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selected science fiction films & TV a few sci-fi classics Silent Era sci-fi movies other sci-fi movies, A thru F here on page 3: other sci-fi movies, G thru M on page 4: other sci-fi movies, N thru S + T thru Z on page 5: science fiction TV, A to Z
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If the government is covering up knowledge of aliens, they are doing a better job of it than they do at anything else.
— Stephen W. Hawking [1942-2018]
list of science fiction films (by decade) at Wikipedia
list of 50 Best Sci-fi/Fantasy Movies at Gear Patrol website
Timeout London's Best 100 Science Fiction Movies" list (10/2015)
Science Fiction Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
Science Fiction Anthologies & Collections Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
Selected Science Fiction Films & Television
"Galaxy Quest" sci-fi comedy spoof [1999]starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Sam Rockwell, Alan Rickman
"Ghost Busters"
The 'Ghostbusters' phenomenon includes feature films & television series, some live-action and some animation:
"The Original Ghost Busters" live-action TV series [1975]
"Ghostbusters" live-action movie [1984]
"Ghost Busters" animated TV series [1986]
"The Real Ghostbusters" animated TV series [1986-91]
"Ghostbusters II" live-action movie [1989]
"Extreme Ghostbusters" animated TV series [1997]
"Ghostbusters" reboot live-action movie [July 2016]
"Ghostbusters: Ecto Force" animated TV series [to be broadcast in 2018?] 
more details (synopses, sequels, books & ebooks, links, merchandise) on
Magic Lantern's "Ghostbusters" Movies & TV Page
"Ghost In The Shell"
"GITS" media franchise entry at Wikipedia
"Ghost In The Shell" classic manga and anime series []
"Ghost In The Shell" live-action & CGI film [March 2017?]
Directed by Rupert Sanders; starring Scarlett Johansson as The Major /tt1219827/
"GITS" live-action 2017 film entry at Wikipedia
watch 11/2016 first official trailer [2:29] online at YouTube
"The Girl Who Leapt Through Time"
"The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Toki wo Kakeru Shφjo)" science fiction novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui
serialized in 7 installments from November 1965 to May 1966; first published as a book in 1967
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Who_Leapt_Through_Time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toki_o_Kakeru_Sh%C5%8Djo_(1983_film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toki_o_Kakeru_Sh%C5%8Djo_(1994_TV_series)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toki_o_Kakeru_Sh%C5%8Djo_(1997_film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Musume:_Shinshun!_Love_Stories 2002 TV movie
"The Girl Who Runs Through Time (Toki o Kakeru Sh?jo)" [2004]
adapted as a two-volume manga by Yasutaka Tsutsui, illustrated by Gaku Tsugano
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Who_Leapt_Through_Time_(2006_film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Traveller:_The_Girl_Who_Leapt_Through_Time 2010 live-action film adaptation
5-episode live-action TV series aired in 2016, with Fuma Kikuchi {of Sexy Zone} and Yuina Kuroshima
"God Particle" [Paramount Pictures 2017?] 
Announced 5/2016: Producted by J.J. Abrams & Bad Robot filming to will begin on June 10 in Los Angeles with Nigerian filmmaker Julius Onah directing; cast includes
Daniel Brόhl, Ziyi Zhang, David Oyelowo, Elizabeth Debicki, John Krasinski, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Chris O'Dowd, John Ortiz, Aksel Hennie
latest info at IMDb
"The Green Slime" [Japan 1968] /tt0064393/
"Hero Beyond The Boundary of Time (Wei Xiao Bao: Feng Zhi Gou Nu)"
[Movie Impact Films Hong Kong June 1993]
 | Comedy fantasy spin-off from the 'Duke of The Mount Deer / Luk Ding Gei' 1984 China TV series; a friend of the emperor travels into the future to find a wife for the ailing monarch Produced & co-written by Clarence Yip; directed by Blackie Ko; co-written by Matt Chow, Joe Ma, Lei Yan; starring Tony Leung & Dicky Cheung
Tai Seng Ent. widescreen color DVD [4/2006] out of prodn import/used full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia watch full movie in Chinese w/subtitles [3/2017 upload; 1:36:10] online at YouTube |
"The Hidan of Maukbeiangjow" cult favorite bad movie [Atlantis Films/L & L Company 1973]
re-released as "Invasion of The Girl Snatchers" [Majestic Intl. Pictures 1985]
