16 Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 21st Century

This century has produced a rich collection of science fiction films. Here’s a showcase of the very best from the last 20 years.

Rob Spiegel

December 23, 2020

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The first great Sci-Fi movie of the 21st Century was A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Tons more followed. Some were dystopia (28 Days Later, Children of Men), some involved contact with aliens (District 9, Arrival), and a few were genuinely positive (Wall-E, The Martian).

While this early century has produced many excellent Sci-Fi movies, it has also provided a plethora of television science fiction. Keep your eye out for our upcoming Best Sci-Fi TV of the 21st Century.

Rob Spiegel has covered automation and control for 19 years, 17 of them for Design News. Other topics he has covered include supply chain technology, alternative energy, and cybersecurity. For 10 years, he was the owner and publisher of the food magazine Chile Pepper.

About the Author

Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel serves as a senior editor for Design News. He started with Design News in 2002 as a freelancer covering sustainability issues, including the transistion in electronic components to RoHS compliance. Rob was hired by Design News as senior editor in 2011 to cover automation, manufacturing, 3D printing, robotics, AI, and more.

Prior to his work with Design News, Rob worked as a senior editor for Electronic News and Ecommerce Business. He served as contributing editolr to Automation World for eight years, and he has contributed to Supply Chain Management Review, Logistics Management, Ecommerce Times, and many other trade publications. He is the author of six books on small business and internet commerce, inclluding Net Strategy: Charting the Digital Course for Your Company's Growth.

He has been published in magazines that range from Rolling Stone to True Confessions.

Rob has won a number of awards for his technolloghy coverage, including a Maggy Award for a Design News article on the Jeep Cherokee hacking, and a Launch Team award for Ecommerce Business. Rob has also won awards for his leadership postions in the American Marketing Association and SouthWest Writers.

Before covering technology, Rob spent 10 years as publisher and owner of Chile Pepper Magazine, a national consumer food publication. He has published hundreds of poems and scores of short stories in national publications.

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