Aside from their high entertaintment value, speculative tales take us on imaginative journeys while also challenging us to reflect on the world. Whether you’re into extraterrestrial life or time travel, here are the best sci-fi and fantasy movies to stream.
Dir. Francis Lawrence
The dystopian survival thriller isn’t concerned about the reasons behind its death marathon, only giving a short speech about a…
Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
If it weren’t for the people involved, the English-language remake of the Korean sci-fi comedy Save the Green Planet might…
Dir. Coralie Fargeat
There is nothing quite like The Substance right now. It’s unsubtle, it’s provocative, and its satirical humor can be a…
Dir. Chris Sanders
Beautiful in its painterly compositions and gut-wrenching in its storytelling, The Wild Robot has been dubbed one of the best…
Dir. Megan Park
My Old Ass has a very simple premise, one it doesn’t even take the effort of explaining. For whatever reason,…
Dir. Bertrand Bonello
Are connections truly fated, completely chosen, or purely circumstantial? The slow tragedy of Henry James’ The Beast in the Jungle…
Dir. Jérémie Périn
The premise of Mars Express may not be novel, especially when films like Blade Runner have already gracefully explored the…
Dir. Brandon Cronenberg
Surreal, off-putting, and extremely disturbing, Infinity Pool plays with the concepts of cloning and the death penalty to craft an…
Dir. Colin West
Strange things are happening in the sleepy cul-de-sac where Cameron Edwin (comic Jim Gaffigan) lives: cars are falling from the…
Dir. Hideaki Anno
With Marvel and DC monopolizing the superhero landscape with high budgets, big-name actors, and CGI graphics, Shin Kamen Rider feels…
Dir. Garth Davis
Director Garth Davis (who worked with Jane Campion on Top of the Lake) adapts Iain Reid’s novel Foe with little…
Dir. Mel Eslyn
There’s an elephant lurking in the room from the outset of Biosphere, in which two men are the last survivors…
Dir. Jordan Peele
It’s inspiring to see that, even after Jordan Peele made the jump to blockbuster budgets, he hasn’t lost the ability…
Dir. Quentin Dupieux
At 80 minutes, Smoking Causes Coughing is another slice of perfectly paced absurdist fun from Quentin Dupieux, the zany mind…
Dir. Shinji Higuchi
Although this adaptation of the 1960s TV show feels like four episodes of material crammed into a feature runtime, Shin…
Dir. Nahnatchka Khan
In the vein of classic 80s films, Totally Killer is an homage to the genres that got its heyday in…
Dir. Yosep Anggi Noen
We would never know when we would die, but oftentimes, when faced with a deadline to one’s mortality, most would…
As is sometimes the case with multi-genre shows, Paper Girls starts off slow and gives us a lot to process…
If you’re a fan of slow-burn mysteries and genre blends, you might enjoy Outer Range, a carefully paced mix of…
Set in 2032, The Peripheral finds a protagonist in Flynne Fisher (Chloe Grace Moretz), a cash-strapped but ambitious woman who…
Dir. Bi Gan
How do you make sense of Resurrection? This dreamlike feature seems rather inscrutable, but there’s no denying how breathtaking it…
Dir. Tomohisa Taguchi
With time-bending natural phenomena linking two teenagers into a romance, there’s no denying that The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit…
Dir. Fleur Fortuné
The Assessment is a psychological sci-fi thriller following Mia and Aaryan, a wealthy couple applying to be parents in the…
Dir. Maria Schrader
Romantically pairing up AI with humans is hardly new, and I’m Your Man is aware of that. Instead of spending…
Dir. Gore Verbinski
In cinema’s fight against AI, we’ve seen sci-fi spectacles, action-packed stunts, and the belief in sheer humanity that helps us…
Dir. Mamoru Hosoda
This Japanese animated film employs a gorgeous blend of CGI and traditional animation—as well as intricately orchestrated original songs—to present…
After struggling to recapture the magic of the first few Star Trek series for the better part of two decades,…
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