80's Horror & Sci-Fi films, a list by DKG

8.7

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84

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4.4

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93

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97

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82

/25/

4.0

age 9+

The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.

87

8.5

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85

/47039/

83

/21247/

4.2

/2376729/

93

/117/

95

/40121/

88

/27/

3.5

age 10+

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

85

8.4

/832656/

82

/24827/

80

/10519/

4.1

/835346/

94

/143/

94

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84

/23/

3.5

age 15+

Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.

84

8.4

/1208964/

81

/29593/

82

/18472/

4.2

/2841750/

84

/111/

93

/28528/

68

/26/

4.0

age 15+

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

82

8.3

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83

/37134/

79

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4.1

/1627566/

83

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94

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58

/24/

4.0

age 8+

Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, the Emperor prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star, and the Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack on the space station. Luke Skywalker confronts Darth Vader in a final climactic duel before the evil Emperor.

78

8.2

/518090/

81

/15609/

80

/7636/

4.3

/1151259/

85

/92/

92

/9671/

57

/13/

2.5

age 17+

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

82

8.1

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80

/28303/

76

/14171/

3.9

/892563/

90

/130/

89

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84

/21/

age 15+

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

82

8.1

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80

/31617/

79

/14595/

4.1

/1311084/

89

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91

/25115/

84

/15/

3.0

age 16+

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

84

8.0

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81

/6638/

79

/3918/

4.2

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89

/19/

90

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86

/7/

MAL

8.3

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age 11+

After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.

82

8.0

/222997/

81

/10739/

79

/4598/

4.3

/743812/

91

/55/

90

/8614/

68

/22/

MAL

8.1

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age 16+

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

83

7.9

/466896/

77

/19183/

75

/11725/

3.8

/1154932/

99

/146/

72

/1318882/

92

/30/

4.0

age 7+

An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliott who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliott, his brother, and his little sister Gertie form an emotional bond with their new friend, and try to help him find his way home.

85

7.9

/26820/

77

/1271/

76

/376/

4.2

/65273/

100

/15/

92

/391/

92

/5/

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

74

7.8

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81

/28504/

77

/13588/

3.9

/987922/

63

/67/

86

/18724/

57

/17/

3.0

age 10+

Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.

79

7.8

/220772/

78

/5431/

76

/3563/

4.1

/250950/

98

/62/

90

/7405/

84

/18/

2.0

age 17+

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

72

7.8

/493956/

77

/16952/

75

/8747/

3.8

/539627/

64

/114/

87

/17050/

47

/17/

3.0

age 16+

A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

78

7.7

/134704/

78

/6004/

75

/2046/

3.9

/91590/

87

/76/

90

/4913/

68

/19/

3.0

age 10+

The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.

78

7.7

/194244/

75

/6539/

75

/3370/

4.0

/409297/

88

/84/

89

/8053/

72

/18/

3.0

Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda's body.

78

7.6

/304897/

76

/12294/

73

/5535/

3.9

/379606/

92

/88/

84

/7598/

70

/17/

3.0

age 17+

In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.

80

7.6

/221394/

75

/7530/

74

/4785/

4.0

/494038/

94

/78/

83

/3631/

81

/12/

age 16+

When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

80

7.6

/211415/

74

/8245/

73

/4033/

3.9

/233614/

93

/61/

86

/3474/

77

/15/

3.5

Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.

72

7.5

/132771/

74

/4376/

73

/2616/

3.8

/281934/

89

/65/

85

/4212/

55

/15/

2.0

age 16+

American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. After retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon begins experiencing disturbing changes to his body and mind.

74

7.5

/207006/

76

/7860/

73

/3292/

3.7

/145806/

76

/178/

83

/3765/

62

/14/

age 13+

A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.

78

7.4

/287731/

74

/10216/

73

/5549/

3.7

/726673/

94

/70/

84

/16347/

76

/12/

age 17+

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

76

7.3

/193121/

73

/6900/

71

/3229/

3.5

/349863/

88

/80/

79

/5536/

79

/16/

3.0

age 13+

The Freelings' suburban home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a portal to the 'other side'. With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.

76

7.3

/95841/

76

/4719/

71

/1586/

3.7

/58329/

81

/48/

81

/2906/

71

/17/

3.5

age 10+

When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back whales and save the planet.

