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.
The Avengers ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
8.1/10
Director: Joss Whedon
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr, Samuel L Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Stellan Sk...
The Marvel Comics superhero team comes together in this ambitious blockbuster from writer/director Joss Whedon. When an unexpected enemy emerges that... Read more
The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
8.1/10
Director: Joss Whedon
Starring: Don Cheadle, James Spader, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr, Samuel L Jackson, Sca...
When Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) jump-starts a dormant peacekeeping program, things go terribly awry, forcing him, Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Incr... Read more
The Avengers: Age of Ultron ( Blu-ray ) (2015)
8.1/10
Director: Joss Whedon
Starring: Don Cheadle, James Spader, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr, Samuel L Jackson, Sca...
When Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) jump-starts a dormant peacekeeping program, things go terribly awry, forcing him, Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Incr... Read more
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
6.7/10
Director: Eugene Lourie
Starring: Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway
Atomic testing in the Arctic revives a gigantic "rhedosaurus" frozen in the ice for millions of years, and soon the creature is cutting a path of dest... Read more
The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
6.4/10
Director: Richard Lester
Starring: Arthur Lowe, Dudley Moore, Harry Secombe, Marty Feldman, Michael Hordern, Peter...
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' (which lasted two minutes and twenty eight seconds, including th... Read more
The Black Hole (1979)
5.9/10
Director: Gary Nelson
Starring: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimie...
The Disney studio's foray into big budget science-fiction came in the wake of 'Star Wars' with this ambitious undertaking that, despite excellent effe... Read more
The Black Hole (2006)
3.2/10
Director: Tibor Takacs
Starring: Kristy Swanson, Judd Nelson, David Selby
When an atomic experiment goes horribly wrong, a massive artificial black hole is created. And if that wasn't bad enough, the spatial phenomenon bring... Read more
The Blackout: Invasion Earth (2019)
6.1/10
Starring: Pyotr Fyodorov
Life on Earth is rapidly destroyed except for a small area in Eastern Europe. Read more
The Book of Eli (2010)
6.9/10
Director: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes, The Hughes Brothers
Starring: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Jennifer Beals, Michael Gambon, Mila Kunis, Ray...
Eli walks alone in post-apocalyptic America. He heads west along the Highway of Death on a mission he doesn't fully understand but knows he must compl... Read more
The Box (2009)
5.6/10
Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Frank Langella, James Marsden, James Rebhorn, Holmes Osborne
In 1976, a cash-strapped suburban couple (Cameron Diaz and James Marsden) receive a gift of a simple wooden box with a single button on it. A mysterio... Read more