After a breakup, cinema becomes therapy, these films meet you where you are without making it worse. Science fiction that uses its premise to ask real questions about humanity, technology, and what comes next. From the 2010s, arguably the most diverse and globally rich decade in film history. Criminally underseen films that deserved a much bigger audience, now they have one.
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The films everyone already knows aren't on this list. Specifically from the 2010s - these sci-fi picks for after a breakup are criminally overlooked - the kind passed between people who actually care about cinema. Most of them will surprise you. A few will stay with you.
Science fiction works best when the ideas outlast the spectacle. The 2010s produced more quietly excellent films than the decade gets credit for. These are some of them. Browse more by genre, era, and mood at Moviepiq.