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Best Sci-Fi Movies For A Movie Marathon From The 2020S That Changed Cinema Forever

The Moviepiq team picked these sci-fi films specifically for a movie marathon. No filler. Every film on this list earns its place for exactly this occasion.

The best sci-fi movies for a movie marathon from the 2020s that changed cinema forever. Includes Belle, The Gorge, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and more - curated by...

A movie marathon lives or dies on the quality of its list. Start strong, vary the pace, and make sure at least one film in the sequence is one nobody in the room has seen.

The 2020s have already produced films that will be studied for decades - lean, precise, unafraid to take audiences seriously.

The best science fiction isn't about technology — it's about humanity. The future is the setting. The question is always about who we are.

Belle movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 7.6/10

Suzu is a 17-year-old high-school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world "U" and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U's eyes are fixed on Belle, when, suddenly, a mysterious, dragon-like figure appears before her.

The Gorge movie poster
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2025 · ★★★½☆ 7.6/10

Two highly trained operatives grow close from a distance after being sent to guard opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. When an evil below emerges, they must work together to survive what lies within.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie poster
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2024 · ★★★½☆ 7.6/10

Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.

Avatar: The Way of Water movie poster
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2022 · ★★★½☆ 7.6/10

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.

My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 7.6/10

A mysterious group called Humarize strongly believes in the Quirk Singularity Doomsday theory which states that when quirks get mixed further in with future generations, that power will bring forth the end of humanity. In order to save everyone, the Pro-Heroes around the world ask UA Academy heroes-in-training to assist them and form a world-class selected hero team. It's up to the heroes to save the world and the future of heroes in what is the most dangerous crisis to take place yet in My Hero Academia.

Great sci-fi asks impossible questions and then sits with them honestly. No easy answers. No tidy resolutions. Just the question, placed carefully in front of you.

Godzilla Minus One movie poster
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2023 · ★★★½☆ 7.6/10

In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.

Deadpool & Wolverine movie poster
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2024 · ★★★½☆ 7.6/10

A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctant Wolverine.

Godzilla vs. Kong movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity's fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle for the ages.

The Call movie poster
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2020 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

Connected by phone in the same home but 20 years apart, a caller puts a woman's past - and life - on the line to change her own fate.

The Tomorrow War movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

The world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future, mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight. Among those recruited is high school teacher and family man Dan Forester. Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist and his estranged father in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the planet.

The films that change cinema are rarely the ones trying to. They're usually just trying to be great - and accidentally redrawing the map.

Great science fiction stays with you because the questions it raises don't have answers. These films plant something and leave it to grow.

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