List of science fiction films of the 1980s

A list of science fiction films released in the 1980s. These films include core elements of science fiction, but can cross into other genres. They have been released to a cinema audience by the commercial film industry and are widely distributed with reviews by reputable critics.

Collectively, the science fiction films from the 1980s have received 14 Academy Awards, 11 Saturn Awards, six Hugo Awards, five BAFTA awards, four BSFA Awards, and one Golden Globe Award. Four of these movies were the highest grossing films of their respective years of release. However, these films also received nine Golden Raspberry Awards.

List

Years
1980
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes
The Alien DeadFred Olen RayBuster Crabbe, Ray Roberts, Linda LewisUnited States
Altered StatesKen RussellWilliam Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob BalabanUnited States
Battle Beyond the StarsJimmy MurakamiGeorge Peppard, Robert Vaughn, Richard ThomasUnited States
Be Forever YamatoToshio Masuda, Leiji MatsumotoKei Tomiyama, Yōko Asagami, Shūsei NakamuraJapanAnime film
ContaminationLuigi CozziIan McCulloch, Louise Marleau, Marino MaséItaly West Germany
Crazy Thunder RoadSōgo IshiiTatsuo Yamada, Masamitsu Ohike, Koji NanjoJapan
Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super VortexMasayuki AkehiKazuhiko Inoue, Fuyumi Shiraishi, Keiichi NodaJapanAnime film
Death WatchBertrand TavernierRomy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean StantonFrance West Germany
The Empire Strikes BackIrvin KershnerMark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie FisherUnited States[nb 1]
The Final CountdownDon TaylorKirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine RossUnited States
Flash GordonMike HodgesSam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow
Galaxina William SachsStephen Macht, Avery Schreiber, J.D. HintonUnited States
GolemPiotr SzulkinMarek Walczewski, Krystyna Janda, Joanna ZólkowskaPoland
Hangar 18James L. ConwayDarren McGavin, Robert Vaughn, Gary CollinsUnited States
Phoenix 2772Taku SugiyamaKaneto Shiozawa, Keiko Takeshita, Hiroshi ÔtakeJapanAnime film
Saturn 3 Stanley DonenFarrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, Harvey KeitelUnited Kingdom
Somewhere in Time Jeannot SzwarcChristopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher PlummerUnited States
Superman IIRichard LesterGene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty
Toward the TerraHideo OnchiJunichi Inoue, Masaya Oki, Kumiko AkiyoshiJapanAnime film
VirusKinji FukasakuMasao Kusakari, Tsunehiko Watase, Isao NatsuyagiJapan
1981
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes
Adieu Galaxy Express 999RintaroMasako Nozawa, Masako Ikeda, Kaneta KimotsukiJapanAnime film
EarthboundJames L. ConwayBurl Ives, Christopher Connelly, Meredith MacRaeUnited States
Escape from New YorkJohn CarpenterKurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest BorgnineUnited States
Galaxy of TerrorB. D. ClarkEdward Albert, Erin Moran, Ray WalstonUnited States
HeartbeepsAllan ArkushAndy Kaufman, Bernadette Peters, Randy QuaidUnited States
Heavy MetalGerald PottertonRodger Bumpass, Jackie Burroughs, John Candy, Eugene LevyUnited States CanadaAnimated film
The Incredible Shrinking WomanJoel SchumacherLily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson, John GloverUnited States
InseminoidNorman J. WarrenJudy Geeson, Heather Wright, Trevor Thomas, Stephanie BeachamUnited KingdomUSA title: Horror Planet
The Last ChaseMartyn BurkeLee Majors, Burgess Meredith, Chris Makepeace United States
LookerMichael CrichtonAlbert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey United States
Mad Max 2George MillerMel GibsonAustralia
MalevilChristian de ChalongeMichel Serrault, Jacques Dutronc, Jacques VilleretFrance West Germany
Memoirs of a SurvivorDavid GladwellJulie Christie, Christopher Guard, Leonie MellingerUnited Kingdom
Mobile Suit GundamRyôji Fujiwara, Yoshiyuki TominoTôru Furuya, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Shôzô Iizuka, Toshio FurukawaJapan Anime film
