Best movies — science-fiction on Apple TV+ : our Top 20

1999 · Lilly Wachowski

In the 22nd century, a gifted hacker becomes part of a covert resistance movement fighting to overthrow the vast, sentient machines that have seized control of the planet.

With Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano, Marcus Chong and Anthony Ray Parker

2012 · Joss Whedon

Infinity War’s catastrophic fallout, Thanos’s actions have left the universe fractured. The remaining heroes, joined by their allies, must come together one last time to undo his devastation and restore cosmic balance—no matter the sacrifices they must face.

With Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Tom Hiddleston

2018 · Anthony Russo

unite six legendary artifacts that will grant him near-omnipotent control over reality. As Earth's greatest heroes and their allies marshal to repel threats no one hero could face alone, they confront a force that threatens everything they've defended. The struggle to stop him becomes a battle for the planet—and for the very survival of existence.

With Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Holland

1986 · James Cameron

The sole survivor of the Nostromo’s deadly run-in with a terrifying extraterrestrial, Ripley is rescued and returned to Earth after 57 years spent in hypersleep. Faced with widespread disbelief about her story, she reluctantly joins a squad of Colonial Marines on a return mission to the desolate moon LV-426.

With Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn and Paul Reiser

2004 · Michel Gondry

When Joel learns that his girlfriend has had him surgically removed from her memory, he decides to submit to the same erasure. As their history blurs and the images of her slip away, an unexpected, stubborn love remains—and with each vanished scene he confronts the terrifying possibility that it may already be too late to undo what he's done.

With Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, Tom Wilkinson and Jane Adams

1982 ·

A remote Antarctic research station becomes a nightmare when its crew realizes an extraterrestrial predator is stalking them—one that perfects the appearance and behavior of those it slays, turning colleagues into indistinguishable threats and plunging the survivors into paranoia as they struggle to survive.

With Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Richard Dysart and Charles Hallahan

1985 · William Malone

A team of scientists lands on a distant, icebound world to investigate inscrutable relics from a vanished age. They discover signs that a German expedition arrived first, and after a failed descent they head to the rival ship seeking help—only to find the crew slaughtered, torn apart by one of the ancient lifeforms the artifacts have reawakened. With the newly awakened creature now hunting them, the researchers must decipher the relics’ secrets and find a way off the planet before they become the next victims.

With Stan Ivar, Wendy Schaal, Lyman Ward, Klaus Kinski, Annette McCarthy, Marie Laurin and Robert Jaffe

2008 · Louis Leterrier

Having walked away from his days as a costumed hero, Bob Parr now leads a quiet life as an insurance claims adjuster and suburban father to three children, alongside his wife who also once fought crime. When a mysterious case lands on his desk, he’s drawn back into the fray and must slip into his old suit once again.

With Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson, Ty Burrell and Christina Cabot

2015 · George Miller

On the planet’s outer edge, a bleached, merciless desert has reduced civilization to fragments, with desperate people driven to violence as they claw for scant food, water and shelter. In the midst of this ruin, two fugitives—rebels on the run—race across sand and smashed settlements, carrying a fragile hope: to rally the scattered survivors and challenge the brutal forces that keep the world fractured.

With Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Riley Keough, Zoë Kravitz and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

1984 · James Cameron

In a shattered future ruled by ruthless artificial intelligences, a lethal cybernetic operative is sent back to 1984 to eliminate Sarah Connor, because her unborn son will one day lead the human uprising against machine domination. The resistance retaliates by sending a lone soldier to protect her from the almost indestructible assassin. Can he keep her alive long enough to change the course of history?

With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen, Rick Rossovich and Bess Motta

1985 · Paul Donovan

Three people — two men and a woman — orbit the Earth in a satellite armed with a nuclear warhead. When World War III erupts, the craft eventually re-enters and crashes months later. They survive the impact, but one man is killed by desperate survivors and the other is taken prisoner. The woman remains at the wreckage, only to be soon captured by a brutal gang of punk marauders who have seized control in the aftermath.

With Lenore Zann, Maury Chaykin, Kate Lynch, Kevin King, John Walsch, Tim Choate and Jeff Pustil

2014 · Bryan Singer

An iconic mutant team wages a life-or-death conflict across two eras, teaming up with their younger selves in a decisive struggle to rewrite history and ensure their species — and the future — survive.

With Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen

1985 · Terry Gilliam

A low-level government clerk named Sam Lowry finds refuge from his dull daily routine in vivid fantasies where he is a noble hero rescuing a beautiful stranger. While looking into a case that led to an innocent man's arrest and death in place of the fugitive Harry Tuttle, he unexpectedly meets the woman from his dreams. His effort to help her drags him into a maze of identity errors, blind bureaucracy and systemic deceit.

With Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Katherine Helmond and Michael Palin

2016 · Gareth Edwards

A group of renegade freedom fighters band together to infiltrate Imperial strongholds, seize the superweapon's blueprints, and spark new hope across the galaxy.

With Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Ben Mendelsohn and Guy Henry

1971 · Don Taylor

Three articulate chimpanzees suddenly appear on Earth inside a mysterious spacecraft, plunging the planet into astonishment. Scientists, eager to study the unexpected intelligence before the wider public can, confine the animals for experiments — but the apes soon organize a bold plan to regain their freedom.

With Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, Eric Braeden, William Windom and Sal Mineo

2001 · Tim Burton

Stranded after a violent crash on an uncharted world, audacious astronaut Leo Davidson discovers a society in which intelligent apes rule and humans are subjugated. Fighting to survive and find a way back to Earth, he becomes the target of a relentless gorilla military commanded by the merciless General Thade.

With Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kris Kristofferson, Estella Warren and Paul Giamatti

1970 · Ted Post

A lone survivor of a failed interstellar rescue mission crashes onto a world dominated by apes and soon uncovers a terrifying secret buried beneath its surface.

With James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison, Paul Richards, Victor Buono and James Gregory

1973 · J. Lee Thompson

As the saga reaches its climax, Caesar leads a society of intelligent apes that peacefully coexists with a small human community in the aftermath of civilization's collapse. But peace unravels when the hardline gorilla General Aldo conspires to spark a civil war among the apes, and a hidden faction of mutated humans living beneath a ruined city rises with designs on conquest. Rival ambitions and rising hostilities propel both sides toward a final, devastating confrontation.

With Roddy McDowall, Natalie Trundy, Austin Stoker, Severn Darden, Claude Akins, Paul Williams and Richard Eastham

2011 · Rupert Wyatt

Caesar, an extraordinarily intelligent chimpanzee raised in a quiet suburban home, is torn from that life and thrust into a brutal primate research facility. Enduring abuse and experiments, he channels his intelligence and anger into leadership, rallying the other animals and igniting an uprising against the humans who have exploited him.

With James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton and David Hewlett

2016 · Gareth Edwards

A ragtag band of rebels embarks on a daring mission to steal the Empire’s superweapon plans, risking everything to ignite a new hope across the galaxy.

With Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Ben Mendelsohn and Guy Henry