Prime Video has an impressive crop of must-see movies. Delve a bit deeper, and you'll find a treasure trove of sci-fi movies well worth your time. Now, I say this with the caveat that it may take a while to scroll through all the titles the Amazon-owned streamer has to offer. Instead of adding that task to your plate, I'm here to make your genre movie search easier.
Every flavor of science fiction is at your disposal here. You want an alien invasion thriller or a dystopian drama? Prime Video has it. Seeing is believing, though. So, scroll on to find CNET's roundup of the best sci-fi movies currently on Prime Video. I'll regularly update this list, so be sure to check back each month.
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Prime Video/Screenshot by CNET Battle Royale The Japanese cult classic takes place in a dystopian reality where high school students are forced by the government to go on a killing spree against each other until there's one survivor left. There have been a bunch of comparisons between this movie and other dystopian titles, like The Hunger Games, but Battle Royale stands the test of time for its extreme violence, dark humor and sociopolitical themes. Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto
Runtime: 114 min.
U.K. Film Council Triangle There are time loop movies, and then there's Triangle. This is a little underdog of a movie filled with enough twists and terror to keep you invested. Heck, it burrowed itself into my brain when I first saw it in 2009 and stayed there for a while. The movie follows a woman named Jess as she struggles to survive a killer on a deserted boat. Sounds simple enough, but things go haywire rather quickly. Director: Christopher Smith
Stars: Melissa George, Joshua McIvor, Jack Taylor, Michael Dorman, Henry Nixon, Liam Hemsworth
Runtime: 99 min.
Orion Pictures RoboCop The 1987 sci-fi classic follows Alex Murphy (Peter Weller), a police officer who, after being killed by a gang of criminals, is brought back to life as half-human, half-robot. On the surface, RoboCop appears to be an action-packed revenge movie. But it operates in layers as a Reagan-era satire focusing on themes of social values, classism and the insidious nature of American capitalism. Director: Paul Verhoeven
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