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This calendar month ’s selections for the three sci - fi film on Hulu that you need to watch in January include a film that flew in under the radar last fall , as well as one of Tom Cruise ’s good science fiction picture show and an adaption of a darling sci - fi drollery . If you like sci - fi , then you ’re belike to love these celluloid .

The Creator (2023)

After a long absence from theater , Rogue One : A Star Wars Storydirector Gareth Edwards repay withThe Creator , a sci - fi film about human beings ’s warfare against artificial intelligence . Some component part of humanity even side with the machine in this conflict , but Sergeant Joshua Taylor ( John David Washington ) is peculiarly blistering over an attack that cost him his limb and his branch , as well as the life of his wife , Maya Fey - Taylor ( Gemma Chan ) .

Taylor is recruited for a young mission by footage that suggests Maya is still alive . To get back to Maya , Taylor has to obtain Alpha - O ( Madeleine Yuna Voyles ) , an AI weapon that could spell the end of man . Much to Taylor ’s seismic disturbance , Alpha - O is a childlike robotic simulant with more mankind than its superiors . That ’s why Taylor disobeys order to down her as he searches for an alternate solution .

WatchThe CreatoronHulu .

A robot farms a field in The Creator.

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Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Now thatTom Cruisehas signed a multiyear deal with Warner Bros. ,Edge of Tomorrow 2has a better fortune of pass . Cruise headlined the firstEdge of Tomorrowas Major William Cage , a military journalist who made the wrong opposition during an exotic invasion . Suddenly , Cage retrieve himself demoted and fight on the frontline against the invaders before losing his life .

But since he was exposed to the blood of an alien , Cage discovers that he is relive the same day over and over again . With his newfound ability , Cage becomes an expert soldier under the tutorship of Sergeant Rita Vrataski ( Emily Blunt ) , the only other person to experience an alien time cringle like he did . Yet even with Rita by his side , Cage learn that there ’s always a pointedness in their future where they both die . Getting past that dark portion will be a real challenge for both of them .

WatchEdge of TomorrowonHulu .

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

You ’ve never seen a more lighthearted destruction of Earth than in the opening min ofThe Hitchhiker ’s Guide to the Galaxy . Douglas Adams ’ beloved sci - fi comedy arrived on the large filmdom withSherlock ’s Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent , the only human male to make it off the planet thanks to his friendship with Ford Prefect ( Mos Def ) , an alien travel author .

This improbable duo soon meets up with Ford ’s semi - cousin , President Zaphod Beeblebrox ( Sam Rockwell ) , a depressed android appoint Marvin ( voiced by Alan Rickman ) , and the last human female person , Trillian ( Zooey Deschanel ) . Beeblebrox is on a quest to name the Ultimate Question of Life , the Universe , and Everything . Arthur just want to recover some peace and sanity , but that ’s in short supply in this galax .

WatchThe Hitchhiker ’s Guide To the GalaxyonHulu .