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of SorrowYoshikazu Yasuhiko, Yoshiyuki TominoTôru Furuya, Shûichi Ikeda, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Fuyumi ShiraishiJapan Anime film
Mystery of the Third PlanetRoman KachanovOlga Gromova, Yuri Andreyev, Vladimir Druzhnikov, Vladimir Kenigson, Vasily Livanov, Rina ZelyonayaSoviet Union Animated film
OutlandPeter HyamsSean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances SternhagenUnited States
Per Aspera Ad AstraRichard ViktorovAleksandr Mikhajlov, Gleb Strizhenov, Alexander LazarevSoviet UnionAlternate titles: Through the Thorns to the Stars; Humanoid Woman
ScannersDavid CronenbergStephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Patrick McGoohanCanada
Scared to DeathWilliam MaloneJohn StinsonUnited States
Visitors from the GalaxyDušan VukotićLjubiša Samardžić, Ivana Andrlová, Cvijeta MesicSocialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaCzechoslovakia[1]
The War of the Worlds: Next CenturyPiotr SzulkinRoman Wilhelmi, Krystyna Janda, Mariusz DmochowskiPoland
1982
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes
1990: The Bronx Warriors Enzo G. CastellariVic Morrow, Christopher Connelly, Fred WilliamsonItaly
The Aftermath Steve BarkettSid Haig, Forrest J Ackerman, Jim DanforthUnited States UK title: Zombie Aftermath
Airplane II: The Sequel Ken FinklemanRobert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd BridgesUnited States
Anno 2020 - I gladiatori del futuroJoe D'AmatoHarrison Muller, Al Cliver, Sabrina SianiItaly[2]
AndroidAaron LipstadtKlaus Kinski, Brie Howard, Norbert WeisserUnited States[nb 2]
Andromeda StoriesMasamitsu SasakiMami Koyama, Tōru Furuya, Toshiko Fujita, Chiyoko KawashimaJapanAnime film
Arcadia of My YouthTomoharu KatsumataMakio Inoue, Kei Tomiyama, Reiko Tajima, Reiko MutōJapanAnime film
Blade RunnerRidley ScottHarrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah United States[nb 3]
Burst CitySōgo IshiiMichirou Endo, Shigeru Izumiya, Takanori Jinnai, Kou MachidaJapan
Café FleshStephen SayadianMichelle Bauer, Richard Belzer United States
Cat PeoplePaul SchraderNastassja Kinski, John Heard, Malcolm McDowell United States
ChronopolisPiotr Kamler FranceAnimated film
CrosstalkMark EgertonGary Day, Penny Downie, John EwartAustralia
E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialSteven SpielbergHenry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Drew Barrymore, Robert MacNaughton United States[nb 4]
Endangered SpeciesAlan RudolphRobert Urich, JoBeth Williams, Paul DooleyUnited States[3]
Forbidden WorldAllan HolzmanJesse Vint, June ChadwickUnited States
Kamikaze 1989Wolf GremmRainer Werner Fassbinder, Günther Kaufmann, Boy Gobert, Arnold MarquisWest Germany[4]
The Masters of TimeRené LalouxJean Valmont, Michel Elias, Frédéric Legros, Yves-Marie MaurinFrance West Germany Switzerland United Kingdom HungaryAnimated film
MegaforceHal NeedhamBarry Bostwick, Persis Khambatta, Michael Beck, Henry SilvaUnited States
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in SpaceYoshiyuki Tomino, Yoshikazu YasuhikoTôru Furuya, Shûichi Ikeda, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Yô InoueJapan Anime film
The New BarbariansEnzo G. CastellariFred Williamson, Anna Kanakis, Venantino VenantiniItaly[nb 5]
NightbeastDon DohlerDonald Leifert, Tom GriffithsUnited StatesHorror
ParasiteCharles BandRobert Glaudini, Demi MooreUnited StatesHorror
Queen MillenniaMasayuki AkehiKeiko Han, Keiko Toda, Ichirô Nagai, Mami KoyamaJapanAnime film
Space Adventure CobraOsamu DezakiShigeru Matsuzaki, Ryoko Sakakibara, Akiko Nakamura, Toshiko FujitaJapanAnime film
Star Trek II: The Wrath of KhanNicholas MeyerWilliam Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Ricardo Montalbán United States[nb 6]
Swamp ThingWes Craven, Walter von HueneLouis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray WiseUnited States
