Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Science Fiction: 1535 Films to Rent
- Meteor (1979)
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden…
- Clumsy disaster movie with the USA and the USSR forming an unlikely alliance during the Cold War to prevent a giant asteroid from destroying the…
- Quintet (1979)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Paul Newman, Fernando Rey, Bibi Andersson
- Curious, if not entirely realized sci–fi excursion for Robert Altman, following 3 WOMEN’s dream existentialism with a post–apocalyptic…
- Sapphire and Steel (TV Series) (1979- 1982)
- Dir. Shaun O'Riordan
Feat. Joanna Lumley, David McCallum
- A pre–AB FAB Joanna Lumley and a post–INVISIBLE MAN David McCallum cavort around in eerie abodes repairing 'tears in time'. High concept,…
- Shape of Things to Come, The (1979)
- Dir. George McCowan
Feat. Jack Palance, Carol Lynley, Barry Morse…
- Loosely adapted from the H.G. Wells novel, this follows a mankind's post–nuclear colonisation of the Moon and series of crises that bedevil the…
- Stalker (1979)
- Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
Feat. Aleksandr Kajdanovsky, Alisa Frejndlikh, Anatoli Solonitsyn
- A stark, apocalyptic vision into a world where the Stalker guides those who wish to enter the forbidden Zone. Intimate, dilatory work conjures images…
- Star Trek - The Motion Picture (1979)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…
- Starring the cast from the 60's TV phenomenon, this special effects fest features the crew fighting a lethal force field spinning toward Earth.…
- Two Worlds of Jennie Logan, The (1979)
- Dir. Frank De Felitta
Feat. Lindsay Wagner, Marc Singer, Linda Gray…
- An enchanting made–for–television drama starring Lindsay Wagner as Jennie Logan, a woman finds an antique dress in her attic that…
- Visitor, The (Stridulum) (1979)
- Dir. Giulio Paradisi
Feat. Joanne Nail, Lance Henriksen, Paige Conner…
- A young girl cursed with an inhuman, malevolent power is central to a cosmic battle between forces of good and evil in this ambitious and at times…
- Battle of the Planets (TV Series) (1978)
- Dir. David E Hanson
- Ground–breaking serial, a dubbed and re–edited Japanese sci–fi cartoon, that became one of the most popular TV–shows of the…
- Battlestar Galactica (1978)
- Dir. Richard A. Colla
Feat. Lorne Greene, Ray Milland, Dirk Benedict
- The TV origins of this STAR WARS retread are plainly evident, with the cast all looking rather self–conscious in their 70s lurex clobber.