Best futurist movies

This overall ranking gives triple weight to the futurism rating, double to entertainment, and normal weight to plausibility.

This overall ranking is different than:

Futurist movies ranked from best to worst

Movie
Overall Rating
Futurism rating
Entertainment rating
Plausibility rating
1. Blade Runner
7.8
9
8
4
2. Gattaca
7.8
8
8
7
3. Contact
7.3
6
9
8
4. Close Encounters
7.3
6
9
8
5. Ghost in the Shell
7.2
8
7
5
6. Deep Impact
7.2
6
8
9
7. 2001
7.0
7
7
7
8. Clockwork Orange
6.8
7
6
8
9. Children of Men 6.8 6 8 7
10. Jurassic Park
6.8
6
8
7
11. The Matrix
6.7
6
9
4
12. A.I.
6.7
7
6
7
13. The Handmaid’s Tale 6.7 6 7 8
14. Minority Report
6.5
7
8
2
15. I, Robot 6.5 6 8 5
16. Boys from Brazil
6.5
6
7
7
17. Outbreak
6.5
5
8
8
18. The Postman
6.5
6
7
7
19. Dune
6.3
7
7
3
20. Star Trek (movie series)
6.3
7
7
3
21. Sleeper
6.3
6
7
6
22. The Road Warrior
6.3
5
8
7
23. 1984
6.3
6
7
6
24. 2010
6.3
6
7
6
25. Demolition Man
6.2
7
6
4
26. Logan’s Run
6.2
7
6
4
27. Things to Come
6.2
7
5
6
28. Moon
6.2
6
7
5
29. Surrogates 6.2 6 8 3
30. Starman
6.2
5
8
6
31. District 9 6.2 5 8 6
32. War of the Worlds (2005) 6.2 5 8 6
33. Johnny Mnemonic
6.0
6
7
4
34. Metropolis (1927)
5.8
6
6
5
35. The Sixth Day
5.8
6
7
3
36. Fahrenheit 451
5.8
5
7
6
37. The Time Machine (2002)
5.8
6
7
3
38. Solaris (2002)
5.8
5
7
6
39. The Island 5.8 5 8 4
40. Twelve Monkeys
5.7
6
7
2
41. Zardoz
5.7
7
5
3
42. Terminator 3 5.7 5 8 7
43. Vanilla Sky
5.7
5
7
5
44. Star Wars
5.5
4
9
3
45. V for Vendetta 5.5 4 7 7
46. Soylent Green
5.5
6
5
5
47. Solaris (1972)
5.5
5
6
6
48. Rollerball (1975)
5.5
5
6
6
49. Star Trek (2009) 5.3 5 7 3
50. On the Beach
5.3
4
7
6
51. Aliens
5.3
3
10
3
52. Mission to Mars
5.3
4
7
6
53. Z.P.G
5.3
5
6
5
54. Red Planet
5.3
5
6
5
55. Until the End of the World
5.2
5
6
4
56. 2012 5.2 4 8 3
57. Escape from New York
5.2
4
6
7
58. Outland
5.2
4
7
5
59. Impostor
5.2
5
6
4
60. Strange Days
5.0
5
6
3
61. RoboCop
5.0
5
6
3
62. Total Recall
5.0
5
6
3
63. THX 1138
5.0
5
5
5
64. Planet of the Apes (2001)
5.0
5
6
3
65. Attack of the Clones
4.8
4
7
3
66. Forbidden Planet
4.8
4
7
3
67. Fifth Element
4.8
4
7
3
68. Terminator II
4.8
2
10
3
69. X-Men
4.8
4
8
1
70. Dark City
4.8
4
7
3
71. Inception 4.8 3 8 4
72. Series 7
4.8
3
7
6
73. Phantom Menace
4.8
4
7
3
74. Planet of the Apes (1968)
4.8
5
6
2
75. Independence Day
4.8
4
7
3
76. Silent Running
4.8
5
5
4
77. Waterworld
4.8
6
5
1
78. The Abyss
4.8
3
7
6
79. The Thing (1982)
4.7
3
8
3
80. Fail-Safe
4.7
2
7
8
81. Colossus: The Forbin Project
4.7
3
7
5
82. Bicentennial Man
4.7
4
6
4
83. Equilibrium 4.7 4 6 4
84. Stargate
4.7
3
7
5
85. The Island of Dr. Moreau
4.7
3
6
7
86. Sum of All Fears
4.7
2
7
8
87. Judge Dredd
4.7
4
6
4
88. Rollerball (2002)
4.7
2
7
8
89. Deep Blue Sea
4.7
3
6
7
90. The Time Machine (1960)
4.5
4
6
3
91. Seven Days in May
4.5
2
7
7
92. Signs
4.5
3
7
4
93. Andromeda Strain
4.5
3
6
6
94. The Thirteenth Floor
4.5
4
6
3
95. The Stepford Wives (1975)
4.5
3
7
4
96. Virtuosity
4.5
4
6
3
97. The Omega Man
4.5
3
6
6
98. The Running Man
4.3
4
5
4
99. Pitch Black
4.3
2
7
6
100. Delicatessen
4.3
2
6
8
101. The Day After Tomorrow 4.3 3 7 3
102. Knowing 4.3 3 7 3
103. Terminator
4.2
2
8
3
104. Cocoon
4.2
2
7
5
105. Millennium
4.2
3
7
2
106. Primer 4.2 3 7 2
107. Battle Royale 4.2 2 7 5
108. Armageddon
4.0
3
6
3
109. The Time Traveler’s Wife 4.0 2 8 2
110. The Arrival
4.0
3
6
3
111. Species
4.0
3
6
3
112. Supernova
4.0
3
6
3
113. No Escape
4.0
2
6
6
114. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
3.8
3
6
2
115. Back to the Future II
3.8
2
6
5
116. Timecop
3.8
3
6
2
117. Lawnmower Man
3.8
3
6
2
118. Freejack
3.8
3
6
2
119. A Boy and His Dog
3.8
4
4
3
120. Escape from LA
3.8
3
5
4
121. The Quiet Earth
3.7
2
7
2
122. Predator
3.7
2
6
4
123. eXistenZ
3.7
3
5
3
124. E.T.
3.7
2
6
4
125. Barb Wire
3.5
2
5
5
126. Soldier
3.3
2
6
2
127. Starship Troopers
3.3
2
6
2
128. Battlefield Earth
3.2
3
4
2
129. Timeline 3.2 2 6 2
130. Alphaville
3.0
2
5
2
131. Barbarella
3.0
2
5
2
132. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
3.0
2
5
2
133. Sphere
3.0
2
5
2
134. Universal Soldier
2.5
1
5
2
135. Akira
2.3
2
3
2
136. Futureworld 2.3 2 3 2
137. Moon 44
2.0
1
4
2
138. Moontrap
2.0
1
4
2

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