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Settlers (2021): Dir. Wyatt Rockefeller
Feat. Sofia Boutella, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Brooklynn Prince…; An isolated settlement on Mars becomes a fiercely contested battleground between families in this beautifully crafted and quietly devastating…
Ad Astra (2019): Dir. James Gray
Feat. Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga…; After his father's doomed space expedition threatens the universe, an astronaut embarks on a mission to the outer edges of the solar system to try to…
Lost in Space (TV Series) (2018): Feat. Molly Parker, Toby Stephens, Taylor Russell…; Set thirty years in the future, this epic reimagining of the original family space adventure finds the Robinsons torn off course en route to what…
Alien: Covenant (2017): Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Katherine Waterston, Michael Fassbender, Billy Crudup…; The alien resurrection continues with director Ridley Scott returning once again to the sci–fi blockbuster franchise for another…
Life (2017): Dir. Daniel Espinosa
Feat. Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson…; Claustrophobic white knuckle horror where a team of scientists on an international space station discover that the biological sample they took from…
Space Between Us, The (2017): Dir. Peter Chelsom
Feat. Asa Butterfield, Gary Oldman, Carla Gugino…; Sci–fi romance where a teenage boy who has grown up on Mars visits earth for the first time. Enlisting the help of a misfit girl from Colorado,…
Osiris Child, The (Science Fiction Volume One) (2016): Dir. Shane Abbass
Feat. Kellan Lutz, Daniel MacPherson, Teagan Croft…; Paying homage to sci–fi B–movies of the 80s and 90s with a straight face, this is an impressively ambitious low–budget sci–fi…
Terraformars: The Movie (2016): Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Rinko Kikuchi, Rila Fukushima, Kane Kosugi…; A team of human exterminators are on a mission to wipe out a ridiculous cockroach infestation that plagues the red planet, after a terraforming…
Dark Matter (TV Series) (2015-2017): Feat. Marc Bendavid, Anthony Lemke, Alex Mallari Jr.…; Intriguing Canadian sci–fi series created by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, based on their comic book of the same name. Set in a dystopian…
Expanse, The (TV Series) (2015): Feat. Thomas Jane, Steven Strait, Cas Anvar…; Ambitious adaptation of the hugely popular science fiction novels by James S. A. Corey, set in a future where Mars and the asteroid belt have been…
Martian, The (2015): Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig…; Ridley Scott adapts the acclaimed novel by Andy Weir as an unabashed crowd–pleaser about an astronaut who is left behind after a manned mission…
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015): Dir. J.J. Abrams
Feat. Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac…; A triumphant return to a a galaxy far, far away – and one that seemed further away after the prequels – is thrillingly directed by reboot…
Interstellar (2014): Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain…; Christopher Nolan's space epic has a team of explorers travel through a wormhole in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.
