Best Science Fiction Movies on Paramount Plus Essential in the US

1. 1
   Interstellar 2014

   Directed by Christopher Nolan · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   8.5

   8.5 · 42K votes
2. 2
   Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991

   Directed by James Cameron · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium
   8.2

   8.2 · 15K votes
3. 3
   Transformers One 2024

   Directed by Josh Cooley · Streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, MGM+
   7.9

   8.0 · 1.8K votes
4. 4
   V for Vendetta 2006

   Directed by James McTeigue · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   7.9

   7.9 · 16K votes
5. 5
   Edge of Tomorrow 2014

   Directed by Doug Liman · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   7.6

   7.6 · 16K votes
6. 6
   Arrival 2016

   Directed by Denis Villeneuve · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Peacock Premium
   7.6

   7.6 · 20K votes
7. 7
   Blade Runner 2049 2017

   Directed by Denis Villeneuve · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium
   7.6

   7.6 · 16K votes
8. 8
   Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2024

   Directed by Jeff Fowler · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
   7.6

   7.6 · 3.5K votes
9. 9
   Star Trek 2009

   Directed by J.J. Abrams · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
   7.4

   7.4 · 11K votes
10. 10
    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982

    Directed by Nicholas Meyer · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.4

    7.4 · 2.2K votes
11. 11
    A Quiet Place 2018

    Directed by John Krasinski · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium
    7.4

    7.4 · 16K votes
12. 12
    A Quiet Place Part II 2021

    Directed by John Krasinski · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.4

    7.4 · 7.7K votes
13. 13
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956

    Directed by Don Siegel · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.4

    7.5 · 1.3K votes
14. 14
    Minority Report 2002

    Directed by Steven Spielberg · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.4 · 10K votes
15. 15
    Total Recall 1990

    Directed by Paul Verhoeven · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.3 · 6.8K votes
16. 16
    Star Trek Into Darkness 2013

    Directed by J.J. Abrams · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.3

    7.3 · 9.9K votes
17. 17
    Henry Danger: The Movie 2025

    Directed by Joe Menendez · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.3

    7.7 · 273 votes
18. 18
    Star Trek: First Contact 1996

    Directed by Jonathan Frakes · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.3 · 2.1K votes
19. 19
    Sonic the Hedgehog 2020

    Directed by Jeff Fowler · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Philo
    7.3

    7.3 · 11K votes
20. 20
    Men in Black 1997

    Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.2

    7.2 · 15K votes
21. 21
    South Park: Joining the Panderverse 2023

    Directed by Trey Parker · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.2

    7.5 · 311 votes
22. 22
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 2023

    Directed by Jeff Rowe · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.2

    7.2 · 1.7K votes
23. 23
    Gravity 2013

    Directed by Alfonso Cuarón · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.2

    7.2 · 17K votes
24. 24
    Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 2023

    Directed by Steven Caple Jr. · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.1

    7.2 · 5.5K votes
25. 25
    Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 1986

    Directed by Leonard Nimoy · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.1

    7.2 · 1.7K votes
26. 26
    Galaxy Quest 1999

    Directed by Dean Parisot · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.1

    7.1 · 2.7K votes
27. 27
    A.I. Artificial Intelligence 2001

    Directed by Steven Spielberg · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.1

    7.1 · 7K votes
28. 28
    Equilibrium 2002

    Directed by Kurt Wimmer · Streaming on Paramount Plus Essential, Kanopy, Hoopla
    7.0

    7.1 · 5.3K votes
29. 29
    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991

    Directed by Nicholas Meyer · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.0

    7.0 · 1.5K votes
30. 30
    The Dead Zone 1983

    Directed by David Cronenberg · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Philo
    7.0

    7.0 · 1.9K votes
31. 31
    PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie 2023

    Directed by Cal Brunker · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    6.9

    7.0 · 609 votes
32. 32
    World War Z 2013

    Directed by Marc Forster · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Peacock Premium
    6.9

    6.9 · 17K votes
33. 33
    Transformers 2007

    Directed by Michael Bay · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    6.8

    6.8 · 13K votes
34. 34
    Vanilla Sky 2001

    Directed by Cameron Crowe · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.8

    6.8 · 4.9K votes
35. 35
    Star Trek Beyond 2016

    Directed by Justin Lin · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    6.8

    6.8 · 7.3K votes
36. 36
    Super 8 2011

    Directed by J.J. Abrams · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Peacock Premium
    6.8

    6.8 · 7.4K votes
37. 37
    The Thundermans Return 2024

    Directed by Trevor Kirschner · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    6.7

    6.9 · 332 votes
38. 38
    Cloverfield 2008

    Directed by Matt Reeves · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Peacock Premium
    6.7

    6.7 · 8.2K votes
39. 39
    Bumblebee 2018

    Directed by Travis Knight · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    6.7

    6.7 · 6.9K votes
40. 40
    Overlord 2018

    Directed by Julius Avery · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.7

    6.7 · 3.3K votes
41. 41
    Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe 2022

    Directed by John Rice · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    6.7

    6.9 · 278 votes
42. 42
    The Running Man 2025

    Directed by Edgar Wright · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
    6.7

    6.7 · 2.1K votes
43. 43
    The Island 2005

    Directed by Michael Bay · Streaming on Paramount Plus Essential, Kanopy, Hoopla
    6.7

    6.7 · 6.1K votes
44. 44
    A Quiet Place: Day One 2024

    Directed by Michael Sarnoski · Streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, MGM+
    6.6

    6.6 · 3.6K votes
45. 45
    Battlestar Galactica: The Plan 2009

    Directed by Edward James Olmos · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    6.6

    6.7 · 507 votes
46. 46
    28 Weeks Later 2007

    Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Peacock Premium
    6.6

    6.6 · 6K votes
47. 47
    Event Horizon 1997

    Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.6

    6.6 · 3.5K votes
48. 48
    War of the Worlds 2005

    Directed by Steven Spielberg · Streaming on HBO Max, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.6

    6.6 · 9.7K votes
49. 49
    The Faculty 1998

    Directed by Robert Rodriguez · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.6

    6.6 · 2.4K votes
50. 50
    Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 1984

    Directed by Leonard Nimoy · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.6

    6.6 · 1.6K 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
   Star Trek: The Motion Picture 1979

   Directed by Robert Wise · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.5

   6.5 · 2K votes
2. 2
   Star Trek: Generations 1994

   Directed by David Carson · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.5

   6.5 · 1.6K votes
3. 3
   Blindness 2008

   Directed by Fernando Meirelles · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.5

   6.5 · 1.4K votes
4. 4
   Star Trek: Insurrection 1998

   Directed by Jonathan Frakes · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.4

   6.5 · 1.4K votes
5. 5
   Star Trek: Nemesis 2002

   Directed by Stuart Baird · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.3

   6.3 · 1.7K votes
6. 6
   Colossal 2017

   Directed by Nacho Vigalondo · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.3

   6.3 · 2.4K votes
7. 7
   Paycheck 2003

   Directed by John Woo · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.2

   6.2 · 2.2K votes
8. 8
   Firestarter 1984

   Directed by Mark L. Lester · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.2

   6.3 · 803 votes
9. 9
   Splitting Adam 2015

   Directed by Scott McAboy · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
   6.5

   6.9 · 129 votes
10. 10
    The Relic 1997

    Directed by Peter Hyams · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    6.2

    6.2 · 670 votes