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.
Helix (2014)
6.8/10
Starring: Billy Campbell
Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Center for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic... Read more
The Brain from Planet Arous (1957)
5.3/10
Director: Nathan Hertz
Starring: John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Robert Fuller
Two brains from outer space land on our planet, one is good, one is bad. Both must possess bodies to accomplish their goals. Who will be taken next? C... Read more
Protectors of the Universe (1983)
Director: Larry M. Jackson
In the far reach of space, a new star evokes. At that very moment, a horrible roaring sweeps across the universe. This sudden roaring, like a helpless... Read more
The Last Woman on Earth (1960)
6.1/10
Director: Roger Corman
Starring: Antony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland
On a boat in the Caribbean following WWIII, a gangster and lawyer fight to decide who'll get to repopulate the planet with the titular female, the mob... Read more
Dollman (1991)
5.8/10
Director: Albert Pyun
Starring: Tim Thomerson, Nicholas Guest, Kamala Lopez-Dawson, Jackie Earle Haley
Brick Bardo (Tim Thomerson) is a traveller from outer space who is forced to land on Earth. Though regular sized on his home planet, he is doll-sized... Read more
Phantom 2040: Season 1 (1994)
7.3/10
Director: David J Corbett
Starring: J.D. Hall, Margot Kidder, Scott Valentine, Mark Hamill, Ron Perlman
The 24th Phantom, the 'Ghost Who Walks,' battles crimes in the future of 2040. Phantom 2040 is a French-American animated science fiction television s... Read more
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
7.4/10
Director: Jim Mallon
Starring: Kevin Murphy, Michael J Nelson, Trace Beaulieu
Blast off on the Satellite of Love with Mike Nelson, Tom Servo and Crow in the big-screen version of the hilarious TV series, as they wisecrack their... Read more
Elysium (2013)
6.6/10
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Starring: Jodie Foster, Matt Damon, William Fichtner, Diego Luna, Wagner Moura, Alice Brag...
In the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live... Read more
Phantom from Space (1953)
4/10
Director: W Lee Wilder
Starring: Dick Sands
A cop and a pair of scientists are lured to an observatory by a series of murders, links to an invisible alien (Dick Sands) who has crash-landed on Ea... Read more
Star Trek Into Darkness ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
7.7/10
Director: J J Abrams
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Peter Weller, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, John Cho,...
Director J.J. Abrams' exciting sequel to 2009's "Star Trek" finds the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise facing one of their deadliest foes. This time, Cap... Read more