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.
Looker (1981)
6.1/10
Director: Michael Crichton
Starring: Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey, Leigh Taylor-Young, Dorian Harewood, Dar...
Three of four models, who had plastic surgery done by Larry after a computed list, are dead. Neither the cops nor Larry believe they're suicides. Larr... Read more
Inseminoid (Blu-ray) (1981)
9.2/10
Starring: Stephanie Beacham, Steven Grives, Victoria Tennant
A crew of interplanetary archaeologists is threatened when an alien creature impregnates one of their members, causing her to turn homicidal and murde... Read more
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
Escape From New York ( Blu-ray ) (1981)
7.2/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Donald Pleasence, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Dean Stanton, Kurt Ru...
1997. New York City is a maximum security prison. When the President's plane crash lands within it's walls, he is taken prisoner by criminals demandin... Read more
Blake's 7: Series 4 (1981)
8/10
Director: Mary Ridge, David Sullivan Proudfoot, Vivenne Cozens
Starring: Paul Darrow, Glynis Barber, Michael Keating, Josette Simon, Jacqueline Pearce, G...
The intergalactic adventures of the interplanetary resistance group continue in the complete fourth and final season of â??Blakeâ??s 7â??. Roaming a u... Read more
Escape From New York (1981)
7.2/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Sea...
1997. New York City is a maximum security prison. When the President's plane crash lands within it's walls, he is taken prisoner by criminals demandin... Read more
Outland (1981)
6.6/10
Director: Peter Hyams
Starring: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, Kika Markham
This science-fiction translation of "High Noon" stars Sean Connery as a 21st-century marshal on the third moon of Jupiter who alone stands up to a rut... Read more
Virus (1980)
4.9/10
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Starring: Chuck Connors, Edward James Olmos, Glenn Ford, Henry Silva, Olivia Hussey, Rober...
After a biological accident and nuclear attacks, the world's only survivors are a few hundred men and a handful of women living in Antarctica. Breatht... Read more
Flash Gordon ( Blu-ray ) (1980)
6.5/10
Director: Mike Hodges
Starring: Brian Blessed, Mariangela Melato, Max von Sydow, Melody Anderson, Ornella Muti,...
Flash, Dale Arden and Dr Hans Zarkov journey through the cosmos to do battle with Ming the Merciless who is terrorising the earth. This up-dated versi... Read more
Flash Gordon (1980)
6.5/10
Director: Mike Hodges
Starring: Brian Blessed, Mariangela Melato, Max von Sydow, Melody Anderson, Ornella Muti,...
Flash, Dale Arden and Dr Hans Zarkov journey through the cosmos to do battle with Ming the Merciless who is terrorising the earth. This up-dated versi... Read more