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.
On a routine space shuttle mission a pair of astronauts leave their spacecraft to repair a satellite... there's an explosion and NASA loses contact fo... Read more
Light years ahead of its time, this groundbreaking, visually stunning masterpiece grows even more wondrous as time passes. Beginning with The Dawn of... Read more
Four years on from the events at Jurassic Park on the island of Isla Nubar, dinosaurs have bred on the neighbouring site of Isla Sorna. The park's fou... Read more
This big-budget sci-fi adventure follows a problem-plagued manned mission to the Red Planet, which uncovers much more than a few rust coloured rocks.... Read more
M Night Shyamalan's story of alien visitation and human redemption features Mel Gibson as a former minister who discovers mysterious crop circles on h... Read more
In this frightening film from Danny Boyle ('Trainspotting'), a quick-acting virus caused by diseased chimps sweeps across England, turning the inflict... Read more
Morgan Sullivan (Jeremy Northam) is an out of work accountant, stuck in an unhappy suburban life. Seeking an escape, he joins the multinational corpor... Read more
A tense science-fiction thriller, this film focuses on a team of scientists attempting to isolate a deadly virus while racing against time and the pos... Read more
On a pollution ravaged Earth in 2025, man's survival lies in colonising the planet Mars. But when a five person mission is sent to discover why a robo... Read more
The black-suited, shades-wearing dynamic duo of Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are back for more intergalactic fun in this hit sequel. With the Earth'... Read more