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Sci-fi movies make up one of Hollywood's biggest markets, and there are many exciting releases to look forward to in 2024. The best sci-fi movies allow viewers to explore vast and imaginative worlds, providing a sense of escapism. 2023 saw several successful sci-fi movies debut, from franchise installments like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 to the original film The Creator. 2024 has already had an upward trend for the genre, with far more releases slated.
2024 will or has already seen book adaptations, video game adaptations, original sci-fi films, and the return of major franchises like Alien, Planet of the Apes, Godzilla, and Mad Max. These movies are set to be directed by some of the best talent in the film industry, including Denis Villeneuve. However, many 2024 movies have been delayed due to the SAG-AFTRA strike. While many of 2024's films ended up set, several were pushed back again. Nevertheless, 2024's sci-fi lineup made it a solid year for sci-fi films.
Elevation | November 8, 2024 |
The Fix | November 22, 2024 |
Watchmen Chapter II | November 26, 2024 |
Y2K | December 6, 2024 |
Kraven The Hunter | December 13, 2024 |
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | December 20, 2024 |
The Electric State | March 14, 2025 |
8 Every Sci-Fi Movie Already Released In 2024
Spaceman is a sci-fi drama starring Adam Sandler and directed by Chernobyl director Johan Renck. The film, based on the book Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfař, follows Jakub Procházka who goes on a solo mission to space and encounters a mysterious creature as he begins to lose touch with reality.
Director Johan Renck
Release Date March 1, 2024
Writers Colby Day
Runtime 107 Minutes
Dune: Part Two continues the epic saga of Paul Atreides as he allies with Chani and the Fremen. Pursuing retribution for his family's devastation, Paul grapples with a significant decision impacting his personal desires and the universe's future, attempting to avert a dire destiny that only he anticipates.
Release Date February 27, 2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire continues the story of a new generation of ghost hunters composed of Phoebe (Mckenna Grace), Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and Podcast (Logan Kim), who received help from the original team in the previous movie. Paul Rudd returns as Gary Grooberson and franchise co-creator Ivan Reitman returns to write and produce.
Director Gil Kenan
Release Date March 22, 2024
Writers Jason Reitman , Gil Kenan
Runtime 115 Minutes
After nearly destroying each other in 2021's Godzilla vs. Kong, the giant Titans are back to face a new dangerous threat, but this time, they are on the same side. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is the fifth film in Warner Bros.' growing Monsterverse franchise and will be directed by Adam Wingard.
Director Adam Wingard
Release Date March 29, 2024
Writers Terry Rossio , Adam Wingard , Simon Barrett , Jeremy Slater
Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver continues the epic saga of Kora and the surviving warriors as they prepare to sacrifice everything, fighting alongside the brave people of Veldt, to defend a once peaceful village, a newfound homeland for those who have lost their own in the fight against the Motherworld. On the eve of their battle the warriors must face the truths of their own pasts, each revealing why they fight. As the full force of the Realm bears down on the burgeoning rebellion, unbreakable bonds are forged, heroes emerge, and legends are made.
Release Date April 19, 2024
Studio(s) Grand Electric , The Stone Quarry
Distributor(s) Netflix
Runtime 122 Minutes
Set several years after the events of War for the Planet of the Apes, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is the next installment in the Apes saga. Ape clans have taken up residence in the oasis that Caesar sought to colonize, but humans have reverted to their animalistic nature in their absence. Now battling between enslavement and freedom, outliers in the Ape clans will take sides in a newly burgeoning society.
Director Wes Ball
Release Date May 10, 2024
Studio(s) 20th Century , Chernin Entertainment , Oddball Entertainment , Shinbone Productions
Distributor(s) 20th Century
Writers Patrick Aison , Josh Friedman , Rick Jaffa , Amanda Silver
Cast Kevin Durand , Freya Allan , Peter Macon , Owen Teague , Eka Darville , Sara Wiseman , Neil Sandilands
Runtime 145 Minutes
Main Genre Sci-Fi
A prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road, Furiosa is an action-adventure film that tells the origin story of the headstrong and fearless Furiosa. Set shortly after the beginning of the "end of the world," Furiosa is kidnapped and brought before a powerful warlord, now forced to work for him. To find her way back home, Furiosa will adapt to the new harsh and arid world as she grows into the Furiosa she becomes known to be.
Director George Miller
Release Date May 24, 2024
Studio(s) Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributor(s) Warner Bros. Pictures
Writers George Miller , Nick Lathouris
Runtime 148 Minutes
Budget 168 million
A Quiet Place: Day One is a spin-off of the A Quiet Place franchise conceived by John Krasinski. The film is set at the beginning of the invasion as humanity scrambles to survive, before the events of the original film, with Lupita Nyong'O leading the cast, directed by Michael Sarnoski.
