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.
Shazam!: Fury Of The Gods (Blu-ray) (2023)
7.5/10
Director: David F Sandberg
Starring: Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, Adam Brody, Djimon Hounsou, Meagan...
The film continues the story of teenage Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word "SHAZAM!" is transformed into his adult Super Hero alter ego, S... Read more
Shin Godzilla (2016)
6.7/10
Director: Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi
From Hideaki Anno, the mind behind EVANGELION. The King of Monsters receives a terrifying resurgence. It's a peaceful day in Japan when a strange f... Read more
Shin Ultraman (2022)
6.4/10
Director: Shinji Higuchi
Starring: Takumi Saito, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masami Nagasawa, Daiki Arioka, Akari Hayami
After the accidental death of a human during battle, Ultraman takes on the man's appearance and place at the S-Class Species Suppression Protocol to p... Read more
Shivers (1975)
6.6/10
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Barbara Steele, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry, Paul Hampton
Aka 'They Came from Within', 'The Parasite Murders'. Initially reviled in its native land (some critics took exception to the fact the film was largel... Read more
Signs (2002)
6.7/10
Director: M Night Shyamalan
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Mel Gibson, Rory Culkin, Cherry Jones, Abigail Breslin
M Night Shyamalan's story of alien visitation and human redemption features Mel Gibson as a former minister who discovers mysterious crop circles on h... Read more
Silent Running (1971)
6.7/10
Director: Douglas Trumbull
Starring: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint
Bruce Dern stars in this sci-fi classic as a botanist preserving the only botanical specimens of life on Earth, under huge geodesic domes, whose rebel... Read more
Singularity (2017)
3.8/10
Starring: John Cusack
Earth 2020, 3/4 of it's households have a robot. The AI supercomputer, Kronos, considers humans the biggest threat to Earth. A century later, few huma... Read more
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
6.1/10
Director: Kerry Conran
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Gambon, Bai...
If the world is in trouble and there's no one else to turn to, it's Sky Captain to the rescue! When mysterious giant robots begin attacking the street... Read more
Sky Sharks (2020)
3.9/10
Starring: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tony Todd
"Deep in the ice of the antarctic, a team of geologists uncover an old nazi laboratory still intact where dark experiments had occured. In order to co... Read more
Sleep Dealer (2008)
5.9/10
Director: Alex Rivera
Starring: Jacob Vargas, Leonor Varela, Luis Fernando Pena
In a futuristic yet not unfamiliar world, the lives of three strangers connect in surprising ways amid a backdrop of militarization, closed borders an... Read more