List of science fiction films of the 1980s

A list of science fiction film s 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 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1980
Title	Director	Cast	Country	Subgenre/Notes
Alien Dead	Fred Olen Ray	Buster Crabbe, Ray Roberts, Linda Lewis	United States	Horror
Altered States	Ken Russell	William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban	United States	Body horror
Aquanauts	Igor Voznesenskiy	German Poloskov, Aleksandr Yakovlev, Iren Azer	Soviet Union
Battle Beyond the Stars	Jimmy Murakami	George Peppard, Robert Vaughn, Richard Thomas	United States	Space opera
Be Forever Yamato	Toshio Masuda, Leiji Matsumoto	Kei Tomiyama (voice), Yōko Asagami (voice), Shūsei Nakamura (voice)	Japan	Anime film
The Chain Reaction	Ian Barry	Steve Bisley, Arna-Maria Winchester, Ross Thompson	Australia	Disaster, thriller
Contamination	Luigi Cozzi	Ian McCulloch, Louise Marleau, Marino Masé	Italy West Germany	Horror
Crazy Thunder Road	Sōgo Ishii	Tatsuo Yamada, Masamitsu Ohike, Koji Nanjo	Japan
Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Vortex	Masayuki Akehi	Kazuhiko Inoue (voice), Fuyumi Shiraishi (voice), Keiichi Noda (voice)	Japan	Anime film
Death Ray on a Coral Island	Hongmei Zhang	Qi Qiao, Zhiao Ling, Zhen Qiao	China	[1] [2] [3]
Death Watch	Bertrand Tavernier	Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton	France West Germany
The Empire Strikes Back	Irvin Kershner	Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher	United States	Space opera [nb 1]
The Final Countdown	Don Taylor	Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross	United States	Alternate history
Flash Gordon	Mike Hodges	Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow	United Kingdom United States	Space opera
Galaxina	William Sachs	Stephen Macht, Avery Schreiber, J. D. Hinton	United States	Science fantasy, comedy
Golem	Piotr Szulkin	Marek Walczewski, Krystyna Janda, Joanna Zólkowska	Poland
Hangar 18	James L. Conway	Darren McGavin, Robert Vaughn, Gary Collins	United States
Nightmare City	Umberto Lenzi	Hugo Stiglitz, Laura Trotter, Maria Rosaria Omaggio	Italy Spain	Horror
Phoenix 2772	Taku Sugiyama	Kaneto Shiozawa (voice), Keiko Takeshita (voice), Hiroshi Ôtake (voice)	Japan	Anime film
The Return	Vladimir Tarasov	Viktor Balashov (voice), Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy (voice), Vasiliy Livanov (voice)	Soviet Union	Animated short film. Russian title: Возвращение, tr. Vozvrashcheniye [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Saturn 3	Stanley Donen	Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, Harvey Keitel	United Kingdom
The Solar Wind	Timo Linnasalo	Paavo Piskonen, Lilga Kovanko, Antti Litja	Finland	Drama
Somewhere in Time	Jeannot Szwarc	Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer	United States	Romance
Star Inspector	Mark Kovalyov, Vladimir Polin	Vladimir Ivashov, Yuriy Gusev, Timofey Spivak	Soviet Union
Superman II	Richard Lester	Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty	United Kingdom United States	Superhero
Toward the Terra	Hideo Onchi	Junichi Inoue (voice), Masaya Oki (voice), Kumiko Akiyoshi (voice)	Japan	Anime film
Virus	Kinji Fukasaku	Masao Kusakari, Tsunehiko Watase, Isao Natsuyagi	Japan	Post-apocalyptic
Without Warning	Greydon Clark	Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Tarah Nutter	United States	Horror
1981
Adieu Galaxy Express 999	Rintaro	Masako Nozawa (voice), Masako Ikeda (voice), Kaneta Kimotsuki (voice)	Japan	Anime film
The Cabbage Soup	Jean Girault	Louis de Funès, Jean Carmet, Jacques Villeret	France
Earthbound	James L. Conway	Burl Ives, Christopher Connelly, Meredith MacRae	United States
Escape from New York	John Carpenter	Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine	United States
Galaxy of Terror	B. D. Clark	Edward Albert, Erin Moran, Ray Walston	United States
Heartbeeps	Allan Arkush	Andy Kaufman, Bernadette Peters, Randy Quaid	United States
Heavy Metal	Gerald Potterton	Rodger Bumpass (voice), Jackie Burroughs (voice), John Candy (voice), Eugene Levy (voice)	United States Canada	Animated film
The Incredible Shrinking Woman	Joel Schumacher	Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson, John Glover	United States
Inseminoid	Norman J. Warren	Judy Geeson, Heather Wright, Trevor Thomas, Stephanie Beacham	United Kingdom	USA title: Horror Planet
Klaabu in Space	Avo Paistik		Soviet Union	Animated short film. Estonian title: Klaabu kosmoses [11]
The Last Chase	Martyn Burke	Lee Majors, Burgess Meredith, Chris Makepeace	United States
Looker	Michael Crichton	Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey	United States
Mad Max 2	George Miller	Mel Gibson	Australia	Post-apocalyptic
Malevil	Christian de Chalonge	Michel Serrault, Jacques Dutronc, Jacques Villeret	France West Germany
Memoirs of a Survivor	David Gladwell	Julie Christie, Christopher Guard, Leonie Mellinger	United Kingdom
