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1. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
PG-13 | 146 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards
Votes: 322,814 | Gross: $78.62M
2. Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
R | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
The ultimate weapon which was meant to be safe for the mankind produces global side effects including time slides and disappearances.The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817's Switzerland.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: John Hurt, Raul Julia, Nick Brimble, Bridget Fonda
Votes: 4,127 | Gross: $0.33M
3. Arena (1975– )
60 min | Documentary
Wide-ranging arts program.
Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 319
4. Panorama (I) (1953– )
40 min | Documentary, News
Long-running factual programme reporting on all aspects of life in Britain.
Stars: Fred Emery, David Dimbleby, Richard Lindley, Richard Dimbleby
Votes: 597
5. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern
Votes: 293
6. Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
Not Rated | 142 min | Documentary, Biography
The career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise.
Director: Jan Harlan | Stars: Katharina Kubrick, Malcolm McDowell, Stanley Kubrick, Barbara Kroner
Votes: 12,202
7. Brothers of the Head (2005)
R | 93 min | Drama, Music
In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music.
Directors: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe | Stars: Luke Treadaway, Harry Treadaway, Jonathan Pryce, John Simm
Votes: 1,874 | Gross: $0.04M
8. Timeshift (2002–2017)
60 min | Documentary
Series looking at changes in British society, employing archive footage from the BBC and other sources.
Stars: Veronika Hyks, Tamsin Greig, Kim Newman, Andrew Martin
Votes: 74
9. Everyman (1977– )
50 min | Documentary
Long-running BBC documentary series, often focussing on issues of a religious nature.
Stars: Peter France, Vanya Kewley, Jenni Murray, David Jessel
Votes: 31
10. Drug-Taking and the Arts (1993)
120 min | Documentary, Drama
How drugs have influenced artistic production in the course of the last 200 years, focusing on major European and American literary figures and visual artists.
Director: Storm Thorgerson | Stars: Bernard Hill, Phil Daniels, Thom Booker, Patrick Barlow
Votes: 76
11. The Real History of Science Fiction (2014)
236 min | Documentary, History, Sci-Fi
The series heads to the very frontiers of space and science to produce the definitive television history of science fiction. The story of one of the liveliest and most stimulating genres in... See full summary »
Stars: Dominic Sandbrook, David Tennant, Rutger Hauer, Mark Gatiss
Votes: 507
12. Prisoners of Gravity (1989–1994)
Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Talk-Show
Stuck in a space station, an escapee of Earth explores the issues examined in science fiction/fantasy literature and comics.
Stars: Rick Green, Neil Gaiman, Nancy Kress, Spider Robinson
Votes: 100
13. Non-Stop
Sci-Fi | Pre-production
Roy Complain discovers his tribe inhabits a massive spaceship, prompting an expedition to find the bridge and unravel the mysteries of their artificial world while facing annihilation.
14. Did You See..? (1980–1993)
30 min | Talk-Show
Presenter Ludovic Kennedy and three guests discuss the week's television, while there are also interviews with those responsible for making it. The series was later revived with Jeremy Paxman as the host.
Stars: Ludovic Kennedy, Jeremy Paxman, Sarah Dunant, Sue Peacock
Votes: 7
15. Read All About It (1974–1979)
30 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Christopher Booker, Ronald Harwood, Antonia Fraser
16. On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
About the epic film "Blade Runner," giving insights into its history with interviews of Ridley Scott, the writers, and nearly all of the cast. There are also interviews with production ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Abbott | Stars: Mark Kermode, Brian Aldiss, Michael Arick, Joanna Cassidy
Votes: 325
17. Right to Reply (1982–2001)
30 min
Viewers comment on television programmes.
Stars: Roger Bolton, Gus Macdonald, Nabil Shaban, Jon Ronson
18. The Martians and Us (2006– )
180 min | Documentary
Documentary series looking at British science fiction writers and their influence.
