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.
District B13 (2004)
7.2/10
Director: Pierre Morel
Starring: David Belle, Cyril Raffaelli
Produced and co-written by acclaimed filmmaker Luc Besson, this stylized action thriller is set in Paris 2010, where the government has fenced off the... Read more
Divergent (2014)
6.7/10
Director: Neil Burger
Starring: Ashley Judd, Kate Winslet, Tony Goldwyn, Maggie Q, Ray Stevenson, Shailene Woodl...
In a world where the population is divided into factions by personality types, Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) is classified as Divergent. When she unco... Read more
Divergent ( Blu-ray ) (2014)
6.7/10
Director: Neil Burger
Starring: Ashley Judd, Kate Winslet, Tony Goldwyn, Maggie Q, Ray Stevenson, Shailene Woodl...
In a world where the population is divided into factions by personality types, Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) is classified as Divergent. When she unco... Read more
Doctor Who: Black Orchid (1982)
8.7/10
Director: Ron Jones
Starring: Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse
Peter Davison stars as the fifth Doctor alongside Janet Fielding, as his companion Tegan, and Sarah Sutton, as Nyssa, in this two-part historical them... Read more
Doctor Who: Davros Collection - Volume 1 (1975)
8.7/10
Starring: Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy
Volume 1 of 2 of this huge Davros collection follows the Doctor (in various forms) in his relationsip with the master of the Daleks. Some of the serie... Read more
Doctor Who: Davros Collection - Volume 2 (1985)
8.7/10
Starring: Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Terry Molloy
Volume 2 of 2 of this huge Davros collection follows the Doctor (in various forms) in his relationsip with the master of the Daleks. Some of the serie... Read more
Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep (2020)
8.6/10
Starring: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Victor Maddern, Margaret Johnston
The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Victoria and Jamie to the coast of England, where the ESGO complex is drawing up natural gas from the North Sea. But the... Read more
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil (1975)
8.7/10
Director: David Maloney
Starring: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen
When a scientific team on the planet at the edge of the universe is attacked, the Doctor (Tom Baker) and Sarah Jane answer their intergalatic distress... Read more
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009 Easter Special) (2009)
8.7/10
Director: James Strong
Starring: Lee Evans, David Tennant, Adam James, Michelle Ryan, Noma Dumezweni
The Doctor, along with The Lady Christina de Souza (Michelle Ryan) and other passengers, finds himself transported to a barren desert planet on a doub... Read more
Doctor Who: The Complete Thirteenth Series - Flux (Blu-ray) (2021)
8.6/10
The enigmatic time-traveller from Gallifrey returns in this all-new sci-fi series from producer Russell T. Davies. Step back inside the TARDIS with th... Read more