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Space Mutiny
Space Mutiny (1988) is a South African-American sci-fi film by David Winters and Neal Sundstrom, starring Reb Brown as pilot Dave Ryder stopping Elijah Kalgan's mutiny aboard the generation ship Southern Sun, infamous for reused Battlestar Galactica footage and its celebrated MST3K episode 820.
Spaceballs
Spaceballs is a 1987 American science fiction parody film directed by Mel Brooks that satirizes Star Wars, starring Bill Pullman, John Candy, and Rick Moranis.
The Abyss
The Abyss is a 1989 American underwater science fiction film directed and written by James Cameron, in which oil rig divers investigating a sunken submarine encounter alien life.
The Boy Who Could Fly
The Boy Who Could Fly is a 1986 American fantasy drama written and directed by Nick Castle for Lorimar, starring Lucy Deakins, Jay Underwood, and Fred Savage; it won the 1987 Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film and grossed $6.3 million.
The Golden Child
The Golden Child (1986) is a Paramount action-comedy directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Eddie Murphy as Chandler Jarrell, the Chosen One rescuing a mystical Tibetan child from Charles Dance's demon Sardo Numspa; a top-ten 1986 grosser despite poor reviews.
The Hidden
The Hidden is a 1987 American science fiction horror film directed by Jack Sholder, following a Los Angeles detective and an FBI agent pursuing a slug-like alien parasite.
The Iceman Cometh (急冻奇侠) (1989 film)
The Iceman Cometh (急凍奇俠) is a 1989 Hong Kong sci-fi action comedy directed by Clarence Fok, starring Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah, and Maggie Cheung; a Ming guard and his quarry are frozen and revived in 1980s Hong Kong.
The Legend of Wisely (卫斯理传奇)
The Legend of Wisely (卫斯理传奇), also known as Legend of the Golden Pearl, is a 1987 Hong Kong science fiction adventure film directed by Teddy Robin and starring Sam Hui.
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride is a 1987 American fantasy-comedy film directed by Rob Reiner from William Goldman's novel, about Buttercup and Westley, the farm boy who returns as the Dread Pirate Roberts.
They Live
They Live (1988) is John Carpenter's sci-fi action satire, also credited to pseudonym Frank Armitage, based on Ray Nelson's "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" and the comic Nada. Roddy Piper's drifter Nada finds sunglasses revealing skull-faced alien rulers and subliminal "OBEY" messages; it grossed about $13 million and became a cult classic.
Wicked City (1987 film)
Wicked City (妖獣都市, Yoju Toshi) is a 1987 Japanese animated horror film by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, adapted from Hideyuki Kikuchi's novel, about Black Guards Taki and Makie protecting envoy Giuseppe Mayart for a human-demon peace treaty.
Willow (1988 film)
Willow (1988) is an American high fantasy film directed by Ron Howard, written by Bob Dolman from George Lucas's story, starring Warwick Davis as Willow Ufgood with Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley; first credible use of digital morphing by ILM, MGM-distributed, later a cult classic with a 2022 Disney+ series.
Wings of Desire
Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) is Wim Wenders's 1987 French-West German film in which angels Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander) watch over divided West Berlin; Damiel becomes human for trapeze artist Marion. Cannes Best Director 1987; remade as City of Angels.
Yeelen
Yeelen ("Brightness"), 1987 Malian film by Souleymane Cissé in Bambara; mythic father-son sorcery duel among the Bambara; won the 1987 Cannes Jury Prize as the first Black African film in official competition.