Best Sci-Fi Movies On Netflix Right Now That You’ve Definitely Been Napping On

Netflix is pulling sci-fi nerds in with an extended library of stuff to choose from. Now, we’re not here to tell you to watch “Altered Carbon” (you should) or “The Cloverfield Paradox” (you shouldn’t). Those are both easy sci-fi targets, and while we’re all for taking in as much science fiction as is humanly possible, we want to give you the best stuff that you may not know is actually available. These are the 20 best sci-fi movies on Netflix right now. So get streaming.

The Survivalist

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Jesus, it’s almost as if every post-apocalyptic sci-fi film has to be a real bummer. Oh, wait. They all do. “The Survivalist” has every bit as much doom and gloom as “The Road” does, but it also features an attempted wire abortion, because the end of the world is seriously f—ed.

The Road

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Are you a sucker for depressing AF post-apocalyptic scenarios? Then “The Road” is for you. It’s bad enough having to watch a man and his child struggle for survival for two hours, but then there’s the end of the film, where things just get worse.

Viggo Mortensen is at his best here though, at least for most of the movie.

Mr. Nobody

Jared Leto can be kind of hit or miss with his role selection — you’ve got “Requiem for a Dream” on one side; “Alexander” on the other — but “Mr. Nobody” has the fortune of being better than many.

The film’s nonlinear style is refreshing, and its exploration of multiverses is done surprisingly well. We could def do without Leto’s old age makeup, though.

V For Vendetta

Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving star in this dystopian thriller about an anarchist freedom fighter in neo-facist England.

It’s based on a comic series by David Lloyd and Alan Moore, the latter being responsible for writing some of the greatest comics of all time, including “Watchmen.” It’s absolutely one of the Wachowskis’ best films and one of Moore’s best adaptations (even though he didn’t want credit for it).