This 10/10 Masterpiece Gave Us The Best Sci-Fi Movie Quote Of The Decade

Published Aug 29, 2026, 8:19 PM EDT Felipe Rangel is a Movie and TV Journalist ScreenRant. He has been writing about movies and TV since 2021. Felipe joined ScreenRant in 2022, working across different teams, covering everything from breaking news to features to reviews and more. Felipe is a writer who is an avid film and TV fan, with superhero movies and series being his biggest passion. He graduated from college in 2019, having studied Journalism. Before college, he spent a month studying at the Oxford English Centre. His superhero knowledge expands to the comics, with his undergraduate thesis being "Politics Reflected In American Comics." Sci-Fi is one of the genres that have come up with the most creative movies this decade, and that has led to a lot of great lines, but thus far, this sci-fi movie quote from 2022 continues to be the best. 2026's sci-fi movie slate is truly remarkable. We have had major franchises coming back and original projects taking off. From now until the end of the year, sci-fi movie fans will be treated to quite a few high-profile releases. Those include Avengers: Doomsday, which will bring back one of the biggest movie franchises of all time and will play with a sci-fi concept, the multiverse, and Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Three. That space opera will conclude a masterpiece trilogy, building a lot of anticipation for it. Both of Villeneuve's Dune movies released so far can be considered masterpieces, and they added some haunting quotes to the hall of the greatest sci-fi movie lines of the 2020s. Likewise, genre entries such as Project Hail Mary, The Wild Robot, Godzilla Minus One, Avatar: The Way of Water, and more have come up with impactful quotes to battle for the title in the 2020s. That said, while there have been many sci-fi masterpieces this decade with quotes that will be remembered for years to come, 2022's Everything Everywhere All at Once takes the cake in that regard. The film is pretty much a perfect release, from story to cast to cinematography and everything in between. That said, it is this quote that can't get out many viewers' heads four years later. Everything Everywhere All At Once Gave Us A Perfect Sci-Fi Movie Quote Everything Everywhere All At Once tells a poignant story about connection with the multiverse as its backdrop. That deep level of emotion led to quite a few memorable quotes. That said, I believe that the movie's most impactful line, and the one that stands as the best sci-fi movie quote of the 2020s so far, is "In another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you." For context, this quote comes from Ke Huy Quan's Waymond, who says this to Michelle Yeoh's Evelyn in a universe where he is a wealthy businessman and she is a movie star. Throughout the movie, Evelyn gets to experience all these different universes where she lives large lives and does not have to deal with the kind of stress and pressure she is under as her marriage shows its cracks, and she faces an audit that could end her already failing laundromat. Of course, she feels negative about her predicament, claiming she is the worst version of herself. That is why this line hits like a freight train, as it comes from a "perfect" version of Wayland who would love nothing more than the simple, boring life Evelyn lives with her husband. As such, this quote boils down a heady sci-fi movie with complex concepts into a universally relatable and fundamentally human storyline about love. Everything Everywhere All At Once Is Still One Of The Decade's Best Sci-Fi Movies What also happens to help Everything Everywhere All At Once's best quote stand out among other sci-fi movie quotes in the 2020s is the fact that this is one of the genre's best releases ever. Everything Everywhere All At Once made $144.9 million worldwide by the end of its theatrical run. Based on a reported budget of $25 million, the sci-fi movie became a major box office hit. Everything Everywhere All At Once also holds a near-perfect 93% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 407 reviews, which is quite the feat. The movie secured the platform's celebrated Certified Fresh label. The film is also perhaps the best a movie has used the multiverse, which means a lot, given that one of the biggest movie franchises ever, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has been living in its Multiverse Saga since 2021. It remains to be seen whether Everything Everywhere All At Once will stand tall with the best sci-fi movie quote of the 2020s when all is said and done, but with three more years to go, its chances are looking good. Release Date March 24, 2022 Runtime 140 minutes Director Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan Writers Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan Producers Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Virginie Besson-Silla, Mike LaRocca, Tim Headington, Jonathan Wang, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert