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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 Ice Pirates
The Ice Pirates is a 1984 American comic science fiction film directed by Stewart Raffill, about space pirates stealing ice in a galaxy where water is scarce.
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 Last Unicorn (film)
The Last Unicorn (1982) is a Rankin/Bass animated musical fantasy directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr., scripted by Peter S. Beagle from his 1968 novel, with Mia Farrow, Alan Arkin, Jeff Bridges, and Christopher Lee; released November 19, 1982.
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 Philadelphia Experiment (film)
The Philadelphia Experiment (film): 1984 American sci-fi movie directed by Stewart Raffill, starring Michael Paré and Nancy Allen, based on the Moore and Berlitz book about the USS Eldridge legend; two sailors thrown from 1943 to 1984, followed by a 1993 sequel and 2012 remake.
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.
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) is Woody Allen's comedy-drama in which Depression-era waitress Cecilia (Mia Farrow) falls for Tom Baxter (Jeff Daniels), a movie character who steps off the screen. BAFTA Best Film, Golden Globe screenplay, Cannes FIPRESCI.
The Quiet Earth (film)
The Quiet Earth (1985) is a New Zealand science fiction film directed by Geoff Murphy, based on Craig Harrison's 1981 novel, starring Bruno Lawrence as scientist Zac Hobson, last survivor of the Operation Flashlight disaster.
The Sword and the Sorcerer
The Sword and the Sorcerer is a 1982 American fantasy film directed by Albert Pyun, in which the mercenary Talon helps a princess overthrow a tyrant.
The Terminator
The Terminator (1984) is James Cameron's sci-fi action film in which Arnold Schwarzenegger's cyborg travels from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor; made for $6.4 million, it grossed $78 million and launched a franchise.
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.
Time Bandits
Time Bandits is Terry Gilliam's 1981 British fantasy comedy, written with Michael Palin and produced by George Harrison's HandMade Films, in which six dwarfs and a boy named Kevin steal the Supreme Being's map of time; followed by a cancelled 2024 Apple TV+ series.
Total Recall (1990 film)
Total Recall is a 1990 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a construction worker with erased memories of Mars.
Tron
Tron is a 1982 Disney science fiction film directed by Steven Lisberger, in which Jeff Bridges' computer engineer is digitized inside a mainframe and fights the Master Control Program.
Voyage of the Rock Aliens
Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984), also released as Attack of the Rock 'n' Roll Aliens, is a James Fargo sci-fi comedy musical starring Pia Zadora, Tom Nolan, and Craig Sheffer about aliens landing in a guitar-shaped spaceship in Speelburgh.
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.
Yor, the Hunter from the Future
Yor, the Hunter from the Future (Il mondo di Yor) is a 1983 Italian science fiction fantasy film directed by Antonio Margheriti, starring Reb Brown as a prehistoric warrior.
Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (新蜀山剑侠)
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (新蜀山劍俠) is Tsui Hark's 1983 Golden Harvest fantasy wuxia film adapted from Huanzhu Louzhu's Shu Mountain novel, the first 1980s Hong Kong film to import Hollywood special effects, starring Adam Cheng, Brigitte Lin, and Yuen Biao.