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Best Sci-Fi Movies With Friends On A Friday From The 2020S That Changed Cinema Forever

Every sci-fi film here was chosen with a Friday night with friends in mind. These aren't algorithmically ranked, they were chosen because they actually work for this.

The best sci-fi movies with friends on a friday from the 2020s that changed cinema forever. Includes Injustice, The Wandering Earth II, Thunderbolts* and mor...

The best films for a group don't flatten the experience - they create one. You want something that generates opinions, debates, a reason to stay up later than planned.

The early 2020s are already proving themselves. The best films from this decade will hold up. These are among them.

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.

Injustice movie poster
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2021 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

When Lois Lane is killed, an unhinged Superman decides to take control of the Earth. Determined to stop him, Batman creates a team of freedom-fighting heroes. But when superheroes go to war, can the world survive?

The Wandering Earth II movie poster
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2023 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

Humans built huge engines on the surface of the earth to find a new home. But the road to the universe is perilous. In order to save earth, young people once again have to step forward to start a race against time for life and death.

Thunderbolts* movie poster
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2025 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, seven disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.

Sonic the Hedgehog movie poster
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2020 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

Powered with incredible speed, Sonic The Hedgehog embraces his new home on Earth. That is, until Sonic sparks the attention of super-uncool evil genius Dr. Robotnik. Now it's super-villain vs. super-sonic in an all-out race across the globe to stop Robotnik from using Sonic's unique power for world domination.

Minions: The Rise of Gru movie poster
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2022 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers, the Minions.

These films use the grammar of science fiction — the technology, the strangeness, the distance — to say things that couldn't be said any other way.

Resident Evil: Death Island movie poster
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2023 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

In San Francisco, Jill Valentine is dealing with a zombie outbreak and a new T-Virus, Leon Kennedy is on the trail of a kidnapped DARPA scientist, and Claire Redfield is investigating a monstrous fish that is killing whales in the bay. Joined by Chris Redfield and Rebecca Chambers, they discover the trail of clues from their separate cases all converge on the same location, Alcatraz Island, where a new evil has taken residence and awaits their arrival.

Love and Monsters movie poster
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2020 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

Seven years since the Monsterpocalypse began, Joel Dawson has been living underground in order to survive. But after reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee, Joel decides to venture out to reunite with her, despite all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way.

War Machine movie poster
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2026 · ★★★½☆ 7.2/10

On one last grueling mission during Army Ranger training, a combat engineer must lead his unit in a fight against a giant otherworldly killing machine.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem movie poster
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2023 · ★★★½☆ 7.2/10

After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O'Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.

#Alive movie poster
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2020 · ★★★½☆ 7.2/10

As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.

Some films don't just tell stories - they change what stories can be. These are the ones that shifted what came after them.

The best sci-fi films feel more relevant with time, not less. The future they imagined turns out to be a map of now.

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