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Sci-Fi Films of the '80s

by daibheid • Created 4 years ago • Modified 4 years ago
Feature films and made-for-TV movies that can be categorized within the sci-fi genre.
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  • Alien 2: On Earth (1980)

    1. Alien 2: On Earth

    19801h 32mR
    3.7 (1.8K)
    Astronauts become monstrous host-inhabiting creatures after space mission. Cave explorers encounter these beings underground. Survivors try escaping and fighting the threat.
    DirectorsCiro IppolitoBiagio ProiettiStarsBelinda MayneMark BodinRoberto Barrese
  • The Alien Dead (1980)

    2. The Alien Dead

    19801h 14mR
    2.8 (1.4K)
    A meteor hits a houseboat, turning its occupants into zombies feeding on alligators. As reptiles dwindle, they target townspeople. A scientist investigates disappearances caused by the undead houseboat dwellers.
    DirectorFred Olen RayStarsBuster CrabbeRay RobertsLinda Lewis
  • The Aliens Are Coming (1980)

    3. The Aliens Are Coming

    19801h 40mTV Movie
    4.2 (245)
    An alien mother ship hovering in Earth's atmosphere is the base for an attempted alien invasion of Earth.
    DirectorHarvey HartStarsTom MasonEric BraedenMelinda O. Fee
  • William Hurt in Altered States (1980)

    4. Altered States

    19801h 42mR58Metascore
    6.9 (40K)
    A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.
    DirectorKen RussellStarsWilliam HurtBlair BrownBob Balaban
  • Sybil Danning, George Peppard, Richard Thomas, Lara Cody, Darlanne Fluegel, Lawrence Steven Meyers, and Morgan Woodward in Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)

    5. Battle Beyond the Stars

    19801h 44mPG59Metascore
    5.5 (11K)
    A farm boy recruits a band of outlaws to save the planet Akir from dark forces that threaten to wipe them out from the face of the universe. A battle stretching beyond the stars begins here.
    DirectorsJimmy T. MurakamiRoger CormanStarsGeorge PeppardRobert VaughnRichard Thomas
  • Beyond the Universe (1981)

    6. Beyond the Universe

    19811h 33m
    3.3 (127)
    A 21st-century scientist tries to save Earth after two atomic wars.
    DirectorRobert EmeneggerStarsDavid LaddJacqueline RayChristopher Cary
  • The Boogens (1981)

    7. The Boogens

    19811h 35mR
    5.5 (3.4K)
    A few miners prepare to open up an old mine abandoned decades ago after a deadly accident, not knowing that the mine's tunnels, which are connected to the surrounding local community houses by bootlegging tunnels, hide a deadly secret.
    DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsRebecca BaldingFred McCarrenAnne-Marie Martin
  • Brave New World (1980)

    8. Brave New World

    19803hTV Movie
    6.5 (1.2K)
    A man who grew up in a primitive society educating himself by reading Shakespeare is allowed to join the futuristic society where his parents are from. However, he cannot adapt to their repressive ways.
    DirectorBurt BrinckerhoffStarsJulie CobbBud CortKeir Dullea
  • Captive (1980)

    9. Captive

    19801h 35m
    4.8 (109)
    Two survivors of an alien spaceship crash-land on earth and hold two people hostage.
    DirectorsRobert EmeneggerAllan SandlerStarsCameron MitchellDavid LaddLori Saunders
  • The Chain Reaction (1980)

    10. The Chain Reaction

    19801h 32m
    5.4 (1.3K)
    A holidaying couple is pursued by the thugs of a nearby nuclear storage facility's boss, who is intent on covering up an accidental leak.
    DirectorIan BarryStarsSteve BisleyArna-Maria WinchesterRoss Thompson
  • Nathanael Albright and Sarah Albright in The Children (1980)

    11. The Children

    19801h 33mR
    5.4 (3.1K)
    A nuclear-plant leak turns a bus-load of children into murderous atomic zombies with black fingernails.
    DirectorMax KalmanowiczStarsMartin ShakarGil RogersGale Garnett
  • Computercide (1981)

    12. Computercide

    19811h 40mTV Movie
    5.0 (83)
    The year is 1996 and Michael Stringer is the only private eye left on Earth. One day, he is hired by a woman to investigate Eden Isle, a complex for people who want a perfect life started by her industrialist father named Korter. Interestingly, Korter was found on a beach and is 20 years younger than he was before. When Stringer gets into the complex, he is caught in a web of mystery that he might not get out of.
    DirectorRobert Michael LewisStarsJoe CorteseTom ClancySusan George
  • Virus (1980)

