7 Sci-Fi Blockbusters of the 2010s to Stream for Free in May 2024

Sometimes, you don't have to sign up for a trial period or wait 50 years for this or that project to become public domain and be added to the Internet Archive or YouTube. Consider Tubi, a streaming service owned by the Fox Corporation. Thanks to their ad-supported system, you don't have to pay a dime to watch the movie you want from its library!

With that in mind, let's take a look at 7 great sci-fi movies that are available for free streaming in May 2024.

7. End of the World

Release date: November 20, 2018

IMDb rating: 2.7/10

As a result of numerous solar storms, natural disasters, from tsunamis to awakened volcanoes, hit the entire Earth and especially California. An ordinary family from Los Angeles finds itself in this situation, and now the father and daughter must find a suitable shelter that will give them a chance to survive in the changed natural conditions.

6. Air

Release date: August 14, 2015

IMDb rating: 5.1/10

Even before Norman Reedus became the darling of Hideo Kojima, he was snapped up by video game writer and designer Christian Cantamessa. Cantamessa's work isn't limited to games, however, and in 2015 he released the film Air (not to be confused with the 2023 biopic), which stars Reedus alongside Djimon Hounsou and Sandrine Holt.

After a catastrophe renders the air on Earth unbreathable, a small group of scientists attempt to survive in pre-built US bunkers. Until one day the equipment they need to survive fails.

5. Geostorm

Release date: October 20, 2017

IMDb rating: 5.3/10

Next on the list is an epic disaster movie starring Gerard Butler. According to the plot, humanity has created climate control satellites that can stop natural disasters. However, one day they malfunction, and now the main character, the designer of those satellites, must prevent the possible extinction of humanity due to a global storm.

4. Underwater

Release date: January 10, 2020

IMDb rating: 5.9/10

The plot of this sci-fi horror starring Kristen Stewart revolves around a drilling team conducting research at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. However, an explosion partially destroys their facility, and the cause is not an accident or human error: the surviving employees are now haunted by terrifying creatures that lurk in the deepest reaches of the Pacific Ocean.

3. The Machine

Release date: April 25, 2014

IMDb rating: 6.0/10

The Machine is an excellent example of how people have conceptualized the problem of artificial intelligence over the past decade. In the story, two scientists have developed an AI for the British military called Machine. Only the Machine refuses to obey the cruel humans for whom this is all just political intrigue.

2. Rampage

Release date: April 13, 2018

IMDb rating: 6.1/10

Following the success of Journey 2 and San Andreas, Brad Peyton released a new film starring Dwayne Johnson in 2018 that immediately paid off at the global box office. Rampage highlights a situation in which mutated giant animals threaten to destroy human civilization. To humanity's rescue comes a primatologist and his trusty gigantic gorilla George.

1. Pacific Rim

Release date: July 12, 2013

IMDb rating: 6.9/10

Finally, Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro's excellent take on the kaiju genre, co-written with Travis Beacham, is now available for free on Tubi. Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Robert Kazinsky, Max Martini and Ron Perlman star in the movie, where they operate giant humanoid mechas to protect Earth from the monsters that have crawled up from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.