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 Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
5.4/10
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Charles Grodin, Henry Gibson, Lily Tomlin, Ned Beatty
The loveable and laughable Lily Tomlin stars in this high-spirited sci-fi comedy satire. Exposed to a bizarre mix of household chemicals, ordinary hou... Read more
Superman / Batman: Apocalypse (2010)
7.2/10
Director: Lauren Montgomery
Starring: Andre Braugher, Kevin Conroy, Summer Glau, Tim Daly, Susan Eisenberg
When a spaceship splashes down in Gotham Harbor, Batman and Superman encounter a mysterious Kryptonian with powers as great as Superman's. When Darkse... Read more
King of Thorn (2009)
6.4/10
Director: Kazuyoshi Katayama
Panic spreads worldwide as the Medousa Virus - a fatal pandemic that solidifies the body to stone - threatens to wipe out the human race. 160 infected... Read more
Limitless (Blu-ray) (2011)
7.4/10
Director: Neil Burger
Starring: Anna Friel, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Bradley Cooper, Johnny Whitworth
Struggling New York City writer Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) begins taking a drug that promises to give him access to 100% of his brain's power. Morra... Read more
Bloodshot (Blu-ray) (2020)
5.7/10
Director: Dave Wilson
Starring: Vin Diesel
Ray Garrison, an elite soldier who was killed in battle, is brought back to life by an advanced technology that gives him the ability of super human s... Read more
Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut (Blu-ray) (2001)
7.6/10
Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Katharine Ross, Mary McDonnell, No...
During the presidential election of 1988, a teenager named Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) sleepwalks out of his house one night, and sees a giant, dem... Read more
Bill & Ted Face the Music (Blu-ray) (2020)
6.1/10
Director: Dean Parisot
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Kristen Schaal, Samara Weaving, William Sadler
Once told they'd save the universe during a time-traveling adventure, 2 would-be rockers from San Dimas, California find themselves as middle-aged dad... Read more
Starman (Blu-Ray) (1984)
7/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, Lu Leonard
Answering a NASA message intended for aliens, a space being tries to contact mankind, but an American missile grounds his ship. Scrambling, the so-cal... Read more
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
6.2/10
Director: Michael Dougherty
Starring: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Bradley Whitford, Sally Hawkins...
Members of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mot... Read more
Crimes Of The Future (Blu-ray) (2022)
5.9/10
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Lea Seydoux, Scott Speedman, Kristen Stewart, Don McKellar
Humans adapt to a synthetic environment, with new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice, Saul Tenser, celebrity performance artist,... Read more