Top Rated Science Fiction Movies on Kanopy - Page 21

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

2023

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

2023
6.7
A lost cat, a giant talkative frog and a tsunami help a bank employee without ambition, his frustrated wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.
I'm Not a Robot

2025

I'm Not a Robot

2025
7.3
A music producer spirals into an existential crisis after repeatedly failing a CAPTCHA test-leading her to question whether she might actually be a robot.
Molli and Max in the Future

2024

Molli and Max in the Future

2024
6.5
A man and a woman find their orbits repeatedly colliding over the course of 12 years, four planets, three dimensions and one space cult.
Red 11

2019

Red 11

2019
4.9
A human lab rat in a sinister medical research facility tries to buy his way out of debt to the company while under the influence of experimental psychoactive drugs.
Patch Town

2014

Patch Town

2014
4.8
In a world where toys are living beings, a forgotten doll seeks out his former owner during the holiday season in Toronto, while putting himself at odds with the corrupt factory executive who created him.
Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters

2008

Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters

2008
5.9
Set in World War II, the film depicts the story of the real-life Japanese battleship, the Yamato, which is confronted in the Pacific Ocean by giant monsters, including the most fearsome of them all, Reigo.
Centrespread

1981

Centrespread

1981
4.5
In a world at the brink of the 21st century, where strict social stratification is rigidly enforced, and the only manifestation of violence is in magazine pages, a photographer whose special talent is mixing violence and sex, is told to find a new girl whose freshness will rejuvenate the pages of the magazine.
Battle Beyond the Sun

1959

Battle Beyond the Sun

1959
3.9
Battle Beyond the Sun (1962) is the English-dubbed and re-edited American version of the 1959 Soviet film Nebo Zovyot (The Heavens Call). Acquired by Roger Corman and reworked by a young Francis Ford Coppola, the film relocates its Cold War “space race” to a fictional future where rival nations—North Hemis and South Hemis—compete to reach Mars first. When one crew’s mission goes awry, their rivals risk their own flight to attempt a daring rescue near the Martian moons, where strange cosmic dangers await.
The Gold Diggers

1983

The Gold Diggers

1983
5.3
An avant-garde examination of the relationship between women and money in society. Mixing musical, silent melodrama, and philosophical treatise into a post-punk, heady brew.
The Great Space Voyage

1975

The Great Space Voyage

1975
5.2
Three youngsters have to take command of a space flight when their adult captain comes down sick and is forced to quarantine himself.
Moon Child

1989

Moon Child

1989
5.3
Adopted by a treacherous semi-scientific cult where extraordinary mental powers are common, extraordinary 12-year-old David begins an archetypal journey across two continents to find his destiny as Child of the Moon.
Deluge

1933

Deluge

1933
5.6
A massive earthquake strikes the United States, which destroys the West Coast and unleashes a massive flood that threatens to destroy the East Coast as well.
Last Words

2020

Last Words

2020
4.1
The year is 2085 and no human babies have been born in over a decade. A group of disparate survivors respond to a call to meet in Athens, where the film’s narrator Jo, a boy of African descent, aims to make the world’s last film.
Delta Space Mission

1985

Delta Space Mission

1985
6.9
An advanced spaceship called Delta is created to establish dialogue between intergalactic civilizations. Soon after an alien journalist boards the ship, she and the captain realize the AI that controls the ship can act on its own.
The Desert

2013

The Desert

2013
4.2
The failed story of a love triangle in a post-apocalyptic world.
Time of Roses

1969

Time of Roses

1969
4.8
In the year 2012 historian Raimo Lappalainen wants to illustrate how life was 50 years earlier. He becomes obsessed with the fate of a 1970s nude model Saara Turunen, and finds a perfect actress to reconstruct her life and death in front of a TV camera. Meanwhile, a strike at a nuclear plant is covered up by the media.
Strange Invaders

2001

Strange Invaders

2001
6
Roger and Doris are a childless couple who get more than they bargained for when a strange child appears at their door one day.
The Sky Calls

1959

The Sky Calls

1959
3.6
This movie follows the crew of the spaceship Homeland, preparing for the first manned mission to Mars. When an American ship, Typhoon, rushes to beat them and suffers a critical malfunction, the Soviets divert their mission to attempt a rescue. Stranded on the asteroid Icarus with depleted fuel, the cosmonauts await a desperate rescue mission that may cost another crew their lives.
Flaming Ears

1992

Flaming Ears

1992
4
In the year 2700, a comic book artist encounters a mysterious alien while seeking revenge against the pyromaniac who burned down her printing presses.
The Complex: Lockdown

2020

The Complex: Lockdown

2020
4.5
After being tasked with saving the life of a potential bio-weapons terrorist, two London scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time - and air - running out.