Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Science Fiction: 1535 Films to Rent
- Five (1951)
- Dir. Arch Oboler
Feat. William Phipps, Susan Douglas Rubeš, James Anderson…
- Apocalyptic 50's sci–fi set in the aftermath of an atomic bomb disaster where five survivors (a pregnant woman, a philosopher, a black man, a…
- Flight to Mars (1951)
- Dir. Lesley Selander
Feat. Cameron Mitchell, Marguerite Chapman, Virginia Huston…
- Expedition adventure set on a Red Planet inhabited by an underground–dwelling but dying civilization that appear to be human.
- Man From Planet X, The (1951)
- Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
Feat. Robert Clarke, Margaret Field, William Schallert
- As a mysterious planet hurls itself toward earth, an enigmatic extraterrestrial scout arrives on a remote Scottish island with unknown intentions. An…
- Thing, The (The Thing From Another World) (1951)
- Dir. Christian Nyby
Feat. Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite
- Howard Hawksian macho men in leather tussle it out with men in cardies over how to protect themselves from the abomidable alien outside in the snow.…
- When Worlds Collide (1951)
- Dir. Rudolph Mate
Feat. Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen…
- When Earth faces imminent and total destruction from an errant star, scientists must organise an evacuation in time to save the human race. Thrilling…
- Destination Moon (1950)
- Dir. Irving Pichel
Feat. John Archer, Warner Anderson, Dick Wesson…
- Prescient sci–fi film that deals with the practical scientific and engineering challenges of space travel and to speculate on what a manned…
- Rocketship X-M (1950)
- Dir. Kurt Neumann
Feat. Lloyd Bridges
- Lloyd Bridges leads a bunch of wisecracking astronauts to the moon, only they get diverted to Mars! Prototype sci–fi cheapie rolls out the…
- Purple Monster Strikes, The (1946)
- Dir. Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred C. Brannon
Feat. Dennis Moore, Roy Barcroft, Linda Stirling…
- Charmingly hokey serial with a shape–shifting martian out to steal our best scientific secrets setting the stage for an alien invasion.
- Superman (TV Series) (1941-1943)
- After being invented by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, then debuting as an 'Action Comics' superhero, Superman went on to become an animated movie…
- Flash Gordon Serial (Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe) (1940)
- Dir. Ford Beebe
Feat. Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton
- One of the early Flash Gordon serials, which enthralled audiences in the 1940s. Here Flash must battle Ming the Merciless who has unleashed the…