Gravity (2013): Dir. Alfonso Cuaron
Feat. Sandra Bullock, George Clooney; Is GRAVITY the first really new film of the 21st Century? I hazard it may be. It is certainly the first to harness the bleeding edge of the current…
Last Days on Mars, The (2013): Dir. Ruairi Robinson
Feat. Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas, Romola Garai…; An inaugural manned mission to Mars comes unstuck following an encounter with a potential new life–form in this tense sci–fi expedition…
Riddick (2013): Dir. David Twohy
Feat. Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff…; This third 'chronicle' in the Riddick saga satisfyingly turns the clock back to what made original film, PITCH BLACK, a cult hit. Still pretty…
Astronaut: The Last Push (2012): Dir. Eric Hayden
Feat. Khary Payton; A small, but impressively formed space odyssey about an astronaut whose partner is killed and their mission to Jupiter's Europa moon is aborted. His…
Prometheus (2012): Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender…; Ridley Scott's return to the ALIEN franchise results in his most visually enthralling film since BLADE RUNNER, with outstanding art direction and…
Apollo 18 (2011): Dir. Gonzalo López-Gallego
Feat. Ryan Robbins, Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen; BLAIR WITCH in space! Top secret footage reveals why NASA never returned to the moon. Derivative and progressively silly, but dir.…
Love (2011): Dir. William Eubank
Feat. Gunner Wright; A cerebral, one–man science fiction odyssey which contemplates the difficulties of deep space isolation, and more portentously, the need for…
Prophets of Science Fiction (TV Series) (2011): Somewhat exaggerated series produced and hosted by Ridley Scott that depicts numerous occasions when science fiction authors have predicted and…
Super 8 (2011): Dir. J.J. Abrams
Feat. Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning, Riley Griffiths…; A young group of film–loving friends witness a train crash and suspect it was not an accident and their suspicions are fueled by a series of…
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…
Knowing (2009): Dir. Alex Proyas
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Lara Robinson…; Sci–fi thriller focused around a teacher (Cage) who opens up a time capsule from 50 years ago which unnervingly predicts accurate dates of past…
Moon (2009): Dir. Duncan Jones
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott…; Smartly handled science fiction from the offspring of David Bowie (aka Zowie Bowie), with Sam Rockwell playing the lone occupant of an energy…
Planet 51 (2009): Dir. Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad; Cosmic comedy sees a less–than–stellar astronaut land on supposedly uninhabited Planet 51 only to find little green people living in what…
To (2001 Nights) (2009): Two standalone stories from Yukinobu Hoshino’s manga "2001 Nights" are vividly rendered in this 3D–animation concerning fantastical but…
Dead Space (Downfall + Aftermath) (2008): Dir. Chuck Patton; A deep space survivalist horror, based on the video game of the same name, centred on a group of miners battling against a gruesome alien invasion…
Star Wars - The Clone Wars (2008): Dir. Dave Filoni; Watered down kids animation from the STAR WARS franchise, focusing on the Jedi Knights battle to retain peace in the galaxy during the…
Stargate: Continuum (2008): Feat. Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge…; Second "direct–to–video" sequel to the STARGATE SG–1 series (following The Ark of Truth), sees the team return from years in space…
Tamagotchi The Movie (2008): Kids movie based on the popular 'virtual pet' toys sees a child from Earth being inadvertently sent to the Tamagotchi Planet, where mischief and…
Wall-E (2008): Dir. Andrew Stanton; Another stroke of Pixar genius, this time one for our conservationist times, this is the delightful eco–tale of the last surviving "waste…
Sunshine (2007): Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Michelle Yeoh…; Proverbial space peril from the creators of 28 DAYS LATER; a crew of astronauts, and mankind’s last hope, set about delivering a nuclear payload to…
Freedom (TV Series) (2006): Dir. Joe Egender; Katsuhiro Otomo's distinctive character designs flavour this beautifully rendered seven–part anime serial, originally devised as a marketing…
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005): Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor; Dir. George Lucas completes his blockbusting space opera saga with a gratifying flourish, providing certainly the most thrilling of the 'prequels'…
Zathura (A Space Adventure) (2005): Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins; Highly effective 'sequel of sorts' to JUMANJI, with two squabbling kid brothers unearthing a strange clockwork boardgame in the basement, which upon…
Chronicles of Riddick, The (2004): Dir. David Twohy
Feat. Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Thandiwe Newton…; Vin Diesel goes on the run as 'Riddick', the anti–hero of PITCH BLACK, in a far more elaborate space opera based around the evil ambitions of a…
Star Wars - The Clone Wars (TV Series) (2003): Animated Star Wars 'micro' series set between EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES and EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH, detailing the grand–scale…
