SCI-FI MOVIES OF THE 1980s

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

Ah, the 'Eighties. If it wasn't for the 1980s, it would still have been the 1970s - Thatcher, Reagan and 'Eighties pop and all that. Despite this advances in special effects led to some great SF ideas to be visualised, particularly in the early years of the decade. Alas, as the decade progressed, movies came to depend effects more and more and less on storylines, plot, etc.

1980

The Empire Strikes Back

1981

Time Bandits
Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior)

1982

Blade Runner
E.T. the Extra-terrestrial
 

1983

The Dead Zone
Return of the Jedi

1984

The Terminator
Repo Man

1985

Brazil

1986

Aliens

1987

Predator
Robocop

1988

Earth Girls Are Easy
 

1989

Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Batman
The Abyss
Back to the Future II