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 gemcozyplayful
Wolfman vs. Godzilla
foreign gem3am cultplayful
The Empire Strikes Back
bittersweetcerebralepic
Back to the Future
comfort cultbittersweetcozy
Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked
foreign gemepicgut punch
The Thing
body horrordreadparanoid
Aliens
neon soakedparanoidunhinged
Akira
foreign gembody horrormindfuck
Heart of a Dog
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
Return of the Jedi
cozyepicplayful
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars
foreign gemcerebralepic
Back to the Future Part II
bittersweetmindfuckneon soaked
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
foreign gembittersweetslow burn
Kin-dza-dza!
foreign gemunhinged3am cult
The Terminator
paranoidrawunhinged
Brazil
cerebralparanoidsurreal
On the Silver Globe
foreign gemcerebraldread
Guest from the Future
foreign gembittersweetcozy
Be Forever Yamato
foreign gembittersweetepic
Threads
dreadgut punchslow burn
Predator
dreadraw
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
bittersweetcozyoutsider
Man Facing Southeast
foreign gemoutsiderslow burn
The Secret of NIMH
bittersweettender
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
foreign gemepicoutsider
The Fly
body horrordreadgut punch
Godzilla vs. Biollante
foreign gem3am cultneon soaked
Mad Max 2
epicrawunhinged
The Secret of the Third Planet
foreign gemcozyplayful
RoboCop
bittersweetneon soakedpitch black
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