Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Movies 2023

Hollywood doesn’t have a great track record with movies based on toys and games, and we’ve seen a Dungeons & Dragons adaptation go painfully sideways before, but 2023’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves came along to right that wrong with a snarky, spirited, surprisingly fun adventure that was far better than anyone expected it to be, and it snags our Golden Tomato for Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Movie.

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#1
#1
Adjusted Score: 108007%
Critics Consensus: An infectiously good-spirited comedy with a solid emotional core, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves offers fun fantasy and adventure even if you don't know your HP from your OP.
Synopsis: A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things... [More]
Starring: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith
Directed By: Jonathan M. Goldstein, John Francis Daley

#2
#2
Adjusted Score: 101594%
Critics Consensus: They Cloned Tyrone is provocative, clever sci-fi with an exceptional cast.
Synopsis: A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio (John Boyega, Jamie Foxx and Teyonah Parris) onto the trail of... [More]
Starring: John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris, Kiefer Sutherland
Directed By: Juel Taylor

#3

LOLA (2022)
97%

#3
Adjusted Score: 98236%
Critics Consensus: LOLA stylishly fuses time-travel and found footage elements to craft a clever what-if story that buzzes with timeless ingenuity.
Synopsis: 1941, sisters Thom and Mars have built a machine, LOLA, that can intercept radio and TV broadcasts from the future.... [More]
Starring: Stefanie Martini, Hugh O'Conor, Emma Appleton, Rory Fleck Byrne
Directed By: Andrew Legge

#4

Mars One (2022)
97%

#4
Adjusted Score: 98011%
Critics Consensus: An earthbound story with its eyes on the stars, Mars One finds universally resonant themes within one Brazilian family's specific struggles.
Synopsis: The Martins family are optimistic dreamers, quietly leading their lives in the margins of a major Brazilian city following the... [More]
Starring: Rejane Faria, Carlos Francisco, Camilla Damião, Cícero Lucas
Directed By: Gabriel Martins

#5

Plan 75 (2022)
94%

#5
Adjusted Score: 95921%
Critics Consensus: Sensitive and insightful, Plan 75 uses its sci-fi setting to explore our relationship with death -- and what it really means to live.
Synopsis: In a near dystopian future, Japan's government launches PLAN 75, a program encouraging the elderly to terminate their own lives... [More]
Starring: Chieko Baishô, Hayato Isomura, Stefanie Arianne, Yumi Kawai
Directed By: Chie Hayakawa

#6
#6
Adjusted Score: 92701%
Critics Consensus: The Artifice Girl blends timely themes and a sci-fi structure to explore thought-provoking questions surrounding the ethics of artificial intelligence.
Synopsis: A team of special agents discovers a revolutionary new computer program to bait and trap online predators. After teaming up... [More]
Starring: Tatum Matthews, David Girard, Sinda Nichols, Franklin Ritch
Directed By: Franklin Ritch

#7
#7
Adjusted Score: 91931%
Critics Consensus: With a hopeful tune, The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future basks in magical realism to deliver a compelling family drama swathed in a powerful environmental fable.
Synopsis: When thousands of fish die in a polluted river in southern Chile, Magdalena, a woman long-deceased, emerges amongst their lifeless... [More]
Starring: Mía Maestro, Enzo Ferrada Rosati, Benjamin Soto, Leonor Varela
Directed By: Francisca Alegría

#8

Aporia (2023)
89%

#8
Adjusted Score: 90704%
Critics Consensus: High-concept sci-fi that never loses touch with the human experience, Aporia is an emotionally impactful blend of powerful performances and imaginative themes.
Synopsis: Since losing her husband Mal (Edi Gathegi) in a drunk-driving incident, Sophie (Judy Greer) has struggled to manage crippling grief,... [More]
Starring: Judy Greer, Edi Gathegi, Peyman Moaadi, Faithe Herman
Directed By: Jared Moshe

#9

Jules (2023)
85%

#9
Adjusted Score: 90328%
Critics Consensus: Brought to life by an outstanding ensemble cast, Jules uses its cute concept to grapple with poignant, universally relatable themes.
Synopsis: Jules follows Milton (Ben Kingsley) who lives a quiet life of routine in a small western Pennsylvania town, but finds... [More]
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Harriet Sansom Harris, Zoe Winters, Jane Curtin
Directed By: Marc Turtletaub

#10
#10
Adjusted Score: 87846%
Critics Consensus: A home invasion thriller with an extraterrestrial twist, No One Will Save You serves up more genre fun from writer-director Brian Duffield -- and proves Kaitlyn Dever doesn't need much dialogue to command the screen.
Synopsis: "No One Will Save You" introduces Brynn Adams (Kaitlyn Dever), a creative and talented young woman who’s been alienated from... [More]
Starring: Kaitlyn Dever, Zack Duhame, Ginger Cressman, Geraldine Singer
Directed By: Brian Duffield

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