Best SciFi Movies of the '00s
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Best SciFi Movies of the '00s

Which of these far-out flicks made the biggest (and best) impression on you this decade?

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1 Serenity
This is fun stuff, full of action, great characters and dialog and interesting moral quandaries. And yet it unfairly flopped. 590 2408
2 28 Days Later
This low-budget zombie flick introduced the feral "fast zombie" and spurred the decade's fascination with the undead. 449 2101
3 District 9
This smart and darkly funny flick came out of nowhere to become the antidote to 2009's toxically stupid summer blockbusters. 428 2174
4 The Incredibles
The definitive commentary on the superhero genre, this movie does what Watchmen wanted to do, and still manages to be funny. 326 2136
5 Avatar
James Cameron set the bar for big-budget scifi so high with this CG flick that filmmakers will spend the '10s trying to clear it. 273 2339
6 V for Vendetta
The most underrated scifi movie of the decade, V is wholly representative of the political frustrations and paranoia of its era. 244 2154
7 Minority Report
This is a genuinely impressive (as well as dark and cynical) look at technology and how blind faith in it leads to moral dead ends. 89 2039
8 Cloverfield
J.J. Abrams' monster movie gave New York City the Godzilla it deserved while forcing its characters to face their own demons. -384 2042
9 Blade II
The best live-action comic adaptation of the decade, Blade introduced the mainstream to Guillermo del Toro's gothic visual chic. -407 1961
10 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The love story takes your perceptions of reality and plausibility and upends them, leaving you breathless and buzzing. -470 1918