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Sci-Fi Movies For Tired Brains From The 2020S

Sci-Fi movies for tired brains from the 2020s. Includes Injustice, The Wandering Earth II, Thunderbolts* and more, curated by Moviepiq.

Low stakes, good films. No thinking required. That's the whole point.

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?

Easy to follow even when you're half gone. The film does the heavy lifting.

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.

This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.

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.

This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.

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.

This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.

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.

This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.

A film for tired brains isn't a lesser film. It just knows what you need tonight.

Accessible premise. Doesn't require full attention to track the story.

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.

This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.

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.

Easy to follow even when you're half gone. The film does the heavy lifting.

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.

This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.

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.

Easy to follow even when you're half gone. The film does the heavy lifting.

#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.

This one works when your attention keeps drifting. The pacing carries you without demanding anything back.

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

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