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.
Sunshine ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.3/10
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Cliff Curtis, Chris Evans, Troy Garity, Hiroyuki San...
The sun is dying, and in a desperate attempt to save the earth from an imminent deadly ice age, eight astronauts are sent on a million-to-one mission... Read more
Super 8 (2011)
7/10
Director: J J Abrams
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Noah Emmerich, Ron Eldard, Elle Fanning
In 1979, a group of small-town Ohio teenagers accidentally films a train wreck while making a Super 8 movie. The sudden arrival of the military and a... Read more
Super 8 (Blu-ray) (2011)
7/10
Director: J J Abrams
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Noah Emmerich, Ron Eldard, Elle Fanning
In 1979, a group of small-town Ohio teenagers accidentally films a train wreck while making a Super 8 movie. The sudden arrival of the military and a... Read more
Superman / Batman: Apocalypse (2010)
7.2/10
Director: Lauren Montgomery
Starring: Andre Braugher, Kevin Conroy, Summer Glau, Tim Daly, Susan Eisenberg
When a spaceship splashes down in Gotham Harbor, Batman and Superman encounter a mysterious Kryptonian with powers as great as Superman's. When Darkse... Read more
Superman: Unbound (2013)
6.7/10
Director: James Tucker
Starring: John Noble, Stana Katic, Matt Bomer, Molly Quinn
An unstoppable android on the horizon. A mysterious fireball hurtling toward Earth. A fearless - and beautiful - reporter who'll stop at nothing to ge... Read more
Supernova (2000)
4.9/10
Director: Walter Hill
Starring: James Spader, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Lou Diamond Phillips, Peter Facine...
A deep space rescue and recovery spaceship with a crew of 6 receives a distress call from a mining operation 3432 light years away. A rescue operation... Read more
Surrogates (2009)
6.3/10
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Starring: Bruce Willis, James Cromwell, Radha Mitchell, Ving Rhames, Boris Kodjoe, Rosamun...
In the not-so-distant future, where people experience life through perfect surrogates controlled from the safety of their own homes, murder is a thing... Read more
Surrogates ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
6.3/10
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Starring: Bruce Willis, James Cromwell, Radha Mitchell, Ving Rhames, Boris Kodjoe, Rosamun...
In the not-so-distant future, where people experience life through perfect surrogates controlled from the safety of their own homes, murder is a thing... Read more
Suspension (2008)
5.2/10
Director: Alec Joler, Ethan Shaftel
Starring: Scott Cordes, Annie Tedesco, Caroline Vinciguerra, Dan Nichols, David Fritts
After losing his wife and only child in a car accident, Daniel stumbles upon something that has profound implications on the nature of time as we know... Read more
Sweet Tooth (2021)
7.8/10
Starring: Nonso Anozie, Christian Convery, Adeel Akhtar
Ten years ago "The Great Crumble" wreaked havoc on the world and led to the mysterious emergence of hybrids babies born part human, part animal. Unsur... Read more