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1980-1989 Best Seen

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  • Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

    1. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    19802h 4mPG82Metascore
    8.7 (1.4M)
    After the Empire overpowers the Rebel Alliance, Luke Skywalker begins training with Jedi Master Yoda, while Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett pursue his friends across the galaxy.
    DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie Fisher
  • Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future (1985)

    2. Back to the Future

    19851h 56mPG87Metascore
    8.5 (1.4M)
    Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.
    DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea Thompson
  • Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn in Aliens (1986)

    3. Aliens

    19862h 17mR84Metascore
    8.4 (811K)
    Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.
    DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverMichael BiehnCarrie Henn
  • Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

    4. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

    19832h 11mPG58Metascore
    8.3 (1.2M)
    After rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempts to destroy the second Death Star while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.
    DirectorRichard MarquandStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie Fisher
  • Harrison Ford and Sean Young in Blade Runner (1982)

    5. Blade Runner

    19821h 57mR84Metascore
    8.1 (856K)
    A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean Young
  • The Thing (1982)

    6. The Thing

    19821h 49mR57Metascore
    8.2 (500K)
    A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith David
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator (1984)

    7. The Terminator

    19841h 47mR84Metascore
    8.1 (967K)
    A cyborg assassin from the future attempts to find and kill a young woman who is destined to give birth to a warrior that will lead a resistance to save humankind from extinction.
    DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonMichael Biehn
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

    8. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

    19841h 57m86Metascore
    8.0 (191K)
    Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsSumi ShimamotoMahito TsujimuraHisako Kyôda
  • Akira (1988)

    9. Akira

    19882h 4mR68Metascore
    8.0 (216K)
    A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a teenage biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by his best friend.
    DirectorKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsMitsuo IwataNozomu SasakiMami Koyama
  • Henry Thomas and Pat Welsh in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

    10. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    19821h 55mPG92Metascore
    7.9 (455K)
    A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHenry ThomasDrew BarrymorePeter Coyote
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator (1987)

    11. Predator

    19871h 47mR47Metascore
    7.8 (478K)
    A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
    DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerCarl WeathersKevin Peter Hall
  • Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future Part II (1989)

    12. Back to the Future Part II

    19891h 48mPG57Metascore
    7.8 (599K)
    After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.
    DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea Thompson
  • Kirstie Alley, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

    13. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

    19821h 53mPG68Metascore
    7.7 (133K)
    With the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon.
    DirectorNicholas MeyerStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest Kelley
  • The Road Warrior (1981)

    14. The Road Warrior

    19811h 36mR77Metascore
    7.6 (208K)
    In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community get rid of a horde of bandits.
    DirectorGeorge MillerStarsMel GibsonBruce SpenceMichael Preston
  • The Abyss (1989)

    15. The Abyss

    19892h 20mPG-1362Metascore
    7.5 (202K)
    A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.
    DirectorJames CameronStarsEd HarrisMary Elizabeth MastrantonioMichael Biehn
  • Nancy Allen, Peter Weller, Miguel Ferrer, and Kurtwood Smith in RoboCop (1987)

    16. RoboCop

    19871h 42mR70Metascore
    7.6 (297K)
    In a dystopian, crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan, young police officer Alex Murphy is brutally murdered by a ruthless gang, only to be resurrected by a powerful corporation as the cyborg RoboCop, who soon seeks revenge on his killers.
    DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsPeter WellerNancy AllenDan O'Herlihy
  • Jeff Goldblum in The Fly (1986)

    17. The Fly

    19861h 36mR81Metascore
    7.6 (215K)
    A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJeff GoldblumGeena DavisJohn Getz
  • Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

    18. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

    19861h 59mPG71Metascore
    7.3 (94K)
    To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales.
    DirectorLeonard NimoyStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest Kelley
  • Adrienne Barbeau, Donald Pleasence, and Kurt Russell in Escape from New York (1981)

    19. Escape from New York

    19811h 39mR76Metascore
    7.1 (166K)
    In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellLee Van CleefErnest Borgnine
  • John Hurt, Bob Flag, and Suzanna Hamilton in 1984 (1984)

    20. 1984

    19841h 53mR67Metascore
    7.0 (84K)
    In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose work is re-writing history, tries to rebel. He meets a kindred spirit named Julia and they fall into a love affair.
    DirectorMichael RadfordStarsJohn HurtRichard BurtonSuzanna Hamilton
  • Jeff Imada and Roddy Piper in They Live (1988)

    21. They Live

    19881h 34mR55Metascore
    7.2 (155K)
    They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsRoddy PiperKeith DavidMeg Foster
  • Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy in WarGames (1983)

    22. WarGames

    19831h 54mPG77Metascore
    7.1 (117K)
    A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.
    DirectorJohn BadhamStarsMatthew BroderickAlly SheedyJohn Wood
  • Mel Brooks, Bill Pullman, John Candy, Rick Moranis, and Daphne Zuniga in Spaceballs (1987)

    23. Spaceballs

    19871h 36mPG46Metascore
    7.1 (216K)
    A star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs.
    DirectorMel BrooksStarsMel BrooksJohn CandyRick Moranis
  • Gene Hackman, Terence Stamp, Christopher Reeve, Jackie Cooper, Sarah Douglas, Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, and Valerie Perrine in Superman II (1980)

    24. Superman II

    19802h 7mPG83Metascore
    6.8 (119K)
    Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.
    DirectorsRichard LesterRichard DonnerStarsGene HackmanChristopher ReeveMargot Kidder
  • Tron (1982)

    25. Tron

    19821h 36mPG58Metascore
    6.7 (135K)
    A computer hacker is abducted into a digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.
    DirectorSteven LisbergerStarsJeff BridgesBruce BoxleitnerDavid Warner

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