Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Science Fiction: 1546 Films to Rent
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…
Spriggan (2000)
- Dir. Hirotsugu Kawasaki
- Spectacular ‘anime’ produced by Katsuhiro Otomo (AKIRA) that springs an elaborate futuristic plot, centred round the search for a…
Todd McFarlane - The Devil You Know (2000)
- Dir. Kenton Vaughan
- A straightforward look at the life of comicbook 'wunderkind' Todd McFarlane, who got his start at Marvel comics drawing Spider–Man, and later…
What Planet Are You From? (2000)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, Greg Kinnear…
- Polarizing sci–fi sex comedy starring Garry Shandling as a human–looking alien from an emotionless all–male society is sent to…
X-Men (2000)
- Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman…
- Star Trek's Patrick Stewart gathers together an argumentative bunch of superheros with a variety of mutant powers, in a society where prejudice…
Xchange (2000)
- Dir. Allan Moyle
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Stephen Baldwin
- With more than a few IQ points, this MATRIX–like thriller centres round the concept of body–swapping, in which one changes bodies to cut…
Bicentennial Man (1999)
- Dir. Chris Columbus
Feat. Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz
- The indefatigable Robin Williams extends his range into the robotic, playing a household android who, over the course of 200 years learns what it is…
Big O, The (TV Series) (1999)
- Dir. Kazuyoshi Katayama
- Reasonably inviting anime series is set in the noirish future of an 'Art Deco' metropolis ("Paradigm City") where the inhabitants have, except for…
Crusade (TV Series) (1999)
- Feat. Gary Cole, Peter Woodward
- A short–lived BABYLON 5 spinoff, in which the inhabitants of Earth in 2267 AD, must combat a virulent plague that has been implanted in the…
Dragonball (TV Series) (1999)
- A violent Japanese children’s animation that features standoffs between various good and evil characters. Rather repetitive after a while, though…