Unlike their terrestrial counterparts, the best sci-fi romance movies of all time aren't just filled with the usual grand romantic gestures and passionate moments. Instead, they use their sci-fi settings to explore human emotion in entirely new ways.
Sure, when you think of sci-fi, it's doubtful your mind jumps to romance. Not when you've got intergalactic travel, alien invasions, twisted dystopias, and psychological thrillers all weaving their way through the genre. Yet, when sci-fi explores human emotion, it can create some of the most poignant tales of romance imaginable. Because what better way to formulate out-of-this-world love stories than by literally going out of this world?
