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 War of the Worlds (Blu-ray) (1953)
7.1/10
Director: Byron Haskin
Starring: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne
Based on the HG Wells novel, this film about a Martian invasion of the Earth is a superior sci-fi and won an Oscar for its special effects. It was or... Read more
Elizabeth Harvest (2018)
5.8/10
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
Starring: Abbey Lee, Ciaran Hinds, Carla Gugino, Matthew Beard, Dylan Baker
A brilliant man marries a beautiful woman and shows her his home, stating that it's all hers - except a room she can't enter. First chance she enters... Read more
The Scribbler (2014)
Starring: Katie Cassidy, Garret Dillahunt, Michelle Trachtenberg, Eliza Dushku, Michael Im...
THE SCRIBBLER follows Suki (Katie Cassidy), a young woman confronting her destructive mental illness using "The Siamese Burn," an experimental machine... Read more
Captain America: Civil War (4K Ultra HD) (2016)
7.5/10
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Starring: Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, William Hurt, Paul...
When an incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to hold the team accountable. The resulting battle dri... Read more
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Blu-ray) (1999)
6.5/10
Director: George Lucas
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Frank Oz, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Pernilla August, Jake Llo...
This "prequel" to writer/director George Lucas' popular space epic takes place "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away" where two Jedi Knights and... Read more
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (Blu-ray) (2002)
6.6/10
Director: George Lucas
Starring: Hayden Christensen, Samuel L Jackson, Christopher Lee, Ian McDiarmid, Ewan McGre...
Ten years after "The Phantom Menace" Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and student Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) investigate an attem... Read more
Rollerball (Blu-ray) (1975)
6.6/10
Director: Norman Jewison
Starring: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, Moses Gunn, John Beck, Pamela Hensley, Ra...
The most popular sport in the 21st century is Rollerball--a gory combination of roller derby and gladiator combat played with motorcycles. James Caan... Read more
Age Of Tomorrow (2014)
2.1/10
Starring: Kelly Hu, Robert Picardo
Mankind must fight to survive as Earth is invaded by hostile UFOs bent on destroying the planet. As the epic battle wages on, astronauts sneak aboard... Read more
Back to the Future (4K Ultra HD) (1985)
8.5/10
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Michael J Fox, Crispin Glover, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Marc McClure
Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd are a time-travelling duo who journey from the past to the future and back again in this now-classic sci-fi comed... Read more
Babylon 5: In The Beginning (2001)
6.1/10
Director: Mike Vejar
Starring: Bruce Boxleitner, Mira Furlan, Richard Biggs
Emperor Londo Mollari of the Centauri Republic tells the story of the Earth-Minbari War that almost destroyed humanity and later inspired its last bes... Read more