Defining Genre
THE SCI-FI
TOMORROW, FILMED
The genre that asks what cinema can do once it stops believing in the camera. Where the production design IS the screenplay.
Peak 2010s
3,394
Films Catalogued
61.1
Avg Master Score
5.2
Avg IMDb
2010s
Peak Decade
ISHIRÔ HONDA
Top Director
Of which 38 earned Oscar nominations or wins
The Defining Three
ESSENTIAL VIEWING
Top-ranked by master score. If you only saw three films from this decade, these are the three.
No.01
MS92.5
ANDREI TARKOVSKY|1979
STALKER
“There's no need to speak. You must only...concentrate and recall all your past life. When a man thinks of the past, he becomes kinder.”
No.02
MS92.3
STANLEY KUBRICK|1971
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
“Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven.”
No.03
MS92.2
JAMES CAMERON|1984
THE TERMINATOR
“Your future is in its hands.”
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Master Score
Awards
Showing 50 of 3394
01
Stalker
1979 · Andrei Tarkovsky
92.5
02A Clockwork Orange
1971 · Stanley Kubrick
92.3
03The Terminator
1984 · James Cameron
92.2
04Frankenstein
1931 · James Whale
91.5
05Godzilla
1954 · Ishirô Honda
91.4
06Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
91.4
07A Quiet Place
2018 · John Krasinski
90.6
08Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
90.3
09Logan
2017 · James Mangold
89.8
10Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1984 · Hayao Miyazaki
89.5
11Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
2015 · J.J. Abrams
89.0
12Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982 · Nicholas Meyer
88.9
13The Road Warrior
1981 · George Miller
88.8
14The Avengers
2012 · Joss Whedon
88.6
15Jurassic Park
1993 · Steven Spielberg · 3 Oscars
88.6
16Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 · Don Siegel
88.5
17The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013 · Francis Lawrence
88.5
1828 Days Later
2002 · Danny Boyle
88.1
1912 Monkeys
1995 · Terry Gilliam
88.1
20District 9
2009 · Neill Blomkamp
88.0
21Fantastic Planet
1973 · René Laloux
87.7
22Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · James Cameron · 4 Oscars
87.6
23E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg · 4 Oscars
87.6
24Gravity
2013 · Alfonso Cuarón · 7 Oscars
87.5
25The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski · 4 Oscars
87.5
26Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · James Whale
87.3
27Back to the Future
1985 · Robert Zemeckis · 1 Oscar
87.3
28Inception
2010 · Christopher Nolan · 4 Oscars
87.3
29The Hunger Games
2012 · Gary Ross
87.2
30Iron Man
2008 · Jon Favreau
87.2
31Upgrade
2018 · Leigh Whannell
87.1
32Mad Max
1979 · George Miller
87.1
33Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978 · Philip Kaufman
87.0
34WarGames
1983 · John Badham
87.0
35Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
1973 · Leonid Gaidai
86.9
36Captain America: Civil War
2016 · Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
86.8
37Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 · Gareth Edwards
86.8
38Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014 · Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
86.8
39Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017 · Jon Watts
86.7
40Village of the Damned
1960 · Wolf Rilla
86.7
41Primer
2004 · Shane Carruth
86.7
42Back to the Future Part II
1989 · Robert Zemeckis
86.6
43Heart of a Dog
1988 · Vladimir Bortko
86.6
4410 Cloverfield Lane
2016 · Dan Trachtenberg
86.3
45Looper
2012 · Rian Johnson
86.3
46M3GAN
2022 · Gerard Johnstone
86.2
47G.O.R.A.
2004 · Ömer Faruk Sorak
86.1
48Escape from New York
1981 · John Carpenter
85.9
49Iron Lung
2026 · Mark Fischbach
85.9
50Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · Steven Spielberg · 2 Oscars
85.7
Continue the Canon
NEXT GENRE
Every catalogued genre, one short walk from any other. Step sideways, or jump straight to the form you came for.
Step Back
ROMANCE
TWO PEOPLE, ONE FRAME
The oldest brief in the form. Where every lighting choice asks whether they'll kiss and every cut decides the answer.
Step Forward
SCIENCE FICTION
TOMORROW, FILMED
The long-form sibling of sci-fi. Where the camera becomes the thesis and the future is built one panel at a time.