The Real History of Science Fiction

The Real History of Science Fiction 2014

7.4/10

NETFLIX Rating : 3.6

IMDB Rating : 7.5

FD Smart Rating : 7.4

Synopsis : The long and rich history of science fiction is explored through its influence on film, television and literature.

Regions Available ( 1 ) :
Canada

Actors:

Mark Gatiss , Charlie Jane Anders , Dominic Sandbrook , Neil Gaiman

Genres:

Documentary, Sci-Fi

Release Date:

2014

Run Time:

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Maturity Rating:

Parental guidance suggested

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 popular culture will be told through its impact on cinema, television and literature. Each episode will explore one of the enduring themes of science fiction: time travel; the exploration of space; robots and artificial intelligence; and aliens. It will be made with the help of the genre's greatest pioneers: the filmmakers, writers, actors, and graphic artists whose obsession and imagination has taken them into the unknown. Having explored the future, the past, parallel universes and galaxies far, far away, they are now ready to report back on their experiences.

Inception 2010

8.5/10

In this mindbending sci-fi thriller, a man runs an espionage business built around entering the subconscious of his targets to steal their thoughts.

Run Time: 2h28m’ | MMPA: PG-13 | Release: 16 Jul 2010

Directors: Christopher Nolan

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio , Joseph Gordon-Levitt , Dileep Rao , Tom Hardy , Ken Watanabe , Tom Berenger , Pete Postlethwaite , Michael Caine , Marion Cotillard , Cillian Murphy , Lukas Haas , Ellen Page

The Matrix 1999

8.5/10

A computer hacker learns that what most people perceive as reality is actually a simulation created by machines and joins a rebellion to break free.

Run Time: 2h16m’ | MMPA: R | Release: 31 Mar 1999

Directors: Lana Wachowski , Andy Wachowski

Actors: Keanu Reeves , Laurence Fishburne , Carrie-Anne Moss , Julian Arahanga , Joe Pantoliano , Hugo Weaving , Marcus Chong , Belinda McClory , Matt Doran , Gloria Foster

Interstellar 2014

8/10

With humanity teetering on the brink of extinction, a group of astronauts travels through a wormhole in search of another inhabitable planet.

Run Time: 2h49m’ | MMPA: PG-13 | Release: 07 Nov 2014

Actors: David Gyasi , Wes Bentley , Jessica Chastain , Anne Hathaway , Matthew McConaughey , Casey Affleck , Michael Caine , Mackenzie Foy , Bill Irwin , Ellen Burstyn , Topher Grace , John Lithgow

Avengers Assemble 2012

8.6/10

An all-star lineup of superheroes -- including Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk and Captain America -- team up to save the world from certain doom.

Run Time: 2h23m’ | MMPA: PG-13 | Release: 04 May 2012

Actors: Robert Downey Jr. , Samuel L. Jackson , Chris Evans , Mark Ruffalo , Chris Hemsworth

Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope 1977

8.6/10

Obi-Wan Kenobi guides intrepid Luke Skywalker on a valiant bid to save Princess Leia from Darth Vader in a classic battle between good and evil.

Run Time: 2h4m’ | MMPA: PG | Release: 25 May 1977

Actors: Kenny Baker , Peter Cushing , David Prowse , Mark Hamill , Alec Guinness , Carrie Fisher , Harrison Ford , Peter Mayhew

The Prestige 2006

8.2/10

Desperate to reveal each other's secrets, two rival magicians begin to perform increasingly risky tricks -- which soon turn deadly.

Run Time: 2h10m’ | MMPA: PG-13 | Release: 20 Oct 2006

Directors: Christopher Nolan

Actors: Hugh Jackman , Christian Bale , Samantha Mahurin , David Bowie , Michael Caine , Piper Perabo , Scarlett Johansson , Rebecca Hall , Andy Serkis

Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back 1980

8.7/10

The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda.

Run Time: 2h7m’ | MMPA: PG | Release: 20 Jun 1980

Directors: Irvin Kershner

Actors: Jeremy Bulloch , Billy Dee Williams , Bruce Boa , Harrison Ford , Carrie Fisher , Mark Hamill , Alec Guinness , Kenneth Colley , Anthony Daniels , Frank Oz , Kenny Baker , David Prowse , Peter Mayhew

Avatar 2009

7.8/10

A Marine travels to planet Pandora to become an avatar, ingratiate himself with the natives and help Americans mine lucrative unobtainium.

Run Time: 2h41m’ |

Actors: Sam Worthington , Giovanni Ribisi , Stephen Lang , CCH Pounder , Laz Alonso , Michelle Rodriguez , Wes Studi , Joel David Moore , Sigourney Weaver , Zoe Saldana

V for Vendetta 2005

8/10

A masked freedom fighter known as 'V' takes up arms against a totalitarian government and finds an unlikely ally in a young woman.

Run Time: 2h12m’ | MMPA: R | Release: 17 Mar 2006

Actors: Natalie Portman

Back to the Future 1985

8.3/10

Eccentric inventor Doc Brown turns a DeLorean into a time machine that inadvertently sends his young friend, Marty McFly, 30 years into the past.

Run Time: 1h56m’ | MMPA: PG | Release: 03 Jul 1985

Directors: Robert Zemeckis

Actors: Michael J. Fox , Christopher Lloyd , Harry Waters Jr. , Crispin Glover , Claudia Wells , James Tolkan , Thomas F. Wilson , Billy Zane , Casey Siemaszko , Lea Thompson , George DiCenzo , Wendie Jo Sperber , Frances Lee McCain , J.J. Cohen , Marc McClure