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.
The crew of the Enterprise time-travel back to 1986 from the 23rd century in order to save Earth from a mysterious alien, and discover a world of punk... Read more
'Strange Invaders' (1983): A fun spoof of science fiction invader films of the '50s and '60s. A UFO lands in a remote area of the midwest during the 1... Read more
'I', in this instance, stands for 'Indestructible'. Thus, star Scott Bakula is actually the Indestructible Man. Formerly a cab driver, Bakula becomes... Read more
A teen sci-fi flick about a brutal gang of hooligans stealing cars and terrorising the roads until a mysterious stranger, 'The Wraith', appears. Featu... Read more
Sigourney Weaver returns to the planet that spawned the title creatures with a Marine squadron that's ready to wipe them out. Super sequel that doesn'... Read more
In this sci-fi comedy from executive producer George Lucas, Howard the Duck is an extra-terrestrial fowl who is accidentally beamed to earth by physic... Read more
When everyone around him vanishes overnight, scientist Zac Hobson (Bruno Lawrence) finds himself seemingly the only person on the planet. The isolatio... Read more
From the director of "Das Boot" (The Boat) comes this visually striking sci-fi adventure about two mortal space enemies who are stranded together on a... Read more
Experience the time travel adventure of a lifetime with the 'Back to the Future' trilogy - 'Back to the Future' (1985, 116 mins), 'Back to the Future... Read more
Tim Thomerson is cleverly cast as a low budget version of Harrison Ford from 'Blade Runner', sent back in time 300 years to 1985 L.A. to inhabit the b... Read more