Top Rated Science Fiction Movies on Kanopy

Cube

1997

Cube

1997
6.8
A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a maze-like prison. It soon becomes clear that each of them possesses the peculiar skills necessary to escape, if they don't wind up dead first.
Melancholia

2011

Melancholia

2011
7.2
Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. Despite Claire’s best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth…
Coherence

2013

Coherence

2013
7.2
On the night of an astronomical anomaly, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events.
Dark City

1998

Dark City

1998
7.3
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
The Host

2006

The Host

2006
7
A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.
Metropolis

1927

Metropolis

1927
8.1
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Upside Down

2012

Upside Down

2012
6.3
In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?
They Call Me Jeeg

2016

They Call Me Jeeg

2016
7.4
Exposed to radioactive waste, small-time crook Enzo gains super-strength. A misanthropic, introverted brute, he uses his powers for personal gain until he meets Alessia, a mentally ill girl who believes Enzo is the hero from her favorite anime, Steel Jeeg.
The Girl with All the Gifts

2016

The Girl with All the Gifts

2016
6.6
In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into thoughtless, flesh-eating monsters. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.
District B13

2004

District B13

2004
6.8
Set in the ghettos of Paris in 2010, an undercover cop and ex-thug try to infiltrate a gang in order to defuse a neutron bomb.
Automata

2014

Automata

2014
5.8
Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
The Lazarus Effect

2015

The Lazarus Effect

2015
5.3
Medical researcher Frank, his fiancee Zoe and their team have achieved the impossible: they have found a way to revive the dead. After a successful, but unsanctioned, experiment on a lifeless animal, they are ready to make their work public. However, when their dean learns what they've done, he shuts them down. Zoe is killed during an attempt to recreate the experiment, leading Frank to test the process on her. Zoe is revived -- but something evil is within her.
Europa Report

2013

Europa Report

2013
6.3
A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.
Equals

2015

Equals

2015
6.1
A futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated.
Outlander

2008

Outlander

2008
6.4
During the reign of the Vikings, a man from another world crash-lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator. The man must fuse his advanced technology with the weaponry of the vikings to fight the monster.
Freaks

2019

Freaks

2019
6.8
Kept locked inside the house by her father, 7-year-old Chloe lives in fear and fascination of the outside world, where Abnormals create a constant threat—or so she believes. When a mysterious stranger offers her a glimpse of what's really happening outside, Chloe soon finds that while the truth isn't so simple, the danger is very real.
Perfect Sense

2011

Perfect Sense

2011
6.9
In Glasgow, Scotland, while a mysterious pandemic begins to spread around the world, Susan, a brilliant epidemiologist, falls in love with Michael, a skillful cook.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1978

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1978
7.2
The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth.
The Endless

2017

The Endless

2017
6.3
Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.
High Life

2018

High Life

2018
5.7
A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.