Subgenre Sampler
Television > Science Fiction: 259 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
Hellsing (TV Series) (Herushingu) (2002)
- Adapated from his own manga comicbook by Kouta Hirano, this concerns the battle of survival of the Hellsing Organisation, a shadowy group which looks…
Lost World, The (TV Mini-series) (2002)
- Dir. Stuart Orme
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Peter Falk, James Fox…
- Sterling BBC adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s adventure novel, where an intrepid bunch of Victorians explore the Amazon jungle for dinosaurs…
Odyssey 5 (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Peter Weller, Sebastian Roche, Christopher Gorham…
- Good quality sci–fi series about a crew of five astronauts (led by Peter Weller) onboard a space shuttle who witness the destruction of Earth…
X-Files, The - Season 9 (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Mitch Pileggi…
- The final season of the X–FILES saga divided audiences somewhat, with various loose strands having to be quickly resolved.
Most longterm…
Lone Gunmen, The (TV Series) (2001)
- Feat. Bruce Harwood, Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund…
- An interesting spinoff series, this trails a trio of computer hackers who repeatedly cropped up in THE X–FILES, and were given a single season…