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.
Transformers: The Last Knight (3D & Blu-ray) (2017)
5.2/10
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock
Humans are at war with the Transformers, and Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving the future lies buried in the secrets of the past and the hidden... Read more
Z for Zachariah (Blu-ray) (2015)
6/10
Director: Craig Zobel
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Margot Robbie, Chris Pine
Ann Burden (Margot Robbie) wanders around in an isolated valley with her dog, apparently fending for herself. One day she stumbles upon a man in a mak... 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
Color Out Of Space (2019)
6.2/10
Director: Richard Stanley
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Tommy Chong
A secluded farm is struck by a strange meteorite which has apocalyptic consequences for the family living there and possibly the world. Read more
Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep (2020)
8.6/10
Starring: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Victor Maddern, Margaret Johnston
The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Victoria and Jamie to the coast of England, where the ESGO complex is drawing up natural gas from the North Sea. But the... Read more
Antiviral (Blu-ray) (2012)
5.7/10
Director: Brandon Cronenberg
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Sheila McCarthy, Wendy Crewson, Nicholas Campbell, Douglas Smi...
Syd March (Caleb Landry Jones) is an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Syd... Read more
Psycho Goreman (Blu-ray) (2020)
6.3/10
Director: Steven Kostanski
Starring: Adam Brooks
After unearthing a gem that controls an evil monster looking to destroy the Universe, a young girl and her brother use it to make him do their bidding... Read more
The Shannara Chronicles (2016)
7.2/10
Starring: Austin Butler, Ivana Baquero, Manu Bennett
An Elvish tree, known as the Ellcrys, is dying. The bad news is that the tree has been the only piece of magic that protects the Four Lands from the D... Read more
Spider-Man: No way Home (4K Ultra HD) (2021)
8.5/10
Director: Jon Watts
Starring: Tom Holland, Samuel L Jackson, Zendaya , Jon Favreau, J B Smoove, Martin Starr,...
With Spider-Man's identity now revealed, Peter asks Doctor Strange for help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous foes from other worlds start to appear... Read more
Inception (4K) (2010)
8.8/10
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Caine, Tom Bereng...
Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in this sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the world of dreams... Read more