Project Hail Mary

Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

With Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, James Ortiz, Lionel Boyce and Milana Vayntrub

Tipped for awards this season

Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction.