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.
When an unscrupulous real estate developer sends thugs into a deteriorating tenement to get rid of the last five residents, they need nothing short of... Read more
The original sci-fi classic that combined outer space terror with Cold War paranoia. A small California town is under siege from alien "pods" that tur... Read more
A giant, fire-breathing lizard threatens civilization in this all time classic Japanese monster movie. Now, for the first time ever, you can view the... Read more
A stylish adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel of the not-so-distant future where certain young women are used to bear 'pure' children for the milita... Read more
An unnamed woman, played by Scarlett Johansson with unshakably alluring menace, cruises the streets of Scotland in a cargo van looking for men. She's... Read more
A Texas-sized asteroid is hurtling towards Earth, NASA gets nervous and it's up to Bruce Willis and his misfit oil drillers turned astronaut crew to b... Read more
Complex and futuristic tale stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a government agent working inside an experimental program that allows one's psyche to take over a... Read more
Peter Jackson produced this wry sci-fi flick about an alien refugee camp in South Africa. 28 years after the aliens first made contact they are housed... Read more
Psychotherapist Jennifer Lopez, who uses experimental virtual reality technology to enter the minds of her patients, is recruited by the FBI to delve... Read more
Buckaroo Banzai is a skilled neurosurgeon and physicist who becomes bored with his scientific and medical work and embarks on a career as a rock star... Read more