The 5 best sci-fi movies to watch on Netflix in February
polygon.comHappy February, Polygon readers and sci-fi fans! This month, we’ve got five (inter)stellar sci-fi movies for you to check out on Netflix as the weather warms up and we head into spring.
Our February selections include science fiction offerings from South Korea, China, Australia, and the U.S. We’ve got a new animated project from celebrated live-action director Richard Linklater (School of Rock), a new live-action project from celebrated animation director Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan), one of the highest-grossing movies ever made, and plenty more to dig into!
Let’s dive in.
Year: 2013Run time: 2h 4mDirector: Joseph KosinskiCast: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough
Before Joseph Kosinski took Tom Cruise to the skies in Top Gun: Maverick, he took him into the grim future of 2077 Earth in 2013’s Oblivion, which is the kind of the movie best experienced without reading anything about its story first. Suffice to say that Cruise starts the story as a survivor of a planet-devastating apocalypse, left behind alongside partner Victoria (Andrea Riseborough) to guard a series of planetary energy generators. But there’s a sense of ominous threat hanging over him and his interactions with his space-dwelling boss, Sally (Melissa Leo), and before long, the threat pays off in new information that changes everything. Like Maverick, Oblivion is a glossy, tech-driven movie with a blockbuster sense of pacing and plenty of action. Unlike Maverick, it’s also a series of unfolding and engaging surprises, well worth experiencing unspoiled. —Tasha Robinson
Year: 2023Run time: 1h 38mDirector: Yeon Sang-hoCast: Kang Soo-yeon, Kim Hyun-joo, Ryu Kyung-soo
The latest movie from modern sci-fi master Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan,
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