IMDb’s Prime 250 motion pictures is a tricky listing for contemporary movies to achieve. It incorporates the perfect motion pictures with the very best crowd-sourced scores from any and all genres. A few of these are clear-cut candidates, like Adrien Brody’s historic music biopic “The Pianist,” which is available in thirty second on the listing. Different motion pictures are much less sobering and extra fantastical. For example, all three of Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy movies are within the prime 12.
Sci-fi exhibits up lots, too. “Interstellar” is ranked nineteenth. “The Matrix” is sixteenth. “The Empire Strikes Again” occupies the fifteenth spot, and “Inception” is the highest-ranked sci-fi of all of them at 14th. With so many classics already on the listing, it is exhausting for brand spanking new releases to make the minimize. Living proof, simply three motion pictures from 2024 have been added to the listing’s hallowed ranks — two of which have been from the sci-fi style.
As of this writing, “The Wild Robotic” and “Dune: Half Two” have each reached the hallowed ranks of IMDb’s Prime 250 listing. The animated kids’s adaptation “The Wild Robotic” landed at 160 with a strong 8.2-star score, whereas the Villeneuve-helmed “Dune” sequel centered on the unrealistically arid Arrakis leaped even additional up the charts. With an 8.5-star score, it’s thought of the 54th-best film ever made.
The Wild Robotic and Dune 2 are constructing on their success
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With 1000’s of opponents to beat out, creating one thing that makes it into this prime 250 listing appears extremely troublesome. Regardless of being an unbelievable begin to a franchise reboot, “Dune: Half One” did not attain the listing. (Though it has a good 8.0 score.) So, what are the creators behind this pair of ultra-successful 2024 sci-fi hits doing with their newfound momentum? The reply is lots.
“The Wild Robotic” was launched in late September and solely reached streaming platforms in early 2025. Regardless of the recency, its distinctive field workplace success and surprising reputation made it no shock when information broke that DreamWorks Animation had a sequel within the works. The film continues to resonate with a staggering 98% viewers and 97% critics rating. It additionally earned an A CinemaScore and ended up bringing in over $325 million on the worldwide field workplace. The success was so profound that DreamWorks confirmed a sequel was on the way in which simply two weeks after it premiered. One of the best half? The tailored novel already has a well-liked follow-up, “The Wild Robotic Escapes,” which implies director Chris Sanders can have loads of audience-approved supply materials to work with.
And “Dune: Half Two”? That has much more momentum behind it. The second half of director Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s iconic novel thrilled audiences in early March of 2024. After conquering the field workplace with a jaw-dropping $714 million haul, it was presumed {that a} third movie would comply with. Once more, authentic creator Frank Herbert already had a sequel novel (and plenty of different books set in the identical universe) ready within the wings. By October, Villeneuve had confirmed that he was already engaged on the third a part of his soon-to-be trilogy and was going to get again behind the digicam quicker than anticipated. Now, the one query is whether or not these follow-ups will have the ability to match the success of their predecessors.
