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.
Phantom from Space (1953)
4/10
Director: W Lee Wilder
Starring: Dick Sands
A cop and a pair of scientists are lured to an observatory by a series of murders, links to an invisible alien (Dick Sands) who has crash-landed on Ea... Read more
Phantoms (1997)
5.4/10
Director: Joe Chappelle
Starring: Joanna Going, Rose McGowan, Peter O'Toole, Liev Schreiber, Ben Affleck
A sci-fi horror thriller (from the novel by Dean Koontz) about sisters stumbling upon a town slaughtered by a blob-like shapeshifting beast. Late-nigh... Read more
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams: Season 1 (2017)
Starring: Anna Paquin, Geraldine Chaplin, Greg Kinnear, Jacob Vargas, Liam Cunningham, Mar...
A sci-fi anthology series with stand-alone episodes based on the works of Philip K. Dick. Read more
Pig (2011)
5.8/10
Director: Henry Barrial
Starring: Rudolf Martin, Heather Ankeny, Keith Diamond, Ines Dali, Patrick Fabian, Steve T...
A man wakes up alone in the middle of the desert with a black hood on his head and his hands tied behind his back. At death's door, he is discovered b... Read more
Pitch Black (1999)
7.1/10
Director: David Twohy
Starring: Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Keith David, Cole Hauser
After crashing on a desert planet, the surviving crew of a spaceship try to find a prisoner they were transporting who escaped. They soon discover tha... Read more
Pitch Black ( Blu-ray ) (1999)
7.1/10
Director: David Twohy
Starring: Cole Hauser, Keith David, Radha Mitchell, Vin Diesel
After crashing on a desert planet, the surviving crew of a spaceship try to find a prisoner they were transporting who escaped. They soon discover tha... Read more
Pixels (2015)
5.6/10
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad, Brian Co...
When aliens misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war against them, they attack the Earth, using games like PAC-MAN, Do... Read more
Pixels (Blu-ray) (2015)
5.5/10
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad, Brian Co...
When aliens misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war against them, they attack the Earth, using games like PAC-MAN, Do... Read more
Planet 51 (2009)
6.1/10
Director: Jorge Blanco
Starring: Gary Oldman, Jessica Biel, John Cleese, Seann William Scott, Dwayne Johnson, Jus...
When Chuck the astronaut (Dwayne Johnson) lands on a distant planet filled with little green people and a society that mirrors '50s suburban America,... Read more
Planet of Blood / Journey to the Seventh Planet (1966)
Director: Curtis Harrington, Sidney Pink
Starring: John Agar, Dennis Hopper, Basil Rathbone, John Saxon, Greta Thyssen, Ann Smyrner
A sci-fi classic double feature. "Planet of Blood" (1966) Aka 'Queen of Blood' - An outer space rescue mission finds a green-skinned woman in a Martia... Read more