Short Sci-Fi Movies
Short science fiction films: big ideas, delivered without the epic runtime that usually comes attached.
20 films, drawn from a catalog of 3,647 — every title rated 3.0 or higher by Letterboxd members, with at least 5,000 ratings, and no longer than 110 minutes.
- The Thing — 1h 49m · 1982 · John Carpenter · 4.3/5
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion — 1h 27m · 1997 · Kazuya Tsurumaki · 4.5/5
- Children of Men — 1h 49m · 2006 · Alfonso Cuarón · 4.3/5
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind — 1h 48m · 2004 · Michel Gondry · 4.2/5
- The Iron Giant — 1h 26m · 1999 · Brad Bird · 4.3/5
- WALL·E — 1h 38m · 2008 · Andrew Stanton · 4.2/5
- The Wild Robot — 1h 42m · 2024 · Chris Sanders · 4.2/5
- La Jetée — 29 min · 1962 · Chris Marker · 4.3/5
- Ghost in the Shell — 1h 23m · 1995 · Mamoru Oshii · 4.1/5
- Paprika — 1h 30m · 2006 · Satoshi Kon · 4.1/5
- Lilo & Stitch — 1h 25m · 2002 · Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois · 4.0/5
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show — 1h 40m · 1975 · Jim Sharman · 4.0/5
- Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor — 1h 17m · 2013 · Nick Hurran · 4.2/5
- The Fly — 1h 36m · 1986 · David Cronenberg · 4.0/5
- Ex Machina — 1h 48m · 2015 · Alex Garland · 4.0/5
- A Grand Day Out — 24 min · 1990 · Nick Park · 4.1/5
- Treasure Planet — 1h 36m · 2002 · Ron Clements · 4.0/5
- Back to the Future Part II — 1h 48m · 1989 · Robert Zemeckis · 3.9/5
- Godzilla — 1h 36m · 1954 · Ishirō Honda · 4.1/5
- Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem — 1h 5m · 2003 · Kazuhisa Takenouchi, Leiji Matsumoto · 4.2/5