8 Upcoming Sci-Fi Movies That Could Be Better Than Star Wars: The Last Jedi

8. Blade Runner 2049

Considered one of the most acclaimed sci-fi movies ever made, Blade Runner is a masterclass in neo-noir filmmaking and one of the best things Harrison Ford has ever appeared in that doesn't have the words 'star' or 'wars' in the title.

It's taken more than two and a half decades to gets a sequel off the ground, and now it's almost here, the anticipation and trepidation are approaching critical mass.

Blade Runner 2049 has the potential to be more of a thinking man's alternative to The Last Jedi, if it's anything like its predecessor, which explores weighty themes such as existentialism and the future implications of technology.

Although the stakes are high when you're making a sequel to one of the genre's finest, there are reasons to be positive about the movie, namely Ford's involvement and Ridley Scott's producer and story developer credits.

Perhaps it will even definitively answer the question that sci-fi fans have been debating since 1982 - is Deckard a Replicant?