Stars: Peter Capaldi, Kim Newman, Brian Stableford, Roger Luckhurst
Votes: 20
19. 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
20. The Electric Dreamer: Remembering Philip K. Dick (2007 Video)
14 min | Documentary, Short
Friends, family and colleagues of Philip K. Dick remember the life and work of the author of 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'
Director: Charles de Lauzirika | Stars: Philip K. Dick, Jonathan Lethem, Brian Aldiss, Tim Powers
Votes: 62
21. Natural History of an Alien (1998 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Animation, Sci-Fi
Stars: Brian Aldiss, Silven Read, Kevin Warwick
Votes: 12
22. Speaking Volumes (1990–1991)
Talk-Show
Stars: P.D. James, Ted Allbeury, Dorothy Dunnett, Andrew Davies
23. New Nightmares (1993)
60 min | Documentary
About visions of the future drawing on the work of leading writers of science fiction and leading experts in science fact.
Stars: Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Thomas M. Disch, J.G. Ballard, John Brunner
24. John Wyndham: The Invisible Man of Science Fiction (2005 TV Movie)
57 min | Documentary
Endeavors to reveal who the reclusive writer John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris was, through interviews with colleagues, flatmates, family friends and scientists. His life, as can best... See full summary »
Director: Mick Conefrey | Stars: John Wyndham, Chris Langham, Juliet Stevenson, Trofim Lysenko
Votes: 6
25. Sacrificial Sheep: The Novel vs. the Film (2007 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short
A summary of the differences and similarities between Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep and Blade Runner.
Director: Charles de Lauzirika | Stars: Paul Sammon, Jonathan Lethem, Michael Deeley, Hampton Fancher
Votes: 39
26. Brave New Worlds: The Science Fiction Phenomenon (1993 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi
There are other worlds...but they are in this one.
Director: Paul Oremland | Stars: Frances Tomelty, Robert Silverberg, Paul Verhoeven, Arthur C. Clarke
Votes: 27
27. The War of the Worlds: Great Books (1994 Video)
52 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi
A look at H.G. Wells and specifically his novel, _The War of the Worlds_ and its influence on the future, and its initial intents. Included is a discussion of Wells's relationships with ... See full summary »
Director: Dale Minor | Stars: Leonard Nimoy, David Smith, Brian Aldiss, Michael Coren
Votes: 29
28. Crawlspace (2009)
24 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
A young woman with a mysterious past finds a new sense of family with a Mexican immigrant boy and his grandmother.
Director: Marlo Angell | Stars: Hedia Anvar, Lupe Ontiveros, Jesse Bob Harper, Brian Aldiss
29. The Ultimate Survivor (2011)
60 min | Documentary, History
The untold story of a legendary cinema.
Director: Philip Hind | Stars: Brian Aldiss, John Buckley, Jane Derricott, Philippa Farrow
30. Let's Imagine (1961–1963)
35 min | Family
Travel documentary series
Stars: Kenneth Horne, Johnny Morris, Michael Flanders, John Betjeman
31. The Book Programme (1973–1980)
25 min | Documentary
Stars: Robert Robinson, Michael Billington, Germaine Greer, Clive James
32.
Everyman (1977– )
Episode:
The True Story of Frankenstein
(1986)
Documentary
Documentary tracing the development of the Frankenstein myth, which combines dramatization, film extracts, documentary sequences and interview.
Director: Alan Lewens | Stars: Forrest J. Ackerman, Brian Aldiss, Mel Brooks, Peter Cushing
33.
Arena (1975– )
Episode:
Philip K Dick: A Day in the Afterlife
(1994)
57 min | Documentary
A documentary which goes on an imaginative tour from the Colorado grave where Dick is buried to the suburbs of California where he lived and worked. Talks to his ex-wives, friends and biographers.
Director: Nicola Roberts | Stars: Brian Aldiss, Jim Blaylock, Elvis Costello, Anne Dick
Votes: 97
34.
The Book Programme (1973–1980)
Episode:
Episode #2.17
(1975)
Documentary
Director: Martin L. Bell | Stars: Robert Robinson, Brian Aldiss, Alan Bennett, Harry Harrison
35.
The Martians and Us (2006– )
Episode:
The End of the World as We Know It
(2006)
Documentary
Director: Laura Humphreys | Stars: Peter Capaldi, Brian Aldiss, John Christopher, Kodwo Eshun
36.
New Nightmares (1993)
Episode:
Nature Says No
(1993)
Documentary
About how and why nature is protesting against what's being done to her.
Director: Christopher Spencer | Stars: Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Brian Aldiss, J.G. Ballard, Greg Bear
37.
