When sleep won't come, the right film can carry you somewhere else entirely, these are the ones worth staying up for. 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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Every sci-fi film on this list was chosen for tonight because it actually delivers. no safe picks, no obligation watches - just films that are worth watching. If one doesn't land, the next one will. Bookmark this and come back whenever the mood calls for it.
The sci-fi here has something to say and knows how to say it. Can't sleep picks need to hold attention without wiring you further awake. These do. From the 2010s, when streaming started changing what kinds of films got made. Browse more by genre, era, and mood at Moviepiq.