With the endless amount of storytelling possibilities that the science-fiction genre can provide, it is no wonder there are so many new sci-fi movies to see right now and plenty more upcoming sci-fi movies to look forward to. The genre makes up a few remaining titles on the upcoming 2024 movies schedule, as well as our line-up of upcoming 2025 movies, and even further into the future (which we don't need roads to get to).
Given the wide breadth of subject matter that sci-fi comprises, we decided to leave off the many upcoming superhero movies and upcoming video game adaptations that fall under this category (because they have their own guides anyway). But you may indeed find a few upcoming horror movies in this list of bizarre, mind-bending, and hopefully great sci-fi movies available now, coming to a theater near you, or are destined for exclusive debuts on some of the best streaming services to subscribe to.
New Sci-Fi Movies
Some of the most acclaimed movies as of late have fallen under the science-fiction category and are now available to stream, rent, or purchase online. Before we get into all of our most anticipated upcoming sci-fi movies, a look at some of the most notable new sci-fi movies below:
- Y2K (Now playing in theaters)
- Subservience (Stream Subservience on Netflix)
Companion (January 10, 2025)
The first sci-fi thriller of 2025 to date will be writer and director Drew Hancock’s Companion, and while it has yet to reveal its plot, we do know it stars emerging Scream Queen Sophie Thatcher (known for The Boogeyman and the upcoming thriller Heretic) and The Boys’ Jack Quaid.
Star Trek: Section 31 (January 24, 2025)
The upcoming Michelle Yeoh movie Star Trek: Section 31 will see the Academy Award winner reprise her role as Georgiou when the feature-length spin-off to Gene Roddenberry's celebrated franchise becomes available with a Paramount+ subscription sometime in 2025.
The Electric State (March 14, 2025)
Directors Anthony and Joe Russo's upcoming Netflix movie The Electric State is an adaptation of Simon Stålenhag’s graphic novel in which a girl (played by Millie Bobby Brown) and a kind robot try to find her lost brother by venturing through a dystopian, alternative 1997 involving VR isolation and beastly machines.
Mickey 17 (Apri 18, 2025)
Robert Pattinson teams up with Academy Award-winning, South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho for Mickey 17 — an adaptation of Edward Ashton’s novel, Mickey7, about a colonizer of newly found planet who is cloned each time he dies.
Lilo & Stitch (May 23, 2025)
One of the most anticipated upcoming live-action Disney remakes is director Dean Fleischer Camp’s live-action version of Lilo & Stitch, which sees original creator Chris Sanders return to voice the mischievous blue alien with Mia Kealoha filling in as Lilo.
Elio (June 13, 2025)
The next Pixar film, Elio, is also the beloved animation studio’s latest space adventure, following the young title character (voiced by Yonas Kibreab) as he becomes mistaken for Earth’s representative by an alliance of intergalactic beings.
28 Years Later (June 20, 2025)
It has, indeed, been more two decades since writer Alex Garland and director Danny Boyle unleashed the rage virus in 28 Days Later and the pair are reuniting to show how the world has been holding up in 28 Years Later — the first of a new trilogy which Cillian Murphy is executive producing.
M3GAN 2.0 (June 27, 2025)
One of the best Blumhouse thrillers in recent memory, 2023’s M3GAN, is about an eponymous robotic girl that proves to be a killer piece of technology; the sadistic A.I. is returning in the upcoming sequel, M3GAN 2.0, which will also see Allison Williams and Violet McGraw reprise their roles.
Jurassic World Rebirth (July 2, 2025)
The Jurassic Park movies are continuing with the upcoming seventh installment, Jurassic World Rebirth, which is being helmed by Gareth Edwards and stars Scarlett Johansson.
The Bride! (October 3, 2025)
Maggie Gyllenhaal writes and directs a new reinterpretation of Frankenstein called The Bride!, which mostly takes inspiration from 1935’s The Bride of Frankenstein, starring Jessie Buckley in the title role and Academy Award winner Christian Bale as The Creature.
Tron: Ares (October 10, 2025)
Academy Award winner Jared Leto leads the Tron: Ares cast in the title role of Disney’s long-awaited third installment of its stylish sci-fi series set inside the world of a video game.
Bugonia (November 7, 2025)
Emma Stone is set to star in her fifth collaboration with director Yorgos Lanthimos (alongside Kinds of Kindness co-star Jesse Plemons) called Bugonia — a remake of the South Korean sci-fi comedy Save the Green Planet!, in which a pair of conspiracy theorists suspect a powerful CEO is a dangerous alien.
The Running Man (November 21, 2025)
Edgar Wright is remaking The Running Man – a 1987 adaptation of Stephen King's dystopian thriller starring Arnold Schwarzenegger – with Glen Powell as a reluctant contestant in a deadly game show.
Avatar: Fire And Ash (December 19, 2025)
One of the most anticipated sequels of any genre is Avatar: Fire And Ash, the third installment of the epic franchise from creator James Cameron.
SOULM8TE (January 2, 2026)
In addition to its sequel, a spin-off from the world of M3GAN called SOULM8TE is on its way and will focus on a grieving man who tries to find companionship in an android.