The Thing John CarpenterKurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, Keith David, Donald Moffat, Charles Hallahan, David Clennon United States[nb 7]
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle SwannWilliam DearFred Ward, Belinda Bauer, Peter Coyote, Richard Masur, Ed Lauter, Chris Mulkey, Tracy WalterUnited States
Time WalkerTom KennedyBen Murphy, Nina Axelrod, Kevin Brophy United States
TronSteven LisbergerJeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy MorganUnited States [nb 8]
Turkey ShootBrian Trenchard-SmithSteve Railsback, Olivia Hussey, Michael CraigAustralia
Warlords of the 21st CenturyHarley CoklissMichael Beck, Annie McEnroe, James WainwrightUnited States[5][nb 9]
Zapped!Robert J. RosenthalScott Baio, Willie Aames, Heather Thomas, Robert Mandan United States
1983
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes
2019, After the Fall of New YorkSergio MartinoMichael Sopkiw, Valentine Monnier, Anna KanakisItalyFrance
Anna to the Infinite PowerRobert WiemerMartha Byrne, Dina Merrill United States
The Atlantis InterceptorsRuggero DeodatoIvan RassimovItaly
Born in FlamesLizzie BordenJeanne Satterfield, Adele Bertei, Becky Johnston United States
BrainstormDouglas TrumbullChristopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise FletcherUnited States
BrainWavesUlli LommelKeir Dullea, Suzanna Love, Vera Miles, Tony CurtisUnited States[6]
The Creature Wasn't NiceBruce KimmelLeslie Nielsen, Cindy Williams, Gerrit GrahamUnited States
Crusher JoeYoshikazu YasuhikoJapanAnime film
Daijōbu, My FriendRyū MurakamiPeter Fonda, Reona HirotaJapan
The Dead ZoneDavid CronenbergChristopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Martin SheenUnited States
The Deadly SpawnDouglas McKeownCharles George Hildebrandt, Tom DeFranco, Richard Lee Porter United States
EndgameJoe D'AmatoAl Cliver, Laura Gemser, George EastmanItaly
Escape from the BronxEnzo G. CastellariMark Gregory, Henry Silva, Valeria D'ObiciItaly
KometaRichard ViktorovNadezhda Semencova, Anatolij KuznecovSoviet UnionComedy
Final YamatoTomoharu Katsumata, Yoshinobu Nishizaki, Toshio MasudaKei Tomiyama, Yôko Asagami, Gorô Naya, Isao SasakiJapanAnime film
Halloween III: Season of the WitchTommy Lee WallaceTom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'HerlihyUnited States
HarmagedonRintaroTôru Furuya, Mami Koyama, Masako Ikeda, Keiko HanJapanAnime film
The Last BattleLuc BessonPierre Jolivet, Jean Bouise, Fritz WepperFrance
Liquid SkySlava TsukermanAnne Carlisle, Paula Sheppard, Susan DoukasUnited States
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-SynCharles BandJeffrey Byron, Tim Thomerson, Kelly Preston, Richard MollUnited States
The Prize of PerilYves BoissetGérard Lanvin, Michel Piccoli, Marie-France PisierFrance Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Return of the JediRichard MarquandMark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee WilliamsUnited States[nb 10]
Rock & RuleClive A. SmithPaul Le Mat, Deborah Harry, Don FrancksCanadaAnimated film
Space RaidersHoward R. CohenVince Edwards, David Mendenhall, Patsy Pease United States
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden ZoneLamont JohnsonPeter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson, Michael IronsideUnited States
Strange InvadersMichael LaughlinPaul Le Mat, Nancy Allen, Diana Scarwid Canada United States
Superman IIIRichard LesterChristopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Robert Vaughn, Annette O'TooleUnited States
Twilight Zone: The MovieJoe Dante, John Landis, Steven Spielberg, George MillerDan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, John Lithgow, Kathleen QuinlanUnited States
VideodromeDavid Cronenberg James Woods, Sonja Smits, Debbie Harry Canada
Warrior of the Lost WorldDavid WorthRobert Ginty, Persis Khambatta, Donald Pleasence, Fred WilliamsonItaly
WavelengthMike GrayRobert Carradine, Cherie Currie, Keenan WynnUnited States
XtroHarry Bromley DavenportPhilip Sayer, Bernice Stegers, Danny BraininUnited Kingdom
Yor, the Hunter from the FutureAntonio MargheritiReb Brown, Corinne Cléry, John SteinerItalyFranceTurkey
