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.
Doctor Who: The Enemy Of The World (1967)
8.6/10
Director: Barry Letts
Starring: Patrick Troughton, Colin Douglas, Bill Kerr
Jamie and Victoria agree to accompany Astrid to Hungary to observe Salamander's activities. Read more
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani (1985)
8.7/10
Director: Sarah Hellings
Starring: Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Anthony Ainley, Kate O'Mara, Peter Childs
In 19th century England, the Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) finds himself facing two competing enemies: his old adversary the Master (Anthony Ainley), and... Read more
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler (1965)
8.7/10
Starring: William Hartnell, Peter Purves, Maureen O'Brien, Peter Butterworth
A fantastically entertaining classic 'Doctor Who' that sees the Doctor drawn to a mysterious monastery on the eve of the Battle of Hastings. It's Engl... 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
Donnie Darko (2001)
8.1/10
Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Duval, Jena Malone, Katharine Ross, Mary...
Dark and disturbing, destined-for-cult status tale stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a gifted but troubled 80s high school student whose adolescent horrors tak... Read more
Donnie Darko ( Blu-ray ) (2001)
8.1/10
Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Katharine Ross, Mary McDonnell, No...
During the presidential election of 1988, a teenager named Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) sleepwalks out of his house one night, and sees a giant, dem... Read more
Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut (2001)
8.1/10
Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Katharine Ross, Mary McDonnell, No...
During the presidential election of 1988, a teenager named Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) sleepwalks out of his house one night, and sees a giant, dem... Read more
Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut (Blu-ray) (2001)
7.6/10
Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Katharine Ross, Mary McDonnell, No...
During the presidential election of 1988, a teenager named Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) sleepwalks out of his house one night, and sees a giant, dem... Read more
Doom (2005)
5.2/10
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Starring: Karl Urban, Dwayne Johnson, Rosamund Pike, Razaaq Adoti, Dexter Fletcher
One of the most popular video games of all time came to the big screen with The Rock ever charismatic as 'Sarge' and our own Karl Urban as 'The Reaper... Read more
Doomsday (2008)
6/10
Director: Neil Marshall
Starring: Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Adrian Lester, Alexander Siddig, David O'Hara, Malcolm...
30 years after an entire country was quarantined to stop the spread of a deadly virus, it has resurfaced in a major city, forcing a group of highly-tr... Read more