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The Scariest Sci-Fi Movies Rated R
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Here is a list of R-Rated sci-fi horror movies, ranked from best to worst with movie trailers when available. This list takes the best R-Rated sci-fi horror movies and compares them to one another other to see once and for all what the greatest R-Rated Sci-Fi horror movie of all time is. This list of popular R-Rated sci-fi horror movies includes information like who directed the film, when it was released and which actors starred in the movie. If you think the top R-Rated Sci-Fi horror movie isn't as high as it should be then be sure to vote it up so it can take its rightful place among the other great R-Rated Sci-Fi horror films on this list. If you're trying to find a specific R-Rated Sci-Fi horror film you can search this list and filter to find what you're looking for.
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- 1Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt
- Released: 1979
- Directed by: Ridley Scott
In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel. The ...more - 2Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter
- Released: 1982
- Directed by: John Carpenter
In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings ...more ![Aliens]()
3Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn- Released: 1986
- Directed by: James Cameron
After floating in space for 57 years, Lt. Ripley's (Sigourney Weaver) shuttle is found by a deep space salvage team. Upon arriving at LV-426, the marines find only one survivor, a nine year old girl ...more- 4Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn
- Released: 1984
- Directed by: James Cameron
Disguised as a human, a cyborg assassin known as a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) travels from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton). Sent to protect Sarah is Kyle Reese (Michael ...more - 5Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura
- Released: 1987
- Directed by: John McTiernan
Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a soldier of fortune, is hired by the U.S. government to secretly rescue a group of politicians trapped in Guatemala. But when Dutch and his team, which includes ...more ![Event Horizon]()
6Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan- Released: 1997
- Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
When the Event Horizon, a spacecraft that vanished years earlier, suddenly reappears, a team is dispatched to investigate the ship. Accompanied by the Event Horizon's creator, William Weir (Sam ...more- 7Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong
- Released: 1991
- Directed by: James Cameron
In this sequel set eleven years after "The Terminator," young John Connor (Edward Furlong), the key to civilization's victory over a future robot uprising, is the target of the shape-shifting T-1000 ...more - 8Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy
- Released: 1978
- Directed by: Philip Kaufman
This remake of the classic horror film is set in San Francisco. Matthew Bennell (Donald Sutherland) assumes that when a friend (Brooke Adams) complains of her husband's strange mood, it's a marital ...more - 9Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden
- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Frank Darabont
After a powerful storm damages their Maine home, David Drayton (Thomas Jane) and his young son head into town to gather food and supplies. Soon afterward, a thick fog rolls in and engulfs the town, ...more - 10Cillian Murphy, Noah Huntley, Naomie Harris
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Danny Boyle
A group of misguided animal rights activists free a caged chimp infected with the "Rage" virus from a medical research lab. When London bike courier Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up from a coma a month ...more - 11Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds
- Released: 2018
- Directed by: John Krasinski
If they hear you, they hunt you. A family must live in silence to avoid mysterious creatures that hunt by sound. Knowing that even the slightest whisper or footstep can bring death, Evelyn and Lee ...more - 12Radha Mitchell, Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: David Twohy
When their ship crashes on an unexplored planet, the survivors of the crash soon discover that this planet that is normally always day is going to soon be in a state of eclipse that will bring out ...more - 13Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz
- Released: 1986
- Directed by: David Cronenberg
When scientist Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) completes his teleportation device, he decides to test its abilities on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a housefly slips in during the process, leading to a ...more - 14Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly
- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Alex Proyas
John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) awakens alone in a strange hotel to find that he is wanted for a series of brutal murders. The problem is that he can't remember whether he committed the murders or not. ...more ![Pandorum]()
15Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Christian Alvart
Astronauts Payton (Dennis Quaid) and Bower (Ben Foster) awake in a hypersleep chamber with no memory of who they are or what their mission might be. While Payton stays behind to monitor the radio ...more![The Evil Dead]()
16Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker- Released: 1981
- Directed by: Sam Raimi
Ashley "Ash" Williams (Bruce Campbell), his girlfriend and three pals hike into the woods to a cabin for a fun night away. There they find an old book, the Necronomicon, whose text reawakens the dead ...more- 17Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt
- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Traveling back in time isn't simple, as James Cole (Bruce Willis) learns the hard way. Imprisoned in the 2030s, James is recruited for a mission that will send him back to the 1990s. Once there, he's ...more - 18Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Matthijs van Heijningen
After Norwegian researchers discover an alien ship buried in the ice, paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) joins the team at the isolated Arctic outpost to investigate. She finds an ...more ![The Blob]()
19Shawnee Smith, Kevin Dillon, Donovan Leitch- Released: 1988
- Directed by: Chuck Russell
In a tiny California town, high school students Brian (Kevin Dillon), Meg (Shawnee Smith) and Paul (Donovan Leitch) discover a strange, gelatinous substance that melts the flesh of any living ...more- 20Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander
- Released: 2014
- Directed by: Alex Garland
Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson) a programmer at a huge Internet company, wins a contest that enables him to spend a week at the private estate of Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac), his firm's brilliant ...more - 21Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez
- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Alex Garland
Lena, a biologist and former soldier, joins a mission to uncover what happened to her husband inside Area X -- a sinister and mysterious phenomenon that is expanding across the American coastline. ...more ![28 Weeks Later]()
22Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Six months after the original epidemic, the rage virus has all but annihilated the population of the British Isles. Nevertheless the U.S. Army declares the danger past, and American soldiers arrive ...more![Re-Animator]()
23Barbara Crampton, Jeffrey Combs, David Gale- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Stuart Gordon
Re-Animator is a 1985 American science fiction horror comedy film loosely based on the H. P. Lovecraft episodic novella "Herbert West–Reanimator." Directed by Stuart Gordon, it was the first film in ...more- 24Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore
- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Richard Kelly
In a funny, moving and distinctly mind-bending journey through suburban America, one extraordinary but disenchanted teenager is about to take Time's Arrow for a ride. After surviving a freak ...more ![Prometheus]()
25Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron- Released: 2012
- Directed by: Ridley Scott
The discovery of a clue to mankind's origins on Earth leads a team of explorers to the darkest parts of the universe. Two brilliant young scientists lead the expedition. Shaw (Noomi Rapace) hopes ...more