Mobile Suit Gundam	Ryôji Fujiwara, Yoshiyuki Tomino	Tôru Furuya (voice), Hirotaka Suzuoki (voice), Shôzô Iizuka (voice), Toshio Furukawa (voice)	Japan
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Yoshiyuki Tomino	Tôru Furuya (voice), Shûichi Ikeda (voice), Hirotaka Suzuoki (voice), Fuyumi Shiraishi (voice)	Japan
The Mystery of the Third Planet	Roman Kachanov	Vasiliy Livanov (voice), Yuriy Andreyev (voice), Grigoriy Shpigel' (voice)	Soviet Union	Animated film
Nuclear Shelter	Roberto Pires	Conceição Senna, Sasso Alano, Roberto Pires	Brazil	Eco-dystopian film. Portuguese title: Abrigo Nuclear [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
The Orion Loop	Vasiliy Levin	Leonid Bakshtayev, Gennadiy Shkuratov, Anatoliy Mateshko	Soviet Union
Outland	Peter Hyams	Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen	United Kingdom
Per Aspera Ad Astra	Richard Viktorov	Aleksandr Mikhajlov, Gleb Strizhenov, Alexander Lazarev	Soviet Union	Alternate titles: Through the Thorns to the Stars; Humanoid Woman
Scanners	David Cronenberg	Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Patrick McGoohan	Canada
Scared to Death	William Malone	John Stinson	United States
Space Warrior Baldios	Kazuyuki Hirokawa		Japan
Visitors from the Galaxy	Dušan Vukotić	Ljubiša Samardžić, Ivana Andrlová, Cvijeta Mesic	Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia	[17]
The War of the Worlds: Next Century	Piotr Szulkin	Roman Wilhelmi, Krystyna Janda, Mariusz Dmochowski	Poland
1982
1990: The Bronx Warriors	Enzo G. Castellari	Vic Morrow, Christopher Connelly, Fred Williamson	Italy
The Aftermath	Steve Barkett	Sid Haig, Forrest J Ackerman, Jim Danforth	United States	UK title: Zombie Aftermath
Airplane II: The Sequel	Ken Finkleman	Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges	United States
Anno 2020 - I gladiatori del futuro	Joe D'Amato	Harrison Muller, Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani	Italy	[18]
Android	Aaron Lipstadt	Klaus Kinski, Brie Howard, Norbert Weisser	United States	[nb 2]
Arcadia of My Youth	Tomoharu Katsumata	Makio Inoue (voice), Kei Tomiyama (voice), Reiko Tajima (voice), Reiko Mutō (voice)	Japan
Blade Runner	Ridley Scott	Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah	United States Hong Kong	[nb 3]
Burst City	Sōgo Ishii	Michirou Endo, Shigeru Izumiya, Takanori Jinnai, Kou Machida	Japan
Button	Vladimir Tarasov		Soviet Union	Animated short film
Café Flesh	Stephen Sayadian	Michelle Bauer, Richard Belzer	United States
Chronopolis	Piotr Kamler		France	Animated film
Creepshow	George A. Romero	Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver	United States	Science fiction horror [19]
Crosstalk	Mark Egerton	Gary Day, Penny Downie, John Ewart	Australia
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Steven Spielberg	Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Drew Barrymore, Robert MacNaughton	United States	[nb 4]
Endangered Species	Alan Rudolph	Robert Urich, JoBeth Williams, Paul Dooley	United States	[20]
Forbidden World	Allan Holzman	Jesse Vint, June Chadwick	United States
Kamikaze 1989	Wolf Gremm	Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Günther Kaufmann, Boy Gobert, Arnold Marquis	West Germany	[21]
The Masters of Time	René Laloux	Jean Valmont (voice), Michel Elias (voice), Frédéric Legros (voice), Yves-Marie Maurin (voice)	France West Germany Switzerland United Kingdom Hungary	Animated film
Megaforce	Hal Needham	Barry Bostwick, Persis Khambatta, Michael Beck, Henry Silva	United States
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space	Yoshiyuki Tomino, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko	Tôru Furuya (voice), Shûichi Ikeda (voice), Hirotaka Suzuoki (voice), Yô Inoue (voice)	Japan
The New Barbarians	Enzo G. Castellari	Fred Williamson, Anna Kanakis, Venantino Venantini	Italy	[nb 5]
Nightbeast	Don Dohler	Donald Leifert, Tom Griffiths	United States	Horror
Parasite	Charles Band	Robert Glaudini, Demi Moore	United States	Horror
Queen Millennia	Masayuki Akehi	Keiko Han (voice), Keiko Toda (voice), Ichirô Nagai (voice), Mami Koyama (voice)	Japan
Space Adventure Cobra	Osamu Dezaki	Shigeru Matsuzaki (voice), Ryoko Sakakibara (voice), Akiko Nakamura (voice), Toshiko Fujita (voice)	Japan	Anime film
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	Nicholas Meyer	William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Ricardo Montalbán	United States	[nb 6]
Swamp Thing	Wes Craven, Walter von Huene	Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise	United States
The Thing	John Carpenter	Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, Keith David, Donald Moffat, Charles Hallahan, David Clennon	United States	Horror [nb 7]
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann	William Dear	Fred Ward, Belinda Bauer, Peter Coyote, Richard Masur, Ed Lauter, Chris Mulkey, Tracy Walter	United States
Time Walker	Tom Kennedy	Ben Murphy, Nina Axelrod, Kevin Brophy	United States
Tron	Steven Lisberger	Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan	United States	[nb 8]
