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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.

Freejack (1992)

5.3/10
Director: Geoff Murphy
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Anthony Hopkins, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo

A race car driver dies in 1991 and finds his body snatched into the year 2009 so that it may house the soul of a ruthless tycoon. The wasted talent in... Read more

The Lawnmower Man (1992)

5.4/10
Director: Brett Leonard
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Jeff Fahey, Jenny Wright, Geoffrey Lewis

Special effects highlight this loose Stephen King adaptation about a scientist (Pierce Brosnan) whose experiments in virtual reality lead him to use J... Read more

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country ( Blu-ray ) (1991)

7.2/10
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Starring: Christopher Plummer, David Warner, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, James Doohan,...

After years at war, the Federation and the Klingon empire prepare for a peace summit. But when the Klingon ship with it's ambassador is inexplicably a... Read more

Dollman (1991)

5.8/10
Director: Albert Pyun
Starring: Tim Thomerson, Nicholas Guest, Kamala Lopez-Dawson, Jackie Earle Haley

Brick Bardo (Tim Thomerson) is a traveller from outer space who is forced to land on Earth. Though regular sized on his home planet, he is doll-sized... Read more

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

7.2/10
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Ni...

After years at war, the Federation and the Klingon empire prepare for a peace summit. But when the Klingon ship with it's ambassador is inexplicably a... Read more

Terminator 2: Judgment Day ( Blu-ray ) (1991)

7.1/10
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick

Schwarzenegger the cyborg is "baaack" in a big way, this time defending Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and her young son from a killing machine from th... Read more

Wedlock (1991)

5.9/10
Director: Lewis Teague
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Mimi Rogers, Joan Chen, James Remar

Aka "Deadlock". Rutger Hauer and Mimi Rogers escape a high-tech prison but are bound by a security device that will explode if they stray more than 10... Read more

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

7.1/10
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Robert Patrick, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Schwarzenegger the cyborg is "baaack" in a big way, this time defending Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and her young son from a killing machine from th... Read more

The Rocketeer (Blu-ray) (1991)

6.5/10
Director: Joe Johnston
Starring: Alan Arkin, Bill Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Sorvino, Timothy Dalton

A glorious adventure for all, about a young pilot who is transformed into a jet-propelled hero when Nazi agents attempt to steal a top- secret inventi... Read more

Scanners III: The Takeover (1991)

5.3/10
Director: Christian Duguay

A young female scanner turns from a sweet young thing into a murderous, power-crazed villain after she takes an experimental drug developed by her fat... Read more