15 Best Feel Good Sci-Fi Movies

Coming from the eventual helmer of 2015’s Jurassic World (which, despite being fun, featured one too many raptor assisted demises to qualify as a feelgood film), this 2012 indie sci-fi sees eternal sceptic Aubrey Plaza and her opportunistic employer (New Girl’s Jake Johnson, likeably sleazy as ever), investigating a kook who claims to have mastered time travel in his backyard.

Of course, said time traveller turns out to be a loveable sadsack played to perfection by Mark Duplass and you’d be hard pressed not to root for him by the time the initially understated story twists and turns its way to a shocking and jaw-droppingly fun conclusion.

Life-affirming? We don’t know what you’re talking about, there’s just something in our eyes every time we watch this one.