Movies and Television Shows List A.I. (2001). Runtime: 146 min – Cai Ewing Director: Steven Spielberg; Actors: Haley Joel Osment, Frances O'Connor In the not-so-far future the polar ice caps have melted and the resulting raise of the ocean waters has drowned all the coastal cities of the world. Withdrawn to the interior of the continents, the human race keeps advancing, reaching to the point of creating realistic robots (called mechas) to serve him. One of the mecha-producing companies builds David, an artificial kid which is the first to have real feelings, especially a never-ending love for his "mother", Monica. Monica is the woman who adopted him as a substitute for her real son, who remains in cryo-stasis, stricken by an incurable disease. David is living happily with Monica and her husband, but when their real son returns home after a cure is discovered, his life changes dramatically. A futuristic adaptation of the tale of Pinocchio, with David being the "fake" boy who desperately wants to become "real." OR Babylon 5. On Air: 1993-1999; 115 episodes, roughly 60 minutes long Actors: Michael O'Hare, Claudia Christian, et al. In the year 2258, it is ten years after the Earth-Minbari War. Commander Sinclair takes command of a giant five-mile- long cylindrical space station, orbiting a planet in neutral space. At a crossroads of interstellar commerce and diplomacy, Cmdr Sinclair (2d season Captain Sheridan) must try to establish peace and prosperity between various interstellar empires, all the while fighting forces from within the Earth Alliance. It is a precarious command, particularly given that sabotage led to the destruction of Babylon stations 1, 2, and 3 and 4 vanished without trace. Bicentennial Man (1999). Runtime: 132 min – JoJo Bailey Director: Chris Columbus; Actors: Robin Williams, Embeth Davidtz This film follows the “life” and times of the lead character, an android (Robin Williams) who is purchased as a household robot programmed to perform menial tasks. Within a few days the Martin family realizes that they don't have an ordinary droid as Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought. In a story that spans two centuries, Andrew learns the intricacies of humanity while trying to stop those who created him from destroying him. OR SeaQuest DSV. On Air: 1993-1995; 53 episodes, 60 minutes long Actors: Roy Scheider, Don Franklin By the mid-21st Century, humankind has colonized the oceans and formed the UEO--the United Earth Oceans--as a military organization to police it. Formerly a high-ranking member of the UEO, Nathan Bridger retired after the death of his wife, and retreated to an isolated island to study dolphins. An attempt is made to hijack the Seaquest DSV, the UEO's most powerful undersea vessel, and Nathan--its original designer--is convinced to return to active service, to assume command of it. His second in command is Cmdr. Jonathan Ford. In second season, the DSV added Dagwood, a prototype GELF (Genetically Engineered Life Form), Tony Piccolo, a man with surgically implanted gills, and Dr. Wendy Smith, a telepath/empath, to its crew of specialists. The series has New Age leanings, often presenting stories that deal with environmental issues or mix myth and mysticism--from ghosts to "gods"--into its science fiction. Blade Runner (1982). Runtime: 117 min – Conor Gilliland Director: Ridley Scott; Actors: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer Deckard is a Blade Runner, a police man of the future who hunts down and terminates replicants, artificially created humans. He wants to get out of the force, but is drawn back in when 4 "skin jobs," a slang term for replicants, hijack a ship back to Earth. The city that Deckard must search for his prey is a huge, sprawling, bleak vision of the future. This film questions what it is to be human, and why life is so precious. OR Eureka. On Air: 2006-X, 12+ episodes, 60 minutes long Actors: Colin Ferguson, Jordan Hinson When U.S. Marshal Jack Carter transports his rebellious, runaway daughter Zoey home in his custody, an auto accident lands him and his charge in Eureka, a top-secret, rustic town populated by eccentrics and genius scientists. Carter immediately becomes aware of Eureka's uniqueness as embodied in its odd residents who are more than they seem: an auto mechanic who's also a space shuttle engineer, a beautiful innkeeper who doubles as a psychotherapist, children who give intricate directions and who write mathematical formulas on the sidewalk. Fifth Element (1997). Runtime: 126 min – Stacy Taylor Director: Luc Besson; Actors: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman Two hundred and fifty years in the future, life as we know it is threatened