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Top 10 Best Sci-fi Movies by Year
2000-2009

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Criteria: These Top 10 Best Sci-fi Movies for each year 2000 through 2009 are ranked by Impact, Influence, and Popularity in the Sci-Fi movie genre.

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Last Updated: 2021-11-30
Top 10 Best Sci-fi Movies by Year 2000-2009

10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 2009

  1. Avatar - (James Cameron) (Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver)
  2. Star Trek - (J.J. Abrams) (Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg)
  3. District 9 - (Neill Blomkamp) (Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope)
  4. Moon - (Duncan Jones) (Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott)
  5. The Road - (John Hillcoat) (Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall)
  6. Mr. Nobody - (Jaco Van Dormael) (Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger)
  7. Surrogates - (Jonathan Mostow) (Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Radha Mitchell)
  8. Knowing - (Alex Proyas) (Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne)
  9. Pandorum - (Christian Alvart) (Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet)
10. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - (Michael Bay) (Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox)
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10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 2008

  1. Cloverfield - (Matt Reeves) (Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan)
  2. Outlander - (Howard McCain) (Jim Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Ron Perlman)
  3. Blindness - (Fernando Meirelles) (Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael García Bernal)
  4. Jumper - (Doug Liman) (Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Bell)
  5. The Day the Earth Stood Still - (Scott Derrickson) (Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly)
  6. The Happening - (M. Night Shyamalan) (Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo)
  7. Alien Raiders - (Ben Rock) (Carlos Bernard, Mathew St. Patrick, Rockmond Dunbar)
  8. Franklyn - (Gerald McMorrow) (Eva Green, Ryan Phillippe, Sam Riley, Bernard Hill)
  9. Babylon A.D. - (Mathieu Kassovitz) (Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Mélanie Thierry)
10. Stargate: Continuum - (Martin Wood) (Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge)
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10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 2007

  1. Sunshine - (Danny Boyle) (Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans)
  2. I Am Legend - (Francis Lawrence) (Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan)
  3. Timecrimes - (Nacho Vigalondo) (Karra Elejalde, Candela Fernández, Bárbara Goenaga)
  4. Transformers - (Michael Bay) (Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel)
  5. The Man from Earth - (Richard Schenkman) (David Lee Smith, Tony Todd)
  6. The Mist - (Frank Darabont) (Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden)
  7. Resident Evil: Extinction - (Russell Mulcahy) (Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Iain Glen)
  8. The Invasion - (Oliver Hirschbiegel, James McTeigue) (Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig)
  9. Next - (Lee Tamahori) (Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, Jim Beaver)
10. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem - (Colin Strause, Greg Strause) (Reiko Aylesworth, Steven Pasquale)
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10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 2006

  1. Children of Men - (Alfonso Cuarón) (Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Chiwetel Ejiofor)
  2. The Fountain - (Darren Aronofsky) (Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn)
  3. Déjà Vu - (Tony Scott) (Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Val Kilmer)
  4. A Scanner Darkly - (Richard Linklater) (Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Winona Ryder)
  5. Slither - (James Gunn) (Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker)
  6. The Astronaut Farmer - (Michael Polish) (Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen)
  7. The Butterfly Effect 2 - (John R. Leonetti) (Eric Lively, Erica Durance, Dustin Milligan)
  8. Electroma - (Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo) (Peter Hurteau)
  9. Solar Attack - (Paul Ziller) (Mark Dacascos, Joanne Kelly, Kevin Jubinville)
10. Pulse - (Jim Sonzero) (Kristen Bell, Rick Gonzalez, Christina Milian, Kel O'Neill)
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10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 2005

  1. Serenity - (Joss Whedon) (Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Chiwetel Ejiofor)
  2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - (Garth Jennings) (Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell)
  3. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - (George Lucas) (Hayden Christensen)
  4. V for Vendetta - (James McTeigue) (Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves)
  5. War of the Worlds - (Steven Spielberg) (Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins)
  6. The Island - (Michael Bay) (Scarlett Johansson, Ewan McGregor, Djimon Hounsou)
  7. Zathura: A Space Adventure - (Jon Favreau) (Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo)
  8. The Jacket - (John Maybury) (Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig)
  9. Æon Flux - (Karyn Kusama) (Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sophie Okonedo)
10. Doom - (Andrzej Bartkowiak) (Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike, Dwayne Johnson)
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10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 2004

