James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018 · Miniseries · TV-14 · 60 min · ★ 6.8 · 75% critics
This documentary series traces how science fiction grew from a niche interest into a major part of popular culture. Each episode tackles a big human question and looks back at the films, shows, books, and games that helped shape the genre.
Also known as AMC Visionaries: James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction · James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction
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Streaming on AMC+ and Sling TV.
4 hours to watch · 6 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-04-29
- Network
- AMC
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (48 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like accessible genre history, big ideas, and interview-driven documentaries like Superpowered: The DC Story or Side by Side; Not for you if you want a deep, comprehensive, literature-heavy survey.
Pros: engaging sci-fi themes; enjoyable expert insight; broad genre discussion | Cons: little that feels new; misses key classics; can feel padded
Themes
- artificial intelligence (a.i.)
- space travel
- time travel
- alien
- cult figure
- filmmaking
- making of
- documentary filmmaking
- social history
- action figures
- cinema history
- celebrity interview
- +11 more
Cast & crew
James Cameron
as Self - Host
Keanu Reeves
as Self
Shane Carruth
as Self
Luc Besson
as Self
Milla Jovovich
as Self
Guillermo del Toro
as Self
James Gunn
as Self
Josh Hutcherson
as Self
Robert Kirkman
as Self
- GN
Greg Nicotero
as Self
Episodes1 season · 6 episodes
Season 16 episodes
- S1E1Alien Life43mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E2Outer Space43mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E3Monsters43mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E4Dark Futures43mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E5Intelligent Machines43mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E6Time Travel43mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+