Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction > Futurism: 133 Films to Buy & Rent
- Voltron: Defender of the Universe (1981)
- A quintessential retro import by way of Japan that found its way onto afternoon TV screens in the eighties, this gleefully pre–empted POWER…
- Deathwatch (1980)
- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton
- Cerebral drama set in the future about a media group who attempt to film the deaths of the terminally ill for public consumption.
- Battlestar Galactica (Original TV Series) (1979)
- Feat. Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Jane Seymour…
- The followup television series to the 1978 feature–film concerning the future plight of the human race when persecuted by the powerful Cylon…
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
- Dir. Daniel Haller
Feat. Gil Gerrard, Henry Silva
- Feature pilot from the TV–Series about the adventures of a 20th century astronaut who is time–warped into the 25th. Amiable revival of…
- Demon Seed, The (1977)
- Dir. Donald Cammell
Feat. Julie Christie
- The thought of a woman (Julie Christie) being literally impregnated by a machine may be a dodgy premise for a movie, but it all works surprisingly…
- Logan's Run (1976)
- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Michael York, Jenny Agutter
- Enjoyable escapism set in an idyllic 23rd Century society where no–one is allowed to live beyond 30! Lurex clad twenty–somethings Michael…
- Questor Tapes, The (1976)
- Feat. Robert Foxworth, Mike Farrell, John Vernon…
- Though never developed into the TV series it was designed to precede, this curious Gene Roddenberry telemovie has all the makings of a sci–fi…
- Rollerball (1975)
- Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams…
- The title refers to a violent sport in a corrupt, totalitarian future society where all forms of violence have been outlawed. Influenced by A…
- Ultimate Warrior (1975)
- Dir. Robert Clouse
Feat. Max von Sydow, Yul Brynner
- Post–Armageddon tale with Max Von Sydow as a tyrannical dictator and Yul Brynner a rebel street–fighter.
- Terminal Man, The (1974)
- Dir. Mike Hodges
Feat. George Segal, Joan Hackett, Richard Dysart…
- A man experiencing violent seizures agrees to undergo experimental treatment involving the implantation of microcomputers in his brain. Seventies…