Best Science Fiction Movies on Criterion Channel in Canada

1. 1
   Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion 1997

   Directed by Hideaki Anno · Streaming on Netflix, Criterion Channel
   8.2

   8.3 · 2K votes
2. 2
   Fantastic Planet 1973

   Directed by René Laloux · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   7.5

   7.6 · 1.2K votes
3. 3
   The Face of Another 1966

   Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   7.4

   7.8 · 301 votes
4. 4
   The Return of Godzilla 1984

   Directed by Koji Hashimoto · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   7.0

   7.2 · 357 votes
5. 5
   Mothra vs. Godzilla 1964

   Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.8

   7.0 · 364 votes
6. 6
   Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster 1964

   Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.8

   7.0 · 305 votes
7. 7
   Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah 1991

   Directed by Kazuki Ōmori · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.8

   7.0 · 279 votes
8. 8
   Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 1974

   Directed by Jun Fukuda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.7

   6.9 · 308 votes
9. 9
   Resurrection 2025

   Directed by Bi Gan · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.7

   7.1 · 134 votes
10. 10
    Destroy All Monsters 1968

    Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Fandor
    6.7

    6.9 · 308 votes
11. 11
    Godzilla vs. Mothra 1992

    Directed by Takao Okawara · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.7

    6.9 · 244 votes
12. 12
    The Fabulous World of Jules Verne 1958

    Directed by Karel Zeman · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.7

    7.2 · 97 votes
13. 13
    Invasion of Astro-Monster 1965

    Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel
    6.6

    6.8 · 269 votes
14. 14
    Journey to the Beginning of Time 1955

    Directed by Karel Zeman · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.6

    7.2 · 83 votes
15. 15
    Godzilla vs. Hedorah 1971

    Directed by Yoshimitsu Banno · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.6

    6.8 · 261 votes
16. 16
    Terror of Mechagodzilla 1975

    Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel, FlixFling
    6.6

    6.8 · 256 votes
17. 17
    Time Bandits 1981

    Directed by Terry Gilliam · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.6

    6.6 · 1.2K votes
18. 18
    EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)² 1998

    Directed by Hideaki Anno · Streaming on Netflix, Criterion Channel
    6.5

    6.8 · 127 votes
19. 19
    The Snails 1966

    Directed by René Laloux · Streaming on Criterion Channel, MUBI
    6.5

    6.9 · 85 votes
20. 20
    Matango 1963

    Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Criterion Channel, FlixFling, Plex
    6.4

    6.7 · 108 votes
21. 21
    The Heroic Trio 1993

    Directed by Johnnie To · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.4

    6.7 · 108 votes
22. 22
    The Crazy Ray 1925

    Directed by René Clair · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.4

    6.8 · 78 votes
23. 23
    Godzilla, King of the Monsters! 1956

    Directed by Terry O. Morse · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.4

    6.5 · 294 votes
24. 24
    Rodan 1956

    Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.4

    6.5 · 198 votes
25. 25
    Frankenstein Conquers the World 1965

    Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.4

    6.7 · 78 votes
26. 26
    Things to Come 1936

    Directed by William Cameron Menzies · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Tubi TV
    6.3

    6.4 · 234 votes
27. 27
    Son of Godzilla 1967

    Directed by Jun Fukuda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.3

    6.4 · 261 votes
28. 28
    Godzilla vs. Gigan 1972

    Directed by Jun Fukuda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.3

    6.4 · 239 votes
29. 29
    Dogora 1964

    Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Criterion Channel, FlixFling
    6.3

    6.7 · 47 votes
30. 30
    Atragon 1963

    Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, Criterion Channel
    6.3

    6.6 · 58 votes
31. 31
    Ebirah, Horror of the Deep 1966

    Directed by Jun Fukuda · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel
    6.2

    6.3 · 239 votes
32. 32
    Please Speak Continuously and Describe Your Experiences as They Come to You 2019

    Directed by Brandon Cronenberg · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.2

    7.4 · 14 votes
33. 33
    The Blob 1958

    Directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. · Streaming on Crave, Tubi TV, Criterion Channel
    6.2

    6.2 · 698 votes
34. 34
    Space Amoeba 1970

    Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.2

    6.4 · 56 votes
35. 35
    The Creatures 1966

    Directed by Agnès Varda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.2

    6.4 · 55 votes
36. 36
    Body Snatchers 1993

    Directed by Abel Ferrara · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.2

    6.2 · 507 votes
37. 37
    The War of the Gargantuas 1966

    Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel
    6.2

    6.3 · 111 votes
38. 38
    Godzilla vs. Megalon 1973

    Directed by Jun Fukuda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.2

    6.2 · 252 votes
39. 39
    The Mysterians 1957

    Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Criterion Channel, FlixFling
    6.1

    6.3 · 65 votes
40. 40
    Princess from the Moon 1987

    Directed by Kon Ichikawa · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.1

    6.4 · 28 votes
41. 41
    Voyage to the Sky 1937

    Directed by Jean Painlevé · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.1

    6.2 · 24 votes
42. 42
    Poison 1991

    Directed by Todd Haynes · Streaming on Hoopla, Criterion Channel, Kino Film Collection
    6.0

    6.0 · 97 votes
43. 43
    Welcome II the Terrordome 1995

    Directed by Ngozi Onwurah · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.0

    5.9 · 13 votes
44. 44
    Godzilla Raids Again 1955

    Directed by Motoyoshi Oda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.0

    6.0 · 351 votes
45. 45
    Black Moon 1975

    Directed by Louis Malle · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.0

    6.0 · 171 votes
46. 46
    Varan 1958

    Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.0

    5.8 · 37 votes
47. 47
    Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell 1968

    Directed by Hajime Sato · Streaming on Criterion Channel, FlixFling
    5.9

    5.8 · 60 votes
48. 48
    Jellyfish Eyes 2013

    Directed by Takashi Murakami · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    5.8

    5.1 · 23 votes
49. 49
    Genocide 1968

    Directed by Kazui Nihonmatsu · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    5.8

    5.1 · 24 votes
50. 50
    The Atomic Submarine 1959

    Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, Criterion Channel
    5.8

    5.3 · 49 votes

Smart score = (votes × rating + 82 × 6.03) ÷ (votes + 82): the TMDB rating, pulled toward the catalog average as if every film had 82 extra average votes. Streaming data by JustWatch.

1. 1
   Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) 1969

   Directed by David Cronenberg · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   5.7

   5.5 · 95 votes
2. 2
   Making Mr. Right 1987

   Directed by Susan Seidelman · Streaming on Hoopla, Tubi TV, Criterion Channel
   5.7

   5.2 · 46 votes
3. 3
   The X from Outer Space 1967

   Directed by Kazui Nihonmatsu · Streaming on Hoopla, Criterion Channel
   5.7

   5.2 · 53 votes
4. 4
   The Model Couple 1977

   Directed by William Klein · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   5.7

   4.5 · 21 votes
5. 5
   First Man into Space 1959

   Directed by Robert Day · Streaming on Criterion Channel, FlixFling
   5.6

   5.1 · 59 votes
6. 6
   Crimes of the Future 1984

   Directed by David Cronenberg · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   5.3

   4.8 · 123 votes
7. 7
   Another World 2014

   Directed by Eitan Reuven · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   4.9

   3.7 · 76 votes