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 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
Meticulous and neurotic scientist Dean (Josh McConville) attempts to recreate his first anniversary with girlfriend Lara (Hannah Marshall) one year on... Read more
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
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
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
Eccentric Professor Gibbs, brilliant but impractical, invents an invisibility machine and advertises for a guinea pig. What he gets is Kitty Carroll,... Read more
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
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
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
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