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Sci-Fi Movies For Sick Days From The 2010S

Sci-Fi movies for sick days from the 2010s. Includes Spider-Man: Far From Home, A Quiet Place, Stand by Me Doraemon and more, curated by Moviepiq.

Sick days need the right film. Not too heavy, not too boring. These land right.

Spider-Man: Far From Home movie poster
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2019 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

Peter Parker and his friends go on a summer trip to Europe. However, they will hardly be able to rest - Peter will have to agree to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of creatures that cause natural disasters and destruction throughout the continent.

The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.

A Quiet Place movie poster
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2018 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.

The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.

Stand by Me Doraemon movie poster
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2014 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

Sewashi and Doraemon find themselves way back in time and meet Nobita. It is up to Doraemon to take care of Nobita or else he will not return to the present.

Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.

Teen Titans: The Judas Contract movie poster
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2017 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

Tara Markov is a girl who has power over earth and stone; she is also more than she seems. Is the newest Teen Titan an ally or a threat? And what are the mercenary Deathstroke's plans for the Titans?

The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.

Black Panther movie poster
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2018 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.

The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.

Being sick and watching a film is one of life's more specific comforts. These films earn that role.

Transporting without being demanding. Good for when you want to be somewhere else.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes movie poster
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2011 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those who have harmed him.

The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes movie poster
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2014 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.

Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.

Okja movie poster
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2017 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.

Spider-Man: Homecoming movie poster
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2017 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.

Warm, absorbing, and completely non-taxing. Exactly what sick days call for.

Star Trek Into Darkness movie poster
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2013 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

The right texture for a sick day. Present enough to be company, gentle enough not to overwhelm.

These films work because they match where you actually are, not where you think you should be.

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