Adventures of Pluto Nash, The (2002): Dir. Ron Underwood
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson…; Sci–fi comedy set in 2080 and following a lunar nightclub owner and ex–convict (Eddie Murphy) who is trying to keep the mafia out of his…
Firefly (TV Series) (2002): Feat. Adam Baldwin; Devised by Josh Whedon, the creator of BUFFY and ANGEL, this intelligent sci–fi series concerns a small group of space–travellers aboard…
Solaris (2002): Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies…; Revisiting Tarkovsky’s 1972 sci–fi epic, dir. Soderburgh sustains comparisons with a thoughtful, stately reprise of its mysterious story…
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002): Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen…; The attack of the most successful–ever movie franchise continues, with Lucas’ space–opera following further galactic struggles, in…
Stranded (Náufragos) (2002): Dir. Maria Lidon
Feat. Vincent Gallo, Maria de Medeiros; A team of astronauts crashland on the 'red planet' without hope of rescue, beginning a race against their diminishing oxygen supply to somehow find…
American Astronaut, The (2001): Dir. Cory McAbee
Feat. Cory McAbee; Wobbling unusually between satire, male angst and experimental derring–do, this slice of outer orbit cinema is set in a grungy future existence…
Titan A.E. (2001): Dir. Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Feat. Matt Damon, Bill Pullman, John Leguizamo…; Unique combination of traditional animation and computer–generated images draws new inspiration from the debris of other sci–fi sources,…
Mission to Mars (2000): Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle; A loop–ily solemn mission to the red planet in the year 2020 with Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins and Don Cheadle, that threatens at times to overcome…
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. Human…
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…
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…
From the Earth to the Moon (TV Series) (1998): Feat. Dylan Baker, Adam Baldwin, Gary Cole…; Truly epic dramatisation of the Apollo space programme – produced by Tom Hanks after the success of APOLLO 13 – which looks at the entire…
Lost in Space (1998): Dir. Stephen Hopkins
Feat. William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, Gary Oldman…; Warning! Warning! This ill–conceived big screen adaptation of a tele–series starts bad and does not get better, in fact, it's worth…
Soldier (1998): Dir. Paul Anderson
Feat. Kurt Russell, Gary Busey, Jason Scott Lee; Military sci–fi adventure wherein Kurt Russell utters terse words as an out–moded fighting machine grasping at a few straws of humanity…
Alien Resurrection (1997): Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman; Sigourney is back from the dead in part four of the continuing Alien saga, this time in the hands of the French DELICATESSEN helmer who sneaks in as…
Event Horizon (1997): Dir. Paul Anderson
Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill; This sleek monstrosity is worth a look for some reasonably scary special effects or if you just want reminding of what a masterpiece ALIEN really is.…
Space Truckers (1996): Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar…; A non–villainous Dennis Hopper plays a long–haul truckie of the future, toting a lucrative sealed cargo across the galaxy. Stephen Dorff…
Star Trek - First Contact (1996): Dir. Jonathan Frakes
Feat. Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes; Highly accredited STAR TREK entry in which an entirely new crew of the Starship Enterprise E come up against series arch–enemies The Borg……
Star Trek - Generations (1995): Dir. David Carson
Feat. LeVar Burton, Malcolm McDowell, James Doohan…; Capt. Picard and crew get their big–screen debut but are forced to call on the spirit of predecessor Capt. Kirk to assist them in a struggle…
Star Trek - Voyager (TV Series) (1995): Feat. Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran; As a spinoff TV series of the STAR TREK empire, this was not as high–achieving as DEEP SPACE NINE, but still holds it own with some good…
Royal Space Force (Wings of Honnemaise) (1994): Dir. Hiroyuki Yamaga; Quality Anime feature distinguishes itself by taking its time to develop story and character, as well as boasting intricate animation. Score by…
Stargate (1994): Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson; Kurt Russell and James Spader headline this big–budget spectacle. Promising start evokes the epic adventure intrigue of a LAWRENCE OF ARABIA,…
Babylon 5 (TV Series) (1993): Dir. Richard Compton
Feat. Michael O'Hare, Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian…; Renegade staff from Star Trek's Next Generation developed their own series for an opposition TV network. Computer generated effects give them a run…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series) (Deep Space 9) (1993): Feat. Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig…; Son of the Next Generation, this initiated a new tele series for trekkies to indulge. Intrepid officers of Starfleet acquire an abandoned alien space…
Alien 3 (1992): Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Pete Postlethwaite…; Third entry suffers from its plagued production history, but still emerges as an enjoyable piece of hokum and Sigourney is as terrific as always.
Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country (1991): Dir. Nicholas Meyer
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…; Gracious conclusion to the film series featuring the original cast. Combines great special effects, a plot with a social conscience, and some deft…
Moon 44 (1990): Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Michael Pare, Lisa Eichhorn, Malcolm McDowell; Low–rent, but tolerable sci–fi action set on a remote corporate mining colony which is under siege from rival interests. Pare plays an…
Star Trek V - The Final Frontier (1989): Dir. William Shatner
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…; This time Shatner tries his hand at directing, in what turns out to be one of the less memorable missions of the series. The crew travel through…
Sound (1988): Dir. Biagio Proietti
Feat. Peter Fonda; Peter Fonda stars in this avant garde sci–fi film about a space technician's fascination with a bizarre noise that he believes to be a message…
Star Trek - The Next Generation (TV Series) (1987): Dir. Various
Feat. Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn…; The STAR TREK series relaunched, with a new crew and modernised ‘Enterprise’, that led to a revival of trekkie–mania.
Aliens (1986): Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn…; Sigourney Weaver returns as Ripley, the only survivor from the first grisly encounter with the slimy she–creature, here joining a team of…
Space Camp (1986): Dir. Harry Winer
Feat. Kate Capshaw, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott…; Good natured 80's adolescent romp in which a group of young attendees of a space camp find themselves in space for real when their shuttle is…
Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home (1986): Dir. Leonard Nimoy
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…; Kirk and his crew must travel back in time to the 20th century in order to save the Earth. Far more comedic than previous entries in the series, as…
Enemy Mine (1985): Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Louis Jr. Gossett, Brion James; Warmhearted Sci–Fi yarn with two space pilots on opposing sides in an intergalactic war crash landing on a desolate planet, and having to make…
2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984): Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren; Belated sequel jettisons the metaphysics of 2001 for more traditional sci–fi explanations, bolstered by excellent special f/x. Roy Scheider…
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai - Across the Eighth Dimension (1984): Dir. W.D. Richter
Feat. Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin…; This offbeat genre film has been described as a silly movie for smart people. A bored neurosurgeon (Buck) decides to become a rock star and defender…
Ice Pirates, The (1984): Dir. Stewart Raffill
Feat. Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts…; Goofy sci–fi comedy set in a distant future where water is scarce on the planet earth. After a band of space pirates get caught raiding ice,…
Last Starfighter, The (1984): Dir. Nick Castle
Feat. Lance Guest, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart; Diverting wish–fulfilment has teenager Lance Guest inducted by aliens into a galaxy–saving space–force because of his ace skills at…
Star Trek III - The Search for Spock (1984): Dir. Leonard Nimoy
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…; Leonard Nimoy himself directed this continuation of 'The Wrath of Khan', in which the crew set out to rescue Spock from Kurge (Christopher Lloyd).…
Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi (1983): Dir. Richard Marquand
Feat. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford…; Final installment in George Lucas' space–trilogy sees the conclusion of the galactic war between the Empire and the 'Rebel forces'. Mark…
Android (1982): Dir. Aaron Lipstadt