1984
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes
2010Peter HyamsRoy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Keir DulleaUnited States[nb 11]
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th DimensionW. D. RichterPeter Weller, John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher LloydUnited States
Babičky dobíjejte přesně!Ladislav RychmanDaniela Kolářová, Jana DítětováCzech Republic
The Brother from Another PlanetJohn SaylesJoe Morton, Darryl Edwards, Steve JamesUnited States
DreamscapeJoseph RubenDennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher PlummerUnited States
DuneDavid LynchFrancesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino, Brad DourifUnited States
Electric DreamsSteve BarronLenny Von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Bud CortUnited States
The Ewok AdventureJohn KortyEric Walker, Warwick Davis, Tony Cox, Fionnula FlanaganUnited States[7]
The Element of CrimeLars von TrierMichael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Me Me LaiDenmark
FirestarterMark L. LesterDrew Barrymore, David Keith, George C. Scott, Martin Sheen, Heather LocklearUnited States
GhostbustersIvan ReitmanBill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts United States
GremlinsSteven SpielbergZach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton United States
I Guerrieri dell'anno 2072Lucio FulciJared Martin, Fred Williamson, Howard RossItaly
IcemanFred SchepisiTimothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, John LoneUnited States
The Ice PiratesStewart RaffillRobert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. RobertsUnited States
ImpulseGraham BakerTim Matheson, Meg Tilly, Hume CronynUnited States
The Last StarfighterNick CastleLance Guest, Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Preston, Dan O'HerlihyUnited States
LensmanYoshiaki KawajiriToshio Furukawa, Mami Koyama, Chikao Ōtsuka, Nachi NozawaJapanAnime film
Macross: Do You Remember Love?Shoji KawamoriMari Iijima, Arihiro Hase, Mika Doi, Michio HazamaJapanAnime film
The Noah's Ark PrincipleRoland EmmerichRichy Müller, Franz BuchrieserWest Germany
Nausicaä of the Valley of the WindHayao MiyazakiSumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako KyôdaJapanAnime film
Night of the CometThom EberhardtCatherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert BeltranUnited States
Nineteen Eighty-FourMichael RadfordJohn Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna HamiltonUnited Kingdom
The Philadelphia ExperimentStewart RaffillMichael Paré, Nancy Allen, Eric ChristmasUnited States
Repo ManAlex CoxHarry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Olivia Barash United States
The Return of GodzillaKoji Hashimoto (director)Raymond Burr, Ken Tanaka JapanUnited States
RunawayMichael CrichtonTom Selleck, Cynthia Rhodes, Gene Simmons, Kirstie AlleyUnited States
Sayonara JupiterKoji HashimotoTomokazu Miura, Dangely Diane, Miyuki Ono, Rachel HuggettJapan
SexmissionJuliusz MachulskiOlgierd Lukaszewicz, Jerzy Stuhr, Hanna StankównaPoland
Star Trek III: The Search for SpockLeonard NimoyWilliam Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Christopher LloydUnited States
StarmanJohn CarpenterJeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin SmithUnited States
The TerminatorJames CameronArnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda HamiltonUnited States[nb 12]
1985
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes
Back to the FutureRobert ZemeckisMichael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson United States[nb 13]
BrazilTerry GilliamJonathan Pryce, Michael Palin, Kim Greist, Robert De NiroUnited Kingdom[nb 14]
City LimitsAaron LipstadtDarrell Larson, John Stockwell, Kim CattrallUnited States
CocoonRon HowardDon Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy United States
CreatureWilliam MaloneStan Ivar, Wendy Schaal, Lyman Ward, Robert Jaffe, Diane Salinger United States
D.A.R.Y.L.Simon WincerBarret Oliver, Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Kathryn WalkerUnited States
