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50 Classic 80s Sci-Fi Movies

A list of fifty classic science fiction movies released during the 1980s that are worth checking out, assuming you haven't seen them already. If you have, watch them again.
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The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
1
94%8.7
Scanners (1981)
Scanners (1981)
2
70%6.8
Escape From New York (1981)
Escape From New York (1981)
3
87%7.2
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
4
94%7.6
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
5
99%7.8
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
6
86%7.7
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
7
89%8.1
The Thing (1982)
The Thing (1982)
8
82%8.1
Tron (1982)
Tron (1982)
9
71%6.8
Videodrome (1983)
Videodrome (1983)
10
78%7.2
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
11
82%8.3
Wargames (1983)
Wargames (1983)
12
93%7.1
Repo Man (1984)
Repo Man (1984)
13
98%6.9
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
14
79%6.7
The Last Starfighter (1984)
The Last Starfighter (1984)
15
76%6.8
Dreamscape (1984)
Dreamscape (1984)
16
78%6.3
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
17
68%6.4
The Brother From Another Planet (1984)
The Brother From Another Planet (1984)
18
89%6.8
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
19
74%7.1
The Terminator (1984)
The Terminator (1984)
20
100%8.0
Trancers (1984)
Trancers (1984)
21
86%6.1
Night of the Comet (1984)
Night of the Comet (1984)
22
79%6.4
Weird Science (1985)
Weird Science (1985)
23
56%6.6
Cocoon (1985)
Cocoon (1985)
24
74%6.7
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
25
80%6.3
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future (1985)
26
96%8.5
Real Genius (1985)
Real Genius (1985)
27
75%7.0
The Quiet Earth (1985)
The Quiet Earth (1985)
28
71%6.7
Re-Animator (1985)
Re-Animator (1985)
29
94%7.2
Enemy Mine (1985)
Enemy Mine (1985)
30
60%6.9
Aliens (1986)
Aliens (1986)
31
97%8.3
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
32
84%6.9
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
33
62%7.3
The Fly (1986)
The Fly (1986)
34
93%7.6
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
35
82%7.3
Predator (1987)
Predator (1987)
36
81%7.8
Spaceballs (1987)
Spaceballs (1987)
37
56%7.1
Innerspace (1987)
Innerspace (1987)
38
82%6.8
Robocop (1987)
Robocop (1987)
39
90%7.6
The Running Man (1987)
The Running Man (1987)
40
66%6.7
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