Turkey Shoot	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Steve Railsback, Olivia Hussey, Michael Craig	Australia
Warlords of the 21st Century	Harley Cokliss	Michael Beck, Annie McEnroe, James Wainwright	United States	[22] [nb 9]
Xtro	Harry Bromley Davenport	Bernice Stegers, Philip Sayer, Simon Nash, Maryam d'Abo, Danny Brainin	United Kingdom	Horror
Zapped!	Robert J. Rosenthal	Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Heather Thomas, Robert Mandan	United States
1983
2019, After the Fall of New York	Sergio Martino	Michael Sopkiw, Valentine Monnier, Anna Kanakis	Italy France
Anniversary	Vladimir Tarasov		Soviet Union	Animated short film. Russian title: Юбилей, tr. Yubiley [23] [24] [10]
Anna to the Infinite Power	Robert Wiemer	Martha Byrne, Dina Merrill	United States
The Atlantis Interceptors	Ruggero Deodato	Ivan Rassimov	Italy
Born in Flames	Lizzie Borden	Jeanne Satterfield, Adele Bertei, Becky Johnston	United States
Brainstorm	Douglas Trumbull	Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher	United States
BrainWaves	Ulli Lommel	Keir Dullea, Suzanna Love, Vera Miles, Tony Curtis	United States	[25]
The Creature Wasn't Nice	Bruce Kimmel	Leslie Nielsen, Cindy Williams, Gerrit Graham	United States
Crusher Joe	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko		Japan
Daijōbu, My Friend	Ryū Murakami	Peter Fonda, Reona Hirota	Japan
The Dead Zone	David Cronenberg	Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Martin Sheen	United States
The Deadly Spawn	Douglas McKeown	Charles George Hildebrandt, Tom DeFranco, Richard Lee Porter	United States
Document Fang of the Sun Dougram	Ryōsuke Takahashi		Japan
Endgame	Joe D'Amato	Al Cliver, Laura Gemser, George Eastman	Italy
Escape from the Bronx	Enzo G. Castellari	Mark Gregory, Henry Silva, Valeria D'Obici	Italy
Exterminators of the Year 3000	Giuliano Carmineo	Robert Iannucci, Alicia Moro, Eduardo Fajardo	Italy
Final Yamato	Tomoharu Katsumata, Yoshinobu Nishizaki, Toshio Masuda	Kei Tomiyama (voice), Yôko Asagami (voice), Gorô Naya (voice), Isao Sasaki (voice)	Japan	Anime film
Halloween III: Season of the Witch	Tommy Lee Wallace	Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy	United States	Horror
Harmagedon	Rintaro	Tôru Furuya (voice), Mami Koyama (voice), Masako Ikeda (voice), Keiko Han (voice)	Japan
Kometa	Richard Viktorov	Nadezhda Semencova, Anatolij Kuznecov	Soviet Union	Comedy
Krull	Peter Yates	Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones	United Kingdom United States
The Last Battle	Luc Besson	Pierre Jolivet, Jean Bouise, Fritz Wepper	France
Liquid Sky	Slava Tsukerman	Anne Carlisle, Paula Sheppard, Susan Doukas	United States
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn	Charles Band	Jeffrey Byron, Tim Thomerson, Kelly Preston, Richard Moll	United States
Moon Rainbow	Andrey Yermash	Vladimir Gostyukhin, Vasiliy Livanov, Yuriy Solomin	Soviet Union
The Pod People	Juan Piquer Simón	Óscar Martín, Concha Cuetos, Manuel Pereiro	Spain France
Prisoners of the Lost Universe	Terry Marcel	Richard Hatch, Kay Lenz, John Saxon	United Kingdom
The Prize of Peril	Yves Boisset	Gérard Lanvin, Michel Piccoli, Marie-France Pisier	France Yugoslavia
Return of the Jedi	Richard Marquand	Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams	United States	Space opera [nb 10]
Rock & Rule	Clive A. Smith	Paul Le Mat (voice), Deborah Harry (voice), Don Francks (voice)	Canada	Animated film
Space Raiders	Howard R. Cohen	Vince Edwards, David Mendenhall, Patsy Pease	United States
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone	Lamont Johnson	Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson, Michael Ironside	United States
Strange Invaders	Michael Laughlin	Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen, Diana Scarwid	Canada United States
Superman III	Richard Lester	Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Robert Vaughn, Annette O'Toole	United States	Superhero film
Urusei Yatsura: Only You	Mamoru Oshii	Fumi Hirano (voice), Toshio Furukawa (voice), Saeko Shimazu (voice)	Japan	First film in the Urusei Yatsura film series
Videodrome	David Cronenberg	James Woods, Sonja Smits, Debbie Harry	Canada	Body horror
WarGames	John Badham	Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy	United States	Techno-thriller
Warrior of the Lost World	David Worth	Robert Ginty, Persis Khambatta, Donald Pleasence, Fred Williamson	Italy
Wavelength	Mike Gray	Robert Carradine, Cherie Currie, Keenan Wynn	United States
Xabungle Graffiti	Yoshiyuki Tomino		Japan
Yor, the Hunter from the Future	Antonio Margheriti	Reb Brown, Corinne Cléry, John Steiner	Italy France Turkey
1984
2010	Peter Hyams	Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Keir Dullea	United States	[nb 11]
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	W. D. Richter	Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd	United States
Babičky dobíjejte přesně!	Ladislav Rychman	Daniela Kolářová, Jana Dítětová	Czechoslovakia
