Much imitated but never equalled, this is the definitive space nightmare. The crew of a commercial spacecraft are stalked by a stowaway, mutating monster of veracious appetite. Weaver puts in a splendidly believable performance as the resourceful Ripley. Taut script and awesome special FX. find out more...

A stunning visual account of man's struggle for survival in the 21st Century, a time when replicant life forms are beginning to surpass humans not just in intelligence but emotions, raising questions about our concepts of self. A post-modern sci-fi classic, THE great Hollywood movie of the '80s, the last great pre-computer film done with smoke-and-mirrors SFX and the definitive cult arthouse Sci-Fi film. This is the second version re-edited by Ridley Scott; all the good bits remain, with the onl find out more...

A stunning visual account of man's struggle for survival in the 21st Century, a time when replicant life forms are beginning to surpass humans not just in intelligence but emotions, raising questions about our concepts of self. A post-modern sci-fi classic, THE great Hollywood movie of the '80s, the last great pre-computer film done with smoke-and-mirrors SFX and the definitive cult arthouse Sci-Fi film. This is the originally released version with no unicorns in a dream, a voiceover to keep y find out more...

For generations (since a non-described apocalypse) the people of the city of Ember have flourished in an amazing indoor world of glittering lights, uncertain of their past and unquestioning of the future. It takes two young teens to decipher the notes left behind by 'The Builders', start to piece together the ancient mystery of the city's existence and reach the forbidden world of the outside. But time is not on their side, Ember's once powerful generator is failing, the great lamps are starting find out more...

A highly original and very clever sci-fi thriller in which six strangers awaken in a maze of darkened, box-like rooms, with no idea of how they got there or how to get out. A distant but ominous grinding noise permeates the walls of their prison, but it transpires that each of the six has some sort of skill that may help their escape. Filmed entirely within a cunningly designed single set, and starring an unknown cast, "Cube" is a gripping riddle of a movie which, happily, refrains from a cop-ou find out more...

Morgan's profession is accountancy but his job, along with his life in general, is going nowhere. In an effort to spice up his drab existence Morgan becomes a corporate spy, a role he at first relishes, but when a beautiful stranger enters his world and implies that all is not as it seems Morgan finds himself drawn into an alternate environment where the consequences for your actions, whether you're aware of them or not, could be lethal. find out more...

A brilliant documentary about the making of Blade Runner in all it's incarnations up to the recently released 'Final Cut'. Packed full of fascinating titbits of trivia and behind the scenes footage this is an absolute must-see for fans of Ridley Scott's sci-fi classic. find out more...

Dark and brooding sci-fi treat from the director of "The Crow". In a city controlled by "The Strangers" - a colony of spooky bald aliens - everything stops at midnight. The citizens' memories are reprogrammed, and their surroundings altered, with everyone waking up in a state of dazed confusion. Everyone that is, except John Murdoch, (Rufus Sewell) who is somehow immune to the induced collective trance, and who knows that the murder rap he is suddenly, supposedly, facing is a nonsense. Sinister find out more...

Transfer (1966), Cronenberg's first film, is a surreal sketch of a doctor and his patient. From the Drain (1967) finds two men in a bathtub, which may be part of a centre for veterans of a future war. Stereo (1969), Cronenberg's first official feature film, stunningly shot in monochrome, concerns telepaths at the Institute for Erotic Enquiry where patients undergo tests by Dr. Luther Stringfellow. In Crimes of the Future (1970) Cronenberg worked in colour and with a find out more...

Tom Baker (now the second best Doctor ever) in his fourth tale as the universal altruist Doctor Who. The Doctor re-visits the war-torn planet of Skaro on a mission from the Time Lords themselves. Their intention is to put a halt to mad scientist Davros' plan to mutate aliens into a breed of lethal silver composters (Daleks) with tracheotomies, a poor sense of humour and a rage issue with anywhere that doesn't provide wheelchair access; "Pity? I have no understanding of the word. It is not regist find out more...