73

7.3

/76402/

74

/2437/

71

/2232/

3.8

/128823/

71

/117/

80

/2380/

66

/12/

3.0

When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.

75

7.3

/248719/

72

/8522/

73

/4325/

3.6

/529046/

85

/86/

84

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71

/11/

age 16+

In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.

75

7.3

/271647/

75

/14052/

71

/6800/

3.6

/603826/

86

/85/

78

/12706/

70

/13/

3.0

age 12+

After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.

75

7.2

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72

/2590/

71

/1660/

3.7

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82

/34/

81

/1421/

61

/14/

3.5

A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.

72

7.2

/175408/

75

/6063/

71

/2213/

3.7

/324018/

75

/79/

85

/14260/

63

/16/

2.5

age 16+

When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.

75

7.2

/83599/

71

/2614/

70

/1763/

3.5

/102014/

89

/54/

77

/1349/

69

/8/

3.5

Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.

75

72

7.2

/9984/

70

/233/

70

/272/

3.9

/29511/

85

/13/

81

/97/

74

/5/

Two aging crooks are given two weeks to repay a debt to a woman named The American. They recruit their recently deceased partner's son to help them break into a laboratory and steal the vaccine against STBO, a sexually transmitted disease that is sweeping the country. It's spread by having sex without emotional involvement, and most of its victims are teenagers who make love out of curiosity rather than commitment.

79

7.2

/54867/

72

/2219/

73

/1256/

4.0

/408710/

86

/43/

76

/414/

75

/10/

4.0

A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.

76

7.2

/58163/

71

/1438/

71

/966/

3.9

/123826/

86

/50/

82

/1056/

86

/15/

2.5

Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.

69

7.2

/44294/

76

/1469/

71

/572/

3.6

/42560/

62

/26/

88

/7647/

43

/9/

age 8+

The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.

77

7.2

/90155/

71

/2584/

70

/1465/

3.9

/158975/

94

/50/

77

/2196/

75

/22/

age 15+

FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecktor, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecktor to capture a new killer.

73

7.2

/111591/

71

/3684/

72

/2385/

3.9

/342287/

83

/60/

80

/2714/

58

/6/

As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.

73

7.2

/161263/

73

/6275/

72

/3313/

3.8

/305531/

86

/76/

80

/3245/

55

/22/

age 16+

A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.

72

7.1

/43987/

71

/1314/

69

/696/

3.6

/59717/

85

/26/

79

/1090/

70

/9/

2.5

After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house that has been uninhabited for many years. But, soon after, the obscure history of such an old mansion and his own past begin to haunt him.

76

7.1

/77672/

72

/2526/

70

/1621/

3.8

/169610/

90

/127/

82

/2048/

73

/14/

3.0

Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.

65

7.1

/79021/

71

/2188/

70

/1339/

3.8

/101085/

61

/103/

75

/3325/

60

/13/

1.5

As the world is overrun by zombies, scientists and military personnel in an underground Florida bunker must decide on how they should deal with the undead.

81

7.1

/5976/

72

/212/

76

/163/

4.0

/37186/

100

/6/

77

/30/

72

/4/

4.0

A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god.

72

7.1

/87257/

71

/2910/

70

/1496/

3.5

/131610/

83

/66/

77

/2125/

62

/13/

3.0

age 16+

Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.

78

7.1

/93503/

74

/3760/

70

/1574/

3.9

/249650/

91

/55/

79

/5052/

81

/15/

3.5

age 12+

Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's; a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker, Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day, Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for it’s supper.

74

7.1

/170466/

71

/6228/

70

/3397/

3.6

/248781/

85

/71/

77

/3482/

76

/12/

age 16+

In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.

79

7.1

/120124/

76

/6117/

71

/2065/

3.5

/96641/

93

/46/

76

/1988/

77

/15/

4.0

age 11+

High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

65

7.1

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74

/9420/

68

/3262/

3.4

/244992/

52

/104/

83

/18839/

46

/14/

2.5

age 12+

When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?

73

7.0

/55388/

69

/1412/

69

/1072/

3.6

/112995/

83

/60/

74

/578/

74

/16/