Bloodsuckers from Outer Space	Glen Coburn	Thom Meyes, Dennis Letts, Laura Ellis	United States	Horror, Comedy
The Brother from Another Planet	John Sayles	Joe Morton, Darryl Edwards, Steve James	United States
Delta Space Mission	Mircea Toia, Călin Cazan	Mirela Gorea-Chelaru (voice), Marcel Iureș (voice), Dan Condurache (voice), Ion Chelaru (voice)	Romania	Animated film. Romanian title: Misiunea spațială Delta [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36]
Dreamscape	Joseph Ruben	Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer	United States
Dune	David Lynch	Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino, Brad Dourif	United States	Space opera
Electric Dreams	Steve Barron	Lenny Von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Bud Cort	United States
The Ewok Adventure	John Korty	Eric Walker, Warwick Davis, Tony Cox, Fionnula Flanagan	United States	[37]
The Element of Crime	Lars von Trier	Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Me Me Lai	Denmark
Firestarter	Mark L. Lester	Drew Barrymore, David Keith, George C. Scott, Martin Sheen, Heather Locklear	United States
Ghostbusters	Ivan Reitman	Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts	United States	Horror, Comedy
Hyperspace AKA Gremloids	Todd Durham	Robert Bloodwort, Chris Elliott, Paula Poundstone, Alan Marx	United States	Comedy, Parody
I Guerrieri dell'anno 2072	Lucio Fulci	Jared Martin, Fred Williamson, Howard Ross	Italy
Iceman	Fred Schepisi	Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, John Lone	United States
The Ice Pirates	Stewart Raffill	Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts	United States
Impulse	Graham Baker	Tim Matheson, Meg Tilly, Hume Cronyn	United States
The Invisible Man	Aleksandr Zakharov  [ ru ]	Andrey Kharitonov, Romualdas Ramanauskas, Leonid Kuravlyov	Soviet Union
The Last Starfighter	Nick Castle	Lance Guest, Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Preston, Dan O'Herlihy	United States
Lensman	Yoshiaki Kawajiri	Toshio Furukawa (voice), Mami Koyama (voice), Chikao Ōtsuka (voice), Nachi Nozawa (voice)	Japan
Macross: Do You Remember Love?	Shoji Kawamori	Mari Iijima (voice), Arihiro Hase (voice), Mika Doi (voice), Michio Hazama (voice)	Japan
The Meeting	Mikhail Titov		Soviet Union	Animated short film
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	Hayao Miyazaki	Sumi Shimamoto (voice), Mahito Tsujimura (voice), Hisako Kyôda (voice)	Japan	Anime film
The Next One	Nico Mastorakis	Keir Dullea, Adrienne Barbeau, Peter Hobbs	Greece
Night of the Comet	Thom Eberhardt	Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran	United States
Nineteen Eighty-Four	Michael Radford	John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton	United Kingdom
The Noah's Ark Principle	Roland Emmerich	Richy Müller, Franz Buchrieser	West Germany
The Philadelphia Experiment	Stewart Raffill	Michael Paré, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas	United States
Repo Man	Alex Cox	Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Olivia Barash	United States	Comedy
Return from Orbit	Aleksandr Surin	Juozas Budraitis, Vitaliy Solomin, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov	Soviet Union
The Return of Godzilla	Koji Hashimoto (director)	Raymond Burr, Ken Tanaka	Japan United States	Kaijū
Runaway	Michael Crichton	Tom Selleck, Cynthia Rhodes, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley	United States
Sayonara Jupiter	Koji Hashimoto	Tomokazu Miura, Dangely Diane, Miyuki Ono, Rachel Huggett	Japan
Sexmission	Juliusz Machulski	Olgierd Łukaszewicz, Jerzy Stuhr, Hanna Stankówna	Poland
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Leonard Nimoy	William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Christopher Lloyd	United States
Starman	John Carpenter	Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith	United States
The Terminator	James Cameron	Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton	United States	Time travel film [nb 12]
There Will Come Soft Rains	Nozim To'laxo'jayev		Soviet Union	Animated short film. Russian title: Будет ласковый дождь, tr. Budet laskovyy dozhd' [38] [39] [6] [40] [41] [42]
The Toxic Avenger	Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz	Mitch Cohen, Mark Torgl, Andree Maranda	United States	Science fiction action superhero [43]
Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer	Mamoru Oshii	Fumi Hirano (voice), Toshio Furukawa (voice), Akira Kamiya (voice)	Japan	Second film in the Urusei Yatsura film series
Urutoraman Zofuii	Koichi Takano	Ichirô Furutachi, Ken'yû Horiuchi, Yôko Kuri, Sumiko Shirakawa	Japan	Superhero
1985
Back to the Future	Robert Zemeckis	Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson	United States	Time travel film [nb 13]
Brazil	Terry Gilliam	Jonathan Pryce, Michael Palin, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro	United Kingdom	[nb 14]
City Limits	Aaron Lipstadt	Darrell Larson, John Stockwell, Kim Cattrall	United States
Cocoon	Ron Howard	Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy	United States
Contract	Vladimir Tarasov	Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy (voice), Yevgeniy Steblov (voice), Boris Ivanov (voice)	Soviet Union	Animated short film
Creature	William Malone	Stan Ivar, Wendy Schaal, Lyman Ward, Robert Jaffe, Diane Salinger	United States
D.A.R.Y.L.	Simon Wincer	Barret Oliver, Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Kathryn Walker	United States
The Dungeonmaster	Dave Allen, Charles Band	Jeffrey Byron, Leslie Wing, Richard Moll	United States
Day of the Dead	George A. Romero	Lori Cardille, Joseph Pilato, Richard Liberty, Sherman Howard	United States
Enemy Mine	Wolfgang Petersen	Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James	United States
Explorers	Joe Dante	Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson	United States
Galaxy Invader	Don Dohler	Richard Ruxton, George Stover, Faye Tilles, Glenn Barnes	United States
Gwen, or the Book of Sand	Jean-François Laguionie	Michel Robin (voice), Lorella Di Cicco (voice)	France	Animated film
Lifeforce	Tobe Hooper	Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay	United Kingdom United States
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	George Ogilvie, George Miller	Mel Gibson, Tina Turner	Australia	Post-apocalyptic
Morons from Outer Space	Mike Hodges	Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Paul Brown	United Kingdom
My Science Project	Jonathan Betuel	John Stockwell, Fisher Stevens, Raphael Sbarge	United States
O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization	Piotr Szulkin	Jerzy Stuhr, Krystyna Janda, Kalina Jędrusik	Poland
Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight	Toshio Masuda		Japan
Planet 888	Vladimir Mailyan		Soviet Union	Animated short film. Russian title: Планета 888, tr. Planeta 888. Armenian title: Մոլորակ 888 [44]
The Quiet Earth	Geoff Murphy	Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge	New Zealand
Radioactive Dreams	Albert Pyun	Michael Dudikoff, Lisa Blount, Don Murray	United States
Real Genius	Martha Coolidge	Val Kilmer, Gabriel Jarret	United States
Re-Animator	Stuart Gordon	Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton	United States	Horror, Comedy
The Return of the Living Dead	Dan O'Bannon	Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa	United States	Science fiction horror comedy [45]
Space Rage	Conrad E. Palmisano	Richard Farnsworth, Michael Paré, John Laughlin	United States
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin	Steven Hahn	Joe Colligan (voice), Anthony De Longis (voice), Carmen Argenziano (voice)	United States	Animated film
The Stuff	Larry Cohen	Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris, Paul Sorvino	United States
Trancers	Charles Band	Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt	United States
Underworld	George Pavlou	Denholm Elliott, Miranda Richardson, Steven Berkoff	UK	Sci-fi horror [46]
Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love	Kazuo Yamazaki	Fumi Hirano (voice), Toshio Furukawa (voice), Akira Kamiya (voice)	Japan	Third film in the Urusei Yatsura film series
Visit with Van Gogh	Horst Seemann	Grażyna Szapołowska, Christian Grashof, Rolf Hoppe	East Germany West Germany	German title: Besuch bei Van Gogh [47] [48] [49] [50] [51]
Weird Science	John Hughes	Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly Le Brock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton	United States
1986
Aliens	James Cameron	Sigourney Weaver, Paul Reiser, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton	United States	[nb 15] Action
Armadillo Blood	Marcos Bertoni	Flora Calviño, Henrique Zanetta, Louis Chilson	Brazil	Super 8 eco-dystopian short film. Portuguese title: Sangue de Tatu [12] [52]
The Aurora Encounter	Jim McCullough, Sr.	Jack Elam, Peter Brown, Carol Bagdasarian	United States	[25]
The Battle	Mikhail Titov		Soviet Union	Animated short film. Russian title: Сражение, tr. Srazheniye [6]
Biggles a.k.a Biggles: Adventures in Time	John Hough	Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, Fiona Hutchison, Peter Cushing, Marcus Gilbert, William Hootkins	United Kingdom	Time travel film
Choke Canyon	Charles Bail	Stephen Collins, Janet Julian, Bo Svenson, Lance Henriksen	United States
Chopping Mall	Jim Wynorski	Kelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, Russell Todd	United States	[25]
Critters	Stephen Herek	Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush	United States	Horror, Comedy
Dead End Drive-In	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Ned Manning, Natalie McCurry, Peter Whitford	Australia
Dead Man's Letters	Konstantin Lopushansky	Rolan Bykov, Iosif Ryklin	Soviet Union	antiutopia, post-apocalyptic film, psychological drama
Death Powder	Shigeru Izumiya	Shigeru Izumiya, Rikako Murakami, Takichi Inukai	Japan
Deadly Friend	Wes Craven	Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett	United States
