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.
Conceiving Ada (1997)
4.9/10
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Timothy Leary, Karen Black
Emmy Coer, a computer genius, devises a method of communicating with the past by tapping into undying information waves. She manages to reach the worl... Read more
Coneheads (1993)
5.3/10
Director: Steve Barron
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Michelle Burke
The Coneheads, from the planet Remulak, land on Earth in a botched mission and, to their own surprise, adapt easily into middle-class surburban life.... Read more
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
6.1/10
Director: J Lee Thompson
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Natalie Trundy, Ricardo Montalban
It's ape versus mankind for control of the planet in this, the fourth offering. Roddy McDowall stars as the super-intelligent chimp who leads the apes... 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
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
Contamination (1980)
5.3/10
Director: Luigi Cozzi
Starring: Ian McCulloch, Louise Marleau
AKA 'Toxic Spawn'. An 'Alien'-like space shocker from Italy , this gory thriller tells of a spaceship that lands in a New York harbour carrying a myst... Read more
Contamination Virus-21 (2020)
The climate change has released an ancient rabies virus trapped in the Antarctica ice. A female scientist tries to get to the laboratory to create a c... Read more
Cosmoball (2020)
4/10
An enormous spaceship hovers over Earth-this is a stadium, which hosts sports events that resemble soccer but at mind-boggling speeds. The name of the... Read more
Court of Lonely Royals (2006)
4.6/10
Director: Rohan Michael Hoole
Starring: Damon Gameau, Samantha Noble, Ayse Tezel, Leah de Neise
Writer/director Rohan Hoole provides a dystopian vision of urban Australia's future in this stylish film. A group of twenty-somethings hang out eating... Read more
Cowboys and Aliens (2011)
Director: Jon Favreau
Starring: Adam Beach, Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Sam Rockwell, Paul Dano, Olivia Wilde
Director by Jon Favreau's sci-fi western set in 1873 Arizona focuses on amnesia-stricken outlaw Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig). Wanted by the ruthless C... Read more