Best Retro Sci Fi

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Best 1 Halo: Combat Evolved
Halo: Combat Evolved

Halo: Combat Evolved redefined the first-person shooter genre with its compelling story, innovative gameplay, and iconic visuals. While its graphics are dated, its impact on gaming is undeniable. The...

9.21 Brilliant
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2 Star Wars
Star Wars

A classic tale of good versus evil, Star Wars established many tropes of the space opera genre and remains hugely influential.

9.04 Brilliant
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3 Metroid Dread
Metroid Dread

Metroid Dread represents a triumphant return for Samus Aran, delivering a thrilling and modernized Metroidvania experience. The game seamlessly blends classic Metroid gameplay with contemporary desig...

8.97 Excellent
4 20th Century Boys
20th Century Boys

Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it weren't for them. In 1969, during their youth, they created a symbol. In 1997, as the...

8.94 Excellent
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5 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Several people experience encounters with unidentified flying objects and are drawn together by a shared fascination with the unknown.

8.81 Excellent
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6 Gurren Lagann
Gurren Lagann

Simon and Kamina were born and raised in a deep, underground village, hidden from the fabled surface. Kamina is a free-spirited loose cannon bent on making a name for himself, while Simon is a timid y...

8.56 Excellent
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7 Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

Following NERV's failed attempt to retrieve the Spears of Longinus and carry out the Human Instrumentality Project, the destruction caused by the Fourth Impact has been largely averted. In a state of...

8.54 Excellent
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8 The Twilight Zone (Original)
The Twilight Zone (Original)

The original Twilight Zone remains the gold standard for contained, morality-driven science fiction. Each episode functions as a self-contained cautionary tale, perfectly aligning with Severance's cri...

8.44 Excellent
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9 Doctor Who (Modern)
Doctor Who (Modern)

The Time Lord travels through space and time in the TARDIS, facing alien threats and historical adventures.

8.33 Excellent
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10 Space Dandy 2nd Season
Space Dandy 2nd Season

Second season of Space Dandy. Space Dandy is a dandy guy, in space! This dreamy adventurer with a to-die-for pompadour travels across the galaxy in search of aliens no one has ever laid eyes on. Each...

8.13 Excellent
11 Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End
Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End

Animation studio Gainax presented a website for the release of a movie adaptation of the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann TV series in the fall of 2008. Both the original director and series script editor w...

8.13 Excellent
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12 Eureka Seven
Eureka Seven

In the backwater town of Bellforest lives a 14-year-old boy named Renton Thurston. He desires to leave his home behind and join the mercenary group known as Gekkostate, hoping to find some adventure t...

8.10 Excellent
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13 Interstella5555: The 5tory of The 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
Interstella5555: The 5tory of The 5ecret 5tar 5ystem

This musical film is the visual realization of "Discovery", an album by Daft Punk. It tells the story of a band of four extraterrestrial musicians who are kidnapped and brought back to Earth by an evi...

8.09 Excellent
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14 Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called - The Adult Empire Strikes Back
Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called - The Adult Empire Strikes Back

Adult people all over Japan had been captivated by 20th Century Expo, theme parks that reenacted good old days of the 1970s (the last days of Japan's high economic growth). One day the adults disappea...

7.99 Very Good
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15 Space Dandy
Space Dandy

Dandy is a groovy, pompadour-wearing man who explores the stars in search of strange aliens for money, desiring to visit his favorite place: BooBies, the best diner in all the cosmos. Traversing the g...

7.90 Very Good
16 Giant Robo the Animation: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Giant Robo the Animation: The Day the Earth Stood Still

In a future to come humanity enjoys a new age of prosperity thanks to Dr. Shizuma's invention of a revolutionary renewable energy source: the Shizuma Drive. But this peace is threatened by Big Fire, a...

7.89 Very Good
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17 The War of the Worlds (1953)
The War of the Worlds (1953)

Martians invade Earth with devastating war machines. A classic adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel with impressive effects for its time.

7.88 Very Good
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18 Dragon Ball Z: Bardock, The Father of Goku
Dragon Ball Z: Bardock, The Father of Goku

Bardock, Son Goku's father, is a low-ranking Saiyan soldier who was given the power to see into the future by the last remaining alien on a planet he just destroyed. He witnesses the destruction of hi...

7.81 Very Good
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19 Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Prologue
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Prologue

On the planet Mercury, the advanced technology of cybernetic prostheses has led to the development of giant pilotable robots. However, prolonged use of these achievements in bioengineering takes a sig...

7.80 Very Good
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20 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 1st
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 1st

Nanoha Takamachi, an ordinary third-grader, loves her family and friends more than anything else. One day, after having a strange dream in which a ferret gets injured, she sees the very same ferret in...

7.74 Very Good
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21 Oban Star-Racers
Oban Star-Racers

Eva's birthday has just passed, and she hasn't heard from her father. Despising the Boarding School she attends, she escapes using her Rocket Bike that she just completed. Taking on the alias "Molly,"...

7.73 Very Good
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22 Urusei Yatsura
Urusei Yatsura

Not much is notable about the lecherous Ataru Moroboshi, but his extraordinary bad luck sticks out like the horns in an alien's head. When Earth is threatened by a fleet of alien invaders known as the...

7.71 Very Good
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23 Axiom Verge 2
Axiom Verge 2

Axiom Verge 2 builds upon the foundation of its predecessor, offering a sprawling and mysterious Metroidvania experience steeped in retro sci-fi aesthetics. Players control a new protagonist, explorin...

7.70 Very Good
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24 King of Braves GaoGaiGar
King of Braves GaoGaiGar

In the year 2005, a race of alien monsters called Zonders emerge from underground and launch a series of attacks on the city of Tokyo. The only defense against these creatures is the secret agency kno...

7.67 Very Good
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25 The Last Broadcast
The Last Broadcast

'The Last Broadcast' is a darkly comedic horror mockumentary about a group of amateur radio enthusiasts who believe theyve intercepted a signal from an alien civilization. The film blends suspense, hu...

6.82 Good
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