 | Filmed in Arkansas & Kentucky; the plot makes little sense: elements include a safecracker named Fred, alien invaders, zombies, a Xian spiritualist apprenticed to a voodoo wizard, and a private eye named Sam Co-produced & co-written by Don Elkins {as Phineas T. Pinkham}; co-produced & directed by Lee Jones; co-written by Carla Rueckert; 1985 reissue exec-produced by Jeffrey C. Hogue; starring Elizabeth Rush, Ele Grigsby, David Roster, Paul Lenzi, Charles Rubin, Hugh Smith, Harlo Cayse, Carla Rueckert {topless scene as Ellen Tripp}, Ruth Horn, Pepper Thurston, Dodd Harris III, James Rueckert, Harold Thom, McCain Jeeves, Barbara Jones, Lee Boylan, Paul Urbahns, James DeWitt
Desert Island Films color DVD [8/2012] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia watch hokey official trailer [5/2015 upload; 2:13] online at YouTube |
J.G. Ballards "High-Rise"
[Europe March-April 2016, Magnolia Pictures USA May 2016]
based on Ballards brilliant 1975 novel of Utopian modernist living gone awry (maybe even amok!); directed by Ben Wheatley;
starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Elisabeth Moss, Sienna Miller & Luke Evans
full credits at IMDb
official movie site
movie entry at Wikipedia
watch 2/2016 official trailer [2:17] online at YouTube
"Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" by Douglas Adams [1952-2001]
"The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" TV series [1981] /tt0081874/
"The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" video game [1984] /tt0436395/
"The Making of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" video [1993] /tt0185452/
Isaac Asimov's "I, Robot" feature film [Fox July 2004]
 | Directed by Alex Proyas; screenplay by Jeff Vintar & Akiva Goldsman; starring Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Alan Tudyk & James Cromwell
Fox widescreen color Blu-ray [3/2008] for $12.99 Fox Collector's Edition widescreen color DVD [5/2005] 2 disks for $17.99 Fox widescreen color DVD [12/2004] for $10.49 Fox color DVD [12/2004] for $13.49 Fox color VHS [12/2004] priced for rental market Verese soundtrack CD [7/2004] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
 | "I, Robot" [1950] ten stories as told by robo-psychologist Dr. Susan Calvin Bantam pb [7/94] for $7.50 Doubleday hardcover [6/63] out of print/used |
more details (synopses, sequels, books & ebooks, links, merchandise) on the
Isaac Asimov Robot Mysteries Page at Blackhat Mystery Bookstore
"I Was A Teenage Alien Mutant Cyborg" feature film [indep release May 2016]
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"It's 1954. Mad Scientists. Hostile aliens. An escaped cyborg . . . and the fate of the world hangs in the balance." Co-produced, co-written & co-directed by Kevin Bingham & Lancelot Jean Mallia; screenplay By Rob Cerio, based on a script by Philip Lee; starring Scott Carroll, Ladson Deyne, Gideon Hodge, Ronnie Landfair Jr., Mel Mack, Lex 'Machete' McMahon, Johnny Rock, Genoveva Rossi, Serena Salieri, Asia Strong, Drew Rin Varick, Benjamin Wood, Nicholas J. Wright
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb watch 12/2015 official trailer [1:12] at YouTube |
"Invasion of The Saucer Men" feature film [June 1957] /tt0050545/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_the_Saucer_Men
http://www.amazon.com/Invasion-Saucer-Men-Steven-Terrell/dp/6302725569/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjtASrKtpos [1:09:27]
"Invisible Invaders" feature film [Premium Pictures/United Artists May 1959]
 | Space aliens have lived on Earth's Moon for twenty thousand years, undetected because they are invisible; now that humans have developed atomic weapons, they have decided to annihilate humanity, and are giving mankind 24 hours to surrender (humans will survivie, but under the total control of the alien civilization). American scientists and military meet to discover the aliens' weakness . . . Directed by Edward L. Cahn; written by Samuel Newman; starring John Agar, Jean Byron, Philip Tonge, Robert Hutton, John Carradine, Hal Torey, Paul Langton, Eden Hartford Kino Lorber remastered b&w Blu-ray [7/2016] for $12.99 Kino Lorber remastered b&w DVD [7/2016] for $12.49 full credits at IMDb |
"The Iron Giant" animated feature film [Warner Bros. Aug 1999]
Directed by Brad Bird; starring voices of Eli Marienthal, Jennifer Aniston, Vin Diesel
"IT Conquered The World" [1956]
prod & dir by Roger Corman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHarPB15kQ8 [1.09.00]
"Laserblast" [March 1978]
"The Lost City" 12-chapter sci-fi serial
