agree, Dune for me was one, Inception being another. I liked Moon(small budget but excellent), interstellar was ok. And thats about it.
The last one would have been even better without the force-fed mecha segment, I think.
This is my point. The last decade has been a sci-fi wasteland.
Still, you're also probably overlooking how common sci-fi films are. Like say, Ad Astra with Brad Pitt (2019). The Martian in 2015. Blade Runner 2049. And so on.
Care to share? I can't name a single one besides 'The Expanse'.
Have heard good things about Station Eleven.
Even on Apple TV+ alone there are plenty to choose from, though funnily enough the one I've been watching the most is not the critically-acclaimed For All Mankind, but climate disaster drama Extrapolations: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39543480
Fired on Mars on MAX is a gem of an existential sci-fi dry comedy.
Paper Girls on Amazon Prime has been cancelled, but it was a good time travel romp and comic book adaptation that wasn't a superhero one from the big two (it's an Image Comics title)
It's not quite the '90s extravaganza in terms of television sci-fi, but with all of the demand for streaming content, the odds are good, even if the goods are often odd. There's been like, three different Star Trek shows now, plus a cartoon. Surely there's something to be found from that.
Couldn't get into it on the first go.
Still waiting for someone to put Daemon and Freedom(tm) on a screen of any size; that could get fun, but probably would need to be a series to avoid cutting out way too much.
I also love a good martial arts movie, and Michelle Yeoh is awesome. The fight scenes are fantastic and hilarious. And finally, the film manages a big-budget feel while it cost somewhere between 14 and 25 million to make, which is nothing compared to the average blockbuster. Avengers Endgame, for example, cost over 300 million. I have a lot of appreciation for that sort of thing.
Good thing I like those genres too.