Dirty Pair: Project Eden	Kōichi Mashimo	Saeko Shimazu (voice), Kyōko Tongū (voice), Katsuji Mori (voice)	Japan
Eliminators	Peter Manoogian	Andrew Prine, Denise Crosby, Patrick Reynolds	United States
Fist of the North Star	Toyoo Ashida	Akira Kamiya (voice), Yuriko Yamamoto (voice), Kenji Utsumi (voice)	Japan	Anime film
Flight of the Navigator	Randal Kleiser	Joey Cramer, Veronica Cartwright, Cliff DeYoung, Sarah Jessica Parker	United States
The Fly	David Cronenberg	Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz	United States Canada	[nb 16]
From Beyond	Stuart Gordon	Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree	United States	Science fiction horror [53]
Ga, Ga - Chwala bohaterom	Peter Szulkin	Katarzyna Figura, Daniel Olbrychski, Marek Walczewski, Jan Nowicki	Poland
Gröna gubbar från Y.R.	Hans Hatwig	Carl Billquist, Curt Broberg, Åsa Dahlenborg	Sweden	[54] [nb 17]
Howard the Duck	Willard Huyck	Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins	United States	[nb 18]
Invaders from Mars	Tobe Hooper	Karen Black, Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, Louise Fletcher	United States
Kamikaze	Didier Grousset	Richard Bohringer, Dominique Lavanant, Michel Galabru	France	[55]
Kin-dza-dza!	Georgi Daneliya	Stanislav Lyubshin, Yevgeni Leonov, Yury Yakovlev	Soviet Union
Little Shop of Horrors	Frank Oz	Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, Levi Stubbs (voice)	United States	Musical comedy horror
Maximum Overdrive	Stephen King	Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington	United States
M.D. Geist	Hayato Ikeda	Norio Wakamoto, Rika Matsumoto, Akio Nojima	Japan	Animated film [56]
Night of the Creeps	Fred Dekker	Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow	United States
Programmed to Kill	Allan Holzman	Robert Ginty, Sandahl Bergman, Louise Claire Clark, Alex Courtney	United States	[57]
Project A-ko	Katsuhiko Nishijima		Japan
Short Circuit	John Badham	Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens	United States
Star Crystal	Lance Lindsay	C. Juston Campbell, Faye Bolt, John W. Smith	United States
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Leonard Nimoy	William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Catherine Hicks	United States
TerrorVision	Ted Nicolaou	Diane Franklin, Gerrit Graham, Mary Woronov	United States	Horror [58]
They Were Eleven	Satoshi Dezaki		Japan
The Transformers: The Movie	Nelson Shin	Leonard Nimoy (voice), Robert Stack (voice), Judd Nelson (voice), Orson Welles (voice), Peter Cullen (voice)	United States	Animated film
Urusei Yatsura 4: Lum the Forever	Kazuo Yamazaki	Fumi Hirano (voice), Toshio Furukawa (voice), Akira Kamiya (voice)	Japan	Fourth film in the Urusei Yatsura film series
Vendetta dal futuro	Sergio Martino	Daniel Greene, Janet Agren, John Saxon	Italy
The Wraith	Mike Marvin	Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Randy Quaid	United States
Zone Troopers	Danny Bilson	Tim Thomerson, Tim Van Patten	United States	[59]
1987
Amazon Women on the Moon	John Landis	Arsenio Hall, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steve Guttenberg	United States
Bad Taste	Peter Jackson	Peter Jackson, Mike Minett, Pete O'Herne	New Zealand	Horror, Comedy
*batteries not included	Matthew Robbins	Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae	United States
Creepozoids	David DeCoteau	Linnea Quigley, Ashlyn Gere	United States
Cyclops	Jôji Iida	Kai Atō, Yoshimasa Kondo, Kazuhiro Sano	Japan
The Curse	David Chaskin, David Keith	Wil Wheaton, Claude Akins, Malcolm Danare	United States	[60]
Death Run	Michael J. Murphy	Rob Bartlett, Lynn Lowry	United States
Direct Hit	Vladimir Morozov		Soviet Union	Animated short film. Russian title: Прямое попадание, tr. Pryamoye popadaniye [61]
The Dolphin's Cry	Aleksey Saltykov	Ivars Kalniņš, Donatas Banionis, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan	Soviet Union
The End of Eternity	Andrey Yermash	Oleg Vavilov, Gediminas Girdvainis, Georgiy Zhzhonov	Soviet Union
Friendship's Death	Peter Wollen	Tilda Swinton, Patrick Bauchau, Bill Paterson	United Kingdom
The Hidden	Jack Sholder	Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian	United States
Innerspace	Joe Dante	Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan	United States	[nb 19]
The Kindred	Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow	David Allen Brooks, Rod Steiger, Amanda Pays	United States	[62]
The Lesson	Robert Sahakyants		Soviet Union	Animated short film
Making Mr. Right	Susan Seidelman	John Malkovich, Ann Magnuson, Glenne Headly	United States
Masters of the Universe	Gary Goddard	Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg Foster	United States
Mr. India	Shekhar Kapur	Anil Kapoor, Sri Devi, Satish Kaushik, Amrish Puri, Annu Kapoor	India
Nightflyers	Robert Collector, Gene Warren	Catherine Mary Stewart, John Standing, Michael Praed, Lisa Blount	United States	[63]
Predator	John McTiernan	Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo	United States	Action
