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.
Comet (2014)
6.8/10
Director: Sam Esmail
Starring: Justin Long, Emmy Rossum
Justin Long and Emmy Rossum are star-crossed lovers whose relationship blooms and unravels over the course of six years in this mysterious, original r... Read more
Settlers (2021)
4.7/10
Starring: Sofia Boutella, Brooklynn Prince, Nell Tiger Free, Jonny Lee Miller
Mankind's earliest settlers on the Martian frontier do what they must to survive the cosmic elements and each other. Read more
Raised By Wolves (2020)
7.5/10
Starring: Travis Fimmel
After Earth is torn apart by religious differences and the human race teeters on the edge of extinction, an atheistic android architect sends two crea... Read more
Universal Soldier (1992)
6/10
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Ally Walker, Dolph Lundgren, Jean-Claude Van Damme
Two titans of movie muscledom, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren, team up in this sci-fi actioner. Killed while serving in Vietnam, they're bro... Read more
Hardware Wars (1978)
7/10
Director: Ernie Fossellus
Follow the adventures of Fluke Starbucker, Arty Deco, Ham Salad and the rest of the Red Eye Knights in this spectacle that was light years ahead of it... Read more
Cyborg (1989)
5.1/10
Director: Albert Pyun
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme
The last hope for a plague-ravaged future Earth rests inside the body of a beautiful robot/human hybrid, but when she's abducted by the ruthless "Pira... Read more
Rolf de Heer Collection ( The Quiet Room / Epsilon / Bad Boy Bubby / Dingo / Incident at Raven's Gate / Tail of a Tiger ) (2009)
Director: Rolf de Heer
Starring: Celine O'Leary, Colin Friels, Miles Davis, Nicholas Hope, Paul Blackwell, Steven...
The Rolf de Heer Collection provides an ideal introduction to this remarkable and idiosyncratic Australian filmmaker. Included in this set is the disq... Read more
Planet of Blood / Journey to the Seventh Planet (1966)
Director: Curtis Harrington, Sidney Pink
Starring: John Agar, Dennis Hopper, Basil Rathbone, John Saxon, Greta Thyssen, Ann Smyrner
A sci-fi classic double feature. "Planet of Blood" (1966) Aka 'Queen of Blood' - An outer space rescue mission finds a green-skinned woman in a Martia... Read more
The Dark Tower (2017)
5.7/10
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Starring: Dennis Haysbert, Matthew McConaughey, Jackie Earle Haley, Idris Elba, Fran Kranz
Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), the last Gunslinger, is locked in an eternal battle with Walter O'Dim (Matthew McConaughey), also known as the Man in Bl... Read more
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country ( Blu-ray ) (1991)
7.2/10
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Starring: Christopher Plummer, David Warner, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, James Doohan,...
After years at war, the Federation and the Klingon empire prepare for a peace summit. But when the Klingon ship with it's ambassador is inexplicably a... Read more