Defining Genre
THE 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.
Peak 2010s
4,777
Films Catalogued
62.2
Avg Master Score
5.3
Avg IMDb
2010s
Peak Decade
ISHIRÔ HONDA
Top Director
Of which 58 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
MS94.1
GEORGE LUCAS|1977
STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE
“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...”
No.02
MS92.7
JON WATTS|2021
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
“The Multiverse unleashed.”
No.03
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.”
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4,777/4,777 films
Master Score
Awards
Showing 50 of 4777
01
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
1977 · George Lucas · 7 Oscars
94.1
02Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021 · Jon Watts
92.7
03Stalker
1979 · Andrei Tarkovsky
92.5
04A Clockwork Orange
1971 · Stanley Kubrick
92.3
05The Terminator
1984 · James Cameron
92.2
06Frankenstein
1931 · James Whale
91.5
07Godzilla
1954 · Ishirô Honda
91.4
08Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
91.4
09Dawn of the Dead
1978 · George A. Romero
90.9
10Dragon Ball Super: Broly
2018 · Tatsuya Nagamine
90.9
11A Quiet Place
2018 · John Krasinski
90.6
12Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Ôtomo
90.5
13Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
90.3
14The Invisible Man
2020 · Leigh Whannell
90.2
15Eraserhead
1977 · David Lynch
90.0
16Logan
2017 · James Mangold
89.8
17The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975 · Jim Sharman
89.8
18Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
89.6
19Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Irvin Kershner · 2 Oscars
89.6
20Spider-Man: Far from Home
2019 · Jon Watts
89.6
21Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
1997 · Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki
89.1
22Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
2015 · J.J. Abrams
89.0
23Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
2022 · Tetsuro Kodama
89.0
24Steven Universe: The Movie
2019 · Rebecca Sugar, Joseph D. Johnston, Kat Morris
89.0
25Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982 · Nicholas Meyer
88.9
26The Road Warrior
1981 · George Miller
88.8
27The Avengers
2012 · Joss Whedon
88.6
28Jurassic Park
1993 · Steven Spielberg · 3 Oscars
88.6
29Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 · Don Siegel
88.5
30PK
2014 · Rajkumar Hirani
88.5
31The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013 · Francis Lawrence
88.5
3228 Days Later
2002 · Danny Boyle
88.1
33Guardians of the Galaxy
2014 · James Gunn
88.1
3412 Monkeys
1995 · Terry Gilliam
88.1
35District 9
2009 · Neill Blomkamp
88.0
36Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022 · Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert · 7 Oscars
88.0
37Fantastic Planet
1973 · René Laloux
87.7
38Ron's Gone Wrong
2021 · Sarah Smith, Jean-Philippe Vine, Octavio E. Rodriguez
87.7
39Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · James Cameron · 4 Oscars
87.6
40E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg · 4 Oscars
87.6
41Gravity
2013 · Alfonso Cuarón · 7 Oscars
87.5
42Aliens
1986 · James Cameron · 2 Oscars
87.5
43The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski · 4 Oscars
87.5
44Predator
1987 · John McTiernan
87.4
45Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · James Whale
87.3
46Back to the Future
1985 · Robert Zemeckis · 1 Oscar
87.3
47Inception
2010 · Christopher Nolan · 4 Oscars
87.3
48Freaks
2018 · Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein
87.3
49Thor: Ragnarok
2017 · Taika Waititi
87.2
50The Hunger Games
2012 · Gary Ross
87.2
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
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.
Step Forward
SPORT
THE UNDERDOG, FILMED
The genre that earns the third-act montage. Where training, loss, and victory get the same lens and the cheer is engineered.