Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction > Outer Space: 137 Films to Buy & Rent
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,…