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.
Cloud Atlas (2012)
7.5/10
Director: Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski
Starring: Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving, Jim Broadbent, Keith David, Susan Sarando...
From acclaimed filmmakers Lana Wachowski ("The Matrix"), Tom Tykwer ("Run Lola Run"), and Andy Wachowski ("The Matrix"), the powerful and inspiring ep... 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
Cold Lazarus (1996)
8.2/10
Starring: Albert Finney, Roy Hudd, Richard E Grant, Ciaran Hinds, Frances de la Tour
Dr. Emma Porlock and her colleagues, attempting to unlock the secrets of human memory for the Masdon drug empire, get a cryogenically stored 400-year-... Read more
Alien Anthology (Blu-ray) (2010)
7.6/10
Director: David Fincher, James Cameron, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Ridley Scott
Starring: Veronica Cartwright, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Yaphet Kotto, Harry Dean Stanton, Sigo...
Product Description Brace yourself for a whole new breed of Blu ray: Four powerful films...eight thrilling versions...in dazzling, terrifying, high d... Read more
Invasion: UFO (1974)
6.1/10
Director: Gerry Anderson, Tomblin Summers Frankel
Starring: Ed Bishop, Michael Billington, Wanda Ventham, Derren Nesbitt
The Earth is threatened by an alien race who kidnap and kill humans and even animals and and use them for their body parts. In the year 1980 S.H.A.D.O... Read more
Black Widow (4K Ultra HD) (2021)
6.7/10
Director: Cate Shortland
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, Rachel Weisz, David Harbour, Ray Winstone, Wi...
Natasha Romanoff confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Read more
Vexille ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
6.9/10
Director: Fumihiko Sori
By the year 2077, the UN has banned robot technology because of its threat to humankind; but there are fears that such technologies are being develope... Read more
Night of the Creeps (1986)
6.8/10
Director: Fred Dekker
Starring: Jason Lively, Jill Whitlow, Steve Marshall, Wally Taylor, Bruce Solomon
When aliens jettison an interstellar space pod in 1959 it crashes to Earth and infects an unsuspecting human in a most sinister manner, establishing a... Read more
Colossal (2016)
6.2/10
Director: Nacho Vigalondo
Starring: Tim Blake Nelson, Anne Hathaway, Dan Stevens, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell
Gloria (Anne Hathaway) drinks too hard and parties too much. Her boyfriend has enough of it and throws her out. Gloria returns to her hometown, dreami... Read more
Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds (1989)
6.7/10
Director: Alex Proyas
Starring: Michael Lake, Melissa Davis, Norman Boyd
Brother and sister endure alone together in a post-apocalyptic Outback until the sudden arrival of a stranger. Read more