So far, 2019 is not that year that we should expect something earth shaking as far as sci-fi movies are concerned, but that doesn’t mean the year is not going to come with a lot of things that are good. That is the reason why a lot of lovers of movies are keeping the fingers crossed and screens close.
Top 2019 Sci-Fi Movies
1. Avengers: Endgame
Release Date: 3 May 2019 (USA)
Among the few movies that are highly anticipated for in 2019 is the Avengers 4. This Sci-Fi fantasy superhero film is, as already known b anyone who follows superhero films, produced by Marvel Studios. What we will have is a showdown between Guardians of the Galaxy and Thanos
The movie is directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo and the cast is made of Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, and Mark Ruffalo among other great actors.
2. Chaos Walking
Release Date: 1 March 2019 (USA)
Have you ever thought of how the world would be if there were no women and all of us could hear the thoughts of each other? That is the question that this $90 to 100 million budget Sci-Fi movie seeks to answer. The movie is based on the novel of Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go and it is directed by Doug Liman.
With stars such as Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, Mads Mikkelsen, and Demián Bichir, Chaos Walking is definitely among the most looked out for 2019 Sci-Fi movies.
3. Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Release Date: 31 May 2019 (USA)
Another film in the Godzilla franchise, this will be a sequel to Godzilla (2014) which definitely means that it is yet another one that is highly anticipated.
Directed by Michael Dougherty, we are meeting the existence of humanity in a balance because of the rise of god-sized monsters and Godzilla who clash with Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah.
As its cast, the Godzilla: King of the Monsters brings together Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown and Ken Watanabe.
In case you have started wondering what movies would be on the list for 2020 Sci-fi movies, a sequel to Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla vs. Kong, is one of the movies in the tube.
4. Untitled Terminator Project (Terminator 6)
Release Date: 1 November 2019 (USA)
What can be better than having yet another Terminator movie? That is also one of the Sci-Fi movies that would greet 2019, as the sixth movie in the Terminator line.
The Terminator 6 is coming after the Terminator Genisys, keeping to the promise of the Terminator himself, just as John Connor made and kept the promise in Terminator Salvation, and the same way the promise has been kept all though. While the plot is now not yet clear, who can deny that we will get something great?
Directed by Tim Miller, Arnold Schwarzenegger is naturally maintaining his place while others that are making the cast are Linda Hamilton, Mackenzie Davis, Gabriel Luna, and Natalia Reyes.
5. Iron Sky The Coming Race
Release Date: 16 January 2019 (Finland)
When Iron Sky was released in 2012, it was not exactly one of the best comic science fiction action films around, but The Coming Race which has a budget of €17 million promises to be something different as a sequel.
Earth has been invaded by Moon Nazis leading to a nuclear war. 20 years after, the earth is inhabitable and the last survivors are looking for a place to settle but then they find an underground city that is occupied by reptiles and dinosaurs led by the reptilian form of Adolph Hitler.
Directed by Timo Vuorensola and written by Dalan Musson, the movie features stars such as Julia Dietze, Udo Kier, and Lara Rossi.
6. Star Wars: Episode IX
Release Date: 19 December 2019 (Brazil)
To almost everyone’s favorite, Star Wars is returning as the Episode IX. One of the 2019 Sci-Fi movies, this fantasy movie will be different in many ways from other games in the franchise for many reasons. For one, it is the last in the trilogy that became the first to be released under The Walt Disney Company after it acquired Lucasfilm.
Directed by J. J. Abrams, this movie has, as you would rightly expect, casts including Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac and Lupita Nyong’o.
7. Ad Astra
See Also: 24 May 2019 (USA)
You have Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, and Donald Sutherland among other great actors on this $50 million that has James Gray as one of the writers and director of the movie.
Among the many Sci-Fi movies set for 2019, this epic thriller movie sees Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) who travels through the solar system to find his father, Clifford McBride (Tommy Lee Jones) who twenty years earlier, had left on a one way mission to Neptune with the singular objective of looking to see if there are any signs of extra-terrestrial intelligence.
8. Captive State
Release Date: 29 March 2019 (USA)
This 25 million budget movie is written, directed, and produced by Rupert Wyatt who has also directed great movies like The Escapist (2008) and Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011).
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The upcoming movie which is set in a neighborhood in Chicago takes us to a time after an occupation by an extra-terrestrial force. Casting stars like John Goodman, Vera Farmiga, and Ashton Sanders, the thriller/fantasy takes a look at life at either side of the conflict.
While among the top 2019 Sci-Fi movies you will not find this among the most anticipated, it is still one that will have its say.
9. Pale Blue Dot
Release Date: 2019
Transformers 7 is the movie that is supposed to take this spot, unfortunately, Paramount has withdrawn what is supposed to be the 7th movie in the Transformers line off the 2019 schedule. To be clear, Pale Blue Dot may not be a worthy replacement but it is still one of the sci-fi movies that has attracted some interest after the premise of its plot was questioned by Retired astronaut Marsha Ivins.
The movie tells about an astronaut who is back to earth after a long mission only to lose connection with reality due to her stay in space.
Directed by Noah Hawley, this movie features Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, and Zazie Beetz among other stars.
