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. All from the 2020s, proving that great cinema is still being made right now. 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. These were chosen for the hours when sleep isn't coming and you need something absorbing. From the current decade, so the conversation around some of these is still open. Moviepiq has more lists broken down by genre, occasion, and mood.