The DungeonmasterDave Allen, Charles BandJeffrey Byron, Leslie Wing, Richard MollUnited States
Enemy MineWolfgang PetersenDennis Quaid, Louis Gossett, Jr., Brion James United States
ExplorersJoe DanteEthan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson United States
Gwen, or the Book of SandJean-François LaguionieMichel Robin, Lorella Di CiccoFranceAnimated film
JoeyRoland EmmerichJoshua Morrell, Eva KryllWest Germany
LifeforceTobe HooperSteve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank FinlayUnited Kingdom United States
Mad Max Beyond ThunderdomeGeorge Ogilvie, George MillerMel Gibson, Tina TurnerAustralia
Morons from Outer SpaceMike HodgesMel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Paul BrownUnited Kingdom
My Science ProjectJonathan BetuelJohn Stockwell, Fisher Stevens, Raphael SbargeUnited States
O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of CivilizationPiotr SzulkinJerzy Stuhr, Krystyna Janda, Kalina JędrusikPoland
Odin: Photon Sailer StarlightJapanAnime film
The Quiet EarthGeoff MurphyBruno Lawrence, Alison RoutledgeNew Zealand
Radioactive DreamsAlbert PyunMichael Dudikoff, Lisa Blount, Don MurrayUnited States
Real GeniusMartha CoolidgeVal Kilmer, Gabriel JarretUnited States
Re-AnimatorStuart GordonJeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara CramptonUnited States
Space RageConrad E. PalmisanoRichard Farnsworth, Michael Paré, John LaughlinUnited States
Starchaser: The Legend of OrinSteven HahnJoe Colligan, Anthony De Longis, Carmen ArgenzianoUnited StatesAnimated film
TrancersCharles BandTim Thomerson, Helen HuntUnited States
Weird ScienceJohn HughesAnthony Michael Hall, Kelly Le Brock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton United States
1986
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes
AliensJames CameronSigourney Weaver, Paul Reiser, Michael Biehn, Bill PaxtonUnited States[nb 15]
The Aurora EncounterJim McCullough, Sr.Jack Elam, Peter Brown, Carol BagdasarianUnited States[6]
Chopping MallJim WynorskiKelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, Russell ToddUnited States[6]
CrittersStephen HerekDee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green BushUnited States
Dead End Drive-InBrian Trenchard-SmithNed Manning, Natalie McCurry, Peter WhitfordAustralia
Dead Man's LettersKonstantin LopushanskyRolan Bykov, Iosif RyklinSoviet Unionantiutopia, post-apocalyptic film, psychological drama
Death PowderShigeru IzumiyaShigeru Izumiya, Rikako Murakami, Takichi InukaiJapan
Deadly FriendWes CravenMatthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael SharrettUnited States
Dirty Pair: Project EdenKōichi MashimoSaeko Shimazu, Kyōko Tongū, Katsuji MoriJapanAnime film
EliminatorsPeter ManoogianAndrew Prine, Denise Crosby, Patrick ReynoldsUnited States
Fist of the North StarToyoo AshidaAkira Kamiya, Yuriko Yamamoto, Kenji UtsumiJapanAnime film
Flight of the NavigatorRandal KleiserJoey Cramer, Veronica Cartwright, Cliff DeYoung, Sarah Jessica Parker United States
The FlyDavid CronenbergJeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John GetzUnited States Canada[nb 16]
Gröna gubbar från Y.R.Hans HatwigCarl Billquist, Curt Broberg, Åsa DahlenborgSweden[8][nb 17]
Howard the DuckWillard HuyckLea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim RobbinsUnited States[nb 18]
Invaders from MarsTobe HooperKaren Black, Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, Louise Fletcher United States
KamikazeDidier GroussetRichard Bohringer, Dominique Lavanant, Michel GalabruFrance[9]
Kin-dza-dza!Georgi DaneliyaStanislav Lyubshin, Yevgeni Leonov, Yury YakovlevSoviet Union
Maximum OverdriveStephen KingEmilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura HarringtonUnited States
Night of the CreepsFred DekkerJason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill WhitlowUnited States
Programmed to KillAllan HolzmanRobert Ginty, Sandahl Bergman, Louise Claire Clark, Alex CourtneyUnited States[10]
Project A-koKatsuhiko Nishijima JapanAnime film
