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Rental > Science Fiction > Television: 249 Films to Rent on DVD
- Paranoia Agent (TV Series) (Mousou dairinin) (2004)
- Dir. Satoshi Kon
- Beautifully animated and conceptually ambitious 'anime' TV series from the dir. of PERFECT BLUE, set in a present–day metropolis of social…
- Stargate Atlantis (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Joe Flanigan
- Further wormhole adventures from the Stargate universe, with this latest spin–off following a dispatch of scientists and military personal to…
- Battlestar Galactica (TV Mini Series) (2003)
- Dir. Michael Rymer
Feat. Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell
- Glossed–up reprise of the late–70s sci–fi TV series, which replaces the cuteness with a more sombre tone, ethnic diversity and…
- Children of Dune (TV Series) (2003)
- Dir. Greg Yaitanes
Feat. Alec Newman, Julie Cox
- Mini–series sequel to the Sci–Fi Channel TV–adaptation (with William Hurt) that maintains the purist approach with a complex…
- Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (TV Series) (2003)
- Dir. Wilson Milam
Feat. Richard E. Grant
- Animated DOCTOR WHO series continuing the narrative of the original 1963–89 programme and DOCTOR WHO: THE MOVIE (1996), written by Doctor Who…
- Planetes (TV Series) (2003)
- The year is 2075 AD. The dream of working and living in the vast openness of space is now a reality. However, a new threat has arisen and if left…
- Tru Calling (TV Series) (2003-2005)
- Feat. Eliza Dushku
- Paranormal TV drama with Dushku playing a morgue intern who discovers she can hear the voices of the recently deceased and reverse their fates.…
- Dead Zone, The (TV Series) (2002-2006)
- Dir. Robert Lieberman
Feat. Anthony Michael Hall, David Ogden Stiers, Nicole De Boer
- Surprisingly effective spinoff from the 1983 David Cronenberg–Stephen King film, with Hall playing a coma victim who upon awakening six years…
- Firefly (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Adam Baldwin
- Devised by Josh Whedon, the creator of BUFFY and ANGEL, this intelligent sci–fi series concerns a small group of space–travellers aboard…
- Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex (TV Series) (2002-2004)
- Dir. Kenji Kamiyama
- A surprisingly excellent television sequel to the classic 'anime' of 1995, this chiefly concerns the life of a female police officer in a special…