Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Science Fiction: 1540 Films to Rent
9 (Nine) (2009)
- Dir. Shane Acker
Feat. Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, John C. Reilly…
- Successfully expanded from an Oscar–nominated animated short, this quite extra–ordinary fable pits nine thumb–sized creations…
Alice (TV Mini-Series) (2009)
- Dir. Nick Willing
Feat. Caterina Scorsone, Andrew Lee Potts, Matt Frewer…
- Modernist re–imagining of the Lewis Carroll classic with wonderland portrayed as a dystopian netherworld that sucks the emotions from the 'real…
Alien Trespass (2009)
- Dir. R.W. Goodwin
Feat. Eric McCormack, Robert Patrick, Dan Lauria
- Old school invaders–from–space movie has prissy scientist McCormack 'inhabited' by friendly alien Urp and used to track down…
Avatar (2009)
- Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver…
- James Cameron’s record–shattering 3D epic is a woozy mix of allegory and special effects (developed at Wellington's Weta studios), set on a…
Battlestar Galactica (TV Series) - The Plan (2009)
- Dir. Edward James Olmos
Feat. Tricia Helfer, Edward James Olmos, Grace Park…
- Feature length installment of the acclaimed BATTLESTAR GALACTICA series, telling the story of the attack on the human colonies through the eyes of…
Ben 10: Alien Swarm (2009)
- Dir. Alex Winter
Feat. Ryan Kelley, Galadriel Stineman
- Second installment of the BEN 10 live action series follows Ben, a boy with super–hero powers granted by a magical wristwatch, go on a quest to…
Black Lightning (Chernaya Molniya) (2009)
- Dir. Dmitriy Kisselev, Aleksandr Voytinskiy
Feat. Grigoriy Dobrygin, Ekaterina Vilkova, Viktor Verzhbitskiy
- Timur Bekmambetov–produced action–adventure, about a poor Russian student who's gifted a used car by his father for his birthday.…
Blood - The Last Vampire (2009)
- Dir. Chris Nahon
Feat. Gianna Jun, Allison Miller, Liam Cunningham
- Nonsensical 'live action' movie of the popular anime sees a surly demon–killing teenage vampire inserted in a military school in order to catch…
Cargo (2009)
- Dir. Ivan Engler, Ralph Etter
Feat. Anna Katharina Schwabroh
- A slavish, though impressively conceived sci–fi on a shoestring, centred on the voyage of a cargo ship with a mysterious consignment on board.…
Day of the Triffids (TV Mini-Series) (2009)
- Dir. Nick Copus
Feat. Dougray Scott, Joely Richardson, Eddie Izzard…
- This second–stab by the BBC excitingly updates John Wyndham's cautionary sci–fi novel with a big budget and spectacular special effects.…