Short CircuitJohn BadhamAlly Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens United States
Star CrystalLance LindsayC. Juston Campbell, Faye Bolt, John W. SmithUnited States
Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeLeonard NimoyWilliam Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Catherine HicksUnited States
TerrorVisionTed NicolaouDiane Franklin, Gerrit Graham, Mary WoronovUnited States [11]
They Were ElevenSatoshi DezakiJapanAnime film
The Transformers: The MovieNelson ShinLeonard Nimoy, Robert Stack, Judd Nelson, Orson Welles, Peter CullenUnited StatesAnimated film
Vendetta dal futuroSergio MartinoDaniel Greene, Janet Agren, John SaxonItaly
The WraithMike MarvinCharlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Randy Quaid United States
Zone TroopersDanny BilsonTim Thomerson, Tim Van PattenUnited States[12]
1987
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes
*batteries not includedMatthew RobbinsHume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRaeUnited States
Amazon Women on the MoonJohn LandisArsenio Hall, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steve GuttenbergUnited States
Bad TastePeter JacksonPeter Jackson, Mike Minett, Pete O'HerneNew Zealand
Cherry 2000Steve De JarnattMelanie Griffith, David AndrewsUnited States
CreepozoidsDavid DeCoteauLinnea Quigley, Ashlyn GereUnited States
CyclopsJôji IidaKai Atō, Yoshimasa Kondo, Kazuhiro SanoJapan
The CurseDavid Chaskin, David KeithWil Wheaton, Claude Akins, Malcolm DanareUnited States[13]
Death RunMichael J. MurphyRob Bartlett, Lynn LowryUnited States
The HiddenJack SholderKyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia ChristianUnited States
InnerspaceJoe DanteDennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg RyanUnited States[nb 19]
The KindredStephen Carpenter, Jeffrey ObrowDavid Allen Brooks, Rod Steiger, Amanda PaysUnited States [14]
Making Mr. RightSusan SeidelmanJohn Malkovich, Ann Magnuson, Glenne HeadlyUnited States
Masters of the UniverseGary GoddardDolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg FosterUnited States
Mr. IndiaShekhar KapurAnil Kapoor, Sri Devi, Satish Kaushik, Amrish Puri, Annu KapoorIndia
NightflyersRobert Collector, Gene WarrenCatherine Mary Stewart, John Standing, Michael Praed, Lisa BlountUnited States[15]
PredatorJohn McTiernanArnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia CarrilloUnited States
Prison ShipFred Olen RayRoss Hagen, Sandy Brooke, Susan Stokey, John CarradineUnited States[nb 20][16][17]
Project XJonathan KaplanMatthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, William SadlerUnited States
RoboCopPaul VerhoevenPeter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood SmithUnited States[nb 21]
Royal Space Force: The Wings of HonnêamiseHiroyuki YamagaJapanAnime film
The Running ManPaul Michael GlaserArnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Richard DawsonUnited States
SpaceballsMel BrooksMel Brooks, Bill Pullman, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Daphne ZunigaUnited States
Slave Girls from Beyond InfinityKen DixonElizabeth Kaitan, Cindy Beal, Brinke StevensUnited States
Steel DawnLance HoolPatrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi, Brion James United States
The Stepford ChildrenAlan J. LeviBarbara Eden, Don Murray, Randall Batinkoff, Tammy LaurenUnited States
TimestalkersMichael SchultzWilliam Devane, Lauren Hutton, Forrest Tucker, James Avery, John RatzenbergerUnited States
Superman IV: The Quest for PeaceSidney J. FurieChristopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Margot Kidder, Mariel Hemingway, Jon Cryer, Sam Wanamaker United States
Wicked CityYoshiaki Kawajiri JapanAnime film
1988
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes
AkiraKatsuhiro Ōtomo JapanAnime film
Alien from L.A.Albert PyunKathy Ireland, Thom Mathews, Don Michael PaulUnited States
Alien NationGraham BakerJames Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence StampUnited States[nb 22]