Feat. Klaus Kinski, Brie Howard, Norbert Weisser; Quirky tale of an almost–human robot who learns he is about to be made obsolete. Entertaining script and tight direction redeems the small…
Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan (1982): Dir. Nicholas Meyer
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…; The Enterprise crew are back to do battle with Kirk's old enemy Khan, as he takes control of a Federation Starship. Nice touches of humour and…
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV Series) (1981): Dir. Alan J.W. Bell
Feat. Peter Jones, Simon Jones, David Dixon…; The excellent BBC TV adaptation of Douglas Adams' extraordinary books provides a wealth of brain–candy for cybernerds, techno–buffs and…
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980): Dir. Jimmy T. Murakami
Feat. John Saxon, Richard Thomas; A campy space–set reworking of THE SEVEN SAMURAI/MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, produced by Roger Corman and scripted by John Sayles. The effects shine…
Saturn 3 (1980): Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, Harvey Keitel; Space–base scientists Farrah Fawcett and Kirk Douglas become menaced by baddie Harvey Keitel and his sex–crazed robot. Martin Amis's…
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980): Dir. Irvin Kershner
Feat. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford…; The remaining rebel forces play a game of cat and mouse with the emperors immense galactic armada. Tight action sequences, deft plot twists and a…
Alien (1979): Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt…; One of the best films of modern cinema, this classic combines nail–shredding suspense with H.R. Giger's awesome production design. This film…
Battlestar Galactica (Original TV Series) (1979): Feat. Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Jane Seymour…; The followup television series to the 1978 feature–film concerning the future plight of the human race when persecuted by the powerful Cylon…
Black Hole, The (1979): Dir. Gary Nelson
Feat. Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster…; Maniacal scientist Maximilian Schell plans to dive into a vast ‘black hole’ in space – this is the compelling idea of one of…
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series) (1979-1981): Feat. Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Tim O'Connor; Kitsch TV serial adapted from the comic strip with Gil Gerard as the all–American 20th Century astronaut who is cryogenically re–animated…
Star Trek - The Motion Picture (1979): Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…; Starring the cast from the 60's TV phenomenon, this special effects fest features the crew fighting a lethal force field spinning toward Earth.…
Battlestar Galactica (1978): Dir. Richard A. Colla
Feat. Lorne Greene, Ray Milland, Dirk Benedict; The TV origins of this STAR WARS retread are plainly evident, with the cast all looking rather self–conscious in their 70s lurex clobber.
Blake's 7 (TV Series) - Series 1 (1978): Feat. Michael Keating, Gareth Thomas; An acknowledged classic of British television sci–fi, this long–running series followed the fortunes of disparate group of characters…
Incredible Melting Man, The (1978): Dir. William Sachs
Feat. Alex Rebar, Burr DeBenning, Myron Healey; Radiation poisoning causes an astronaut to literally fall to pieces during a murderous rampage. Slimy effects by Rick Baker distinguish this pure…
Starcrash (1978): Dir. Luigi Cozzi
Feat. Marjoe Gortner, Caroline Munro, David Hasselhoff…; Galactic adventure following a pair of smugglers who take on the evil Count Zartharn who is developing a mysterious and deadly weapon. Very much a…
Star Wars Trilogy, The (Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi) (1977-1983): Dir. George Lucas; George Lucas' original trilogy of sci–fi blockbusters, presented in their extended, remastered versions.
