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Rental > Science Fiction > Television: 249 Films to Rent on DVD
Point Pleasant (TV Series) (2005)
- Feat. Elisabeth Harnois, Grant Show
- Short–lived, mildly cultish series may interest BUFFY fans as a brief alternative: it concerns a mysterious girl who washes up on the shoreline…
Surface (TV Series) (2005-2006)
- Feat. Lake Bell, Jay R. Ferguson, Carter Jenkins…
- Short–lived but acclaimed Sci–fi TV series starring Lake Bell as a marine biologist who confronts a new species of sea life, while…
Threshold (TV Series) (2005)
- Feat. Carla Gugino, Brent Spiner, Peter Dinklage…
- Campy but enjoyable sci–fi show, in which a team of experts are hastily assembled when the U.S. Navy discovers an extraterrestrial craft in the…
Triangle, The (TV Mini-series) (2005)
- Dir. Craig R. Baxley
Feat. Eric Stoltz, Catherine Bell, Lou Diamond Phillips…
- Three part miniseries produced by sci–fi aficionado BRYAN SINGER (X MEN), following a crew of specialists who attempt to uncover the truths…
4400, The (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Joel Gretsch, Jacqueline McKenzie
- An effectively puzzling sci–fi TV series which begins on a day when 4400 missing persons suddenly reappear on Earth, not a day older than when…
Battlestar Galactica (TV Series) (2004-2009)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Feat. Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell
- Following on from the 2003 miniseries, this has been hailed as Sci–Fi’s greatest TV series to date...
SEASON ONE: 13 episodes over 4 DVDs…
Doctor Who (Series 1) [Christopher Eccleston] (Dr. Who) (2004-2005)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Feat. Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper
- A Doctor Who for the digital age with Christopher Eccleston upholding the fine tradition of the quirky, time–travelling hero, with one time…
Elfen Lied (2004)
- Dir. Mamoru Kanbe
- Anime TV series adapting the earlier part of a manga of the same name by Lynn Okamoto that was considered edgy in its time due to being pretty dark…
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Matthew Holness, Richard Ayoade, Alice Lowe
- Richard Ayoade (THE IT CROWD) spun this radical late–night oddity with cohort Matthew Holness, who plays a fictional horror author and creator…
Lost (TV Series) - Season 1 (2004)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Feat. Dominic Monaghan, Naveen Andrews, Harold Perrineau, Jr.…
- One of the more daring, offbeat and addictive TV Series of recent years, this concerns the survivors of a plane–crash who find themselves…