Andy Colby's Incredible AdventureDeborah BrockRandy Josselyn, Dianne Kay, Chuck KovacicUnited States
The BlobChuck RussellKevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Donovan LeitchUnited States
Critters 2: The Main CourseMick GarrisScott Grimes, Liane Alexandra Curtis, Don OpperUnited States
Earth Girls Are EasyJulien TempleGeena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Julie Brown, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans, Michael McKeanUnited StatesUnited Kingdom
GandaharRené Laloux FranceAnimated film
Killer Klowns from Outer SpaceStephen ChiodoGrant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen NelsonUnited States
The Lawless LandJon HessNick Corri, Leon Robinson, Xander Berkeley, Amanda PetersonUnited States[18][19]
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of StarsNoboru IshiguroRyō Horikawa, Kei TomiyamaJapanAnime film
Mac and MeStewart RatfillChristine Ebersole, Tina Caspary, Jonathan WardUnited States[20][nb 23]
Midnight Movie MassacreMark Stock, Larry JacobsRobert Clarke, Anne Robinson, David Staffer, Tom HutslerUnited States[21][22]
Miracle MileSteve De JarnattAnthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, John AgarUnited States
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's CounterattackYoshiyuki TominoJapanAnime film
My Stepmother Is an AlienRichard BenjaminKim Basinger, Dan Aykroyd, Alyson Hannigan, Jon LovitzUnited States
The NestTerence H. WinklessRobert Lansing, Lisa LangloisUnited States
Not of This EarthJim WynorskiTraci Lords, Arthur RobertsUnited States
On the Silver GlobeAndrzej ZulawskiAndrzej Seweryn, Grazyna Dylag, Jerzy TrelaPoland
PulsePaul GoldingCliff DeYoung, Roxanne Hart, Joey LawrenceUnited States
Short Circuit 2Kenneth JohnsonFisher Stevens, Michael McKean, Cynthia GibbUnited States
They LiveJohn CarpenterRoddy Piper, Keith David, Meg FosterUnited States
TransformationsJay KamenRex Smith, Lisa Langlois, Patrick MacneeUnited States[23]
WarlordsFred Olen Ray, Sid HaigDavid Carradine, Dawn Wildsmith, Sid HaigUnited States[24]
World Gone WildLee H. KatzinBruce Dern, Michael Paré, Catherine Mary StewartUnited States[25]
1989
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes
AlienatorFred Olen RayJan-Michael Vincent, John Phillip Law, Ross HagenUnited States
Alien SeedBob JamesErik EstradaUnited States
ArenaPeter ManoogianClaudia Christian, Marc AlaimoItaly
The AbyssJames CameronEd Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael BiehnUnited States[nb 24]
Back to the Future Part IIRobert ZemeckisMichael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. WilsonUnited States
Bill & Ted's Excellent AdventureStephen HerekKeanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George CarlinUnited States
The Blood of HeroesDavid Webb PeoplesRutger Hauer, Joan Chen, Delroy LindoAustralia United States[26][27]
Bunker Palace HôtelEnki BilalJean-Louis Trintignant, Carole Bouquet, Benoît RégentFrance[28]
CommunionPhilippe MoraChristopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse, Frances SternhagenUnited States
CyborgAlbert PyunJean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah RichterUnited States
DeceitAlbert PyunSam Phillips, Norbert Weisser, Scott PaulinUnited States
DeepStar SixSean S. CunninghamTaurean Blacque, Nancy EverhardUnited States
The Five Star StoriesKazuo YamazakiJapanAnime film
Ghostbusters IIIvan ReitmanBill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts, Peter MacNicol United States
Godzilla vs. BiollanteKazuki ŌmoriMegumi Odaka, Yasuka SawaguchiJapan
Hard to Be a GodPeter FleischmannEdward Zentara, Aleksandr Filippenko, Hugues Quester, Anne GautierWest Germany Soviet Union France Switzerland
Honey, I Shrunk the KidsJoe JohnstonRick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia StrassmanUnited States
Jetsons: The MovieJoseph Barbera, William HannaGeorge O'Hanlon, Mel Blanc, Penny SingletonUnited StatesAnimated film
Journey to the center of the earthAlbert PyunKathy IrelandUnited States
LeviathanGeorge Pan CosmatosPeter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays, Daniel SternItaly United States
