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Best Science Fiction Movies

of the 1990s

The 20 highest-rated science fiction movies released between 1990 and 1999, ranked by IMDb score.

1

The Matrix(1999)

8.7 IMDb83% RT73 Meta

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

2

Terminator 2: Judgment Day(1991)

8.6 IMDb91% RT75 Meta

Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Sky

3

The Iron Giant(1999)

8.1 IMDb96% RT85 Meta

In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejud

4

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion(1997)

8.1 IMDb92% RT

SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is f

5

Twelve Monkeys(1995)

8 IMDb88% RT75 Meta

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivor

6

Ghost in the Shell(1995)

7.9 IMDb95% RT76 Meta

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker k

7

Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks(1993)

7.8 IMDb

It has been thirteen years since the Androids began their killing rampage and Son Gohan is the only person fighting back. He takes Bulma's son Trunks as a student and even gives his own life to save T

8

Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku(1990)

7.8 IMDb

Bardock, Son Goku's father, is a low-ranking Saiyan soldier who was given the power to see into the future by the last remaining alien on a planet he just destroyed. He witnesses the destruction of hi

9

Gattaca(1997)

7.7 IMDb82% RT64 Meta

Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveli

10

Open Your Eyes(1997)

7.7 IMDb87% RT

Handsome 25-year-old Cesar had it all -- a successful career, expensive cars, a swank bachelor's pad, and an endless string of beautiful and willing women -- until he is thrown into a strange psycholo

11

The Fifth Element(1997)

7.6 IMDb71% RT52 Meta

In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.

12

Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn(1995)

7.6 IMDb

Not paying attention to his job, a young demon allows the evil cleansing machine to overflow and explode, turning the young demon into the infamous monster Janemba. Goku and Vegeta make solo attempts

13

Contact(1997)

7.5 IMDb69% RT62 Meta

A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some

14

Memories(1995)

7.5 IMDb

Three back-to-back anime films by three different directors make up this sci-fi trilogy three years in the making.

15

Delicatessen(1991)

7.5 IMDb90% RT66 Meta

In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with th

16

Total Recall(1990)

7.5 IMDb81% RT60 Meta

Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company that manufactures memories. When his memory implant goes wrong, Doug can no longer be sure what

17

Back to the Future Part III(1990)

7.5 IMDb79% RT55 Meta

The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a

18

Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon(1995)

7.4 IMDb

The Z Warriors discover an unopenable music box and are told to open it with the Dragon Balls. The contents turn out to be a warrior named Tapion who had sealed himself inside along with a monster cal

19

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade(1999)

7.3 IMDb52% RT59 Meta

A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the suicide bombing of a young girl and is forced to undergo retraining. However, unbeknownst to him, he b

20

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah(1995)

6.9 IMDb100% RT

A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of t

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