Best Science Fiction Plot in Film — Rated 4/4 on Quartile

Quartile rates every film 1–4 across Plot, Acting, Cinematography, Novelty and Ending. These science fiction films earned a 4 — Well Above Average — for Plot, ranked by their overall Q score.

  1. Arrival (2016) — Q 9.5
  2. Dune: Part Two (2024) — Q 9.5
  3. Inception (2010) — Q 9.5
  4. Tenet (2020) — Q 9.5
  5. Dune (2021) — Q 9
  6. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) — Q 9
  7. Interstellar (2014) — Q 9
  8. The Empire Strikes Back (1980) — Q 9
  9. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) — Q 9
  10. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) — Q 9
  11. Back to the Future (1985) — Q 9
  12. Jurassic Park (1993) — Q 9
  13. The Matrix (1999) — Q 9
  14. WALL·E (2008) — Q 8.5
  15. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) — Q 8.5
  16. Nope (2022) — Q 8.5
  17. A Clockwork Orange (1971) — Q 8.5
  18. Her (2013) — Q 8.5
  19. Mr. Nobody (2009) — Q 8.5
  20. Total Recall (2012) — Q 8.5
  21. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) — Q 8.5
  22. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) — Q 8.5
  23. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) — Q 8.5
  24. The Prestige (2006) — Q 8.5
  25. Logan (2017) — Q 8.5
  26. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997) — Q 8.5
  27. Stalker (1979) — Q 8.5
  28. Aliens (1986) — Q 8.5
  29. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) — Q 8.5
  30. V for Vendetta (2006) — Q 8.5

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