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.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( Blu-ray ) (1978)
7.4/10
Director: Philip Kaufman
Starring: Brooke Adams, Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy, Veronica Cartwrig...
When health official Elizabeth Driscoll (Brooke Adams) notices that her lover has become strangely distant, this sets in train a series of shocking di... 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
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
7.4/10
Director: Philip Kaufman
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Leonard Nimoy, Jeff Goldblum, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwrig...
When health official Elizabeth Driscoll (Brooke Adams) notices that her lover has become strangely distant, this sets in train a series of shocking di... Read more
Star Wars: Episodes IV, V, VI - A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi ( Blu-ray ) (1977)
8.6/10
Director: George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Richard Marquand
Starring: Alec Guinness, Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher, Frank Oz, Harrison Ford, James...
The 'Star Wars' saga continues with 'Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope', 'Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back' and 'Star Wars: Episode VI... Read more
Capricorn One ( Blu-ray ) (1977)
6.8/10
Director: Peter Hyams
Starring: Brenda Vaccaro, Elliott Gould, Hal Holbrook, James Brolin, Karen Black, Sam Wate...
What if one of the greatest space adventures was really a hoax? The first manned flight to Mars is about to take place, but moments before the launch... Read more
The Island of Dr Moreau (1977)
5.9/10
Director: Don Taylor
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport, Richard Basehart, Barbara Carrera
Burt Lancaster stars in the title role as the deranged scientist, who uses his remote island as a base for experiments in creating half-human, half-an... Read more
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Special Edition) (1977)
7.7/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Francois Truffaut
Writer/director Steven Spielberg's intelligent sci-fi story stars Richard Dreyfuss as an Indiana electrical lineman whose close encounter with a UFO o... Read more
Close Encounters of the Third Kind ( Blu-ray ) (1977)
7.7/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Francois Truffaut
Writer/director Steven Spielberg's intelligent sci-fi story stars Richard Dreyfuss as an Indiana electrical lineman whose close encounter with a UFO o... Read more
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (Blu-ray) (1977)
8.6/10
Director: George Lucas
Starring: Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Voice O...
The story of a boy, a girl and a universe. Now a classic, this blend of pulp magazine sci-fi, comic book action, old fashioned cliff-hanger story and... Read more
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
8.6/10
Director: George Lucas
Starring: Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Voice O...
The story of a boy, a girl and a universe. Now a classic, this blend of pulp magazine sci-fi, comic book action, old fashioned cliff-hanger story and... Read more