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977): Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford…; George Lucas' epic trilogy of space adventure begins "long ago and far far away", with the life of Luke Skywalker being disturbed by the galactic war…
Dark Star (1974): Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Brian Narelle, Dre Pahich, Carl Kuniholm…; Directing debut of Carpenter contains that renegade spirit that is so often lost further down career paths. With ALIEN scribe Dan O'Bannon, he forges…
Space 1999 (TV Series) (1974- 1978): Dir. David Tomblin
Feat. Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse…; A live–action creation from puppet–master Gerry Anderson about a crew of scientists stationed on "Moonbase Alpha". With sterling…
Moonbase 3 (TV Series) (1973): Feat. Donald Houston, Ralph Bates; A British sci–fi show set in 2003 when five world powers have colonised the moon, the third of which is a European base run by Donald Houston…
Silent Running (1971): Dir. Douglas Trumball
Feat. Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin…; Environmental parable stars Bruce Dern as a space–station botanist who defies authority to preserve final samples of Earth's vegetation. A…
Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (Doppelganger) (1969): Dir. Robert Parish
Feat. Roy Thinnes, Lynn Loring, Herbert Lom; Venturing behind the sun to a planet that turns out to be the mirror opposite of Earth, Roy Thinnes heads the space crew that come face to face with…
Marooned (Space Travelers) (1969): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Gene Hackman, Richard Crenna, Gregory Peck…; An excellent outer space thriller which proffers an APOLLO 13–like situation of NASA astronauts being stuck in orbit, while the Earthbound…
Moon Zero Two (1969): Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. James Olson, Catherina Von Schell, Warren Mitchell…; Low–budget science fiction foray from Hammer Films, billed as the first moon "western" and released very soon after the first moon landing in…
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester; Stanley Kubrick's milestone sci–fi film is a magnificent visual wonder. Based on the short story 'The Sentinal' by Arthur C. Clarke, this…
Countdown (1968): Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. James Caan, Robert Duvall, Joanna Moore…; An early and unusual space–travel drama from dir. Altman, in which American astronaut Caan must undergo tough training with instructor Duvall…
Space Thing (1968): Dir. Byron Mabe; Sexploitation in space from cult producer David F. Friedman, this dreams up a story about the spaceship S.S. Supreme Erection, which is voyaging the…
Doctor Who and the Daleks (Dr. Who and the Daleks) (1965): Dir. Gordon Flemyng
Feat. Peter Cushing; First go at putting the classic TV serial on the big–screen, with Peter Cushing giving a pleasingly daffy rendition of the Doctor, combating…
Journey to the Centre of Time / Wizard of Mars (1965-1967): Dir. D L Hewitt; Z–grade sci–fi double feature from director David L Hewitt. JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF TIME (1967) – This concerns a gigantic…
Lost in Space (TV Series) (1965- 1968): Feat. Guy Williams, June Lockhart; Re–live the kinda camp adventures of the Space Family Robinson. From mega–producer, Irwin Allen. The complete first Season available…
Planet of the Vampires (1965): Dir. Mario Bava
Feat. Barry Sullivan; Various crew members start disappearing while searching for signs of life on planet Aura. Atmospheric space adventure would pre–empt ALIEN by…
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet / Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1965-1968): Dir. Curtis Harrington, Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Basil Rathbone, Faith Domergue, Mamie Van Doren; A pair of notable cheese–fests from the "planet of the low–budget": Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965) Directed by Curtis…
First Men in the Moon (H. G. Wells' First Men in the Moon) (1964): Dir. Nathan Juran
Feat. Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, Lionel Jeffries…; Typically stunning Ray Harryhausen effects are the main drawcard of this interesting, if minor sci–fi bauble adapted from H.G. Wells'…
Star Trek - Season 1 (TV Series) (1964): Feat. Jeffrey Hunter, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy…; The original Star Trek series was a milestone in television – as one of the best sci–fi conceptions and as the start of a remarkable…