Prison Ship	Fred Olen Ray	Ross Hagen, Sandy Brooke, Susan Stokey, John Carradine	United States	[nb 20] [64] [65]
Project X	Jonathan Kaplan	Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, William Sadler	United States
RoboCop	Paul Verhoeven	Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith	United States	Action [nb 21]
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise	Hiroyuki Yamaga		Japan
The Running Man	Paul Michael Glaser	Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson	United States
Spaceballs	Mel Brooks	Mel Brooks, Bill Pullman, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Daphne Zuniga	United States
Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity	Ken Dixon	Elizabeth Kaitan, Cindy Beal, Brinke Stevens	United States
Steel Dawn	Lance Hool	Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi, Brion James	United States
The Stepford Children	Alan J. Levi	Barbara Eden, Don Murray, Randall Batinkoff, Tammy Lauren	United States
Timestalkers	Michael Schultz	William Devane, Lauren Hutton, Forrest Tucker, James Avery, John Ratzenberger	United States
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	Sidney J. Furie	Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Margot Kidder, Mariel Hemingway, Jon Cryer, Sam Wanamaker	United States
The Veldt	Nozim To'laxo'jayev	Yuriy Belyayev, Nelli Pshyonnaya, Giorgi Gegechkori	Soviet Union	Dystopian
1988
The 13th Apostle	Suren Babayan	Juozas Budraitis, Andrey Boltnev, Vladas Bagdonas	Soviet Union
Akira	Katsuhiro Ōtomo	Mitsuo Iwata (voice), Nozomu Sasaki (voice), Mami Koyama (voice)	Japan	Anime film
Alien from L.A.	Albert Pyun	Kathy Ireland, Thom Mathews, Don Michael Paul	United States
Alien Nation	Graham Baker	James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp	United States	[nb 22]
Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure	Deborah Brock	Randy Josselyn, Dianne Kay, Chuck Kovacic	United States
As Time Goes By	Barry Peak	Max Gillies, Bruno Lawrence, Nique Needles	Australia	Comedy
The Blob	Chuck Russell	Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Donovan Leitch	United States	Horror, Remake
The Brain	Edward Hunt	Tom Bresnahan, Cynthia Preston, David Gale	Canada	Horror [66]
Cherry 2000	Steve De Jarnatt	Melanie Griffith, David Andrews	United States
Critters 2: The Main Course	Mick Garris	Scott Grimes, Liane Alexandra Curtis, Don Opper	United States
Dead Heat	Mark Goldblatt	Treat Williams, Joe Piscopo, Vincent Price	United States	Sci-fi horror [67]
Earth Girls Are Easy	Julien Temple	Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Julie Brown, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans, Michael McKean	United States United Kingdom
Gandahar	René Laloux		France	Animated film
Hell Comes to Frogtown	Donald G. Jackson, R. J. Kizer	Roddy Piper, Sandahl Bergman, Cec Verrell, William Smith, Rory Calhoun	United States
Killer Klowns from Outer Space	Stephen Chiodo	Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson	United States	Horror, Comedy
The Lawless Land	Jon Hess	Nick Corri, Leon Robinson, Xander Berkeley, Amanda Peterson	United States	[68] [69]
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars	Noboru Ishiguro	Ryō Horikawa (voice), Kei Tomiyama (voice)	Japan
Lilac Ball	Pavel Arsenov	Natalya Guseva, Sasha Gusev, Boris Shcherbakov	Soviet Union	Children's film
Mac and Me	Stewart Ratfill	Christine Ebersole, Tina Caspary, Jonathan Ward	United States	[70] [nb 23]
Midnight Movie Massacre	Mark Stock, Larry Jacobs	Robert Clarke, Anne Robinson, David Staffer, Tom Hutsler	United States	[71] [72]
Miracle Mile	Steve De Jarnatt	Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, John Agar	United States
Mirai Ninja	Keita Amemiya	Hanbei Kawai, Hiroki Ida, Eri Morishita	Japan	Action
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack	Yoshiyuki Tomino		Japan
Moonwalker	Jerry Kramer, Colin Chilvers	Michael Jackson, Joe Pesci, Sean Lennon	United States	The Smooth Criminal segment is a noir/sci-fi film
My Stepmother Is an Alien	Richard Benjamin	Kim Basinger, Dan Aykroyd, Alyson Hannigan, Jon Lovitz	United States
The Nest	Terence H. Winkless	Robert Lansing, Lisa Langlois	United States
Not of This Earth	Jim Wynorski	Traci Lords, Arthur Roberts	United States
On the Silver Globe	Andrzej Zulawski	Andrzej Seweryn, Grazyna Dylag, Jerzy Trela	Poland	Art film
The Pass	Vladimir Tarasov	Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy (voice), Vasiliy Livanov (voice), Aleksandr Pashutin (voice)	Soviet Union	Animated short film
Pulse	Paul Golding	Cliff DeYoung, Roxanne Hart, Joey Lawrence	United States
Robowar	Bruno Mattei	Reb Brown, Catherine Hickland, Massimo Vanni	Italy
Short Circuit 2	Kenneth Johnson	Fisher Stevens, Michael McKean, Cynthia Gibb	United States
The Son of the Stars	Mircea Toia, Călin Cazan, Dan Chisovsky	Mihai Cafrița (voice), Ion Caramitru (voice), Virgil Ogășanu (voice), Mircea Albulescu (voice), Mirela Gorea-Chelaru (voice)	Romania	Animated film
