Sci-fi movies under 2 hours to stream tonight

Science fiction usually wants three hours of your life. These want less than two, and all of them stream in the US on a subscription or free service tonight.

Streaming on a subscription or free service in the US as of 2026-11-08: 180 movies with at least 300 TMDB votes, most-voted first. Open a title for where it streams in your country tonight. Streaming availability by JustWatch.

#	Movie	Length	Genres	TMDB
1	Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)	2 h 1 min	Action, Science Fiction	7.9
2	Iron Man 3 (2013)	2 h 10 min	Action, Adventure	6.9
3	The Hunger Games (2012)	2 h 22 min	Science Fiction, Adventure	7.2
4	Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)	2 h 4 min	Action, Adventure	7.0
5	Iron Man 2 (2010)	2 h 4 min	Adventure, Action	6.9
6	Star Wars (1977)	2 h 1 min	Adventure, Action	8.2
7	Jurassic World (2015)	2 h 4 min	Adventure, Science Fiction	6.7
8	Ant-Man (2015)	1 h 57 min	Science Fiction, Adventure	7.1
9	WALL·E (2008)	1 h 38 min	Animation, Family	8.1
10	Arrival (2016)	1 h 56 min	Drama, Science Fiction	7.6
11	The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)	2 h 16 min	Action, Adventure	6.8
12	Jurassic Park (1993)	2 h 7 min	Adventure, Science Fiction	8.0
13	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)	1 h 57 min	Animation, Action	8.4
14	Venom (2018)	1 h 52 min	Science Fiction, Action	6.8
15	I Am Legend (2007)	1 h 41 min	Drama, Science Fiction	7.2
16	World War Z (2013)	1 h 56 min	Action, Horror	6.9
17	Alien (1979)	1 h 57 min	Horror, Science Fiction	8.2
18	X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)	2 h 12 min	Action, Adventure	7.5
19	Gravity (2013)	1 h 31 min	Science Fiction, Thriller	7.2
20	Despicable Me (2010)	1 h 35 min	Animation, Comedy	7.3
21	A Quiet Place (2018)	1 h 31 min	Horror, Drama	7.4
22	Edge of Tomorrow (2014)	1 h 54 min	Action, Science Fiction	7.6
23	Men in Black (1997)	1 h 38 min	Action, Adventure	7.2
24	The Terminator (1984)	1 h 48 min	Action, Thriller	7.7
25	Ex Machina (2015)	1 h 48 min	Drama, Science Fiction	7.6
26	Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)	1 h 59 min	Action, Adventure	6.9
27	X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)	2 h 24 min	Science Fiction, Fantasy	6.5
28	Justice League (2017)	2 h	Action, Adventure	6.1
29	Prometheus (2012)	2 h 4 min	Science Fiction, Mystery	6.6
30	The Incredible Hulk (2008)	1 h 54 min	Science Fiction, Action	6.3
31	Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)	1 h 45 min	Thriller, Action	7.4
32	I, Robot (2004)	1 h 55 min	Action, Science Fiction	7.0
33	X-Men (2000)	1 h 44 min	Adventure, Action	7.0
34	In Time (2011)	1 h 49 min	Action, Thriller	7.0
35	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)	1 h 55 min	Adventure, Science Fiction	7.5
36	Despicable Me 2 (2013)	1 h 38 min	Animation, Comedy	7.0
37	Limitless (2011)	1 h 46 min	Thriller, Mystery	7.2
38	X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)	1 h 47 min	Adventure, Action	6.3
39	Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)	1 h 37 min	Science Fiction, Action	6.7
40	Looper (2012)	1 h 58 min	Action, Thriller	6.9
41	X2 (2003)	2 h 13 min	Adventure, Action	7.0
42	Men in Black 3 (2012)	1 h 46 min	Action, Comedy	6.6
43	Men in Black II (2002)	1 h 28 min	Action, Comedy	6.4
44	Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)	1 h 54 min	Action, Science Fiction	7.5
45	Independence Day (1996)	2 h 25 min	Action, Adventure	6.9
46	Star Trek (2009)	2 h 7 min	Science Fiction, Action	7.4
47	District 9 (2009)	1 h 52 min	Science Fiction	7.5
48	X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)	1 h 44 min	Adventure, Action	6.4
49	The Wolverine (2013)	2 h 6 min	Action, Science Fiction	6.4
50	Insurgent (2015)	1 h 59 min	Action, Science Fiction	6.4
51	Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)	1 h 39 min	Action, Science Fiction	7.3
52	Free Guy (2021)	1 h 55 min	Comedy, Adventure	7.4
53	Fantastic Four (2005)	2 h 5 min	Action, Fantasy	5.8
54	Godzilla (2014)	2 h 3 min	Action, Drama	6.4
55	Elysium (2013)	1 h 49 min	Science Fiction, Action	6.5
56	Alien: Covenant (2017)	2 h 2 min	Horror, Science Fiction	6.2
57	Annihilation (2018)	1 h 55 min	Science Fiction, Horror	6.5
58	War of the Worlds (2005)	1 h 57 min	Adventure, Thriller	6.6
59	Predator (1987)	1 h 47 min	Science Fiction, Action	7.6
60	Source Code (2011)	1 h 33 min	Thriller, Science Fiction	7.3

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