Project Hail Mary (March 20, 2026)
Years after playing Neil Armstrong in First Man, Ryan Gosling is returning to space to lead Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s adaptation of Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary — a story of an astronaut who becomes the last hope to save the Earth.
The Mandalorian & Grogu (May 22, 2026)
Two of the most beloved small screen characters from the Star Wars universe will make their big screen debut in the upcoming spin-off movie, The Mandalorian & Grogu, which will be directed by The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau.
Avatar 4 (December 21, 2029)
The world will take its fourth trip to the wondrous, mysterious world of Pandora when Avatar 4 is released two decades after the record-breaking 2009 original.
Avatar 5 (December 19, 2031)
James Cameron will, supposedly, bring the saga of Na’vi warriors Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoë Saldaña) and their family to a close with Avatar 5.
Ridley Scott Alien Movie (TBD)
Ridley Scott, the filmmaker who kickstarted the Alien movies in 1979, has an idea for a new chapter of the cosmic horror franchise in mind.
Backrooms (TBD)
Hopefully you don't noclip out of reality any time soon, preventing you from being able to see A24's movie adaptation of Backrooms — a web series based on a popular Creepypasta about a disturbing, dangerous, inescapable alternate dimension consisting of an endless maze of hallways and surreal spaces.
Barbarella (TBD)
Sydney Sweeney is both producing and succeeding Jane Fonda as the lead of Sony’s remake of Barbarella, which is based on a comic book chronicling the galactic adventures of the beautiful and badass title hero.
Distant (TBD)
Shot in 2020 but still without a U.S. release date is Distant, a spaced-out movie with a reportedly comedic touch that stars Anthony Ramos as an asteroid miner stranded on an alien planet where he struggles to find a fellow crew member (played by Naomi Scott) before they both run out of oxygen.
A Droid Story (TBD)
Coming exclusively to Disney+ is A Droid Story — an animated film that will introduce a new robot to the world of Star Wars that will join forces with C-3P0 and R2-D2.
I Am Legend 2 (TBD)
The upcoming sequel to I Am Legend is going to use the 2007 original’s alternate ending as canon, allowing Will Smith to return to the world of the Darkseekers as Dr. Robert Neville alongside franchise newcomer Michael B. Jordan.
In The Blink Of An Eye (TBD)
Andrew Stanton, the Academy Award-winning director of Pixar movie classics like Finding Nemo and WALL-E, is returning to live-action cinema for the first time since 2012’s John Carter with In the Blink of An Eye, which explores the Earth’s history in three interconnected stories, and is set to star Kate McKinnon, Rashida Jones, and Daveed Diggs.
Life On Mars (TBD)
In 2018, THR reported that director John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place follow-up would be Life on Mars — an adaptation of a short story set on a Martian colony housing humans from an abandoned Earth — but no updates to the sci-fi flick have been announced since.
Nia DaCosta’s 28 Years Later Sequel (TBD)
The second chapter in the upcoming 28 Years Later trilogy — a series of sequels to the grounded “zombie” movie classic, 28 Days Later — will be helmed by 2021’s Candyman director Nia DCosta and, according to the United States Copyright Office, might be subtitled The Bone Temple.
Osiris (TBD)
Following her reprisal of Sarah Conner, in 2019’s Terminator: Dark Fate, Linda Hamilton is set as one of the leads in Osiris — an action thriller about a team of Special Forces commandos who are in for the fight of their lives when they abducted onto an alien spacecraft.
A Quiet Place Part III (TBD)
In 2024, A Quiet Place: Day One showed us the origins of the inventive alien invasion movie franchise and A Quiet Place Part III will shows us more from this post-apocalyptic overrun with sound-hunting monsters.
Resistor (TBD)
It is no surprise that there are multiple upcoming Will Smith movies under the sci-fi umbrella — another being a futuristic thriller called Resistor, which is about a revolutionary device that leads its creators to become imprisoned by a secret technology suppression organization.
Rogue Trooper (TBD)
Moon director Duncan Jones is directing an animated feature based on the British comic book, Rogue Trooper, which follows the adventures of a blue, galactic soldier.
Star Wars: Dawn Of The Jedi (TBD)
Lucasfilm has several upcoming Star Wars movies planned, including director James Mangold’s Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi, which will explore the origins of The Force in a story taking place thousands of years before the earliest title on the canonical timeline.
Untitled Dave Filoni Star Wars Movie (TBD)
After years of being an essential creative force behind the Star Wars franchise’s most beloved small screen endeavors (and 2008’s animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie), Dave Filoni will finally make his live-action, feature-length debut as the director of a new film set in a galaxy far, far away.
Untitled Rey-Led Star Wars Movie (TBD)
Daisy Ridley will reprise her role as the central character of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Rey Skywalker, in her own film following the Jedi on a new adventure.
Untitled Shawn Levy Star Wars Movie (TBD)
Following his new Marvel movie, Deadpool & Wolverine, director Shawn Levy is working on his own contribution to the Star Wars universe.
Untitled Taika Waititi Star Wars Movie (TBD)
Despite some uncertainty regarding Taika Waititi’s long-awaited Star Wars movie, Variety reports that the Oscar-winning Jojo Rabbit filmmaker is still working on the film.
