5 Sci-Fi Movies With No Human Characters

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It’s not really much of a surprise that many of the best sci-fi films that don’t contain significant human characters are animated movies. Not only is it more common for children’s content to contain non-human characters than films made for adults, but the animation also allows for bigger ideas to be explored without seeming quite so unrealistic.

Partly, this is because kids have a bigger imagination than adults and are able to connect to unfamiliar character experiences than adults are. However, regardless of whether storylines following non-human characters are created for kids or adults, they tend to possess the same themes. Generally, the themes in these storylines are used to represent humanity’s downfall, or are used to represent a group of people that are ostracized and othered by the rest of society.

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There are plenty of live-action sci-fi films that examine such themes around prejudices through non-human characters that are clearly intended for adults. The difference with these films, however, is that they nearly always also include human characters. In part, they must include human characters for the sake of the budget, because it would be very expensive to bring to life an entire world where everyone requires heavy costume, makeup or CGI effects.

That said, it makes more sense for certain sci-fi plot lines to exclude humans and imagine new beings, relying on animation to bring the world to life. Animation allows the concepts to be as big as they need to be without it making the ideas seem corny. While most animation is child-friendly, these animated sci-fi films are sure to put into perspective what it means to be human, while also making for an enjoyable watch for a child or an