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Rental > Science Fiction: 1540 Films to Rent
Star Trek - The Animated Series (TV Series) (1973)
- A respectful rendition of the Star Trek universe, this early seventies "Filmation" reprised the space explorations of Captain Kirk and crew, complete…
Tomorrow People, The (TV Series) (1973)
- Dir. Paul Bernard
Feat. Nicholas Young
- Fitted out with stun–guns, digital watches and a talking biotronic computer called TIM, a group of highly–evolved youngsters also enjoy…
Westworld (1973)
- Dir. Michael Crichton
Feat. Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin
- A theme–park where one experiences violent fantasies in perfect safety gradually goes haywire. Inspired idea would strike the big time for…
World on a Wire (1973)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Klaus Löwitsch, Mascha Rabben, Adrian Hoven…
- Fassbinder's one–and–only sci–fi foray is awash with trademark visual motifs, gaudy fashion, and dramatic power struggles of the…
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Roddy McDowall
- The fourth in the series prefaces the original as enslaved Apes revolt against the humans. Worthwhile for those wishing to fill in the gaps of the…
Godzilla Vs. Gigan (1972)
- Dir. Jun Fukuda
- The 12th film in the Godzilla franchise concerns aliens plotting to conquer the world using space monsters Gigan and King Ghidrah, which they control…
Night of the Lepus (1972)
- Dir. William Claxton
Feat. Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun
- One of the most incredibly lame (and strange and entertaining) horror films of all time, in which giant mutant rabbits terrorize a small community in…
Slaughterhouse Five (1972)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche
- Though a conservative adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's time–tripping novel, this is still a significant entry to the genre, with a wide cult…
Solaris (1972)
- Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
Feat. Donatas Banionis, Natalya Bondarchuk, Juri Jarvet
- Brilliant imagery permeates this provocative insight into life on an isolated space station, where madness threatens all who work there. Paced to…
Stone Tape, The (1972)
- Dir. Peter Sasdy
Feat. Jane Asher, Michael Bryant
- Interesting TV ‘one–off’ sees a boisterous electronic research–team set up in a run–down country estate, then become…