Best Sci-Fi Movies of 2015
2015 gave us a lot of sci-fi movies and not all of them were worth the ticket. These 20 are the ones that landed, ranked by the score real viewers gave them rather than by opening weekend. Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song sits at the top with 8.0, and the list averages 7.3 across the board.
20 titles · average score 7.3 ·
The top 5 picks
- 1
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015)
★ 8.0 · 166 ratingsIt’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship calls upon the Doctor for help, he finds himself recruited into River Song’s…
- 2
Regular Show: The Movie (2015)
★ 7.9 · 443 ratingsAfter a high school lab experiment goes horribly wrong, Mordecai and Rigby must go back in time to battle an evil volleyball coach in order to save the universe — and their friendship.
- 3
World of Tomorrow (2015)
★ 7.8 · 368 ratingsA little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.
- 4
The Martian (2015)
★ 7.7 · 21,650 ratingsDuring a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only…
- 5
Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness (2015)
★ 7.7 · 180 ratingsIt's one giant step for dog-kind as Scooby-Doo and the Gang blast off for an epic, other-worldly adventure in this all-new original movie! After winning the last 5 seats in a lottery, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne…
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How this list is ranked
Nothing on this page is hand-picked to hit a word count. We pull films matching this list's criteria from TMDB, require a real audience behind each score, and rank by that score — 20 titles averaging 7.3. The page rebuilds daily, so new releases appear here as soon as enough people have rated them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best sci-fi movie of 2015?
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song is the highest-rated sci-fi film of 2015 with a 8.0 audience score from 166 ratings. Regular Show: The Movie and World of Tomorrow follow closely behind.
How are these 2015 movies ranked?
By average audience score on TMDB, restricted to films with at least 150 ratings so that a handful of votes cannot push an obscure title to the top. The list averages 7.3.
Is this list updated?
Yes — it rebuilds every day from TMDB, so newly released movies appear as soon as enough people have rated them. You do not need an account to browse it, and there is no paywall on anything at MovieAI.