Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Science Fiction > Suspense/Crime: 108 Films to Rent
- City Under Siege (2010)
- Dir. Benny Chan
Feat. Aaron Kwok, Colin Chou, Wu Jing…
- One–of–a–kind Hong Kong mash–up has a group of criminals gaining super powers after being infected with a biological weapon,…
- This is Not My Life (TV Series) (2010)
- Dir. Robert Sarkies
Feat. Charles Mesure, Tania Nolan, Ariana Brunet…
- Set in a fictional New Zealand town in the 2020s, this high–end Kiwi production runs with a number of well–worn science–fiction…
- 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…
- Push (2009)
- Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Camilla Belle, Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning…
- Four telekinetic outcasts band together to expose a government conspiracy in this familiar, if crispy executed sci–fi thriller.
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- Blindness (2008)
- Dir. Fernando Meirelles
Feat. Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore, Danny Glover…
- Psychological thriller set in a big city where a sudden epidemic of 'white blindness' strikes half the population, and those affected set up their…
- Life on Mars (US TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Harvey Keitel, Jason O'Mara, Michael Imperioli…
- Polarizing remake of the British sci–fi success shares an identical premise – namely cop hit by car in present wakes up in 1973 –…
- Splinter (2008)
- Dir. Toby Wilkins
Feat. Shea Whigham, Paulo Costanzo, Jill Wagner
- Lean sci–fi thriller in which a couple and an escaped convict are trapped in a gas station by a deadly parasite intent on making their bodies…
- Suspension (2008)
- Dir. Ethan Shaftel
Feat. Scott Cordes, Annie Tedesco, Caroline Vinciguerra
- Independent sci–fi thriller in the TWILIGHT ZONE mold, concerning a man who loses his wife and son in a car accident, and subsequently…
- 28 Weeks Later (2007)
- Dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Harold Perrineau, Jr.…
- Post–Apocalyptic sequel to 28 DAYS LATER takes place weeks after the Rage Virus outbreak, with a small community attempting to…
- Bionic Woman, The (TV Series) (2007)
- Feat. Michelle Ryan, Miguel Ferrer, Molly Price…
- Updated version of the 70's TV series about a female athlete who is gifted with bionic strength after a serious accident.