Release Date June 28, 2024
Director Michael Sarnoski
Distributor(s) Paramount Pictures
Runtime 99 Minutes
Transformers One is an animated action-adventure movie that marks the first animated feature-length film for the series in decades. The film will be a prequel to the franchise, and will tell the story of Optimus Prime and Megatron in their early years, how they met, and a closer look at the war on their home planet, Cybertron.
Release Date September 20, 2024
Director Josh Cooley
Distributor(s) Paramount Pictures
Runtime 104 Minutes
Based on the video game franchise, Borderlands is a sci-fi action-comedy film that follows Cate Blanchett as Lilith, a treasure hunter who returns to her home planet, Pandora, to find a tycoon's missing daughter. Together with a group of unlikely allies, such as a soldier, a teenaged demolitions expert, a wise-cracking robot, and an eccentric scientist, the group will work together to save the girl - all while learning to deal with each other's unyielding quirks.
Release Date August 9, 2024
Director Eli Roth
Distributor(s) Lionsgate
Runtime 102 Minutes
Alien: Romulus is the seventh film in the Alien franchise. The movie is directed by Fede Álvarez and will focus on a new young group of characters who come face to face with the terrifying Xenomorphs. Alien: Romulus is a stand-alone film and takes place in a time not yet explored in the Alien franchise.
Release Date August 16, 2024
Director Fede Alvarez
Distributor(s) 20th Century
Runtime 119 Minutes
7 Elevation
November 8, 2024
In the post-apocalyptic Rockies, a father and two women risk their lives by facing monstrous creatures to save a young boy.
Director George Nolfi
Release Date November 8, 2024
Runtime 90 Minutes
Elevation is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller that hits in 2024. It is about a single father and two women who have to leave their homes and face off with some monstrous creatures to save a child. The film looks like a variation on A Quiet Place, except that it is not about silence but instead, the height. The alien-looking monsters can't go higher than 8,000 feet . However, when a man's son is sick and needs medication, he has to come out of the mountains to save him, but that is where the monsters are.
Anthony Mackie (Captain America in the MCU) plays the father, and the two women who help him as he gathers supplies and fights monsters are played by Morena Baccarin (Deadpool) and Maddie Hasson (Twisted). George Nolfi directs the film, re-teaming with his The Adjustment Bureau actor Mackie for the sci-fi horror action movie. The film will get a limited North American release on November 8.
6 The Fix
November 22, 2024
The Fix, directed by Kelsey Egan, unfolds a gripping narrative centered on a complex heist orchestrated by a diverse group of operatives. Set against a backdrop of high-stakes tension, their mission challenges personal limits and loyalties, revealing underlying motives that extend beyond mere financial gain.
Director Kelsey Egan
Release Date November 22, 2024
Kelsey Egan made her directorial debut in 2021 with the South African dystopian thriller Glasshouse after working for years as an actress and stunt performer. Her second feature, which premiered at the Chattanooga Film Festival in June, drops on VOD in November 2024. The Fix is a dystopian thriller set in a world where a toxin has caused the population to start dying at a rapid pace, and people have to wear protective masks to survive. However, a new drug has been developed to create immunity.
The film asks the important question of whether this woman's life is important to save or if she should submit herself to the pharmaceutical company to try to find a way to save the world.
The problem is that a woman who is given the drug ends up morphing and changing and developing both scary powers and physical alterations. The film asks the important question of whether this woman's life is important to save or if she should submit herself to the pharmaceutical company to try to find a way to save the world. Aethera seeks a cure to reverse the effects of the drug, while powerful forces want to experiment on her. Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things) is the lead.
5 Watchmen Chapter II
November 26, 2024
Watchmen: Chapter I follows the murder investigation of a government-sponsored superhero in 1985, drawing his outlawed colleagues out of retirement. As they delve into the mystery, they face challenges that could disrupt both their personal lives and global stability.
Director Brandon Vietti
Release Date August 12, 2024
Runtime 84 minutes
In 2024, J. Michael Straczynski wrote an animated adaptation of the popular Vertigo comic book series Watchmen. The story was originally told in comic books by Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore, while Zack Snyder turned it into a live-action movie. It also had a sequel as an HBO series, but now it has received its first animated retelling, debuting on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD. The first part was released on August 13, 2024. The second part drops on Digital HD on November 26 and on physical formats on December 3.
Brandon Vietti won an Emmy for his work on The Batman.
Brandon Vietti (who won an Emmy for his work on The Batman animated series) directed both versions of The Watchmen. The first part of the story received a 92% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics praising the film for its respectful and faithful adaptation. The voice cast includes Matthew Rhys (Night Owl II), Katee Sackhoff (Silk Spectre II), Titus Welliver (Rorschach), Troy Baker (Ozymandias), and Michael Cerveris (Dr. Manhattan).
4 Y2K
December 6, 2024
On the last night of 1999, two high school juniors crash a New Years Eve party, only to find themselves fighting for their lives in this dial-up disaster comedy.