  1. I, Robot - (Alex Proyas) (Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood)
  2. Primer - (Shane Carruth) (Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden)
  3. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow - (Kerry Conran) (Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law)
  4. The Butterfly Effect - (Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber) (Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart)
  5. The Day After Tomorrow - (Roland Emmerich) (Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal)
  6. The Chronicles of Riddick - (David Twohy) (Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore)
  7. Resident Evil: Apocalypse - (Alexander Witt) (Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory)
  8. The Final Cut - (Omar Naim) (Robin Williams, Mira Sorvino, Jim Caviezel)
  9. The Forgotten - (Joseph Ruben) (Julianne Moore, Dominic West, Gary Sinise)
10. Alien vs. Predator - (Paul W.S. Anderson) (Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen, Raoul Bova)
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10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 2003

  1. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - (Jonathan Mostow) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Claire Danes)
  2. The Matrix Reloaded - (Lana & Lilly Wachowski) (Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne)
  3. The Core - (Jon Amiel) (Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Bruce Greenwood)
  4. Code 46 - (Michael Winterbottom) (Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Om Puri)
  5. The Matrix Revolutions - (Lana & Lilly Wachowski) (Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne)
  6. Paycheck - (John Woo) (Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Paul Giamatti)
  7. Timeline - (Richard Donner) (Paul Walker, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly, Frances O'Connor)
  8. Beyond Re-Animator - (Brian Yuzna) (Jeffrey Combs, Tommy Dean Musset, Jason Barry)
  9. Dreamcatcher - (Lawrence Kasdan) (Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee)
10. Alien Hunter - (Ron Krauss) (James Spader, Janine Eser, John Lynch, Leslie Stefanson)
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10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 2002

  1. Minority Report - (Steven Spielberg) (Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton)
  2. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones - (George Lucas) (Hayden Christensen)
  3. Solaris - (Steven Soderbergh) (George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis)
  4. Signs - (M. Night Shyamalan) (Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin)
  5. Equilibrium - (Kurt Wimmer) (Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs)
  6. Blade II - (Guillermo del Toro) (Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman)
  7. S1m0ne - (Andrew Niccol) (Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Rachel Roberts, Winona Ryder)
  8. Resident Evil - (Paul W.S. Anderson) (Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Ryan McCluskey)
  9. Star Trek: Nemesis - (Stuart Baird) (Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton)
10. The Time Machine - (Simon Wells) (Guy Pearce, Yancey Arias, Mark Addy)
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10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 2001

  1. Donnie Darko - (Richard Kelly) (Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell)
  2. K-PAX - (Iain Softley) (Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, Alfre Woodard)
  3. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence - (Steven Spielberg) (Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, William Hurt)
  4. Planet of the Apes - (Tim Burton) (Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter, Paul Giamatti)
  5. Vanilla Sky - (Cameron Crowe) (Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz)
  6. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within - (Hironobu Sakaguchi, Motonori Sakakibara) (Alec Baldwin)
  7. The One - (James Wong) (Jet Li, Carla Gugino, Jason Statham, Delroy Lindo)
  8. Pulse - (Kiyoshi Kurosawa) (Haruhiko Katô, Kumiko Asô, Koyuki)
  9. Xchange - (Allan Moyle) (Stephen Baldwin, Pascale Bussières, Kim Coates)
10. Jason X - (James Isaac) (Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Jeff Geddis, David Cronenberg)
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10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 2000

  1. Unbreakable - (M. Night Shyamalan) (Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright)
  2. Frequency - (Gregory Hoblit) (Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Elizabeth Mitchell)
  3. Pitch Black - (David Twohy) (Radha Mitchell, Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser)
  4. The 6th Day - (Roger Spottiswoode) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport)
  5. Mission to Mars - (Brian De Palma) (Tim Robbins, Gary Sinise, Don Cheadle)
  6. Red Planet - (Antony Hoffman) (Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss, Tom Sizemore)
  7. Hollow Man - (Paul Verhoeven) (Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, Josh Brolin)
  8. The Cell - (Tarsem Singh) (Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio)
  9. Supernova - (Walter Hill) (James Spader, Peter Facinelli, Angela Bassett)
10. Battlefield Earth - (Roger Christian) (John Travolta, Forest Whitaker)
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