[Principal/Regal March 1935]
 | "12 High-Voltage Chapters" Daring electrical engineers track the cause of recent earthquake swarms to Magnetic Mountain in Africa . . . Chapter Titles: 1. Living Dead-Men; 2. The Tunnel of Flame; 3. Dagger Rock; 4. Doomed!; 5. Tiger Prey; 6. Human Beasts; 7. Spider Men; 8. Human Targets; 9. Jungle Vengeance; 10. The Lion Pit; 11. The Death Ray; and 12. The Mad Scientist; two different feature-length versions of this serial were released theatrically the same year: 80-minute "The Lost City" [Feb 1935] which was condensed from the entire serial, and 90-minute "The Lost City" [Feb 1935] which was condensed from just chapters 1-4 with some added wrap up scenes tacked on. And yet another feature version of this serial was released theatrically five years later: "City of Lost Men" [1940]
Directed by Harry Revier; SFX by Ken Strickfaden; starring William 'Stage' Boyd, Kane Richmond, Claudia Dell, Josef Swickard, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Billy Bletcher, Eddie Fetherston, Margot D'Use V.C.I. Video b&w DVD [12/2006] for $14.99 full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
edited feature "The Lost City" [Feb 1935] {credits at IMDb}
which was condensed from just chapters 1-4 with some added wrap up scenes tacked on
90-minute Alpha Video b&w DVD [4/2005] for $5.98
edited feature "City of Lost Men" [1940] {credits at IMDb}
80-minute Sinister Cinema b&w DVD-R [5/2008] for $8.99
"The Lost Planet: Conqueror of Space" 15-chapter serial [Columbia Pictures June 1953]
re-released in February 1960 and again in April 1966
 | "Cosmic serial thrills in an out-of-this-world adventure! It's a sensational preview of tomorrow's wonder-world!" Two reporters battle evil Dr. Grood and his plan to dominate Earth; there are at least three robots in the film, looking very human-like; Chapter Titles: 1. Mystery of The Guided Missile; 2. Trapped By The Axial Propeller; 3. Blasted By The Thermic Disintegrator; 4. The Mind Control Machine; 5. The Atomic Plane; 6. Disaster In The Stratosphere; 7. Snared By The Prysmic Catapult; 8. Astray In Space; 9. The Hypnotic Ray Machine; 10. To Free The Planet People; 11. Dr. Grood Defies Gravity; 12. Trapped In A Cosmo Jet; 13. The Invisible Enemy; 14. In The Grip of The De-Thermo Ray; and 15. Sentenced To Space
Produced by Sam Katzman; directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet; written by George H. Plympton & Arthur Hoerl; starring Judd Holdren, Vivian Mason, Michael Fox, Forrest Taylor, Gene Roth, Ted Thorpe, Jack George, Frederic Berest, John L. Cason, Nick Stuart, Leonard Penn, Joseph Mell, Pierre Watkin, Karl 'Killer' Davis {as Karlo, aka Robot R-4}, Lee Roberts {as Wesley Brenn, aka Robot R-9}, Terry Frost {as a robot} VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available full credits at IMDb JB's movie fanpage [posted 5/2015] |
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edited feature "Lost Planet Airmen" [Republic Pictures July 1951]
 | 65-minute feature version of Republic's 1949 12-chapter film serial "King of The Rocket Men"; two scientists at a secret desert facility die 'accidentally', a female reporter investigates, and a young scientist dons an experimental rocket flying suit to thwart the evil plans of Dr. Vulcan. Directed by Fred C. Brannon; written by Royal K. Cole, William Lively & Sol Shor; starring Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, Don Haggerty, House Peters Jr., I. Stanford Jolley VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Lost Planet: Something Is Out There" [Germany July 2013]
working title "Off World"; USA release as "Dark Space"
 | A rocketship crashlands on a remote planet with six people aboard; they soon figure out that they are not alone; USA VOD release October 2013, USA DVD release August 2014 Written & directed by Emmett Callinan; starring Keith Reay, Steve West, Alana Dietze, Tonya Kay, Joseph Darden, Avital Ash
"Dark Space": Sony Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [8/2014] out of prodn/many used "Dark Space": Sony Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [8/2014] out of prodn/used "Lost Planet": Krause & Schneider Multimedia Region 1 widescreen color DVD [2013] import/scarce full credits at IMDb watch official German 'Off World' trailer [1:29] online at YouTube |
"The Man From Planet X" [1951] directed by Edgar G. Ulmer /tt0043778/
"The Man Who Fell To Earth" sci-fi classic
[British Lion / Cinema 5 March 1976]
