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Rental > Family > Science Fiction: 111 Films to Rent on DVD
- Robots (2005)
- Dir. Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha
- Set in a future world inhabited totally by robot creatures, this sparky animation from the creators of ICE AGE ratchets through its thriller plot…
- Sky High (2005)
- Dir. Mike Mitchell
Feat. Michael Angarano, Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston…
- Likeable family comedy set in a future where superheroes are trained as teenagers at special schools, such as the 'Sky High' of the title, before…
- 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'…
- Transformers Cybertron (TV Series) (2005)
- The Transformers revival continues with this latest addition to the popular animated series.
- 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…
- Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
- Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
- Yet another miraculous animated odyssey from Hayao Miyazaki, who finds a perfect vehicle in the English fantasy novel by Diana Wynne Jones, about a…
- Thunderbirds (2004)
- Dir. Jonathan Frakes
Feat. Bill Paxton, Ben Kingsley, Barry Corbet…
- A live–action replay of the classic 60s sci–fi series which bears more relation to generic teen adventure than the spirit of the…
- Transformers Energon (TV Series) (2004)
- Dir. Jun Kawagoe, Yutaka Sato
- Fairly creditable sequel to the original animation series (following on from Transformers: Armada), with the Autobots and Decepticons living in peace…
- Astro Boy (TV Series) (2003)
- An updated English–language version of the cult 60s TV Series, reprising the jet–powered robot lad and his adventures.
Volume 1…
- Bionicle: Mask of Light (2003)
- Animated spectacular from the makers of 'Lego', set on a half–mystical/half–futuristic islands of Mata Nui.
Subject to a devious plot…