Pluto

A cyborg is sent from the future to assassinate a young woman who's destined to give birth to a son who will become the key to saving humanity.

The Terminator

Space hero Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and his half-canine buddy Barf (John Candy) are on a mission in their flying Winnebago to save Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) from the clutches of Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) in Mel Brooks' inspired sci-fi spoof!

Spaceballs

Detroit in the near future. A cop who dies in the line of duty is transformed into a crime-fighting cyborg by the corporation which now runs the police department. The only hitch: this "perfect" cop still seeks revenge on the creeps who mutilated him.

Robocop

A wrongly-convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a TV game show.

The Running Man

A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic detective ability.

The Dead Zone

An outcast military cadet taps into a way to summon demons and cast spells on his tormentors through his computer.

Evilspeak

A young boy is found wandering, with no memory of who he is. A family takes him in and begins to look for clues to help him find his way home.

D.A.R.Y.L.

Our non-heinous heroes Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are in danger of flunking history! But when the righteous Rufus (George Carlin) arrives in a time-travelling phone booth, the dense dudes discover their destiny!

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Sixteen-year-old Sarah must solve a labyrinth to rescue her baby brother when he is taken by the Goblin King.

Labyrinth

A sword-and-sorcery fantasy about a young man's search for revenge. Armed with supernatural powers, the handsome hero and his animal allies wage war against marauding forces.

The Beastmaster

The young wizarding apprentice Galen, is sent to kill a dragon which has been devouring girls from a nearby kingdom. Will his magic be enough to save him?

Dragonslayer (1981)

Jean-Claude Van Damme stars in this adrenaline-charged sci-fi thriller as Gibson Rickenbacker, the future's most fearsome warrior. In the wake of a plague, Rickenbacker must rescue the only person who can develop a vaccine and save civilization.

Cyborg

A small group of military officers and scientists dwell in an underground bunker as the world above is overrun by zombies.

Day of the Dead

In the semi-distant future, a nuclear research and missile base on the ocean floor is jeopardized by an enormous crustacean. The trapped undersea team of scientists must battle for their lives.

Deepstar Six

Jake is killed by neighborhood thugs, and returns as a mystical figure (The Wraith) to gain revenge. Starring Charlie Sheen and Randy Quaid.

The Wraith

Those ghastly ghosts return to battle once more with JoBeth Williams and Craig T. Nelson for the soul of a young clairvoyant.

Poltergeist II: The Other Side

Peter Weller leads an underwater exploration team trapped five miles beneath the ocean's surface with a creature that cannot die, existing only to kill!

Leviathan

A huge comet passes near the earth, vaporizing nearly the whole planet. But a few partially exposed people are now blood-thirsty zombies, and they begin a hunt for the remaining humans.

Night of the Comet

On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal, and to restore order to his world.

The Dark Crystal

The classic George Orwell story set in a world where absolute conformity in action, word and thought, including loyalty to Big Brother, is demanded.

1984

A freak electrical storm engulfs the U.S.S. Nimitz, America's mightiest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and triggers the impossible: The Nimitz is hurtled back in time to December 6, 1941, mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The Final Countdown

After a mysterious comet turns every machine on Earth into a homicidal rampage device, the survivors at the Dixie Boy Truck Stop are making a stand, and human vengeance goes into overdrive.

Maximum Overdrive

In the climactic finale to the Poltergeist trilogy, those elusive demons are more frightening than ever as they follow Carol Anne to Chicago and inhabit an entire skyscraper.

'80s Sci-Fi Movies

All '80s Sci-Fi Movies, listed alphabetically