Into the Night (2020—)

This apocalyptic sci-fi from Belgium will probably turn you off from flying any time soon. Set on a plane, Into the Night sees a red-eye hijacked by a soldier who, along with the rest of the passengers, ends up surviving a deadly global event down on the ground. Can they keep the plane going long enough to take them to safety? That premise alone should be enough to entice you to catch this excellent, tense thriller.

"I believe that we are all genuinely committed, but a shift of mindset is necessary for us to bridge the final gaps that continue to separate members," director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told ministers in her opening address at the closed-door meeting, according to a copy of her speech seen by Reuters.

This sees investigator and ex-soldier Takeshi Kovacs transported into the body of Joel Kinnaman in season 1 and Anthony Mackie in season 2. Initially, Kovacs' story involves solving a murder, before he goes on a quest to unravel what happened to his own lost love. Altered Carbon can be clunky at times, but its visual candy and entertainment value hoist you through the exposition and heavy-handed social commentary. Altered Carbon (2018-2020)

Altered Carbon is set in a cyberpunk world where human consciousnesses can be transferred into different bodies.

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GENEVA, July 15 (Reuters) - The head of the World Trade Organization told trade ministers on Thursday she was optimistic about concluding multilateral talks on the fishing industry soon but called for a "shift of mindset" to bridge final gaps.

LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - British Brexit minister David Frost said on Monday that the European Union's proposals to solve the problem of trade involving Northern Ireland did not go far enough and significant gaps remained between the two sides.

An easily digestible flick that you can watch while looking at your phone. It follows a schoolteacher who's drafted into a war with aliens -- in the future. The Tomorrow War (2021)

It's hard to leave The Tomorrow War off this list, because it's Prime Video's big sci-fi actioner starring Chris Pratt.

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If those kinds of meticulously crafted layers are what you're after in your storytelling, settle in. Dark (2017-2020)

Germany's answer to Stranger Things deliberately takes its time before stepping into completely compelling and original places. A sci-fi noir, Dark folds time travel, conspiracies and estranged families into a generation-spanning story kicked off by a child's disappearance. All three seasons of Dark's meditative look at time travel and its effect on human nature are waiting to hit you at full force.

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Well-executed with entertaining results, WarGames is a smart sci-fi flick for everyone. WarGames (1983)

An '80s techno-thriller starring Matthew Broderick, WarGames won big praise for its inventive concept, paired with teen drama. A young hacker unwittingly accesses a US military supercomputer, one that can execute nuclear war with the Soviet Union.

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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

The second Star Trek movie in the rebooted franchise beams up a terrific adventure with a memorable villain in Benedict Cumberbatch's Khan. While a little dated -- a gratuitous underwear scene and a change in ethnicity for Khan -- Into Darkness is a rollicking trip. The gang on the USS Enterprise travels to the forbidden zone in space to rescue an endangered species.

Sense8 (2015-2018)

From the creators of The Matrix comes another story that plays with reality. If you jibe with Sense8's diverse characters, you'll fall head over heels for this earnest and sensual sci-fi drama. Not only do these windows into vastly different lives teach tolerance, but the "sensates" can also tap each other's skills when facing a sinister organization hunting them down. Sense8 follows eight strangers from across the world who discover they're mentally and emotionally linked.