Movie List for "sci fi"

The Black Hole (1979)

A research vessel finds a missing ship, commanded by a mysterious scientist, on the edge of a black hole. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Sci-Fi
Director: Gary Nelson
Writer: Jeb Rosebrook (story by), Bob Barbash (story by), Richard H. Landau (story by), Jeb Rosebrook (screenplay by), Gerry Day (screenplay by)
Actors: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms

Plague (1979)

An ambitious lab assistant carries out a forbidden experiment and accidentally creates a deadly bacteria which kills her and rapidly engulfs the city. The authorities order a curtain of … Year 1979.

Generes: Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Director: Ed Hunt
Writer: Ed Hunt, Barry Pearson
Actors: Daniel Pilon, Kate Reid, Céline Lomez, Michael J. Reynolds

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)

A 20th century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time where Earth is threatened by alien invaders. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director: Daniel Haller
Writer: Glen A. Larson, Leslie Stevens, Philip Francis Nowlan (characters)
Actors: Gil Gerard, Pamela Hensley, Erin Gray, Henry Silva

Spawn of the Slithis (1978)

A nuclear leak creates a mutant Slithis sea monster, which terrorizes the variety of pets, winos, and hippies who hang around Venice, California. Year 1978.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Stephen Traxler
Writer: Stephen Traxler
Actors: Alan Blanchard, Judy Motulsky, J.C. Claire, Dennis Falt

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

When seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade a small town, replicating the residents one body at a time. Year 1978.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Philip Kaufman
Writer: W.D. Richter (screenplay), Jack Finney (novel)
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright

The Lucifer Complex (1978)

An intelligence agent discovers a Nazi plot to revive the Third Reich by using clones. Year 1978.

Generes: Sci-Fi
Director: Kenneth Hartford, David L. Hewitt
Writer: David L. Hewitt, Dale Skillicorn
Actors: Robert Vaughn, Merrie Lynn Ross, Keenan Wynn, Aldo Ray

The Day It Came to Earth (1977)

A glowing meteor falls into a secluded pond into which Mafia hitmen have dumped the body of one of their victims. Students from the local college use the pond for a swimming hole. Then the … Year 1977.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Harry Thomason
Writer: Paul Fisk
Actors: Wink Roberts, Roger Manning, Robert Ginnaven, Delight De Bruine

Planet of Dinosaurs (1977)

A space-ship gets lost and is forced to make an emergency landing on an unknown planet. The planet looks much like Earth, only with no trace of civilization. Soon the crew discovers that … Year 1977.

Generes: Sci-Fi, Drama
Director: James K. Shea
Writer: Ralph Lucas (screenplay), Jim Aupperle (story)
Actors: Mary Appleseth, Harvey Shain, Derna Wylde, Max Thayer

The Bionic Boy (1977)

An Interpol agent is killed by gangsters after he saves the life of a wealthy industrialist who stood in their way. When the rest of his family is killed in a car crash, the Interpol … Year 1977.

Generes: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Director: Leody M. Diaz
Writer: Romeo N. Galang (screenplay), Bobby A. Suarez (story)
Actors: Johnson Yap, Joe Sison, Chito Guerrero, Danny Rojo

Tentacles (1977)

A mutated giant octopus wreaks havoc on a California seaside community. Year 1977.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Ovidio G. Assonitis
Writer: Jerome Max, Tito Carpi, Steven W. Carabatsos
Actors: John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Henry Fonda

Shock Waves (1977)

Visitors to a remote island discover that a reclusive Nazi commandant has been breeding a group of Zombie soldiers. Year 1977.

Generes: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Director: Ken Wiederhorn
Writer: John Kent Harrison (screenplay), Ken Wiederhorn (screenplay)
Actors: Peter Cushing, John Carradine, Brooke Adams, Fred Buch

Rabid (1977)

A young woman develops a taste for human blood after undergoing experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into rabid, blood-thirsty zombies who proceed to infect others, which turns into a city-wide epidemic. Year 1977.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: David Cronenberg
Writer: David Cronenberg
Actors: Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Howard Ryshpan

The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

An astronaut is transformed into a murderous gelatinous mass after returning from an ill-fated space voyage. Year 1977.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: William Sachs
Writer: William Sachs
Actors: Alex Rebar, Burr DeBenning, Myron Healey, Michael Alldredge

Demon Seed (1977)

A scientist creates Proteus–an organic super computer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creators wife. Year 1977.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Donald Cammell
Writer: Dean R. Koontz (novel), Robert Jaffe (screenplay), Roger O. Hirson (screenplay)
Actors: Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Gerrit Graham, Berry Kroeger

Day of the Animals (1977)

A battle for survival ensues after a group of hikers encounters a chemically imbalanced forest. Year 1977.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: William Girdler
Writer: William W. Norton (screenplay), Eleanor E. Norton (screenplay), Edward L. Montoro (story)
Actors: Christopher George, Leslie Nielsen, Lynda Day George, Richard Jaeckel

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Roy Neary, an electric lineman, watches how his quiet and ordinary daily life turns upside down after a close encounter with a UFO. Year 1977.

Generes: Drama, Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon