Best science fiction from the 80s

The catalogue's science fiction films from 1980–1989, ranked by audience score. We bias against the cinephile-canonical picks (Letterboxd top-250) — if you've already seen the obvious entries, scroll past the first row.

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Godzilla Fantasia

1984 · ★ 9.7

Wolfman vs. Godzilla

1983 · ★ 9.6

The Empire Strikes Back

1980 · ★ 8.4

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Back to the Future

1985 · ★ 8.3

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Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked

1982 · ★ 8.1

The Thing

1982 · ★ 8.1

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Aliens

1986 · ★ 8.0

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Akira

1988 · ★ 7.9

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Heart of a Dog

1988 · ★ 7.9

Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars

1988 · ★ 7.9

Back to the Future Part II

1989 · ★ 7.8

bittersweetmindfuckplayful

Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket

1989 · ★ 7.7

Kin-dza-dza!

1986 · ★ 7.7

The Terminator

1984 · ★ 7.7

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Brazil

1985 · ★ 7.7

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On the Silver Globe

1989 · ★ 7.7

Guest from the Future

1984 · ★ 7.6

Be Forever Yamato

1980 · ★ 7.6

Threads

1985 · ★ 7.6

Predator

1987 · ★ 7.5

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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1982 · ★ 7.5

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Man Facing Southeast

1987 · ★ 7.5

The Secret of NIMH

1982 · ★ 7.5

Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space

1982 · ★ 7.4

The Fly

1986 · ★ 7.4

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Godzilla vs. Biollante

1989 · ★ 7.4

Mad Max 2

1981 · ★ 7.4

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The Secret of the Third Planet

1981 · ★ 7.4

RoboCop

1987 · ★ 7.4

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The Abyss

1989 · ★ 7.3

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