Cast Rachel Zegler , Alicia Silverstone , Julian Dennison , Jaeden Martell , Eduardo Franco , Mason Gooding , Miles Robbins , Tim Heidecker
Release Date March 9, 2024
Runtime 93 Minutes
In a sci-fi movie that seems to be like Superbad meets Maximum Overdrive, Jaeden Martell (Stephen King's It) stars as Eli, a teenager who really wants to get to spend time with his crush, Laura (West Side Story's Rachel Zegler). He goes to a party where he knows she will be, but he becomes dejected when he sees her kissing someone else. However, things go bad when midnight hits, and all the technology comes to life and starts to kill humanity.
Y2K sees the teens fighting for their lives against household appliances, computer technology, and random robots. It also seems full of nostalgia for the late 1990s and early 2000s, both in music and visual design. The cast remains impressive, with Julian Dennison (Deadpool), Daniel Zolghadri (Eighth Grade), Lachlan Watson (Chucky), and Eduardo Franco (Stranger Things). Y2K premiered at the South by Southwest festival and will hit theaters on December 6, 2024.
3 Kraven The Hunter
December 13, 2024
Kraven the Hunter is the fourth movie in Sony's Spider-Man Universe, set in the same Marvel continuity as Tom Hardy's Venom and Jared Leto's Morbius. Played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, the titular Kraven goes on a solo adventure as an anti-hero, this time independent of his comic book counterpart's crusade to hunt down Peter Parker.
Director J.C. Chandor
Release Date December 13, 2024
In what is the final officially scheduled Marvel Sony movie set in the Spider-Man universe, Kraven the Hunter is finally coming to the big screen. Much like Madame Web earlier in 2024, Kraven the Hunter was shot in 2022 but was held and postponed multiple times before its eventual release in December 2024. The movie stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron) as Sergei Kravinoff, an almost supernatural hunter who seeks to find the next largest target to hunt.
With Venom: The Last Dance fairing better than Madame Web , Sony might be looking at a small success before its return to Spider-Man in the MCU.
However, it seems this film changes things to make Kraven the son of a dangerous man who ends up targeting evil men and using his intense hunting skills and supernatural abilities in a tale of revenge. Other Spider-Man characters appearing in the movie are Chameleon (Fred Hechinger), Rhino (Alessandro Nivola), and Foreigner (Christopher Abbott). With Venom: The Last Dance fairing better than Madame Web, Sony might be looking at a small success before its return to Spider-Man in the MCU.
2 Sonic The Hedgehog 3
December 20, 2024
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the sequel to the 2022 comedy-adventure movie that featured the Blue Blur and his companions on an adventure to stop Dr. Robotnik from taking over the world. The new film sees the new antagonist Shadow the Hedgehog, arriving to cause trouble for the newly formed trio of heroes, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, as they adjust to their earthly lives.
Release Date December 20, 2024
Director Jeff Fowler
Distributor(s) Paramount Pictures
The Sonic the Hedgehog movies have been surprisingly successful so far, with growing anticipation for the third installment due to Shadow the Hedgehog joining the franchise in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. The popular character was hinted at in the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 post-credits scene and will likely be the antagonist of the third chapter. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 veers into sci-fi territory, with Jeff Fowler returning to direct the film.
Production on Sonic the Hedgehog 3 began in November 2023 and ended in March 2024.
Jim Carrey is returning as Dr. Robotnik in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and other cast members include Ben Schwartz as Sonic the Hedgehog, Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Miles "Tails" Prower, Idris Elba as Knuckles the Echidna, James Marsden as Tom Wachowski, and Tika Sumpter as Maddie Wachowski. Keanu Reeves voices Shadow the Hedgehog in the new movie.
1 The Electric State
March 14, 2025
Michelle, an orphan in a robot-filled alternate 1990s, discovers her brother may still be alive after a mysterious robot visit. Teaming up with a smuggler and his sidekick, she ventures into the Exclusion Zone, only to uncover sinister forces behind her brother's fate.
Release Window 2025
Following the mixed reviews of Adam Sandler's Spaceman, Netflix has another major upcoming sci-fi release — The Electric State. The Electric State is a film adaptation of Simon Stålenhag's graphic novel of the same name. Anthony and Joe Russo, the minds behind numerous successful Marvel films like Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Avengers: Endgame, directed the upcoming movie (which doesn't have a release date yet as of the writing of this article).
The plot of The Electric State revolves around a girl and a robot setting out to find her missing brother.
The Electric State has an enormously talented cast, including Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan, Brian Cox, Giancarlo Esposito, Anthony Mackie, and more. Some stars (like Esposito and Mackie) voice the various robot characters in The Electric State. Meanwhile, actors like Brown, Pratt, and Quan play humans in the sci-fi movie. The film was initially slated for a 2024 release and though it has been pushed back until March 2025, it's worth mentioning for sci-fi fans.
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