Fireball XL5 (TV Series) (1962): Dir. Gerry Anderson; A precursor to the Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5 is a massive spacecraft, patrolling a dangerous sector of the galaxy and piloted by the handsome and…
First Spaceship On Venus (1962): Dir. Kurt Maetzig
Feat. Yoko Tani, Oldrich Lukes, Ignacy Machowski; Adapted from a novel by Polish sci–fi writer Stanislaw Lem (SOLARIS), this follows an expedition to Venus to discover the ravaged remains of an…
Journey to the Seventh Planet / Planet of Blood (1962-1966): Dir. Sidney Pink, Curtis Harrington
Feat. Basil Rathbone, Dennis Hopper, John Saxon…; Two inventive low–budget science fiction films from the 1960s that influenced later films. JOURNEY TO THE 7TH PLANET (1962) –…
Planeta Bur: The Planet of Storms (1962): Dir. Pavel Klushantsev
Feat. Vladimir Yemelyanov, Georgi Zhzhyonov, Yuri Sarantsev; Cult science–fiction with Russian cosmonauts landing on a Venus teeming with flesh–eating plants, lizard men and dinosaurs! Ingeniously…
Phantom Planet, The (1961): Dir. William Marshall
Feat. Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Francis X. Bushman…; Spacy variation on Gulliver's Travels in which an astronaut is shrunk to six inches before helping out a tiny race rid their world of nemesis Richard…
Angry Red Planet (1959): Dir. Ib Melchior
Feat. Gerald Mohr, Norah Hayden; An expedition to Mars runs into all sorts of alien terrors in this extraterrestrial romp. 'Cinemagic' (which turns everything pink) is just one of…
First Man Into Space (1958): Dir. Robert Day
Feat. Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi; A test pilot disobeys orders and takes his experimental ship higher than man has ever been before, but not without suffering a bizarre and horrible…
It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958): Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Marshall Thompson, Kim Spalding, Shawn Smith; 50's sci–fi horror set in a future 1973. A hostile martian life form stows away on a rescue ship heading to Mars to recover survivors of an…
Queen of Outer Space (1958): Dir. Edward Bernds
Feat. Zsa Zsa Gabor, Laurie Mitchell, Eric Fleming; Campy cult fantasy with an American space crew crash landing on Venus, which is inhabited by beautiful woman presided over by a despotic Queen.
Mysterians, The (1957): Dir. Inoshiro Honda
Feat. Takashi Shimura, Kenji Sahara, Susumu Fujita; Pastel coloured invader movie from the creative team behind GODZILLA. Aliens refugees from a planet destroyed by atomic bombs flee to Earth in the…
Forbidden Planet (1956): Dir. Fred M. Wilcox
Feat. Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen; Pre–eminent sci–fi film of the 50's with a story and special effects well beyond its time. This fascinating film launched the careers of…
Crash of the Moons (1954): Dir. Hollingsworth Morse
Feat. Scotty Beckett, Richard Crane; Feature–length edit of the classic sci–fi TV serial 'Rocky Jones Space Ranger' in which Richard Crane plays the raygun–toting hero…
Devil Girl From Mars (1954): Dir. David MacDonald
Feat. Patricia Laffan, Hugh McDermott, Adrienne Corri…; High camp sci–fi cheapie about a female alien commander from Mars who is sent to earth to collect human males as breeding stock to save the…
Radar Men from the Moon (1952): Dir. Fred C. Brannon
Feat. George Wallace, Roy Barcroft, Aline Towne…; Cracking Republic serial has Commando Cody taking on the baddies – including future Lone Ranger Moore – armed with his trusty aluminum…
Flight to Mars (1951): Dir. Lesley Selander
Feat. Cameron Mitchell, Marguerite Chapman, Virginia Huston…; Expedition adventure set on a Red Planet inhabited by an underground–dwelling but dying civilization that appear to be human.
Destination Moon (1950): Dir. Irving Pichel
Feat. John Archer, Warner Anderson, Dick Wesson…; Prescient sci–fi film that deals with the practical scientific and engineering challenges of space travel and to speculate on what a manned…
Rocketship X-M (1950): Dir. Kurt Neumann
Feat. Lloyd Bridges; Lloyd Bridges leads a bunch of wisecracking astronauts to the moon, only they get diverted to Mars! Prototype sci–fi cheapie rolls out the…
Flash Gordon Serial (Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe) (1940): Dir. Ford Beebe
Feat. Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton; One of the early Flash Gordon serials, which enthralled audiences in the 1940s. Here Flash must battle Ming the Merciless who has unleashed the…
Earth 2 (TV Series): Feat. Clancy Brown, Debrah Farentino, Joey Zimmerman; Sci–fi adventure series following an interplanetary expeditionary group called the Eden Project, whose mission is to find an earth–like…

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