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Science Fiction Movies of 1996

Mars Attacks!

This quirky science fiction comedy is a characteristic feature by iconoclastic director Tim Burton, known to ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Escape from L.A.

Escape from L.A. finds Kurt Russell once again in the role of Snake, which he played in the 1981 film, Escape from New ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

The Island of Dr. Moreau

On a remote tropical island, Dr. Moreau has appointed himself ruler over a menagerie of genetic mutants fashioned in his ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Independence Day

A group of intrepid humans attempts to save the Earth from vicious extraterrestrials in this extremely popular science-fiction adventure. Borrowing liberally from War of the Worlds, Aliens, and every sci-fi invasion film inbetween, ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

The Arrival

A shy radio telescope operator named Zane Ziminski (Charlie Sheen) picks up a series of regular signals coming from space -- and deliberately pointed toward Earth. Convinced that ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Star Trek: First Contact

The first "Trek" film to feature the cast of the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series without any of the members of the original series, this action-packed hit was well received at the box office. The Federation ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Multiplicity

In this zany comedy, Michael Keaton is Doug Kinney, a man with too many tasks and not enough time to complete them. When he feels too much ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Menno's Mind

In this sci-fi thriller a computer expert's mind is ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Backlash: Oblivion 2

On the wild desert planet of Oblivion, a man called Sweeny comes to ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Nirvana

A computer virus endows Solo (Diego Abatantuono), the hero of a virtual reality game, with human consciousness, thereby ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Solo

The American military-industrial complex has a blueprint for the perfect mechanical soldier. Unfortunately, the prototype, Solo (Mario Van Peebles), has responded appropriately to his programming (which requires him to reason things out on his ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

The Apocalypse

Sandra Bernhard, Cameron Dye, and Laura San Giacomo star in this science-fiction thriller about a spaceship carrying a load of explosive material that is thrown out of ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Vampirella

The beautiful vampire from space who starred in her own successful comic book series comes to the screen in this adaptation produced in part by Roger Corman and Forrest J. Ackerman. The ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

The X-Files: Season 04

Just when it seemed as though the conspiracy couldn't get any weirder, The X-Files: Season Four brought FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) even more nefarious government ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Lawnmower Man 2: Jobe's War

A young boy and a brilliant scientist attempt to thwart an evil cyber-villain's ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Darkman III: Die Darkman Die

Dr. Westlake/Darkman (Arnold Vosloo) is up to his old tricks, stealing from the bad and keeping for himself while still trying to perfect his synthetic ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

The Cold Equations

In this sci-fi adventure, a specially designed ship carries only enough food and supplies to make a one-way trip into deepest space. The entire mission is jeopardized by the ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Absolute Aggression

The Most Dangerous Game meets The Matrix in this low-budget futuristic action thriller from ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

The Silencers

The mythical, urban-legendary "men in black" make a lower-rent appearance here than in the movie of the same name. Jack Scalia stars as Rafferty, a secret service ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Millennium: Season 01

Season one of Millennium begins as ex-FBI agent Frank Black (Lance Henriksen) moves from Washington, D.C., to the state of Washington -- specifically, his home town of Seattle. ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 04

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Sliders: Season 02

Season Two of the Fox sci-fi-fantasy series Sliders finds college student Quinn Mallory (Jerry O'Connell) and his friends Wade (Sabrina Lloyd), ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Sliders: Season 03

During the first two seasons of the Fox series Sliders, college student Quinn Mallory ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Crossworlds

In this low-budget sci-fi adventure, a nerdy college ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Dark Breed

This science fiction yarn from Richard Pepin and Joseph Merhi revolves around the crash-landing of a space shuttle bearing six astronauts who are ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Barb Wire

Set in the year 2017, Barb Wire takes place after democracy has fallen and a fascist military junta has taken over the U.S. government, plotting to wipe out the country with Red Ribbon, a ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

D.N.A.

