Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Science Fiction: 1535 Films to Rent
- Matrix, The (1999)
- Dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving…
- Computer hacker Keanu Reeves is singled out by a high–tech guerilla network and trained as an operative to seize power from the evil guardians…
- My Favourite Martian (1999)
- Dir. Donald Petrie
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Christopher Lloyd
- Family sci–fi comedy based on the US 60s TV series, with Jeff Daniels as the ordinary Joe who harbours a stranded extra–terrestrial…
- Mystery Men (1999)
- Dir. Kinka Usher
Feat. Ben Stiller, William H. Macy, Hank Azaria…
- Doing for the super–hero genre what PLEASANTVILLE did for 50s sitcoms, this frequently hilarious spoof sets a rag–tag team of…
- Now and Then, Here and There (Ima, soko ni iru boku) (1999)
- Regarded for its unflinching depiction of ‘atrocities’ in a grim totalitarian society, this is an exceptionally bleak, if sufficiently grounded…
- Red Dwarf (TV Series) - Series 8 (1999)
- Dir. Ed Bye
Feat. Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules…
- More classic episodes with Rimmer, Lister, Cat, Kryten and Holly in the brilliant British sci–fi comedy.
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- Roswell (TV Series) (1999)
- Feat. Brendan Fehr, Katherine Heigl, Colin Hanks
- A unique melding of science fiction, rites–of–passage drama and teen comedy, this television series, like BUFFY, developed a similiar…
- Samurai X - Trust (1999)
- Dir. Kazuhiro Furuhashi
- Slick manga–animation set in 19th century feudal Japan and concerning the travails of an expert swordsman of divided loyalties.
- 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…