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. Reality, memory, identity, these films pull the floor out from under you in the best way.
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These sci-fi films don't announce what they're doing. Specifically from the 2010s - every pick here was chosen for after a breakup because they reward full attention. Watch one tonight. You'll be thinking about it tomorrow morning.
The sci-fi here has something to say and knows how to say it. The 2010s produced more quietly excellent films than the decade gets credit for. These are some of them. Moviepiq has more lists broken down by genre, occasion, and mood.