by the arrival of Evil. Only the fifth element can stop the Evil from extinguishing life, as it tries to do every five thousand years. She is helped by ex-soldier, current- cab-driver, Korben Dallas, who is, in turn, helped by Prince/Arsenio clone, Ruby Rhod. Unfortunately, Evil is being assisted by Mr. Zorg, who seeks to profit from the chaos that Evil will bring, and his alien mercenaries. OR Star Trek: Original Series. On Air: 1966-1969; 79 episodes 60 minutes long Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk. The First Officer is Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. The Chief Medical Officer is Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen lead by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. Gattaca (1997). Runtime: 101 min – Ivy Levin Director: Andrew Niccol; Actors: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman Gattaca Corp. is an aerospace firm in the future. At this time society analyzes DNA and determines where you belong in life. Ethan Hawke's character was born with a congenital heart condition which would cast him out of a chance to travel in space. So he assumes the identity of an athlete who has genes that allow him to achieve his dream of space travel. OR Star Trek: Voyager. On Air: 1995-2001; 171 episodes roughly 60 minutes long; Actors: Kate Mulgrew The premise was of two opposing crews, Starfleet and the outlaw Maquis, both lost in a distant part of the galaxy, only to merge together to find a way home. Also one of the greatest factors was that Voyager was the first Trek series to feature a female captain, Kathryn Janeway. Other character include first officer Chakotay, Chief engineer B'ellana Torres, The holographic Doctor, and convict turned pilot Tom Paris. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005). Runtime: 109 min – Meredith Barr Director: Garth Jennings; Actors: Mos Def, Martin Freeman Everyman Arthur Dent is whisked off the Earth seconds before it is demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Sadly, his day has only just begun. Before it's over, he will have been blown up, attended a poetry reading, been thrown out of an airlock, rescued, reunited with the love of his life, shot at, had a fish stuck in his ear, insulted, whacked, sickened, deprived of tea, learned the answer to the ultimate question, and almost had his brain sawed out by mice. He then goes to have lunch. OR Earth 2. On Air: 1994-1995; 22 episodes 60 minutes long Actors: Jim Charleston, Janet Davidson In the future, the human race is living in space stations orbiting a dead Earth. Faced with a debilitating disease attacking her young son, Devon Adair and a band of non-conformists leave their artificial environment and travel to a distant planet, where they begin a new life for themselves. I, Robot (2004). Runtime: 115 min – Wendy Haase Director: Alex Proyas; Actors: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan It's 2035 A.D., where robots are everyday objects and are programmed to live alongside humans. Detective Del Spooner is called out to investigate the apparent suicide of the scientist behind these robots, Dr. Alfred Lanning. Spooner suspects that the death might not be a suicide, but the result of one of the robots. All robots are programmed by three laws, but Spooner starts to wonder if a robot can in fact feel emotions, and possibly murder. But if Spooner's suspicions are true, he is going to have a hard time convincing everyone. OR Star Trek: The Next Generation. On Air: 1987-1994; 176 episodes roughly 60 minutes long Actors: Patrick Stewart, LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden Settled in the 24th century and 78 years after the adventures of the original crew of the starship Enterprise this new series is the long awaited successor to the original Star Trek series from the 1960's. Under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard the all new Enterprise NCC 1701-D travels out to distant planets to seek out new life and to boldly go where no one has gone before. Logan’s Run (1976). Runtime: 120 min – Nita Kelly Director: Michael Anderson; Actors: Michael York, Richard Jordan It is 2274. Some type of holocaust has decimated the earth, and the survivors sealed themselves into a domed city near Washington, D.C. To maintain the population balance, computers that run the city have decreed that all people must die at 30. This system is enforced by "sandmen": black-clad police operatives who terminate "runners" (those who attempt to live beyond 30). Logan, a sandman, is sent on a mission to find "sanctuary," which is a code-word used by the master computer to describe what it believes is a place to which runners have been escaping.