Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction: 1580 Films to Buy & Rent
Punishment Park (1971)
- Dir. Peter Watkins
- Extraordinary, 'fictionalised' docu–drama from the unique and largely unheralded talent of British director Peter Watkins, portraying the…
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…
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
- Dir. Ted Post
Feat. James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans
- First and arguably the best of the sequels continues the set up of the original with James Franciscus burrowing underground to discover a mutant…
City Beneath the Sea (1970)
- Dir. Irwin Allen
Feat. Robert Wagner, Joseph Cotton, Richard Basehart…
- Originally a TV–Movie, this concerns a future oceanic metropolis populated by the likes of Robert Wagner, Joseph Cotton, Richard Basehart and…
Colossus - The Forbin Project (1970)
- Dir. Joseph Sargent
Feat. Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent
- Believably unsettling cold war parable concerning a huge electronic brain called Colossus, designed to control the American missile defense system.…
Crimes of the Future (1970)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Ronald Mlodzik, Jon Lidolt, Tania Zolty…
- Cronenberg's sophomore feature "Crimes of the Future" takes Stereo's stylings even further into the realms of intentional loopiness. The plot…
Doctor Who (TV Series) [Jon Pertwee] (Dr. Who) (1970-1974)
- Feat. Jon Pertwee
- Jon Pertwee took over from Patrick Troughton as the third and one of the most memorable 'Doctors' in the long–running BBC series. Pertwee…
Night Gallery (TV Series) (1970-1973)
- Feat. Rod Serling
- Spooky suspense series, hosted by Rod Serling, with each episode adapted from a sci–fi and horror short story. While not up to Serling's…
THX-1138 (1970)
- Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley
- The man behind STAR WARS and, yep, THX digital sound, made his feature debut with this stark sci–fi chamber piece, most remembered for its…
Timeslip (TV Series) (1970-1971)
- Feat. Spencer Banks, Cheryl Burfield, Denis Quilley
- A smart children’s sci–fi series that tells in four separate stories what happens when two intrepid siblings discover an invisible portal…