The Best Sci-Fi Film Every Year Since Frankenstein

Source: Courtesy of Gramercy Pictures

1996: Mystery Science Theater 3000: the Movie
> 24/7 Index Score: 2.43 — #80 highest out of 1,000+ SciFi films
> Starring: Trace Beaulieu, Michael J. Nelson, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy

Source: Courtesy of Columbia Pictures

1997: Gattaca
> 24/7 Index Score: 2.51 — #59 highest out of 1,000+ SciFi films
> Starring: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Gore Vidal

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1998: The X Files
> 24/7 Index Score: 2.10 — #181 highest out of 1,000+ SciFi films
> Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, John Neville, William B. Davis

Source: Courtesy of Warner Bros.

1999: The Matrix
> 24/7 Index Score: 2.66 — #21 highest out of 1,000+ SciFi films
> Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving

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2000: X-Men
> 24/7 Index Score: 2.41 — #83 highest out of 1,000+ SciFi films
> Starring: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen

Source: Courtesy of Arrow Films

2001: Donnie Darko
> 24/7 Index Score: 2.50 — #66 highest out of 1,000+ SciFi films
> Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne

Source: Courtesy of Columbia Pictures

2002: Spider-Man
> 24/7 Index Score: 2.32 — #104 highest out of 1,000+ SciFi films
> Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco

Source: Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox

2003: X2: X-Men United
> 24/7 Index Score: 2.46 — #76 highest out of 1,000+ SciFi films
> Starring: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen

Source: Courtesy of Focus Features

2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
> 24/7 Index Score: 2.74 — #5 highest out of 1,000+ SciFi films
> Starring: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Gerry Robert Byrne

Source: Courtesy of Universal Pictures

2005: Serenity
> 24/7 Index Score: 2.54 — #52 highest out of 1,000+ SciFi films
> Starring: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alan Tudyk

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