How likely is it that this set of circumstances might arise? Sometimes, for instance with meteor impacts, the rating is based on how plausibly the response to an unlikely event is depicted. Movies involving aliens are not penalized for the unknown but possibly very low probability of alien encounters.
Movie |
Plausibility |
| Deep Impact |
9
|
| Rollerball (2002) |
8
|
| Sum of All Fears |
8
|
| Close Encounters |
8
|
| Contact |
8
|
| Outbreak |
8
|
| Delicatessen |
8
|
| Clockwork Orange |
8
|
| Fail-Safe |
8
|
| Gattaca |
7
|
| Jurassic Park |
7
|
| The Postman |
7
|
| The Road Warrior |
7
|
| The Boys from Brazil |
7
|
| Deep Blue Sea |
7
|
| The Island of Dr. Moreau |
7
|
| Seven Days in May |
7
|
| 2001 |
7
|
| 2010 |
7
|
| Escape from New York |
7
|
| Things to Come |
6
|
| Fahrenheit 451 |
6
|
| No Escape |
6
|
| On the Beach |
6
|
| A.I. |
6
|
| Mission to Mars |
6
|
| The Handmaid’s Tale |
6
|
| Series 7 |
6
|
| Rollerball (1975) |
6
|
| 1984 |
6
|
| Andromeda Strain |
6
|
| Starman |
6
|
| 2010 |
6
|
| Solaris (1972) |
6
|
| Solaris (2002) |
6
|
| The Omega Man |
6
|
| Sleeper |
6
|
| The Abyss |
6
|
| Pitch Black |
6
|
| Red Planet |
5
|
| Vanilla Sky |
5
|
| Outland |
5
|
| Metropolis (1927) |
5
|
| THX 1138 |
5
|
| Z.P.G. |
5
|
| Ghost in the Shell |
5
|
| Back to the Future II |
5
|
| Colossus: The Forbin Project |
5
|
| Soylent Green |
5
|
| Barb Wire |
5
|
| Stargate |
5
|
| Cocoon |
5
|
| Blade Runner |
4
|
| Westworld |
4
|
| Demolition Man |
4
|
| Bicentennial Man |
4
|
| Logan’s Run |
4
|
| Predator |
4
|
| The Matrix |
4
|
| Johnny Mnemonic |
4
|
| Until the End of the World |
4
|
| Signs |
4
|
| Impostor |
4
|
| E.T. |
4
|
| The Stepford Wives |
4
|
| Silent Running |
4
|
| Escape from LA |
4
|
| Judge Dredd |
4
|
| Aliens |
4
|
| eXistenZ |
3
|
| Attack of the Clones |
3
|
| A Boy and His Dog |
3
|
| Strange Days |
3
|
| Species |
3
|
| Supernova |
3
|
| The Thing (1982) |
3
|
| Independence Day |
3
|
| The Thirteenth Floor |
3
|
| Terminator |
3
|
| The Arrival |
3
|
| Armageddon |
3
|
| Fifth Element |
3
|
| Phantom Menace |
3
|
| RoboCop |
3
|
| Total Recall |
3
|
| The Time Machine (2002) |
3
|
| The Time Machine (1960) |
3
|
| Star Trek |
3
|
| Star Wars |
3
|
| Terminator |
3
|
| Virtuosity |
3
|
| Dune |
3
|
| The Sixth Day |
3
|
| Forbidden Planet |
3
|
| The Arrival |
3
|
| Dark City |
3
|
| Planet of the Apes (2001) |
3
|
| Zardoz |
3
|
| Planet of the Apes (1968) |
2
|
| Alphaville |
2
|
| Soldier |
2
|
| Starship Troopers |
2
|
| Twelve Monkeys |
2
|
| The Day the Earth Stood Still |
2
|
| Timecop |
2
|
| Millennium |
2
|
| Freejack |
2
|
| Battlefield Earth |
2
|
| Universal Soldier |
2
|
| Moontrap |
2
|
| Alphaville |
2
|
| Conquest of the Planet of the Apes |
2
|
| Moon 44 |
2
|
| Akira |
2
|
| Minority Report |
2
|
| The Quiet Earth |
2
|
| Sphere |
2
|
| Lawnmower Man |
2
|
| X-Men |
1
|
| Waterworld |
1
|