Subgenre Sampler
Outer Space: 172 Films to Buy & Rent
Pitch Black (2000)
- Dir. David Twohy
Feat. Radha Mitchell, Vin Diesel
- A gang of space travellers crash land on a foreign planet (in a blistering opening sequence) where they confront infighting, a volatile prisoner and…
Red Planet (2000)
- Dir. Anthony Hoffman
Feat. Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss, Tom Sizemore…
- Attempting to colonise Mars in 2050, Val Kilmer, Carrie–Ann Moss, Tom Sizemore and a pesky robot helper suffer the NASA–jinx and…
Space Cowboys (2000)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland…
- Director Clint Eastwood plays a specially trained astronaut who takes three of his retirement–age buddies into space on a mission to repair a…
Farscape (TV Series) (1999-2003)
- Feat. Ben Browder, Claudia Black
- Suprisingly resourceful sci–fi series, with Channel 9 and Jim Henson collaborating in an extended saga of intergalactic intrigue.
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Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Dir. Dean Parisot
Feat. Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver…
- Tim Allen and his cast of a sci–fi TV show are recruited to assist a naive alien race who have modelled their strategies and technologies on…
Star Trek - Insurrection (1999)
- Dir. Jonathan Frakes
Feat. Patrick Stewart, F. Murray Abraham
- Forging ahead with their own lucrative franchise, the Next Generation produce another winner which fans will rally round. Patrick Stewart and co. get…
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Samuel L. Jackson…
- Po–faced revival of the billion–dollar STAR WARS money–spinner, jammed full of digital landscapes, excessive political exposition,…
Supernova (1999)
- Dir. Thomas Lee
Feat. Troy Larsen, Robert Forster, James Spader…
- Aboard the hospital spaceship 'Nightingale', psycho–patient Troy Larsen is on the loose after gaining super–powers from an alien…
To The Moon (1999)
- A 30th anniversary documentary to mark the 1969 Apollo moon landing, this two–hour special reminiscences with the astronauts, and more…
Virus (1999)
- Dir. John Bruno
Feat. Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland, William Baldwin…
- A Russian research vessel in the South Pacific is attacked by an alien life form that seeks to turn humanity into cyborg slaves, in this sci–fi…