Time Out of Mind (1979– )
Episode:
Seacon '79
(1979)
Documentary, Sci-Fi
Stars: Brian Aldiss, Arthur C. Clarke, Harry Harrison, Fritz Leiber Jr.
38.
Right to Reply (1982–2001)
Episode:
Episode dated 18 March 1995
(1995)
Director: David Costley-White | Stars: Roger Bolton, Brian Aldiss, Garry Bushell, Christopher Capron
39.
Did You See..? (1980–1993)
Episode:
Episode #6.5
(1984)
Talk-Show
Director: Beth Holgate | Stars: Ludovic Kennedy, Brian Aldiss, Angela Huth, Andrew Knight
40.
Prisoners of Gravity (1989–1994)
Episode:
Dreams
(1991)
Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Talk-Show
Commander Rick discusses dreams with various writers of speculative fiction. For some they are inspirational, for others they use them as a literary device such as a gateway to another world. Also discussed dream logic and dream diaries.
Director: Gregg Thurlbeck | Stars: Rick Green, Brian Aldiss, Clive Barker, Pat Cadigan
41.
Prisoners of Gravity (1989–1994)
Episode:
Memory
(1993)
Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Talk-Show
Commander Rick and his guests discuss memory and its place within speculative fiction. How you remember, what triggers memories, how those memories might change over time, and the link between memory and a persons identity.
Director: Gregg Thurlbeck | Stars: Rick Green, Brian Aldiss, Iain M. Banks, Lynda Barry
42.
Prisoners of Gravity (1989–1994)
Episode:
Monsters
(1994)
Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Talk-Show
Commander Rick discusses monsters a mainstay of all types of speculative fiction with various creators of such stories. Not just a simple antagonist in many cases but a representation of the tendencies within mankind itself.
Director: Gregg Thurlbeck | Stars: Rick Green, Brian Aldiss, Clive Barker, Steve Bissette
43.
Prisoners of Gravity (1989–1994)
Episode:
World-Building
(1991)
Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Talk-Show
Commander Rick discusses with various writers an important part of speculative fiction the creation of worlds. These worlds can be based on scientific theories or pure imagination and might involve maps, cultures and lengthy appendices.
Director: Gregg Thurlbeck | Stars: Rick Green, Brian Aldiss, Clive Barker, John Clute
44.
Timeshift (2002–2017)
Episode:
Machine Men
(2006)
Documentary
Director: Tom Cholmondeley | Stars: Daisy Donovan, Anthony Daniels, Brian Aldiss, Kim Newman
45.
Speaking Volumes (1990–1991)
Episode:
Episode #2.3
(1991)
Talk-Show
Stars: P.D. James, Brian Aldiss
46.
The Real History of Science Fiction (2014)
Episode:
Robots
(2014)
TV-PG | 59 min | Documentary, History, Sci-Fi
What if our creations turn against us? The idea of creating life has fascinated society since the earliest days of science fiction. From HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey to the Cylons of the ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Southwell | Stars: Dominic Sandbrook, Brian Aldiss, Charlie Jane Anders, Isaac Asimov
Votes: 88
47.
The Martians and Us (2006– )
Episode:
From Apes to Aliens
(2006)
Documentary
Director: Rachel Bell | Stars: Peter Capaldi, Brian Aldiss, Stephen Baxter, Arthur C. Clarke
48.
Omnibus (1967–2003)
Episode:
It's Fantastic, It's Futuristic, It's Fatalistic, It's Science Fiction
(1973)
Not Rated | Documentary, Biography, Music
Stars: Forrest J. Ackerman, Brian Aldiss, Isaac Asimov
49.
Let's Imagine (1961–1963)
Episode:
Other Worlds in Space
(1962)
35 min | Family
Stars: Kenneth Horne, Brian Aldiss, Patrick Moore
50.
Panorama (1953– )
Episode:
Apollo 11: The Impact on Earth
(1969)
49 min | Documentary, News
Robin Day hosts a special edition looking at the impact of man's first steps on the surface of the moon. Julian Pettifer meets demonstrators protesting about the cost of the project. James Mossman chairs a studio debate.
Stars: Robin Day, Ralph Abernathy, Brian Aldiss, Michael Charlton