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.
Freaks (2018)
6.7/10
Director: Zach Lipovsky
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Grace Park
A bold girl discovers a bizarre, threatening, and mysterious new world beyond her front door after she escapes her father's protective and paranoid co... Read more
Freaks of Nature (2015)
5.9/10
Director: Robbie Pickering
Starring: Mackenzie Davis, Denis Leary, Ed Westwick, Vanessa Hudgens, Keegan-Michael Key,...
In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers - one human,... Read more
Freejack (1992)
5.3/10
Director: Geoff Murphy
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Anthony Hopkins, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo
A race car driver dies in 1991 and finds his body snatched into the year 2009 so that it may house the soul of a ruthless tycoon. The wasted talent in... Read more
Full Metal Alchemist The Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)
Director: Seiji Mizushima
The long-awaited and thrilling epilogue to the ground-breaking anime series. It's Munich 1923, two years since Ed made the ultimate sacrifice that se... Read more
Future Cop ( aka Trancers ) (1985)
5.7/10
Director: Charles Band
Starring: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Art La Fleur
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
Futureworld (1976)
5.8/10
Director: Richard T Heffron
Starring: Arthur Hill, Blythe Danner, John Ryan, Peter Fonda, Yul Brynner
This follow-up to the successful 1973 thriller "Westworld" stars Peter Fonda and Blythe Danner as Chuck Browning and Tracy Ballard, investigative repo... Read more
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
5.8/10
Director: Jon M Chu
Starring: Bruce Willis, Jonathan Pryce, Ray Park, Dwayne Johnson, Byung-hun Lee, Channing...
Sequel to the 2009 actioner finds most of the Joe team killed in an ambush and its remaining members wanted for a crime they didn't commit. Now, Roadb... Read more
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
5.8/10
Director: Stephen Sommers
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Go...
In the wake of 'Transformers', another iconic toy line gets the big screen treatment. From the deserts of North Africa to deep below the polar ice cap... Read more
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
5.8/10
Director: Stephen Sommers
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Dennis Quaid, Jonathan Pryce, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Said...
In the wake of 'Transformers', another iconic toy line gets the big screen treatment. From the deserts of North Africa to deep below the polar ice cap... Read more
Galactica 1980 (1980)
5.5/10
Starring: Lorne Greene, Kent McCord, Barry Van Dyke, Robyn Douglass, James Patrick Stuart
The final thrilling season of the original Battlestar Galactica series sees Commander Adama and his crew at last returning to Earth. The planet is not... Read more