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1. Martian Child (2007)

PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A science-fiction writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.

Director: Menno Meyjes | Stars: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Bobby Coleman, Sophie Okonedo

Votes: 20,960 | Gross: $7.49M

2. Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)

133 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive company but finds that she is employed by a small auto repair shop owned by ... See full summary »

Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Maki Horikita, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Koyuki

Votes: 2,467

3. Ice Twisters (2009 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Charlie Price, a former scientist turned science fiction author, starts living one of his novels when the Federal Science Foundation's weather experiments escape control and turn disastrous.

Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Mark Moses, Camille Sullivan, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Alex Zahara

Votes: 1,915

4. Alien Planet (2004 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Animation, Adventure

The CGI or computer animated drama/documentary takes place on Darwin IV, a planet 6.5 light years from earth, with 2 suns and 60% of Earth's gravity. Having identified Darwin as a world ... See full summary »

Director: Pierre de Lespinois | Stars: Wayne D. Barlowe, Curtis Clark, James Garvin, Jamie Hanes

Votes: 1,668

5. Radio Free Albemuth (2010)

R | 111 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

Sci-fi thriller from Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly); Nick Brady receives messages from space and joins conspiracy to overthrow authoritarian U. S. regime.

Director: John Alan Simon | Stars: Shea Whigham, Jonathan Scarfe, Michael Rothhaar, Katheryn Winnick

Votes: 1,898 | Gross: $0.01M

6. Prophets of Science Fiction (2011–2012)

45 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The science-fiction imaginings of the writers of the past are now becoming the science realities of our day.

Stars: Ridley Scott, Jonathan Adams, Michio Kaku, Kim Stanley Robinson

Votes: 696

7. 2084 (2009)

Not Rated | 83 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Not much left since the world died. That's what they called it the day the virus took over and people went inside, never to leave their homes again. Soon after that, the last of the food ... See full summary »

Directors: George Blumetti, Maurice Kelly | Stars: Betsy Baker, Jaimi Paige, Matthew Alan, Grady Lee Richmond

Votes: 165

8. Disquiet (2006)

70 min | Drama

Darren Prager is an aspiring writer who finds himself completely unable to comprehend the intricacies of human behavior. Obsessed with finding the key to understanding the nature of ... See full summary »

Director: Matthew Doyle | Stars: David Tuchman, Matthew Doyle, Brandon Slagle, Niki Rubin

Votes: 93

9. H.G. Wells and the War of the Worlds (2005 Video)

Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi

An insight into the life and work of H.G. Wells. Experience "The War of the Worlds" and explore the impact this exceptional piece of writing has made on every new generation.

Director: Liam Dale | Star: Liam Dale

Votes: 13

10. Vespers (2008)

6 min | Short, Sci-Fi

Bristol, England 1880. A mysterious plague has wiped out humanity, the last man alive walks alone looking for survivors. All around him is death and destruction. As he's about to give up all hope, a miracle occurs.

Directors: Stephen Gray, David Lilley | Stars: Georgia Blake, Kevin Norcross

Votes: 10

11. Doctor Island (2001)

19 min | Short, Fantasy

Three people are lost on a deserted island. One leaves, one dies, and one remains.

Director: Nick Aquilino | Stars: James J. Christy, Suzanne Marie Robar, David W. Skillman, Christopher Upham

12. Sharma and Beyond (1984 TV Movie)

85 min | Drama

A young English teacher and aspiring author takes his class on a trip to the home of his favourite author, Gorley Peters. While there, he meets Peter's daughter and a relationship develops.

Director: Brian Gilbert | Stars: Katherine Best, Suzanne Burden, Takashi Kawahara, Michael Maloney

Votes: 38 | Gross: $0.00M

13. Creation of the Humanoids: Green Screen Test (2009 Video)

PG-13 | 15 min | Short, Sci-Fi

In the far future, in a post-apocalyptic earth, Kragus, leader of The Order of Flesh and Blood, rails against everything that robots represent, especially when they have started to replace human beings in their daily tasks.

Director: Scott Essman | Stars: Mark Arnott, Lauren Cartier, Jeanne Castagnaro, Perry Shields

Votes: 6

14. La ville est calme (2012)

19 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy

To enter out into that silence that was the city, to feel its atmosphere, to meet its people, that was what Wolfgang most dearly loved to do. But as years go by, Wolfgang only met Martha, ... See full summary »

Director: Alexandre Labarussiat | Stars: Jacques Boudet, Dominique Jayr, Siaomme Bagnost, Jean-François Balmer

15. Time Out of Mind (1979– )

125 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi

A five part series in which writers of Science Fiction talk about their work - the imaginative futures that are becoming the characteristic literature of our technological age.

Stars: Arthur C. Clarke, Anne McCaffrey, Fritz Leiber Jr., Michael Moorcock

16. The Visitor (V) (2012)

4 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi

After a cynical writer secludes himself in a desolate cabin to overcome his writer's block he resorts to drinking, until one day something visits him.

Director: Robert Kouba | Star: Robert Kouba Senior

Votes: 1,053

17. Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958–1961)
Episode: The Terrible Clockman (1961)

Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Based on a story by Jules Verne, an evil alchemist moves to a small Swiss village and wishes to marry the local clockmaker's beautiful daughter. When his request is refused he casts a spell... See full summary »

Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Shirley Temple, Eric Portman, Sam Jaffe, John Wengraf

Votes: 44

18. Loki (2021–2023)
Episode: Science/Fiction (2023)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Loki traverses dying timelines in an attempt to find his friends, but Reality is not what it seems.

Directors: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead | Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Di Martino, Owen Wilson, Wunmi Mosaku

Votes: 13,832

19. Prophets of Science Fiction (2011–2012)
Episode: H.G. Wells (2011)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, Biography, History

With stories like The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells established himself as a sci-fi writer of almost clairvoyant talent. But these tales of hi-tech adventure hold an ominous warning - beware the dark side of progress.

Director: Declan Whitebloom | Stars: Jonathan Adams, Sean Carroll, Circus-Szalewski, Ridley Scott

Votes: 86

20. Perception (2012–2015)
Episode: Alienation (2013)

TV-MA | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A woman becomes convinced that her husband is no longer really her husband. When it appears she has murdered him she claims she really didn't kill her husband - only his alien impostor.

Director: Greg Beeman | Stars: Eric McCormack, Rachael Leigh Cook, Kelly Rowan, Arjay Smith

Votes: 253