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Lists about the best (and worst) films, TV series, novels, characters, etc. in every sci-fi genre.

The Worlds of Science Fiction

Science fiction has always been something of a gamble for film studios. While there have been some epic films like&nbsp;2001: A Space Odyssey, for the most part, the genre is filled with a smattering of good movies, duds, and financial disasters. The biggest problem with sci-fi isn't that the movies aren't amazing; it's that the films tend to garner fan support from a niche community. When that happens, movies that are generally perceived as being bad because of their box office performance&nbsp;aren't bad at all.These sci-fi films have received generally poor reviews or had a terrible showing at the box office when they first hit theaters. Despite this, they are beloved by fans all across the world. For this list, only films that have a 69% or lower on Rotten Tomatoes are considered. Vote up the films worth a rewatch!

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<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/action-movies-you-can-watch-over-and-over/ranker-film">Action fans</a> have been given a plethora of films on Netflix over the years, and while not all of them have been good, there certainly is something for everyone. Liam Neeson fans have&nbsp;The Ice Road, fight choreography fans have&nbsp;The Night Comes for Us, dark comedy fans&nbsp;have I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, and so on and so forth.&nbsp;So, let's take a trip through some of the best, undervalued action drama flicks just waiting to be added to your Netflix queue.&nbsp;

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The Joker first appeared in the debut issue of Batman in 1940. He has been wreaking havoc throughout the universe of DC Comics ever since.

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Venturing into the labyrinth of the Joker's history, countless actors have donned the wide grin and signature cackle synonymous with the character. This continuing saga is a testament to the durability of the famed villain, played superbly by various talents who have dared to walk in the warped shoes of DC Comics' clown prince of crime. This exploration is a deep dive into the sea of Joker actors ranked by fan opinions.Each portrayal of the Joker offers a unique prism through which to view the notorious character. Through the lens of these talented artists, viewers are treated to a kaleidoscope of the Joker's many faces. Among the best Joker actors, they capture the essence of the character, amplifying his chaotic nature and transformative elements, while injecting their own distinctive nuances into the portrayal. Joaquin Phoenix even won an Oscar for his performance as the Joker. Each performance becomes a stand-alone benchmark, pushing the boundaries of what audiences have come to expect from this <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-comic-book-villains?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">comic book villain</a>.&nbsp;Take Heath Ledger, for example - it's hard to forget his chillingly brilliant metamorphosis into Gotham's agent of chaos in The Dark Knight. He skillfully stripped away the veneer of sanity, revealing the terrifying embodiment of anarchy beneath. Equally memorable is Mark Hamill who, armed with only his voice, crafted a Joker brimming with gleeful wickedness, capturing the character's capricious nature in the animated realm. Then there's Joaquin Phoenix who transformed into the character with such raw intensity that it felt like watching a man descend into madness.&nbsp;All Joker actors, in their respective performances, brought something truly special to the table, effectively immersing fans into the twisted psyche of the character. Each constructed their version of the menace, and a few stand out as the best Joker actors, according to their loyal fans. This exploration invites you to appreciate the rich tapestry of performances that have shaped and redefined the Joker as we know him, ranked from best to worst by fans.

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Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe is one of the most beloved actors of our time. Whether you love him for&nbsp;his iconic 10-year role as young&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/which-wizard-would-win-magic-duel/zach-seemayer?ref=listed_on&amp;pos=2&amp;a=0&amp;l=2729278&amp;ltype=n&amp;g=0">wizard</a> Harry Potter, his turn in several memorable indies, or his hilarious and&nbsp;adorable real-life personality, Daniel Radcliffe facts suggest he is a celebrity who is hard to ignore. (His <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-harry-potter-cast-thinks-of-daniel-radcliffe/math-erao">co-stars agree</a>.) Although Radcliffe is famous, he has quirky qualities&nbsp;just like all of us.&nbsp;The actor has done many things throughout his time in the spotlight that show he's just an everyday man, which makes him all the more lovable.&nbsp;

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Everything from A New Hope to The Rise of Skywalker, including trivia, behind the scenes photos, jokes, gifts, Grogu (Baby Yoda), and all the rankings you can handle.

