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.
Eternity (2012)
7.4/10
Director: Alex Galvin
Starring: Elliot Travers, Amy Tsang, Liz Kirkman, Dean Knowsley
New Zealand/Hong Kong sci-fi mystery feature, written and directed by New Zealand filmmaker Alex Galvin. Set in the near future. Police detective, Ric... Read more
Europa Report (2013)
6.5/10
Director: Sebastian Cordero
Starring: Embeth Davidtz, Michael Nyqvist, Daniel Wu, Anamaria Marinca, Dan Fogler, Sharlt...
When unmanned probes suggest that a hidden ocean could exist underneath Europa's icy surface and may contain single-celled life, Europa Ventures, a pr... Read more
Eva (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Kike Maillo
Starring: Daniel Bruhl, Lluis Homar, Anne Canovas, Marta Etura, Alberto Ammann, Claudia Ve...
2041. Alex Garel is a well-known robot programmer who, after 10 years, returns to his home town to work in his old university, when his friend Julia b... Read more
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)
7.8/10
Director: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Masayuki
The Angels have descended. These colossal extraterrestrial monsters besiege the fortress-city of Tokyo-3 and our last line of defence is the Evangelio... Read more
Event 16 (2006)
4.7/10
Director: Derek Pearson
Starring: Peter Rutherford, Jocelyn Christian, Ezra Keddell, Julian White, John Porter
Kiwi writer/director Derek Pearson's debut feature is this engrossing and effects-heavy sci-fi murder mystery set in Wellington in 1893, 2006 and 2038... Read more
Event Horizon (1997)
6.7/10
Director: Paul W S Anderson
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Sean Pertwee
The year is 2047. Years earlier, the pioneering research vessel Event Horizon vanished without a trace. Now a signal from it has been detected, and th... Read more
Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
8.2/10
Director: Daniel Scheinert
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jenny Slate
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the liv... Read more
Everything Everywhere All At Once (4K Ultra HD) (2022)
8.2/10
Director: Daniel Scheinert
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jenny Slate
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the liv... Read more
Everything Everywhere All At Once (Blu-ray) (2022)
8.2/10
Director: Daniel Scheinert
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jenny Slate
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the liv... Read more
Ex Machina (2015)
7.1/10
Director: Alex Garland
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander
Novelist and screenwriter Alex Garland (The Beach) makes a decisive directorial debut with this smart, sleekly designed and flawlessly performed sci-f... Read more