Edge of Tomorrow, 2014

Sci-fi often is often simply just the coolest shit imaginable, and Edge of Tomorrow is just that. This remarkable action movie is led by Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, who star as soldiers in a war against aliens called Mimics, which are capable of looping time. Cruise, in an atypical move, is a hapless soldier who barely knows up from down, let alone how to use his exosuit, and relies on Blunt’s character, an esteemed war vet, to learn how to survive. In turn, as one of the only people aware of the time loop occurring every time he dies, Cruise tries to save everyone from being slaughtered by the Mimics.

Edge of Tomorrow has been likened a lot over the years to video games. When Cruise’s character dies, he effectively respawns with all the knowledge of his past life. Taken as a whole, Edge of Tomorrow is just kind of a cool sci-fi roguelike. It’s also hilarious—watching the main character consistently eat shit as he tries to crystallize a sound strategy against the aliens leads to a few hearty belly laughs. If you want a crowd-pleasing flick, you cannot go wrong with Edge of Tomorrow, which should also just be turned into a video game at this point. — Moises Taveras