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.

#1

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
91%

#1

Adjusted Score: 108990%

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

They Cloned Tyrone (2023)
95%

#2

Adjusted Score: 101993%

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)
98%

#3

Adjusted Score: 99404%

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: 98000%

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: 96175%

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

The Artifice Girl (2022)
92%

#6

Adjusted Score: 93823%

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

The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future (2022)
88%

#7

Adjusted Score: 90000%

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)
91%

#8

Adjusted Score: 92764%

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)
86%

#9

Adjusted Score: 91490%

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

No One Will Save You (2023)
83%

#10

Adjusted Score: 89211%

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