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Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker

The epic Skywalker saga has finally concluded, but that doesn&#39;t mean&nbsp;there aren&#39;t tons of unanswered questions after Rise of Skywalker. Many fans were hoping all of their long-gestating speculations would finally be confirmed or denied, but while many dangling plot threads were snipped, the filmmakers&nbsp;didn&#39;t quite land the X-wing in every scenario.

There are lingering queries from every era of&nbsp;Star Wars. In fact, there are several&nbsp;unanswered questions from Rise of Skywalker&nbsp;itself,&nbsp;making things even more complicated than before. Unfortunately, it&#39;s unlikely viewers will ever get the full story without&nbsp;taking George Lucas out for a nice seafood dinner.

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17 Unanswered Questions ‘Rise of Skywalker' Left About The Star Wars Universe

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Anyone who spent time in the &lsquo;80s can tell you about the multitude of pop culture Easter eggs in Stranger Things - and there&rsquo;s a wide variety of memorable examples to choose from. But it&rsquo;s all the less obvious pop culture <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/easter-eggs-in-stranger-things-2/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">references</a> in Stranger Things that are seamlessly slipped into the plot of the series that truly mark it as a hallmark of homages.

The Duffer brothers have gone out of their way to insert as much nostalgia into their series as possible without bogging it down, and through the seasons, they seem to have perfected the formula, with the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/stranger-things-starcourt-mall-80s/ashley-reign" target="_blank">Starcourt Mall in Season 3</a> almost earning a place as a character.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/stranger-things-theories/jared-clark" target="_blank">Stranger Things</a> manages the difficult task of feeling old and new at the same time.

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The Man of Steel, The Man of Tomorrow, Krypton's Last Son, Clark Kent, Kal-El... Whatever you call him, he's best known as Superman. Here are some lists about him.

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When&nbsp;Superman: The Movie&nbsp;came out in 1978, the film revolutionized the comic book film industry. Thanks to great reviews and a blockbuster box office, Superman&nbsp;changed how <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/favorite-comic-book-movies?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">comic book movies</a> were perceived on the big (and small) screen.

Unfortunately, the same franchise that created perhaps one of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-superheroes-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">most iconic superhero</a> movies of all time&nbsp;also created arguably one of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-superhero-movies/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">worst superhero movies</a> of all time, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace&nbsp;- so much so that it made the legendary Christopher Reeve hang up his cape for good.

Sadly, the movie had a lot of potential. It saw Superman having to intervene&nbsp;in a global&nbsp;arms race to help rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor has&nbsp;other plans, and with the help of&nbsp;war mongers&nbsp;looking for&nbsp;financial reward, Luthor&nbsp;creates a being out of nuclear energy that is strong enough to take on Superman.

From struggles stemming from&nbsp;substantial cost-cutting to problems with the script, the film had many issues that&nbsp;ultimately led to the failure of Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, halting the&nbsp;Man of Steel <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/favorite-comic-book-movies" target="_blank">franchise</a> for decades.

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South Park

While some of the best shows on television generally peak then slowly decline in quality, it can be argued that <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/south-park-voice-facts/coy-jandreau" target="_blank">South Park</a> continues to get better. Originally noticed for its bad language, violence, and sexual references, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/south-park-facts/joanna-varikos" target="_blank">South Park</a>&nbsp;evolved to the point where it is constantly touching on politics, religion, and current events -&nbsp;and pretty much making the jokes no other show dares go near.

It makes you wonder what kind of minds come up with this stuff. So,&nbsp;how is&nbsp;South Park&nbsp;made? Whereas a single episode once took creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone more than two months to finish, they can now be turned around in a single week.&nbsp;Read on to understand what goes on behind the scenes of&nbsp;South Park,&nbsp;and just how much effort goes into one of the most infamous animated series on TV.

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Steven Spielberg&rsquo;s 1982 classic, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, has long since cemented itself in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-e-t-the-extra-terrestrial-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes" target="_blank">pop culture&nbsp;lexicon</a>. The tale of a young boy&rsquo;s transcendent friendship with the alien who just wanted to &ldquo;phone home&rdquo; is nostalgic for many, and still accessible for so many more. It not only moved audiences but also changed the lives of the people who worked on it: E.T. made Henry Thomas a child star and sent Drew Barrymore&rsquo;s fame into the stratosphere.

