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.
Death Race 2000 / Deathsport (1975)
Director: Paul Bartel, Allan Arkush, Henry Suso
Starring: Claudia Jennings, David Carradine, Mary Woronov, Sylvester Stallone, Roberta Col...
A killer double feature of 70s exploitation from legendary B-movie producer Roger Corman. 'Death Race 2000' (1975, 80 mins) - Paul Bartel's cult class... Read more
Doctor Who: Davros Collection - Volume 1 (1975)
8.7/10
Starring: Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy
Volume 1 of 2 of this huge Davros collection follows the Doctor (in various forms) in his relationsip with the master of the Daleks. Some of the serie... Read more
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil (1975)
8.7/10
Director: David Maloney
Starring: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen
When a scientific team on the planet at the edge of the universe is attacked, the Doctor (Tom Baker) and Sarah Jane answer their intergalatic distress... Read more
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
6.2/10
Director: Ishiro Honda
Starring: Katsuhiko Sasaki, Akihiko Hirata, Tomoko Ai, Katsumasa Uchida
Aliens rebuild Mechagodzilla with the help of a demented scientist who has discovered a creature called Titanosaurus, which they intend to team up to... Read more
Black Moon (1975)
6.3/10
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Therese Giehse, Cathryn Harrison, Joe Dallesandro, Alexandra Stewart
A bizarre apocalyptic Alice in Wonderland from Louis Malle. When Lily has a road accident, she finds she has landed up in some kind of civil war and... Read more
Rollerball (1975)
6.6/10
Director: Norman Jewison
Starring: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, Moses Gunn, John Beck, Pamela Hensley, Ra...
The most popular sport in the 21st century is Rollerball--a gory combination of roller derby and gladiator combat played with motorcycles. James Caan... Read more
Rollerball (Blu-ray) (1975)
6.6/10
Director: Norman Jewison
Starring: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, Moses Gunn, John Beck, Pamela Hensley, Ra...
The most popular sport in the 21st century is Rollerball--a gory combination of roller derby and gladiator combat played with motorcycles. James Caan... 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
The Stepford Wives (1974)
5.3/10
Director: Bryan Forbes
Starring: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman, Tina Louise, Ca...
Two women who move with their families to the quiet Connecticut town of Stepford wonder why all the local wives are in a state of perpetual bliss, but... Read more
Dark Star (1974)
6.4/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Brian Narelle, Dan O'Bannon, Dre Pahich, Cal Kuniholm
A cult classic that began as a $6,000 project by a group of Californian students, 'Dark Star' is an earth spaceship on a mission to find and destroy a... Read more