He only uses this technology to find a version of his late wife who is still alive. But each time he "jumps," he loses a sense—first smell, then hearing, then sight.

Tovino Thomas plays a "Rain Rider"—a smuggler who steals frozen water from corporate convoys. When he steals a hard drive containing the algorithm to reverse the rising heat, he becomes the target of a sentient AI police force.

Moving away from the dystopian grit, Nirguna is the "soft sci-fi" entry we didn't know we needed. This is a philosophical drama about a quantum physicist (a returning Prithviraj Sukumaran after his Salaar hiatus) who discovers how to communicate with parallel universes.

For years, Malayalam cinema has been celebrated for its raw realism, nuanced family dramas, and gripping thrillers. But for every Kumbalangi Nights or Drishyam , fans have been quietly begging for one thing: More spaceships.

If you thought Jallikattu was chaotic, imagine that primal energy in zero gravity. Lijo Jose Pellissery is reportedly teaming up with cinematographer Madhu Neelakandan for a genre-bending survival thriller set aboard a deep-space mining vessel.