Filmed at Albuquerque, Artesia, Fenton Lake, Jemez Springs, Los Lunas, Madrid, Roswell & White Sands in
New Mexico; directed by Nicolas Roeg; based on the novel by Walter Tevis; starring David Bowie, Rip Torn,
Candy Clark, Buck Henry, Bernie Casey, Jackson D. Kane, Rick Riccardo, Tony Mascia, Linda Hutton,
Claudia Jennings [1949-79] & Terry Southern
full credits at IMDb
 | "Earthbound: David Bowie and The Man Who Fell To Earth" [2017] by Susan Compo, Foreword by Graeme Clifford Kindle Edition from Jawbone Press [10/2017] for $9.99 Jawbone Press 8½x6¼ pb [10/2017] for $15.60 |
"The Martian" [Fox Nov 2015]
 | Based on the book by Andy Weir; a N.A.S.A. astronaut on Mars is believed killed in a sandstorm, so the expedition returns to Earth without him. Directed by space movie veteran Ridley Scott; screenplay by Drew Goddard; starring Matt Damon DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb watch official trailer [0:59] at YouTube |
Jules Verne's "Master of The World"
[American Intl. Pictures June 1961]
 | Sci-fi author Matheson deftly combined Jules Verne's "Robur The Conqueror" [1886] and its sequel "Master of The World" [1904] and new elements for what amounts to a steampunk adventure, with Yankee balloonists attempting to thwart the takeover of the world by a mad genius in an airship Directed by William Witney; screenplay by Richard Matheson; music by Les Baxter; starring Vincent Price, Charles Bronson, David Frankham, Henry Hull, Richard Harrison, Mary Webster, Vito Scotti, Wally Campo
M.G.M. Home Video widescreen color DVD-R [10/2011] for $15.96 Orion Home Video color VHS [1994] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailer [3/2014 upload; 2:27] online at YouTube watch full movie [4/2014 upload; 1:33:59] online at YouTube |
"Master of The World" animated TV movie [A.P.I./C.B.S. Oct 1976]
 | Hour-long animated tale set in Chicago circa 1910; follows Verne's "Robur The Conqueror" plot, with his airship crashing at the end
Produced by Walter J. Hucker; directed by Leif Gram; script by John Palmer; featuring voices of John Ewart, Tim Elliott, Matthew O'Sullivan, Ron Haddrick, Judy Morris
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available full credits at IMDb watch official trailer [4/2010 upload; 0:55] online at YouTube |
"Midnight Movie Massacre" aka "Attack From Mars" [indep 1988]
 | The alien spaceman from Mars is a vampire; he terrorizes staff and patrons at a movie theater in Burbank, California that is showing episodes of the 1950s b&w TV series "Space Patrol"; released on video in 2001 Co-written & co-directed by Laurence Jacobs & Mark Stock; starring Robert Clarke, Ann Robinson, David Staffer, Tom Hutsler, Margi Robbins, Mary Stevens, Duke Howze, Andrew Goodman, Lori Davis, Tamara Sue Hill, Susan Murphy, Brad Bittiker, Stuart Allen, Charity Case, Dwayne Clark, Sara Strnad, Jim Cass, Von Clark, Vince Cabrera, David Lee Kious, John Kelly, Heidi Thomas, Mark Mossman, George Winton, Marty de Courcy, Mary Ramos, Neal Wilde, Kevin Brief, Terry Harms, Cindy Higgins, Dan DeLuca, Jim Zippo, John Paul Biscanin
full credits at IMDb
Image Ent. color/b&w DVD [8/2001] out of prodn/used |
"Missile To The Moon" [Nov 1958]
"Monstrosity" [Cinema Venture Sept 1963]
 | An wealthy and aging woman hires a scientist who says that he can tranplant her brain into that of a beautiful and much younger woman . . . Co-written & co-produced by Dean Dillman Jr., Sue Dwiggins, Jack Pollexfen & Vy Russell; co-Directed by Joseph V. Mascelli & Jack Pollexfen; narrated by Bradford Dillman; starring Marjorie Eaton, Frank Gerstle, Frank Fowler, Erika Peters, Judy Bamber, Lisa Lang, Margie Fisco & Xerxes the Cat
Alpha Video b&w DVD [4/2003] for $5.99 Sinister Cinema b&w DVD [12/2013] for $16.95 Moth, Inc. restored 4k HD format b&w DVD [2017] - status unclear full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Morgan" [Fox Sept 2016?]
sci-fi thriller starring Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Toby Jones, Rose Leslie, Boyd Holbrook, Michelle Yeoh, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Giamatti
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available
full credits at IMDb
official movie site
watch 5/2016 official trailer [1:53] at YouTube
"The Mysterians" [Toho Japan 1957, USA Oct 1958] /tt0050251/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHbL8a71Hoo movie trailer [1:25]
followed by "Battle In Outer Space" (1959) /tt0053388/
followed by "The War In Space" (1977) /tt0076902/
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