Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction: 1577 Films to Buy & Rent
Sleepwalker Project, The (TV Series) (Sleepwalkers) (1997)
- Feat. Bruce Greenwood, Naomi Watts
- With a premise that's a cut above the usual sci–fi series imagination, this has a team of researchers at the Morpheus Institute use special…
Spawn (1997)
- Dir. Mark A. Z. Dippe
Feat. Theresa Randle, Martin Sheen
- Mightily fluid digital FX are the primary inspiration in this version of Todd McFarlane's cult comic book, wherein the forces of light and darkness…
Spawn - The Movie (1997)
- Dir. Thomas A Nelson
Feat. Keith David, Richard Dysart, James Keane
- Animated TV version of Todd McFarlane’s gothic comic book, melded into a feature–length movie. Includes the voices of Keith David, Richard…
Stargate SG1 (TV Series) (1997-1998)
- Feat. Richard Dean Anderson
- Based on the rather average 1994 sci–fi movie, this series proved a long–running success, boosting the original concept with a more…
Starship Troopers (1997)
- Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer
- ROBOCOP man Verhoeven's 'ironic' take on Robert Heinlein's 1959 novel about a totalitarian future society whose perfectly toned young 'citizens' wage…
Tykho Moon (1997)
- Dir. Enki Bilal
Feat. Julie Delpy, Michel Piccoli
- Mixed sci–fi odyssey features stunning art direction, but a rather shapeless plot involving an aging dictator’s search for life saving brain…
X-Files, The - Season 5 (TV Series) (1997)
- Dir. R.W. Goodwin, Kim Manners, Rob Bowman
Feat. Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny
- Series 5 continues along the lines of Series 4, and is dominated by Mulder's series–long sustained belief that there are, actually, no aliens,…
Alien Autopsy Video (1996)
- Dir. Tom McGough
- Documentary based around footage purporting to come from the Roswell, New Mexico UFO crash in 1947, showing an 'alien' being dissected. A suspect…
Arrival, The (1996)
- Dir. David Twohy
Feat. Charlie Sheen
- Radio astronomer Charlie Sheen detects signs of intelligent life in outer space, and soon discovers hostile ET's, already intent on…
Barb Wire (1996)
- Dir. David Hogan
Feat. Pamela Anderson, Temuera Morrison
- Pam Anderson bounces though an enjoyably trashy catalogue of apocalyptic–future cliches. Aside from the obvious attractions, it's worth seeing…