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.
Starman (1984)
7/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith
Extremely pleasant, genteel film about an alien who lands on earth and abducts a young widow to help him travel cross-country so he can rendezvous wit... Read more
Starman (Blu-Ray) (1984)
7/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, Lu Leonard
Answering a NASA message intended for aliens, a space being tries to contact mankind, but an American missile grounds his ship. Scrambling, the so-cal... Read more
Starship Troopers (1997)
7.2/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Michael Ironside, Jake Busey, Patr...
From the bridge of the Fleet Battlestation Ticonderoga, with its sweeping galactic views, to the desolate terrain of planet Klendathu, teeming with sh... Read more
Starship Troopers ( Blu-ray ) (1997)
7.2/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Michael Ironside, Jake Busey, Patr...
From the bridge of the Fleet Battlestation Ticonderoga, with its sweeping galactic views, to the desolate terrain of planet Klendathu, teeming with sh... Read more
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2003)
3.5/10
Director: Phil Tippett
Starring: Richard Burgi, Lawrence Monoson, Colleen Porch
In the continuing war against the arachnids, a small Federation force fighting on a remote planet takes refuge in an abandoned outpost. But while they... Read more
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008)
4.3/10
Director: Ed Neumeier
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Jolene Blalock, Amanda Donohoe, Marnette Patterson, Boris Kodjo...
Casper Van Dien reprises his "Starship Troopers" role as Johnny Rico in this thrilling sequel. When a Federation ship transporting an important govern... Read more
Strange Brew (1983)
6.7/10
Starring: Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Max von Sydow
Canada's most famous hosers, Bob and Doug McKenzie, get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, only to learn that something is rotten with the state of it. Read more
Strange Days (1995)
7.2/10
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Michael Wincott, Vi...
As the racially-torn city of 1999 Los Angeles prepares to welcome in the new millennium, ex-cop Ralph Fiennes, eking out a living by peddling computer... Read more
Strange Invaders / Invaders From Mars (1986)
Director: Michael Laughlin, Tobe Hooper
Starring: Nancy Allen, Paul LeMat, Fiona Lewis, Karen Black, Bud Cort
'Strange Invaders' (1983): A fun spoof of science fiction invader films of the '50s and '60s. A UFO lands in a remote area of the midwest during the 1... Read more
Subject Two (2006)
5.5/10
Director: Philip Chidel
Starring: Philip Chidel, Christian Oliver, Courtney Mace, Dean Stapleton
Dr Franklin Vick believes he may have found the cure for death itself. Retreating to his remote mountain cabin, he takes with him a troubled medical... Read more