Watching with kids means finding something that keeps them engaged while not boring the adults, these deliver on both. 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. Reality, memory, identity, these films pull the floor out from under you in the best way.
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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.
Science fiction works best when the ideas outlast the spectacle. 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.