Space Mutiny	David Winters, Neal Sundstrom	Reb Brown, Cameron Mitchell, Cisse Cameron	South Africa	Science fiction action [73]
They Live	John Carpenter	Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster	United States	Action
Transformations	Jay Kamen	Rex Smith, Lisa Langlois, Patrick Macnee	United States	[74]
Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter	Satoshi Dezaki	Fumi Hirano (voice), Toshio Furukawa (voice), Akira Kamiya (voice)	Japan	Fifth film in the Urusei Yatsura film series
Warlords	Fred Olen Ray, Sid Haig	David Carradine, Dawn Wildsmith, Sid Haig	United States	[75]
Wind	Robert Sahakyants		Soviet Union	Animated short film. Russian title: Ветер, tr. Veter. Armenian title: Քամի [76] [77]
World Gone Wild	Lee H. Katzin	Bruce Dern, Michael Paré, Catherine Mary Stewart	United States	[78]
1989
Alienator	Fred Olen Ray	Jan-Michael Vincent, John Phillip Law, Ross Hagen	United States
Alien Seed	Bob James	Erik Estrada	United States
Arena	Peter Manoogian	Claudia Christian, Marc Alaimo	Italy
The Abyss	James Cameron	Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn	United States	[nb 24]
Back to the Future Part II	Robert Zemeckis	Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson	United States	Time travel film
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure	Stephen Herek	Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin	United States	Comedy, time travel film
The Blood of Heroes	David Webb Peoples	Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen, Delroy Lindo	Australia United States	[79] [80]
Bunker Palace Hôtel	Enki Bilal	Jean-Louis Trintignant, Carole Bouquet, Benoît Régent	France	[81]
Communion	Philippe Mora	Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse, Frances Sternhagen	United States
Cyborg	Albert Pyun	Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Richter	United States
Deceit	Albert Pyun	Sam Phillips, Norbert Weisser, Scott Paulin	United States
DeepStar Six	Sean S. Cunningham	Taurean Blacque, Nancy Everhard	United States
The Evil Below	Wayne Crawford	Wayne Crawford, June Chadwick, Paul Siebert	United States
The Five Star Stories	Kazuo Yamazaki		Japan
Future Force	David A. Prior	David Carradine, Anna Rapagna, Robert Tessier	United States	Action
Ghostbusters II	Ivan Reitman	Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts, Peter MacNicol	United States	Horror, Comedy
Godzilla vs. Biollante	Kazuki Ōmori	Megumi Odaka, Yasuka Sawaguchi	Japan	Kaijū
Gunhed	Masato Harada	Masahiro Takashima, Brenda Bakke	Japan
Hard to Be a God	Peter Fleischmann	Edward Zentara, Aleksandr Filippenko, Hugues Quester, Anne Gautier	West Germany Soviet Union France Switzerland
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	Joe Johnston	Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman	United States
Jetsons: The Movie	Joseph Barbera, William Hanna	George O'Hanlon (voice), Mel Blanc (voice), Penny Singleton (voice)	United States	Animated film
Journey to the Center of the Earth	Albert Pyun	Kathy Ireland	United States
Leviathan	George Pan Cosmatos	Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays, Daniel Stern	Italy United States
Lords of the Deep	Mary Ann Fisher	Bradford Dillman, Priscilla Barnes, Melody Ryane	United States
Meet the Hollowheads	Thomas R. Burman	John Glover, Richard Portnow, Juliette Lewis	United States	[82] [83]
Millennium	Michael Anderson	Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Daniel J. Travanti, Robert Joy	United States
Moontrap	Robert Dyke	Walter Koenig, Bruce Campbell, Leigh Lombardi	United States
Mutant on the Bounty	Robert Torrance	Kyle T. Heffner, Scott Williamson, John Durbin	United States	[84]
My 20th Century	Ildikó Enyedi	Dorota Segda, Oleg Yankovskiy, Paulus Manker	Hungary West Germany Cuba	Comedy-drama
Patlabor: The Movie	Mamoru Oshii		Japan
The Return of Swamp Thing	Jim Wynorski	Louis Jourdan, Heather Locklear, Sarah Douglas	United States
Slipstream	Steven Lisberger	Mark Hamill, Bob Peck, Bill Paxton, Ben Kingsley, F. Murray Abraham	United Kingdom United States
Spontaneous Combustion	Tobe Hooper	Brad Dourif	United States
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	William Shatner	William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan	United States	[nb 25]
The Terror Within	Thierry Notz	George Kennedy, Andrew Stevens, Starr Andreeff	United States	Horror
Tetsuo: The Iron Man	Shinya Tsukamoto	Tomoroh Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Shinya Tsukamoto	Japan	Horror, Comedy
UFO Abduction	Dean Alioto		United States	Horror, found footage
Venus Wars	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko		Japan
A Visitor to a Museum	Konstantin Lopushansky	Viktor Mikhaylov, Vera Mayorova, Vadim Lobanov, Irina Rakshina	Soviet Union Switzerland West Germany	[85]

See also

• History of science fiction films

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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External links

• Science fiction films of the 1980s on IMDb