Lords of the DeepMary Ann FisherBradford Dillman, Priscilla Barnes, Melody RyaneUnited States
Meet the HollowheadsThomas R. BurmanJohn Glover, Richard Portnow, Juliette LewisUnited States[29][30]
MillenniumMichael AndersonKris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Daniel J. Travanti, Robert JoyUnited States
MoontrapRobert DykeWalter Koenig, Bruce Campbell, Leigh LombardiUnited States
Mutant on the BountyRobert TorranceKyle T. Heffner, Scott Williamson, John DurbinUnited States[31]
Patlabor: The MovieMamoru Oshii JapanAnime film
The Return of Swamp ThingJim WynorskiLouis Jourdan, Heather Locklear, Sarah DouglasUnited States
SlipstreamSteven LisbergerMark Hamill, Bob Peck, Bill Paxton, Ben Kingsley, F. Murray AbrahamUnited Kingdom United States
Spontaneous CombustionTobe HooperBrad DourifUnited States
Star Trek V: The Final FrontierWilliam ShatnerWilliam Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James DoohanUnited States[nb 25]
The Terror WithinThierry NotzGeorge Kennedy, Andrew Stevens, Starr AndreeffUnited States
Tetsuo: The Iron ManShinya TsukamotoTomoroh Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Shinya TsukamotoJapan
Venus WarsYoshikazu Yasuhiko JapanAnime film
A Visitor to a MuseumKonstantin LopushanskyViktor Mikhaylov, Vera Mayorova, Vadim Lobanov, Irina RakshinaSoviet Union Switzerland West Germany[32]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Winner of Academy Awards for Visual Effects (special achievement award) and Sound, a Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. Highest grossing film of the year.
  2. ↑ Won a BSFA Award for media presentation.
  3. ↑ Won a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, a BSFA Award for media presentation, and BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, and Best Production Design/Art Direction.
  4. ↑ Highest grossing film of the year. Winner of Academy Awards for Visual Effects, Sound Editing, Sound, and Original Music Score, a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama and a Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film.
  5. ↑ Also known as Warriors of the Wasteland.
  6. ↑ Winner of Saturn Awards for Best Director and Best Actor.
  7. ↑ Remake.
  8. ↑ Won a Saturn Award for Best Costumes.
  9. ↑ Alternate title: Battletruck.
  10. ↑ Winner of an Academy Award for Visual Effects (Special Achievement Award), a Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. Highest grossing film of the year.
  11. ↑ Won a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
  12. ↑ Winner of a Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film.
  13. ↑ Won an Academy Award for Sound Editing, a Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. Highest grossing film of the year.
  14. ↑ Winner of BAFTA Awards for Best Production Design and Best Special Visual Effects. Won a BSFA Award for media presentation.
  15. ↑ Won an Academy Award for Visual Effects and Sound Editing, a Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film, a BSFA Award for media presentation and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
  16. ↑ Winner of an Academy Award for Makeup.
  17. ↑ Alternate title: Green Men From Outer Space
  18. ↑ Received Razzie Awards for Worst Picture (tie), Worst Screenplay, Worst New Star and Worst Visual Effects.
  19. ↑ Won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
  20. ↑ Also known as Star Slammer, the Escape.
  21. ↑ Winner of an Academy Special Achievement Award for Sound Effects Editing and a Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film.
  22. ↑ Won a Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film.
  23. ↑ Winner of 1988 Raspberry awards for Worst New Star and Worst Director. Nominated for Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay.
  24. ↑ Winner of an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
  25. ↑ Received Razzie Awards for Worst Picture, Worst Actor and Worst Director.

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