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.
Welcome to the Crossworlds, a deep valley ringed by steep cliffs and canopied with blood-red clouds. It's the mystical nexus where dimensions meet and... Read more
'First Contact' finds Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) aboard a new Enterprise heading off to do battle with the Borg, a rapacious cyber 'collective'... Read more
This remake of the classic H. G. Wells story stars Marlon Brando as the not-so-good doctor, whose experiments with genetics have resulted in horrific... Read more
This clever, intelligent sci fi thriller tells of a radio astronomer (Charlie Sheen) being fired after he tells his boss that he's picked up signals p... Read more
The man with the patch is back. Call him Snake. Kurt Russell rejoins filmmakers John Carpenter and Debra Hill to do to the Big Orange what they did to... Read more
Who will save the Earth after huge alien spacecraft demolish the Empire State Building, the White House, downtown Los Angeles and most of the world's... Read more
Tim Burton's wonderful kitsch homage to the Sci Fi movies of the 50's is certainly a wild ride with Jack Nicholson portraying both the American Presid... Read more
'First Contact' finds Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) aboard a new Enterprise heading off to do battle with the Borg, a rapacious cyber 'collective'... Read more
Inspired by Chris Marker's short film 'La Jetee' (also available) and set in the near future where a prisoner is sent back in time to the 90's to disc... Read more
Exciting, exhilarating (and expensive) sci-fi saga, set on an ecologically ravaged future Earth covered by water. Kevin Costner, as a solitary wandere... Read more