael Caine), hatches an ambitious plan to send the population of planet Earth to a brand new home via a wormhole. Before this plan can be implemented, a team of researchers sets out to find a new home for humanity.

If you decide to watch this modern classic, you’ll need to do so soon; at the time of publication, Interstellar is leaving Prime Video in just eight more days.

Rating at Rotten Tomatoes: 73%
Watch now on Prime Video

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