Science Fiction
Science fiction as a genre of film making has been an element of the cinema experience since the earliest days of the motion picture industry. These films have explored a great range of unique topics, including many that cannot be readily presented in other genre. Science fiction films have been used to explore sensitive social and political issues, while often providing an entertaining story for the more casual viewer. Today, science fiction films are in the forefront of new special effects technology, and the audience has become accustomed to displays of realistic aliens, space battles, energy weapons, faster than light travel, and distant worlds.
This genre has produced many memorable films, as well as a number that can be considered mediocre or even among the worst examples of film production. It took many decades, and the efforts of talented teams of film producers, for the science fiction film genre to be taken seriously as an art form by many critics. The very best of these films may be scrolled below, or for Sci-Fi TV Series, select the green 'Televison Shows' heading on left, and then the 'TV Sci-Fi' option.
WALL-E ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
8.4/10
Director: Andrew Stanton
Starring: Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Na...
Pixar hit the box office jackpot with the charming exploits of a little robot who got left behind when Earth became uninhabitable. His job? Pick up th... Read more
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
7.5/10
Director: Matt Reeves
Starring: Steve Zahn, Woody Harrelson, Andy Serkis, Judy Greer, Toby Kebbell, Terry Notary
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Cae... Read more
War for the Planet of the Apes (Blu-ray) (2017)
7.5/10
Director: Matt Reeves
Starring: Steve Zahn, Woody Harrelson, Andy Serkis, Judy Greer, Toby Kebbell, Terry Notary
Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless colonel (Woody Harrelson). After the apes... Read more
War Of The Worlds (2005)
6.5/10
Starring: C Thomas Howell, Andy Lauer, Jake Busey, Peter Greene
A determined meteorologist must embark on a nationwide journey to find his son during a massive alien invasion that's goal is to exterminate the human... Read more
War of the Worlds (2005)
6.5/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Ann Robinson, Gene Barry, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins, Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning,...
Steven Spielberg's masterful take on the H.G. Wells classic stars Tom Cruise as a divorced New Jersey father whose weekend with kids is shattered by a... Read more
War of the Worlds ( Blu-ray ) (2005)
6.5/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Ann Robinson, Gene Barry, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins, Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning,...
Steven Spielberg's masterful take on the H.G. Wells classic stars Tom Cruise as a divorced New Jersey father whose weekend with kids is shattered by a... Read more
Warning from Space (1956)
4.4/10
Director: Koji Shima
Translated into English, the title of this Japanese sci-fi endeavor is Unknown Satellite over Tokyo. The extraterrestrials on this occasion are weirdl... Read more
Watchmen (2009)
7.6/10
Director: Zack Snyder
Starring: Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Mor...
Zack Snyder ('300') hit a home run with cinema audiences in adapting Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' classic comic book. Set in an alternate 1980s univer... Read more
Watchmen ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
7.6/10
Director: Zack Snyder
Starring: Billy Crudup, Carla Gugino, Matt Frewer, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Stephen McHattie,...
Zack Snyder ('300') hit a home run with cinema audiences in adapting Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' classic comic book. Set in an alternate 1980s univer... Read more
Waterworld (1995)
6.1/10
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kevin Costner, Tina Majorino, Michael Jeter
Exciting, exhilarating (and expensive) sci-fi saga, set on an ecologically ravaged future Earth covered by water. Kevin Costner, as a solitary wandere... Read more