Given its lasting significance in pop culture, there remains a strong interest in what happened on the set of&nbsp;E.T. behind the scenes.&nbsp;From a cut Harrison Ford cameo to the use of puppeteers, here are some&nbsp;tidbits about the making of&nbsp;E.T. the Extra Terrestrial you may not know.

The Making Of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' Was Just As Fascinating As Anything In The Movie

'E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial' Behind-The-Scenes Stories And Details

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Lists about films, TV series, novels & series, anime, and other media that explore imaginary universes and the characters and forces that live inside them.

What's Your Fantasy?

So many new shows, so little time. Which are worth your precious eyeballs? These list rank the best new series in each genre that have premiered since 2019, so you still have plenty of time to catch up.

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With so many great TV <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-shows-currently-on-the-air?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">series currently airing</a>, we&rsquo;re ranking the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/fantasy-tv-shows-and-series/ranker-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best fantasy TV shows</a> since 2019. Our list of the highest-rated fantasy shows of the past &nbsp;three&nbsp; years is ranked by viewers from everywhere, so make sure you vote up the best new fantasy series on television.&nbsp;What is the best new fantasy TV show?&nbsp;

Featuring new Netflix shows, show revivals, adaptations from books, and more, the best recent fantasy TV shows include <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/his-dark-materials-is-hbo-hidden-gem/amelia-brooks?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">His Dark Materials</a>, Shadows &amp; Bone, and Cursed. Netflix&#39;s The Witcher is&nbsp;considered one&nbsp;of the most binge-worthy shows today, while Amazon&#39;s Carnival Row&nbsp;fantasy series is known as one of the best recent fantasy shows to watch. It&#39;s not all high and dark fantasy, however. Shows like Zoey&#39;s Extraordinary Playlist offer lighthearted fantasy and a little magic into everyday life.

Vote up the best new fantasy shows that have premiered recently.

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With the number of animated films that come out yearly, there are bound to be gems hidden among the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/box-office-flops-from-your-birth-year/michelle-nati?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">box office flops</a>. Many times, it wasn't even the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/notorious-flops-that-made-money/nathan-gibson">film's fault that it flopped</a> - maybe it was released the same weekend as a very popular movie, or maybe the studio didn't <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/movie-flops-improved-by-longer-original-cut/lily-mcelveen">give it the marketing</a> budget it deserved.&nbsp;Have you seen all of these animated box office fails? Which do you think deserved better?

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Netflix seems like the perfect home for <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-sci-fi-movies">science fiction movies</a>. There is sci-fi/horror. There is sci-fi/action. There is sci-fi/drama. Big zombie fan? That's&nbsp;technically&nbsp;sci-fi. There are also plenty of futuristic and space movies on Netflix that will have you contemplating what is to come. While major Netflix productions like&nbsp;Red Notice,&nbsp;The Irishman, and&nbsp;Bright&nbsp;get all the press, it is the smaller projects that make Netflix originals hidden gems and even have some of the best actors like Martin Freeman.Finding those underrated or unknown films on the streaming service is just about as exciting as modern entertainment gets. Netflix also lets directors, like George Clooney, get as creative as they want with certain projects. With all of that in mind, let's run through some of the best overlooked sci-fi flicks Netflix has to offer that don't get the love they deserve.

Netflix Original Sci-fi Movies You've Been Missing Out On

Underrated Netflix Original Sci-Fi Movies You Need To See

How well do you know your favorite characters from Marvel Comics? Here's everything you need to know about the heroes and villains from the pages of every group from the Avengers to the X-Men.

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If there's one thing Spider-Man has never lacked, it's been an enemy to fight. Spidey has one of the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/all-spiderman-villains-list-of-all-spiderman-enemies/all-enemies-and-supervillains">biggest rogues' galleries</a> in all of Marvel Comics, and while you can pick and choose through&nbsp;them all, the one who often finds himself on top of the pile is the Kingpin. More recently, Daredevil has taken over as Kingpin's biggest threat. With Daredevil: Born Again just around just around the corner, it's time to take a closer look at this Marvel villain.&nbsp;So how much does the average fan know about Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin of Crime? Not as much as most think because there's a ton of things you probably don't know about Marvel's Kingpin. The most interesting aspects are laid out below, so take a look and see if there's anything you didn't already know. Be sure to upvote anything you find particularly interesting about Mr. Fisk!