This enjoyable sci-fi actioner from director William R. Mesa succeeds despite stealing items from nearly every monster movie of the last twenty ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Alien Avengers

Suburbanites from outer space arrive on Earth to clean up the inner city -- strictly for fun -- in this sci-fi-tinged comedy. With the death of his mother, Joseph (Christopher M. Brown) is trying to put his ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Leprechaun 4: In Space

In this episode of the grisly little green man's saga, the Leprechaun heads for outer space to steal the gold from a mining planet and to marry the girl of his dreams. When she is rescued by ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Darkdrive

Ken Olandt stars as Steven Falcon in this science fiction thriller. In the future, criminals are confined to a virtual prison which controls their minds, but when something goes ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Star Trek: Voyager - Season 02

Season two of Star Trek: Voyager opens on a hopeful note, as Voyager captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) comes upon evidence that she is close to escaping the void of the Gamma Quadrant and returning ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Love Serenade

A middle-aged disc jockey becomes romantically entangled with a pair of sisters ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Omega Doom

In this future-set sci-fi action adventure the post-holocaust world in ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Venus Rising

Set in a future in which society is controlled by an omnipotent corporation, this sci-fi thriller centers on a pair of fugitives from prison who attempt to survive in ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Sci-Fighters

The year is 2009. The town Boston. There, a maverick police detective (professional ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

The cult television series Mystery Science Theatre 3000 transfers its brand of science-fiction wisecracking to the big screen with relatively few changes. The concept is the same in series and film: an ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Ghost in the Shell

In the year 2029, the world has become interconnected by a vast electronic network that ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Hellraiser: Bloodline

Clive Barker's horrific creation Pinhead (Doug Bradley) returns to the screen for the fourth ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Zone 39

This thoughtful Australian sci-fi film was shot on location on a spectacular dry salt lake at Woomera, where the Australian military used to test its ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Specimen

In this direct-to-video sci-fi thriller, a twentysomething small-town youth whose mother has recently died finds himself confused by his strange powers ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Big Wars

In this Japanese animated adventure, Earth has colonized Mars, but a race of aliens known as "The Gods" has decided mankind has gone too far. Can Earth's most elaborate weapons systems conquer the awesome war machine of ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Nemesis 4: Cry of Angels

Sue Price, in her third go-round as Alex in the Nemesis series, runs afoul of mercenaries after killing the wrong man in this futuristic sci-fi/horror tale. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Psychic Force

The world has been divided into two camps--those with psychic ability, and those without. The extra-sensory impaired feel threatened by the psychics, and initiate a brutal psychic ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Dangaioh

It's up to four humanoid amnesiacs to save the world when the ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Viral Assassins

A menacing epidemic is the centerpiece of this this gory action thriller from the schlockmeisters at Troma. Viral ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Alien Species

In this sci-fi thriller, huge alien spaceships from another galaxy circle the earth as UFO expert Edgar Chambers (Hoke Howell) tries to figure out who these ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Zarkorr! The Invader

Zarkorr! The Invader concerns an alien invasion spearheaded by a three-hundred ton killing machine. The only person that can save mankind gets his only help from a hologram that ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

X

Clamp, Japan's acclaimed all-female animation group, created this futuristic animated adventure with veteran anime ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Polymorph

A group of college interns gets caught in the woods with drug dealers and an alien being that can assume the form of anyone with whom it comes in contact. This ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Future War

In this thrilling sci-fi tale, a high-kicking Runaway (Daniel Bernhardt) escapes ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Babylon 5: Season 04

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NeverWhere

Originally aired in 1996, NeverWhere is a six-part BBC fantasy miniseries written by comic book author Neil Gaiman (The Sandman). The story follows businessman Richard Mayhew (Gary ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team [Anime OVA Series]

This 12-volume OVA takes place in the original Universal Century Gundam universe during the One Year War. It follows a single soldier named Shiro Amada, who ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]

Martian Successor Nadesico [Anime Series]

Alien invaders continue to pummel Earth's forces and our military strength is about to run out. Fed up with waiting for the military to get its act together, the arms manufacturer Nergal builds its own state-of-the-art, top-of-the-line ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1996 ]


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