What's your favorite 1980's sci-fi movie?

[Mr. Fibuli]

Just thought I'd put this out there..
I'm trying to think of an answer myself..

A few-
Predator
Lost Boys
Back to the Future (duh)

 

[Ron Away]

Just thought I'd put this out there..
I'm trying to think of an answer myself..

A few-
Predator
Lost Boys
Back to the Future (duh)

John Carpenter's The Thing got me into the genre.

 

[Ron Away]

Just thought I'd put this out there..
I'm trying to think of an answer myself..

A few-
Predator
Lost Boys
Back to the Future (duh)

How could I forget Blade Runner.And a forgotten mini classic Flight of the Navigator.

 

[DaveM]

How about Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. It contains the the classic Scotty line: 'Admiral, there be whales here!'

 

[Gene Steinberg]

And when asked to use a keyboard on a Mac, after trying to use the to write the plans on a keyboard (instead of just speaking into the mouse) for transparent aluminum, said, "How quaint."

Directed by Leonard Nimoy.

 

[truthseeker]

Aliens,
Blade Runner
Terminator
Predator

 

[Mr. Fibuli]

I'm throwing Ghostbusters onto my pile

 

[Gene Steinberg]

It's not really sci-fi. More like fantasy. Or fantasy/comedy. Zool!

 

[Mr. Fibuli]

It's not really sci-fi. More like fantasy. Or fantasy/comedy. Zool!

Yeah, I mostly agree to that, but science fiction has a pretty loose definition.
I didn't throw in the Conan movies or Willow, based on my own parameters.
I love Star Trek 4 also; the scene on the bus with the boom box and the nerve pinch always sticks out in my mind.

 

[Mr. Fibuli]

Aliens,
Blade Runner
Terminator
Predator

Terminator 1 was a great flick.
Red Dwarf the great scifi tv show had a really cool, strong Blade Runner parody theme in Red Dwarf 9

There were parody scenes of the shooting through the shop window with glass flying in slow motion, the creator's bed chamber scene, mysterious origami, etc

 

[Mr. Fibuli]

It's not really sci-fi. More like fantasy. Or fantasy/comedy. Zool!

I also consider Flatliners to be sci-fi

 

[Creepy Green Light]

John Carpenter's The Thing got me into the genre.

Ditto.

 

[truthseeker]

I also consider Flatliners to be sci-fi

Flatliners came out in 1990 I believe. But it's also one of my faves.

 

[Goggs Mackay]

'The Empire Strikes Back' of course!

'They Live' - another from Carpenter.

 

[Gene Steinberg]

I wanted to list the original Total Recall, the one with Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone, but it came out in 1990. Well, it was filmed in 1989.

 

[truthseeker]

I wanted to list the original Total Recall, the one with Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone, but it came out in 1990. Well, it was filmed in 1989.

Total Recall is a classic.
"See you at the party Richter"

 

[Gene Steinberg]

Two weeks, two weeks, two weeks........

 

[owlman]

The Abyss
The Empire strikes Back
E.T
Predator
The Thing.

 

[Mr. Fibuli]

Beetlejuice
Just thought of that one.

 

[Han]

The Running Man. (1987)
I think it was very far ahead of its time. Ok some of the acting is a bit hammy, but if you can see past that it is a classic. It is in my top ten all time films.