T he 1980s was the pinnacle for sci-fi movies, and some of the best '80s classics are quintessential examples of cinema from the decade.Though science fiction has been a popular genre since before ...

The mid to late 1970s saw the start of a new sci-fi boom, kicked off by movies like Star Wars, Alien, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Science fiction, a genre inherently about the future ...

The '80s were the heyday for science fiction films. The confluence of burgeoning effects artists and creative filmmakers and studios eager to capitalize on the sci-fi success of films like Star ...

1980s sci-fi films like E.T. and Aliens are some of the greatest pieces of cinema ever made, and these are the '80s films that stand as the best of the genre. Skip to main content Menu ...

Movies like Aliens, Predator, Scanners, They Live, Videodrome, and many others prove the '80s was a defining period for sci-fi horror. But this decade didn't just bring about the best in the genre ...

This ’80s Kids Sci-Fi Movie Inspired Fears in An Entire Generation. This sci-fi film may have been marketed as a family comedy, but it was terrifying. By Liz Wyatt. June 25, 2025, 3:20pm.

The Movies We’ve Loved Since 2000: Explore 25 years of our movie coverage, and find your next film from this collection of our critics’ favorites from each year.

The new documentary In Search of Tomorrow dives into the biggest ’80s sci-fi movies, and along the way it explores the way the theater lobby helped build anticipation for films such as The Wrath ...

Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present “Blade Runner,” “E.T.,” “Tron,” “The Wrath of Khan” and “The Thing” all arrived that one season 40 years ago to ...

Specialties include RPG, FPS, and action-adventure games as well as 80s sci-fi movies and book adaptations. Read more. Best sci-fi romance movies of all time, ranked.

As arcades and computers became commonplace, audiences were ready and willing for sci-fi movies to take them away. Here are just 32 of the greatest sci-fi movies of the 1980s. 32.

Bearing the name of the legendary comics magazine, the 1981 sci-fi anthology Heavy Metal was to '80s moviegoers what shows like Love, Death & Robots are for the streaming age.