10 Best Sci-Fi Films People Who Hate Sci-Fi Should Watch

10. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

One of the best places to begin a science fiction story is another planet, which is convenient because, in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Earth gets destroyed within the first fifteen minutes.

This film may appeal to those that avoid the genre because it has fun with the laws of science. It doesn't get bogged down in exposition, and throws the rule book out entirely.

Most science fiction relies on some grasp of logic or at least an extension of our earthly principles. Hitchhiker's sci-fi borrows from fantasy in that things happen with just as much explanation as magic. Not fluent in one, let alone multiple alien languages? No problem! Just stick the Babel Fish inside your ear. It'll eat the sound waves, defecating those sounds in a language you understand. What's the answer to the great question? 42. Why that specific number? Because a giant computer said so.

A lot of science fiction is hard to get into because of its deep scientific entanglements. It can alienate those who lack the desire to read about the complexities of such things as space and time travel. However, stories like this show the genre lends itself well to humor and love just as easily.