Collider film writer Liam Gaughan has published a ranked list of the six worst science-fiction films of the 1990s, arguing that despite the decade being a golden era for the genre — producing hits like Jurassic Park, Terminator 2 and The Matrix — some big-budget efforts badly misjudged what audiences wanted. He suggests the worst offenders tended to be nostalgia-driven reboots or franchise sequels that failed to understand what made their predecessors work.

– Alien: Resurrection (1997) is named among the worst, criticised for wasting Sigourney Weaver's Ripley and clashing tonally between director Jean-Pierre Jeunet's visual style and Joss Whedon's dialogue
– Lost in Space (1998) is also singled out as a poorly judged reboot of the classic TV show, with effects that looked dated even on release
– The full ranking includes six films in total, though only the two lowest-ranked entries were detailed in the available text