10 Sci-Fi Movies That Got The Science Right

Interstellar may seem like a movie that has some crazy time-travel shenanigans going on, but in reality, the movie's depiction of time dilation was in line with a real understanding of physics. To get the physics just right, Christopher Nolan got some help from theoretical physicist Kip Thorne, Ph.D.

Nolan used Einstein's general relativity equations to help aid in his depiction of a black hole, which is something that had never been observed prior to the film's release. According to Thorne, the visuals they built were so detailed, it "had 23 million pixels in the image, entirely based on solving Einstein's [equations]."

The math helped create the simulations. While they didn't discover anything new from their scientific deep-dive into Einstein's most notable equation, they made the film as accurate as was humanly possible. This was continued with depictions of wormholes and time dilation.

Gravitation — especially in close proximity to a black hole — affects time dilation. This was shown through the passage of time on the ship as it related to time passing by on Earth. All of that was mathematically accurate. While the movie has some flaws, very little of the actual science shown on screen wasn't 100% correct.