Best Cult Sci-Fi & Fantasy on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Cult Sci-Fi & Fantasy on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 22 titles in category code 4734. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. The Princess Bride (1987)
Rated 8.1/10 on IMDb, from 1987, 1h 38m. This cult classic comedy-romance follows a peasant farmhand as he battles bumbling outlaws and an evil prince to win the hand of his one true love.
2. Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)
Rated 8.1/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1982, 1h 57m. In a smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to snuff a quartet of escaped 'replicants.'
3. The Iron Giant (1999)
Rated 8/10 on IMDb, from 1999, 1h 26m. Amid the backdrop of the Cold War, a 9-year-old boy befriends a colossal yet gentle robot that a paranoid government agent is intent on destroying.
4. 12 Monkeys (1995)
Rated 8/10 on IMDb, from 1995, 2h 09m. In the year 2035, a convict volunteers to travel back in time to determine the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out the population decades earlier.
5. Akira (1988)
Rated 8/10 on IMDb, from 1988, 2h 04m. In this animated film based on the anime series, two childhood friends are pulled into the underworld of Neo-Tokyo and forced to fight for survival.
6. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Rated 8/10 on IMDb, from 1995, 1h 22m. In this cyberpunk anime classic, a government cyborg is tasked with apprehending a hacker who's taking over the minds of computer-enhanced humans.
7. Watchmen (2009)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 2009, 2h 42m. Prohibited from using their powers in a parallel Earth in 1985, a band of superheroes unites to defend themselves when one of their own is murdered.
8. Cloud Atlas (2012)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 2012, 2h 45m. In this star-studded drama, six seemingly disparate stories explore the complicated links that humanity shares through the generations.
9. Labyrinth (1986)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 1986, 1h 41m. In Jim Henson's fantasy, teen Sarah embarks on a life-altering quest to rescue her little brother from the clutches of a treacherous goblin.
10. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Rated 7.3/10 on IMDb, from 2004, 1h 40m. In the wake of a plague, America is overrun by millions of cannibalistic zombies.