Best 1980s Science Fiction Movies

Looking for the best 1980s Science Fiction movies? These are the 17 highest-rated 1980s Science Fiction titles in our catalogue, led by Akira, Back to the Future Part II and Predator. The list is ranked by audience score; open any title for its cast, trailer and legal places to watch.

1. Akira (1988)

★ 7.9/10

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
2. Back to the Future Part II (1989)

★ 7.8/10

Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set…
3. Predator (1987)

★ 7.5/10

A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
4. They Live (1988)

★ 7.3/10

A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
5. The Abyss (1989)

★ 7.3/10

A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where…
6. Spaceballs (1987)

★ 6.9/10

When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts…
7. Programmed for Pleasure (1981)

★ 6.8/10

Nicolas, a sci-fi writer, having experienced a tragedy in his life, is only able to find solace through sex. No woman can completely satisfy him. Then he creates her - a robot that he programs to obey his will. The…
8. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

★ 6.6/10

Aliens disguised as clowns crash land on Earth in a rural town to capture unsuspecting victims in cotton candy cocoons for later consumption.
9. The Running Man (1987)

★ 6.5/10

By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which…
10. Cocoon: The Return (1988)

★ 6.5/10

The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to remain on Earth?
11. UFOria (1984)

★ 5.9/10

Sheldon Bart (Fred Ward) is a drifter, and a small-time con man. He meets his old friend, Brother Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), a big-time con man into faith healing and fencing stolen cars, at his revival tent outside a…
12. Café Flesh (1982)

★ 5.8/10

In the future, humans are divided into Sex Negatives and Sex Positives. The Negatives get sick if they have sex, so every night they go to Café Flesh to see Positives who are forced to perform on stage for their…
13. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

★ 5.7/10

A renegade Vulcan with a startling secret hijacks the U.S.S. Enterprise in order to find a mythical planet.
14. Gunhed (1989)

★ 4.8/10

High-concept Sci-Fi adventure about an island that actually is a computer called Kyron 5, itself created to design and manufacture super-advanced robots to be used as slaves for the rest of the world. One day Kyron…
15. Beast in Space (1980)

★ 4.1/10

In the future the struggle for space superiority has forced humanity to search the cosmos for a rare element called Antallum that is the key ingredient for the construction of neutron bombs. Starship captain Larry…
16. Top Line (1988)

★ 4.0/10

A down-on-his-luck author makes the find of a lifetime in the remote Columbian jungle, in the form of an alien spacecraft . He sets off to announce his find to the world, but finds that a mishmash of government agents…
17. Transmutations (1985)

★ 3.9/10

When high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain to find her. Investigating the disappearance, he eventually finds traces that lead to Dr…