Category "science-fiction"

How can weightlessness be simulated on film?

How can the weightlessness of space be realistically simulated on film? Does it require CG or can a convincing simulation be achieved using wire fu and editing?

What movie or TV show is this shuttle-craft prop from? [closed]

I'm trying to find out what movie or TV show this sci fi-looking prop is from. I saw the prop, appearing to be some kind of shuttle-craft, rec

Company recreates dead people as androids using data from social networks [closed]

Please help identify the name of a movie I saw partially, where there's a company that specializes in collecting information about someone (fr

Alien invasion movie with bird hitting invisible wall [closed]

It was about some sort of aliens trying to enter earth. I was watching it on and off on TV so couldn't find more details. Details: They wer

Scientists tunnel underground and find albino aliens living in caves [closed]

Can you help me identify a science fiction movie I saw as a kid? It was about these scientists who go into underground caves and tunnels wher

Looking for the name of a children's Sci-fi film series in the late 90s to early 2000s [closed]

I am looking for a Film series which had 5-6 parts where: a blond high school kid meets up with a white haired scientist and are being chased

Movie about a concave (Hollow) world [closed]

A movie about a man ending up in a concave or (Hollow) world think the movie was Russian or Eastern European. Pretty sure the movie was made

Young girl becomes old in the toilet of an airplane [closed]

Synopsis: There is a young girl who hides in the toilet of an airplane. When the airplane lands, we see that she becomes an old woman. At the

Identify a sci-fi movie about intelligent aliens who attack an outpost [closed]

I remember watching a movie a while ago about "intelligent" dog like aliens with like a spike or weapons in their tail (like a chimera) who ha

Do you know the name of this ghost town movie? [closed]

I've been trying to find out the name of a direct to tv movie I watched on cable some years ago, I didn't catch the name of the movie at the t

A movie with a spacechip whose crew contained robots disguised as humans [closed]

This is about a movie I haven't seen myself, but which I only got told about. Moreover, the person who told me about it is no longer alive, so

Sci-Fi show from the 80's - Does anyone remember what it was called? [closed]

I have been haunted by a Sci-Fi show from my past. It ran in the early to mid 80's and involved a large spaceship and its crew. I remember s

Does After Earth's sci-fi jargon have any basis in reality or is it complete gibberish?

One of the most quoted lines from After Earth is: Graviton buildup could be a precursor to mass expansion. This phrase is not only very memorable, but it'

Early 90s sci-fi show with a race of mutants [closed]

There was an early 90s SciFi show that played in the New York City area on public television. All I remember were there being like two races o

Woman in computer taking over while head is in the fridge [closed]

I am looking for a sci-fi movie title. Plot(what I recall anyway): A team of three computer scientists, two males (one on a wheelchair) and

What is the difference between science fiction and horror?

I know that not all science fiction is scary and not all horror has unrealistic monsters or super powerful psycho killers, but at what point do these genres cro

Post-apocalyptic movie from early 1970's - people turn into powder [closed]

I've got another movie from my childhood that I'm trying to find. I saw it on TV (in the US) no later than 1975-76, in English. The plot

First movie where you hear breathing in a helmet?

Is 2001: A Space Odyssey the first movie where you can hear somebody's breathing in a helmet? I talk about Darth Vader's type of breathing; in the case of Kubri

Identify this sci-fi movie in which a scientist and his family move into a new house [closed]

I've been trying to identify this movie for years now and just now thought of StackExchange. :) So here's all the things I can remember about

Sci Fi movie with maroon droid, and hero droid with spherical feet [closed]

I remember seeing a sci fi movie in the 80s. It was set on a space station. One of the main characters was a levitating squat droid with spher