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.
Pacific Rim: Uprising (Blu-Ray) (2018)
5.7/10
Director: Steven S. DeKnight
Starring: Burn Gorman, Charlie Day, Rinko Kikuchi, John Boyega, Scott Eastwood
Jake Pentecost is a once-promising Jaeger pilot whose legendary father gave his life to secure humanity's victory against the monstrous Kaiju. Jake ha... Read more
Pandorum (2009)
6.8/10
Director: Christian Alvart
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Eddie Rouse, Antje Traue, Cam Gigandet, Cung Le
Intense sci-fi thriller in which two astrounauts awake to find themselves drifting alone in space - or so they think. Awakening from their hyper-sleep... Read more
Paradise Hills (2019)
5.8/10
Director: Alice Waddington
Starring: Emma Roberts, Awkwafina Nora Lum
In an undetermined future, society has divided in two types: upper-class or "superiors", and the rest of the world, mid and lower-class, named "inferi... Read more
Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)
7/10
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Tiny creatures called "Parasites" have arrived on Earth with the sole purpose of taking over human brains and preying on mankind. When one of them lat... Read more
Passengers (2016)
7/10
Director: Morten Tyldum
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Michael Sheen, Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence
When a malfunction aboard the Starship Avalon spaceship en route to the colony world of Homestead II accidentally awakens Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) fr... Read more
Passengers ( Blu-ray ) (2016)
7/10
Director: Morten Tyldum
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Michael Sheen, Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence
On a routine journey through space to a new home, two passengers, sleeping in suspended animation, are awakened 90 years too early when their ship mal... Read more
Paul (2011)
7/10
Director: Greg Mottola
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Jason Bateman, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Bill Hader, Kristen Wii...
Two British comic book nerds (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) befriend a foul-mouthed alien named Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen) while touring UFO-related sit... Read more
Paycheck (2003)
6.3/10
Director: John Woo
Starring: Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Paul Giamatti, Colm Feore, Joe Morton,...
In this sci-fi thriller adapted from a story by Philip K. Dick, Ben Affleck plays a corporate espionage electronics whiz offered a vast sum by old pal... Read more
Perfect Sense (2011)
7.1/10
Director: David Mackenzie
Starring: Connie Nielsen, Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Eva Green
A scientist and a chef (Eva Green, Ewan McGregor), both unlucky in love, find themselves drawn towards one another--first by circumstance, then by att... Read more
Phantom 2040: Season 1 (1994)
7.3/10
Director: David J Corbett
Starring: J.D. Hall, Margot Kidder, Scott Valentine, Mark Hamill, Ron Perlman
The 24th Phantom, the 'Ghost Who Walks,' battles crimes in the future of 2040. Phantom 2040 is a French-American animated science fiction television s... Read more