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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 Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)

5.4/10
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Charles Grodin, Henry Gibson, Lily Tomlin, Ned Beatty

The loveable and laughable Lily Tomlin stars in this high-spirited sci-fi comedy satire. Exposed to a bizarre mix of household chemicals, ordinary hou... Read more

The Infinite Man (2014)

6.4/10
Director: Hugh Sullivan
Starring: Alex Dimitriades, Hannah Marshall, Josh McConville

Meticulous and neurotic scientist Dean (Josh McConville) attempts to recreate his first anniversary with girlfriend Lara (Hannah Marshall) one year on... Read more

The Invasion (2007)

5.9/10
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond, Jeffrey Wright, Veron...

Following the crash of a space shuttle, an unearthly discovery in the wreckage leads to the spread of a mysterious virus that makes the infected stran... Read more

The Invisible Man (1933)

7.7/10
Director: James Whale
Starring: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, Una O'Connor

A super version of HG Wells' fantasy, with Claude Rains playing the scientist who experiments with a drug which, while it makes him invisible, also tu... Read more

The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)

5.8/10
Director: Ford Beebe
Starring: Evelyn Ankers, John Carradine, Jon Hall, Leon Errol, Alan Curtis

An eager scientist tests his new formula for invisibility on an escaped fugitive. When the formula works the criminal runs off to terrorize a family h... Read more

The Invisible Woman (1940)

Director: Edward Sutherland
Starring: Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard

Eccentric Professor Gibbs, brilliant but impractical, invents an invisibility machine and advertises for a guinea pig. What he gets is Kitty Carroll,... Read more

The Island (2005)

6.9/10
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Sean Bean, Steve Buscemi, Djimon Hounsou, Mic...

Lincoln Six Echo (Ewan McGregor) lives underground in a future where most of the earth has become uninhabitable. Only the idyllic Island can still su... Read more

The Island ( Blu-ray ) (2005)

6.9/10
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Sean Bean, Steve Buscemi, Djimon Hounsou, Mic...

Lincoln Six Echo (Ewan McGregor) lives underground in a future where most of the Earth has become uninhabitable. Only the idyllic Island can still sus... Read more

The Island of Dr Moreau (1996)

4.4/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Temuera Morrison

This remake of the classic H. G. Wells story stars Marlon Brando as the not-so-good doctor, whose experiments with genetics have resulted in horrific... Read more

The Island of Dr Moreau (1977)

5.9/10
Director: Don Taylor
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport, Richard Basehart, Barbara Carrera

Burt Lancaster stars in the title role as the deranged scientist, who uses his remote island as a base for experiments in creating half-human, half-an... Read more