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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.

Shin Ultraman (2022)

6.4/10
Starring: Takumi Saito, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masami Nagasawa, Daiki Arioka, Akari Hayami

After the accidental death of a human during battle, Ultraman takes on the man's appearance and place at the S-Class Species Suppression Protocol to p... Read more

Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)

4.1/10
Director: Mic Rodgers
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Jai White, Bill Goldberg

This theatrical sequel to the 1992 actioner features Jean-Claude Van Damme as the former "unisol" who must take on a rogue government supercomputer na... Read more

Monstrosity - The Atomic Brain (1964)

Director: Joseph V Mascelli
Starring: Erika Peters, Frank Fowler, Marjorie Eaton

This weird, morbid little sci-fi thriller stars Marjorie Eaton as a wealthy woman who employs a scientist to transfer her brain from its aging body in... Read more

Final Days of Planet Earth (2006)

4.3/10
Director: Robert Lieberman
Starring: Daryl Hannah, Campbell Scott, Gil Bellows, Suleka Mathew, Serge Houde

Originally a mini-series made for cable television, this end-of-days, sci-fi thriller features an evil plot by shapeshifting aliens to take over the e... Read more

Looper ( Blu-ray ) (2012)

7.4/10
Director: Rian Johnson
Starring: Bruce Willis, Jeff Daniels, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Piper Perabo, Paul Dano, Emily...

In the year 2042, time travel exists - but is available only on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they send the target 30 ye... Read more

Chappie (2015)

6.8/10
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Starring: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver

In the near future, crime is patrolled by a mechanized police force. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes t... Read more

Ghost in the Shell (2017)

6.4/10
Director: Rupert Sanders
Starring: Chin Han, Juliette Binoche, Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Pitt, Pi...

In the near future, Major (Scarlett Johansson) is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect so... Read more

Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (Blu-Ray) (3D) (2017)

7/10
Director: Rian Johnson
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Carrie Fisher, Frank Oz, Laura Dern, Mark Hamill, Andy Serkis,...

Luke Skywalker's peaceful and solitary existence gets upended when he encounters Rey, a young woman who shows strong signs of the Force. Her desire to... Read more

Star Trek Beyond (3D & Blu-ray) (2016)

7.1/10
Director: Justin Lin
Starring: Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Idris Elba, Simon Pegg, Chris...

Star Trek is now celebrating its 50th anniversary, a huge multimedia franchise that found its way onto TV, film, cartoons, books, comics and video gam... Read more

Star Trek Generations (Blu-ray) (1994)

6.6/10
Director: David Carson
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Stewart, William Shatner

The old guard gives way to the new as Captain Kirk (William Shatner) passes the baton to a new Starfleet commander, Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) i... Read more