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.
Godzilla Fantasia
foreign gemcultneon soaked
Wolfman vs. Godzilla
foreign gemlate nightcult
The Empire Strikes Back
neon soakedmindfuck
Back to the Future
cozyneon soakedmindfuck
Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked
foreign gemdevastatingcult
The Thing
dreadlate nightneon soaked
Aliens
neon soakeddreadmindfuck
Akira
neon soakedforeign gemcult
Heart of a Dog
foreign gemcultneon soaked
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars
foreign gemdevastatingcult
Back to the Future Part II
cozyneon soakedmindfuck
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
foreign gemdevastatingcult
Kin-dza-dza!
foreign gemcultneon soaked
The Terminator
neon soakeddreadmindfuck
Brazil
surrealweirdcult
On the Silver Globe
surrealweirdforeign gem
Guest from the Future
foreign gemcultneon soaked
Be Forever Yamato
foreign gemcultneon soaked
Threads
autumnaldevastatingcult
Predator
neon soakeddreadmindfuck
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
devastatingneon soakedatmospheric
Man Facing Southeast
foreign gemcultneon soaked
The Secret of NIMH
cultneon soakedatmospheric
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
foreign gemcultneon soaked
The Fly
late nightcultdread
Godzilla vs. Biollante
foreign gemlate nightcult
Mad Max 2
cultneon soakeddread
The Secret of the Third Planet
foreign gemcultneon soaked
RoboCop
neon soakeddreadmindfuck
The Abyss
cultneon soakeddread
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