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.
X-Men: Volume 1, Episodes 1-8 (1992)
7.4/10
Director: Various
A fondly remembered treatment of Marvel's classic super-hero team. This series from the early 1990s brought cutting-edge animation and design to Satur... Read more
Future Cop ( aka Trancers ) (1985)
5.7/10
Director: Charles Band
Starring: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Art La Fleur
Tim Thomerson is cleverly cast as a low budget version of Harrison Ford from 'Blade Runner', sent back in time 300 years to 1985 L.A. to inhabit the b... Read more
Roswell (1994)
6.4/10
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Starring: Dwight Yoakam, Kim Greist, Kyle MacLachlan, Martin Sheen
Aka "Incident at Roswell", "Roswell: The UFO Cover-Up". 'Something' crashed in the desert outside Roswell, New Mexico in the summer of 1947. This made... Read more
This Island Earth (1955)
5.9/10
Director: Joseph M Newman
Starring: Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason
Prepare to blast off from planet Earth in one of the most popular classic sci-fi films of all time! When atomic scientist Dr. Meacham (Rex Reason) is... Read more
Wedlock (1991)
5.9/10
Director: Lewis Teague
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Mimi Rogers, Joan Chen, James Remar
Aka "Deadlock". Rutger Hauer and Mimi Rogers escape a high-tech prison but are bound by a security device that will explode if they stray more than 10... Read more
The Giant Behemoth (1959)
5.8/10
Director: Eugene Lourie
Starring: Gene Evans, Andre Morell
A Cornish fisherman is found covered with what looks like radiation burns. Before he dies, the fisherman utters the word 'behemoth', citing a monster... Read more
Fiend Without A Face (1957)
6.3/10
Director: Arthur Crabtree
Starring: Marshall Thompson, Kim Parker, Terence Kilburn
An effective chiller with overtones of the 'Id' creature from 'Forbidden Planet' as a scientific thought experiment goes awry and the fiends go on a f... Read more
Gravity ( Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D ) (2013)
7.7/10
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Starring: George Clooney, Sandra Bullock
Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) in... Read more
The First Purge (2018)
5.3/10
Director: Gerard McMurray
Starring: Lauren Velez, Marisa Tomei, Y'lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade
To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggressio... Read more
Occupation (2018)
5.7/10
Director: Luke Sparke
Starring: Aaron Jeffery, Temuera Morrison, Roy Billing, Charles Mesure, Dan Ewing, Rhianno...
Some town residents have to band together after a devastating alien invasion. As they struggle to survive, they realize they must stay one step ahead... Read more