Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Sci-Fi & Fantasy on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 100 titles in category code 1492. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021)
Rated 9.2/10 on IMDb, from 2021, 1h 54m. A robot apocalypse put the brakes on their cross-country road trip.
2. The Dark Knight (2008)
Rated 9/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2008, 2h 32m. As Batman, Lt.
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Rated 8.9/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2003, 3h 20m. Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor.
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Rated 8.8/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2001, 2h 58m. From the idyllic shire of the Hobbits to the smoking chasms of Mordor, Frodo Baggins embarks on his epic quest to destroy the ring of Sauron.
5. Inception (2010)
Rated 8.8/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2010, 2h 28m. In this mindbending sci-fi thriller, a man runs an espionage business built around entering the subconscious of his targets to steal their thoughts.
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Rated 8.7/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2002, 2h 59m. Frodo and Sam head to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin.
7. The Matrix (1999)
Rated 8.7/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1999, 2h 16m. A computer hacker learns that what most people perceive as reality is actually a simulation created by machines and joins a rebellion to break free.
8. Hello Carbot the Movie: The Cretaceous Period (2018)
Rated 8.7/10 on IMDb, from 2018, 1h 24m. Chatan travels back to the Cretaceous period and finds himself going on a wild adventure with dinosaurs and the Carbots.
9. Interstellar (2014)
Rated 8.6/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2014, 2h 49m. With humanity teetering on the brink of extinction, a group of astronauts travels through a wormhole in search of another inhabitable planet.
10. Back to the Future (1985)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1985, 1h 56m. Eccentric inventor Doc Brown turns a DeLorean into a time machine that inadvertently sends his young friend, Marty McFly, 30 years into the past.