    13. Virus

    19801h 48mPG
    6.2 (3.3K)
    After a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.
    DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsMasao KusakariTsunehiko WataseIsao Natsuyagi
  • Romy Schneider in Death Watch (1980)

    14. Death Watch

    19801h 57mR
    6.5 (3.7K)
    In a future where dying of illness is very rare, terminally ill Katherine Mortenhoe becomes a celebrity and Roddy, a man with camera implants in his brain, secretly records her for a morbid TV show called Death Watch.
    DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsRomy SchneiderHarvey KeitelHarry Dean Stanton
  • Earthbound (1981)

    15. Earthbound

    19811h 39mPG
    4.3 (223)
    A family of space aliens crash lands on Earth when their spaceship conks out.
    DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsBurl IvesChristopher ConnellyMeredith MacRae
  • Escape from DS-3 (1981)

    16. Escape from DS-3

    19811h 30m
    3.9 (133)
    Framed for a serious crime, a man attempts to escape from a maximum security satellite prison...
    DirectorsRobert EmeneggerAllan SandlerStarsJackson BostwickCameron Mitchell Jr.David Chandler
  • Adrienne Barbeau, Donald Pleasence, and Kurt Russell in Escape from New York (1981)

    17. Escape from New York

    19811h 39mR76Metascore
    7.1 (166K)
    In 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.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellLee Van CleefErnest Borgnine
  • Bud Spencer in Everything Happens to Me (1980)

    18. Everything Happens to Me

    19801h 42m
    5.8 (3.2K)
    Bud Spencer is, as always, getting into fights - especially after getting a job as sheriff. He's looking after a small boy who's actually an extraterrestrial with special abilities thus the military wants him. Bud's got his hands full.
    DirectorMichele LupoStarsBud SpencerCary GuffeyFerruccio Amendola
  • The Final Countdown (1980)

    19. The Final Countdown

    19801h 43mPG51Metascore
    6.7 (29K)
    A modern aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
    DirectorDon TaylorStarsKirk DouglasMartin SheenKatharine Ross
  • Firebird 2015 AD (1981)

    20. Firebird 2015 AD

    19811h 37mPG
    3.5 (373)
    In one of many unpopular and unsupported policy decisions, the US government of the near future outlaws vehicle petrol in an effort to curb the overuse of limited natural resources - except, of course, for official purposes. There are many renegades who oppose the authorities, and will stop at nothing to allow themselves the freedom of burning around the countryside.
    DirectorDavid M. RobertsonStarsDarren McGavinDoug McClureGeorge Touliatos
  • Brian Blessed, Max von Sydow, and Sam J. Jones in Flash Gordon (1980)

    21. Flash Gordon

    19801h 51mPG58Metascore
    6.5 (64K)
    A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
    DirectorMike HodgesStarsSam J. JonesMelody AndersonMax von Sydow
  • Galaxina (1980)

    22. Galaxina

    19801h 35mR
    3.7 (3.6K)
    In the 31st century, sexy blonde android Galaxina helms the crew of a space cruiser on a mission to find the Blue Star, a mystical gem that holds unlimited power.
    DirectorWilliam SachsStarsStephen MachtAvery SchreiberJ.D. Hinton
  • Robert Englund, Edward Albert, Bernard Behrens, Jack Blessing, Zalman King, Erin Moran, Taaffe O'Connell, and Grace Zabriskie in Galaxy of Terror (1981)

    23. Galaxy of Terror

    19811h 21mR38Metascore
    5.0 (9.9K)
    A ragtag spaceship crew sent on a rescue mission encounter a formidable enemy, their worst fears projected by their own imaginations.
    DirectorBruce D. ClarkStarsEdward AlbertErin MoranRay Walston
  • Hangar 18 (1980)

    24. Hangar 18

    19801h 37mPG
    5.3 (3.3K)
    After a UFO crashes in Arizona, due to a space collision with a NASA satellite launch, the U.S. government tries to cover-up the incident for political reasons.
    DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsDarren McGavinRobert VaughnGary Collins
  • Heartbeeps (1981)

    25. Heartbeeps

    19811h 18mPG
    4.3 (1.8K)
    Two household robots run away and try to start a family.
    DirectorAllan ArkushStarsAndy KaufmanBernadette PetersRandy Quaid

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