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.
Contact ( Blu-ray ) (1997)
7.4/10
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Angela Bassett, James Woods, Jodie Foster, John Hurt, Matthew McConaughey, Tom S...
Radio astronomer Jodie Foster receives signals from outer space which, when decoded, offer plans for building a ship that could help her reach the sta... Read more
Starship Troopers ( Blu-ray ) (1997)
7.2/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Michael Ironside, Jake Busey, Patr...
From the bridge of the Fleet Battlestation Ticonderoga, with its sweeping galactic views, to the desolate terrain of planet Klendathu, teeming with sh... Read more
Contact (1997)
7.4/10
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Angela Bassett, James Woods, Jodie Foster, John Hurt, Matthew McConaughey, Tom S...
Radio astronomer Jodie Foster receives signals from outer space which, when decoded, offer plans for building a ship that could help her reach the sta... Read more
Dark City (Director's Cut) (1997)
7.7/10
Director: Alex Proyas
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Richard O'Brie...
A Kafkaesque slice of sci-fi noir from director/co-writer Alex Proyas ("The Crow"), this haunting thriller stars Rufus Sewell as a man who awakens to... Read more
Dark City ( Blu-ray ) (1997)
7.7/10
Director: Alex Proyas
Starring: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Richard O'Brie...
A Kafkaesque slice of sci-fi noir from director/co-writer Alex Proyas ("The Crow"), this haunting thriller stars Rufus Sewell as a man who awakens to... Read more
Men in Black ( Blu-ray ) (1997)
7.3/10
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn
Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith are the nattily-dressed government agents whose top secret job is to track down any extraterrestrials landing on Earth... Read more
Gattaca ( Blu-ray ) (1997)
7.8/10
Director: Andrew Niccol
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Alan Arkin, Loren Dean, Ernest Borgnine, Gor...
Set in the 21st century where genetic engineering is the accepted norm to produce perfect people - and anyone conceived out of love is handicapped by... Read more
The Fifth Element ( Blu-ray ) (1997)
7.7/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker
A dazzling, imaginative tale set in the 23rd century where a cabbie (Bruce Willis) finds himself involved with a strange woman (Milla Jovovich) who mi... Read more
Rocketman (1997)
5.9/10
Director: Stuart Gillard
Starring: Beau Bridges, Jessica Lundy, William Sadler, Harland Williams, Jeffrey DeMunn, J...
Geeky, accident-prone Fred Z. Randall (Harland Williams) is realising a dream. He's designed a spacecraft that can take a crew to Mars, and he's goin... Read more
The Outer Limits: Sex and Science Fiction Collection (1997)
7.8/10
Starring: Alyssa Milano, Jon Tenney, Natasha Henstridge, Nancy Allen, Fred Savage, Neil Pa...
The 1990s update of the original 60s cult classic again blurs the line between fact and fiction to reveal our greatest hopes… and our darkest fears!... Read more