Marvel is doing a lot of work here

I honestly never really considered MCU movies to be sci-fi but, when I queried the IMDb database to make this chart, they came up. I guess it makes sense.

Here’s the source file:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14vCY8NwXAUPGhKZhvx1H8OyENw1dOpWa/view

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ryan_games692025-10-14 11:11

2001 a space odyssey is doing a lot of work there

Ofiotaurus2025-10-14 17:03

That and Star Wars from it's cultural impact into making Sci-fi more mainstream

igby12025-10-14 11:44

I guess they’re saying Jurassic Park (1993) was the start of the “CGI era”?

There was a lot of bad CGI after that (not to be confused with what people think of as bad CGI in 2025 which is way better than “old school” late 90s/early aughts bad CGI).

Obviously some notable exceptions like LOTR.

But I feel like it wasn’t until 2010+ that decent CGI became common.

Cypher_862025-10-14 14:09

Pretty much due to the cost coming down and the technology improving.

2010 feels like a modern time, but in terms of computing a lot of technologies were still growing. Up to that point CGI was still mostly a big commitment type of thing, compared to today where pretty much anyone can do it with (relative) ease.

verschee2025-10-15 05:22

I would think Terminator 2.

igby12025-10-15 07:34

Yeah T2 was 1991.

The liquid metal T1000 really was absolute state of the art CGI back then.

I had a Pontiac T1000 around that same time. It was very much *not* state of the art in automotive technology.

verschee2025-10-15 15:08

For sure. There was also The Abyss in 1989, but it wasn't as much of a cultural phenomenon. Any of those could work, I guess, as it's all the same studio (ILM), but T2 and Jurassic Park were the box office heavy hitters that really brought CGI into mainstream cinema.

Azzy80072025-10-14 13:02

Probably because a lot of sci-fi movies nowadays are terrible reboots or unnecessary sequels.

Fire2572025-10-14 15:43

Tron Ares *cough* *cough*

bew1322025-10-14 16:19

Marvel is especially doing a lot of work in the steadily decreasing IMDB scores

MutinyIPO2025-10-14 16:51

Including only films with 10k+ votes means your 1950s-70s range is a critical undercount. Something like The Quatermass Experiment wouldn’t be included and it’s one of the most influential sci-fi films ever.

redsyrus2025-10-14 17:58

How is Marvel doing a lot of work here? At most there have been 5 marvel films in one year (not counting solely MCU), which is a fraction of the whole.

DCangst2025-10-15 02:18

yeah, I wouldn't consider Marvel to be sci-fi either. At most, sci-fi fantasy. But really more along the lines of action-fantasy with a dose of sci-fi!

TelenorTheGNP2025-10-15 16:33

Does this account for review bombing being a particular 2010-2020s phenomenon?

NyriasNeo2025-10-15 19:20

Space magic is not really sci-fi. It is more sci-fantasy.