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Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford is a talented, accomplished actor who has worked steadily for decades. One of the interesting quirks of his career is that he's also become a “geek icon.” That's due to playing characters in not one, not two, but three beloved sci-fi/fantasy franchises: Han Solo in the Star Wars saga; the titular hero in the Indiana Jones series; and Rick Deckard in Blade Runner and its sequel, Blade Runner 2049. Most actors are lucky to get a single defining role like that.Take away Solo, Jones, and Deckard, and pretty much any Harrison Ford movie can be considered underrated. The actor has, however, done fine work in many genres, including drama, romance, comedy, and even horror. If you want to see what else he can do, check out any of the following films you may have missed. You'll be glad you did.&nbsp;

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I Am Iron Man

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When Marvel Studios launched&nbsp;Iron Man&nbsp;in 2008, few people thought the movie would work. After all, Iron Man wasn&#39;t Marvel&#39;s strongest or favorite character, so the movie was something of a gamble. Of course, it all worked out, and Iron Man became a far more appreciated character on and off the screen. Tony Stark and Iron Man were introduced in&nbsp;Tales of Suspense&nbsp;#39 back in 1963, so the character has been around for more than half a century.

In all that time, through the comic books, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/iron-man-movie-trivia/coy-jandreau" target="_blank">movies</a>, graphic novels, video games, and other media, the character has developed into a significant one in the Marvel Universe. Despite so much history, or perhaps&nbsp;because of it, there are&nbsp;a ton of things you probably didn&#39;t know about Iron Man.

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There's something about the epic adventure that is Atlantis: The Lost Empire that provides an incredible amount of nostalgia. From the phenomenal cast of Michael J. Fox, Leanord Nimoy, and more, to the incredible animation, this film holds steady in a lot of fans' hearts.&nbsp;Fans are still sharing reasons as to why Atlantis: The Lost Empire is one of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/small-details-in-underrated-disney-movies/tpetersccc">Disney's most underrated films</a>. Take a look below and vote up the best points fans made about Atlantis.

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Nothing inspires growth and development quite like reading (and being read to). Here are lists of the top children's fiction and storybooks to line your child's bookshelf.

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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

From magical beginnings at Platform 9¾ to the final showdown against Voldemort, the Harry Potter book series has captured readers' hearts with its enchanting storytelling and unforgettable characters, and each of the best Harry Potter books seems better than the last. Every Harry Potter book brings its own charm, whether it's the whimsical introduction to Hogwarts in The Sorcerer's Stone or the intense battles and emotional depths of The Deathly Hallows.J.K. Rowling's ability to weave intricate plots and create a vivid world has made her books beloved by millions and a staple of modern fantasy literature. While each Harry Potter book adds its unique flair, certain titles stand out for their thrilling adventures, character development, and those gasp-inducing plot twists that keep us turning pages late into the night.Despite varied opinions on the "best" book, Harry Potter fans agree that this magical saga has left an indelible mark on pop culture. So, here's a look at how each book ranks in terms of excitement, impact, and those unforgettable moments that make them timeless classics.

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Superhero films dominate modern cinema, with Marvel and DC properties regularly breaking box office records and reshaping Hollywood's approach to franchise filmmaking. But before Black Panther earned its Oscar nominations and The Dark Knight redefined what comic book movies could achieve, the genre weathered some spectacular failures. From early attempts like George Reeves' Superman and the Mole Men to recent misfires like Wonder Woman 1984, the superhero genre has produced some of cinema's most notorious disasters.These films represent more than just poor box office performance or critical rejection - they mark pivotal moments where studios fundamentally misunderstood their source material. Whether through severe budget constraints, troubled productions, or simple creative incompetence, these adaptations failed their comic book origins in spectacular fashion. From direct-to-video obscurities to big-budget catastrophes that derailed entire franchises, this collection of cape-wearing calamities serves as a reminder that even Batman, Superman, and their superpowered peers aren't immune to cinematic kryptonite.The following films stand as cautionary tales for future filmmakers, proving that neither star power nor iconic characters can save a superhero film from itself. From pre-MCU experiments to modern streaming disappointments, these movies demonstrate how not to bring <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/superheroes-ranked-by-most-comic-book-appearances/ranker-comics?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">comic book heroes</a> to life.