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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 Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

5.5/10
Director: Scott Derrickson
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith, John Cleese, Jon Hamm...

Keanu Reeves is apparently well-cast in the role of an emotionally bereft and expressionless alien from another planet in this remake of the 1951 clas... Read more

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

7.8/10
Director: Robert Wise
Starring: Billy Gray, Hugh Marlowe, Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Sam Jaffe

A spacecraft lands in Washington D.C. and an alien emerges, with a menacing robot whose destructive powers defy imagination. So begins the science-fic... Read more

The Day the Earth Stood Still ( Blu-ray ) (2008)

5.5/10
Director: Scott Derrickson
Starring: James Hong, Jennifer Connelly, John Cleese, Kathy Bates, Keanu Reeves, Jon Hamm,...

Keanu Reeves is apparently well-cast in the role of an emotionally bereft and expressionless alien from another planet in this remake of the 1951 clas... Read more

The Day the Earth Stood Still ( Blu-ray ) (1951)

7.8/10
Director: Robert Wise
Starring: Billy Gray, Hugh Marlowe, Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Sam Jaffe

A spacecraft lands in Washington D.C. and an alien emerges, with a menacing robot whose destructive powers defy imagination. So begins the science-fic... Read more

The Day The World Ended (1956)

4.4/10
Director: Roger Corman
Starring: Richard Denning, Adele Jergens, Lori Nelson

Originally released in the fifties during the atomic decade, Day The World Ended tells the story of what happened when man finally destroys himself in... Read more

The Deaths of Ian Stone (2007)

5.6/10
Director: Dario Piana
Starring: Christina Cole, Mike Vogel, Jaime Murray

"The first day of the rest of your life" is a phrase that has special meaning for Ian Stone (Mike Vogel). Trapped in a horrifying time warp in which h... Read more

The Descent (2005)

7.2/10
Director: Neil Marshall
Starring: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, Nora-Jane Noone, My...

When sperlunking goes bad...A group of girls on their annual holiday become trapped in an uncharted cave after a rock fall cuts them off from the outs... Read more

The Descent (Blu-ray) (2005)

7.2/10
Director: Neil Marshall
Starring: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, Nora-Jane Noone, My...

When sperlunking goes bad...A group of girls on their annual holiday become trapped in an uncharted cave after a rock fall cuts them off from the outs... Read more

The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016)

Director: Robert Schwentke
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Naomi Watts, Maggie Q, Ray Stevenson, Shailene Woodley, Theo James...

After the earth-shattering revelations of INSURGENT, Tris must escape with Four and go beyond the wall enclosing Chicago. For the first time ever, the... Read more

The Divergent Series: Allegiant ( Blu-ray ) (2016)

Director: Robert Schwentke
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Naomi Watts, Maggie Q, Ray Stevenson, Shailene Woodley, Theo James...

After the earth-shattering revelations of INSURGENT, Tris must escape with Four and go beyond the wall enclosing Chicago. For the first time ever, the... Read more