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Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 1980s
Back to the Future (1985)
PGAdventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi1h56Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown.
Aliens (1986)
RAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi2h17Fifty-seven years after surviving an apocalyptic attack aboard her space vessel by merciless space creatures, Officer Ripley awakens from hyper-sleep and tries to warn anyone who will listen about the predators.
Blade Runner (1982)
RAction, Sci-Fi, Thriller1h57A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
The Thing (1982)
RHorror, Mystery, Sci-Fi1h49A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Akira (1988)
RAnimation, Action, Sci-Fi2h04A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by two teenagers and a group of psychics.
The Terminator (1984)
RAction, Sci-Fi1h47A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.
Brazil (1985)
RDrama, Sci-Fi2h12A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
PGAdventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi1h48After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
PGFamily, Sci-Fi1h55A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.
Predator (1987)
RAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi1h47A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
PGAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi1h53With the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon.
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
RAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi1h36In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a horde of bandits.
RoboCop (1987)
RAction, Crime, Sci-Fi1h42In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.
The Fly (1986)
RDrama, Horror, Sci-Fi1h36A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
RComedy, Horror, Sci-Fi1h31When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.
They Live (1988)
RAction, Horror, Sci-Fi1h34They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.
Escape from New York (1981)
RAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi1h39In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.
The Dead Zone (1983)
RDrama, Horror, Sci-Fi1h43A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability.
Videodrome (1983)
RHorror, Sci-Fi, Thriller1h27A programmer at a TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
1984 (1984)
RDrama, Sci-Fi1h53In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
Spaceballs (1987)
PGAdventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi1h36A star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs.
Starman (1984)
PGRomance, Sci-Fi1h55An alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and makes her drive him across the country. The government tries to stop them.
2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
PGAdventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi1h56A joint U.S.-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn what happened to the Discovery, and H.A.L.
Scanners (1981)
RHorror, Sci-Fi, Thriller1h43A scientist sends a man with extraordinary psychic powers to hunt others like him.
Superman II (1980)
PGAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi2h07Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.
The Last Starfighter (1984)
PGAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi1h41Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best starfighters to defend their world from the attack.
TRON (1982)
PGAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi1h36A computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.
Cocoon (1985)
PG-13Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi1h57When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
Short Circuit (1986)
PGComedy, Family, Sci-Fi1h38Number 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes.
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
PGAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi1h45Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body.
The Running Man (1987)
RAction, Sci-Fi, Thriller1h41In a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, runners, must battle killers for their freedom.
Weird Science (1985)
PG-13Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi1h34Two high school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, but she turns their lives upside down.
Dune (1984)
PG-13Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi2h17A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis when they assassinate his father and free their desert world from the emperor's rule.