15 Best Feel Good Sci-Fi Movies

13. E.T The Extraterrestrial

Despite being amongst the most widely beloved names in cinema, not everything from Steven Spielberg is as life-affirming as fans of the saccharine Hook and The BFG might expect. This’s the director who brought us the likes of Jaws and Saving Private Ryan, after all, and he’s more than ready to tug on heartstrings when necessary.

This occasional mean streak makes the Schindler’s List helmer’s moments of pure feel good joy all the sweeter, though, as seen in 1982’s “a boy and his alien” classic E.T.

One of cinema’s sweetest adventures, the story of E.T and Eliot’s bond may leave us teary-eyed, but their friendship is still one of sci-fi’s most uplifting moments.