Project Hail Mary

Having lost his memory, a scientist stranded utterly alone on a spaceship light-years from Earth slowly realizes that humanity's last hope of stopping its own extinction is him — sent off armed with nothing but what he knows of science. Then he meets a small companion caught in the very same plight, and though the two can't share a single word, together they take on the greatest problem in the universe to save both their homes. Project Hail Mary.

Honestly, there aren't many space films that dazzle your eyes and brighten your heart like this one. The thrill of cracking impossible problems and the warmth of a friendship across species melt together like a small miracle, and once the charm of those two kicks in, even despair somehow turns fun. A movie that faces forward right to the very end — walk out of it and you truly believe the world can still get better, and a little courage wells up inside you.