Best Dark Sci Fi
According to the Republic of San Magnolia, their ongoing war against the Giadian Empire has no casualties—however, that is mere propaganda. While the silver-haired Alba of the Republic's eighty-five sectors live safely behind protective walls, those of different appearances are interned in a secret...
Eden is a completed seinen manga series by Hiroki Endo depicting a bleak future following a global pandemic. The narrative explores the struggles of survivors in a fractured society grappling with disease and political instability. It’s notable for its mature themes, detailed world-building, and cha...
Eighty-Six is a Japanese light novel series by Asato Asato that explores themes of war, identity, and humanity through a science fiction setting. The story centers on an ethnic group—the Eighty-Six—tasked with piloting autonomous mechs in a conflict against a mysterious enemy. Notably, they are lega...
Metro: Last Light is a 2013 first-person shooter set in the post-nuclear Moscow Metro. Players control Artyom as he navigates the system’s tunnels and surface areas while confronting factions and mutated creatures. The game features enhanced gameplay mechanics, including weapon customization options...
Invader Zim is a long-running animated television series created by Jhonen Vasquez. The show presents a darkly comedic story of an incompetent alien boy sent to Earth for conquest. Its distinctive surreal animation style and exploration of themes like dysfunctional family dynamics and existential dr...
Fleeing from the consequences of his decision at the Hell's Gate, superpowered Contractor Hei and his companion Yin take refuge in a quiet inn, adopting the guise of a married couple in order to not draw suspicion. In an attempt to recover from recent events, Hei befriends the inn's other guests. He...
Iain M. Banks is a Scottish novelist known primarily for his extensive Culture series. These works explore complex philosophical ideas through narratives of highly advanced, sentient artificial intelligences and their human collaborators. His novels are notable for their literary depth, blending sci...
Spontaneous Human Combustion: a chaotic phenomenon that has plagued humanity for years, randomly transforming ordinary people into flaming, violent creatures known as Infernals. While Infernals make up the first-generation accounts of Human Combustion, the second and third generations became known a...
Following the events of Senki Zesshou Symphogear G, Hibiki Tachibana, Tsubasa Kazanari, and Chris Yukine continue to operate under the command of Genjuurou Kazanari. Meanwhile, Maria Cadenzavna Eve, Kirika Akatsuki, and Shirabe Tsukuyomi are taken into protective custody. With peace restored, everyo...
Knights of Sidonia: The Movie presents a visually striking adaptation of the acclaimed anime series. It expands upon the narrative arc of the first season, offering viewers a more complete experience of the story’s intense action and complex themes. The film focuses on Sidonians fighting for surviv...
Yumi Ikoma and Ryou Masaoka are children who have been selected to take part in a top secret mission, to be the pilots of the first Fafner combat units; the last chance of survival for the human race. The enemy is ruthless, remorseless and is able to read the minds of humans. Therefore, the details...
One day after school, first-year high school student Yomogi Asanaka comes across a starving man under a bridge. Introducing himself as Gauma, the strange drifter informs Yomogi that he is a "kaiju user," a person who deals with the "kaiju"—monsters who bring harm to the city and its citizens. The fo...
Predator: Badlands is a 2025 science fiction action film centered around a young Yautja warrior named Dek. He crash lands on an unfamiliar planet and undertakes a trial to earn his place as a hunter, partnering with a Weyland-Yutani android, Thia. The narrative explores Dek’s efforts to eliminate a...
"Gantz" is a dark science fiction action manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku, serialized in Weekly Young Jump from 2000 to 2013. The narrative follows individuals who have died and find themselves resurrected in an apartment dominated by a mysterious black sphere named Gantz. This sph...
Barsburg Empire's Military Academy is known for training elites who bring victory to the empire. Students of the academy freely utilize an ability called "Zaiphon" to fight, while the types of Zaiphon usable depends on the nature of the soldier. Teito Klein, a student at the academy, is one of the m...
In deep space, four astronauts discover that their colleague Makimura has mysteriously died shortly following a cryptic note about his imminent murder. Though horrified by the news, the inoperable state of their spaceship leaves the crew no time to grieve, and they evacuate via escape pods. Determin...
Haruyuki Arita is an overweight, bullied middle schooler who finds solace in playing online games. But his life takes a drastic turn one day, when he finds that all his high scores have been topped by Kuroyukihime, the popular vice president of the student council. She then invites him to the studen...
Dr. Hell and his Mechanical Beasts are back, and they're more dangerous than ever before. Kouji Kabuto and Tetsuya Tsurugi fight a fierce battle against these hellish machines, which are under the command of Baron Ashura. Unfortunately, they are defeated, with Kouji's Mazinger Z being captured and T...
American screenwriter who co-wrote Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012) and scripted the Blade franchise (1998–2004).
Riddick, released in 2013, continues the Chronicles of Riddick series following the fugitive Richard B. Riddick after he is abandoned on a remote planet. The film depicts his struggle for survival and alliance with mercenaries against a looming, unidentified danger. Vin Diesel stars alongside a cast...
Venom is a thriller centered on Eddie Brock's transformation after bonding with an extraterrestrial symbiote. This dark action film explores themes of symbiosis and survival within a technologically advanced, authoritarian People’s Republic of China setting. It’s notable for introducing a complex ch...
The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 science fiction film continuing the story of Richard B. Riddick, who seeks to evade capture while confronting an expanding galactic empire. Vin Diesel stars alongside Thandiwe Newton and other cast members in this sequel to *Pitch Black*. It depicts Riddick’s effo...
Gundam Reconguista in G V: Beyond the Peril of Death is a science fiction anime film serving as the concluding chapter of the G no Reconguista movie arc. It expands upon the established universe’s intricate military strategies and complex character relationships within a sprawling space opera settin...
Japanese sci-fi light novel by Shiden Kanzaki (2011) set in a barricaded future Japan where infected young girls serve as frontline weapons against alien parasites called Gastrea.
Based on the long cherished, classic Japanese novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Bakin Kyokutei Takizawa (1767), a modified version of it was made into animation. Taking place in the future, during this time wars were occuring in heaven, mostly for possession between the eight moons created by the savi...
