Science Fiction 1980-1984

Altered States (1980) Directed by Ken Russell. 102mins.

William Hurt    -     Eddie Jessup

Blair Brown    -     Emily Jessup
Bob Balaban    -     Arthur Rosenberg
Charles Haid    -     Mason Parrish
Miguel Godreau    -     Primal Man
Drew Barrymore    -     Margaret Jessup

IMDB rating 6.9

Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami.  104mins.

Richard Thomas    -     Shad
Robert Vaughn    -     Gelt
John Saxon    -     Sador
George Peppard    -     Cowboy
Darlanne Fluegel    -     Nanelia
Sybil Danning    -     St. Exmin
Sam Jaffe    -     Dr. Hephaestus

IMDB rating 5.4

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Flash Gordon (1980) Directed by Mike Hodges. 111mins.

Sam Jones    -     Flash Gordon
Melody Anderson    -     Dale Arden
Max von Sydow    -     The Emperor Ming
Topol    -     Dr. Hans Zarkov
Ornella Muti    -     Princess Aura
Timothy Dalton    -     Prince Barin
Brian Blessed    -     Prince Vultan
Peter Wyngarde    -     Klytus

IMDB rating 6.3

Galaxina (1980) Directed by William Sachs. 95mins

Stephen Macht    -     Sgt. Thor
Avery Schreiber    -     Capt. Cornelius Butt
J.D. Hinton    -     Buzz
Dorothy Stratten    -     Galaxina

IMDB rating 3.2

Saturn 3 (1980) Directed by Stanley Donen. 88mins

Farrah Fawcett    -     Alex
Kirk Douglas    -     Adam
Harvey Keitel    -     Benson
Roy Dotrice    -     Benson (voice) (uncredited)

IMDB rating  4.8

Superman II (1980) Directed by Richard Lester. 127mins

Christopher Reeve    -     Clark Kent / Superman
Margot Kidder    -     Lois Lane
Gene Hackman    -     Lex Luthor
Ned Beatty    -     Otis
Valerie Perrine    -     Eve Teschmacher
Susannah York    -     Lara
Terence Stamp    -     General Zod
Sarah Douglas    -     Ursa
Jack O'Halloran    -     Non

IMDB rating 6.7

Star Wars V The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Directed by Irvin Kershner. 124mins (127mins)

Mark Hamill    -     Luke Skywalker
Harrison Ford    -     Han Solo
Carrie Fisher    -     Princess Leia
Billy Dee Williams    -     Lando Calrissian
Anthony Daniels    -     C-3PO
David Prowse    -     Darth Vader
Peter Mayhew    -     Chewbacca
Kenny Baker    -     R2-D2
Frank Oz    -     Yoda (voice)
Alec Guinness    -     Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi

IMDB rating 8.8

The Final Countdown (1980) Directed by Don Taylor. 103mins

Kirk Douglas    -     Capt. Matthew Yelland
Martin Sheen    -     Warren Lasky
Katharine Ross    -     Laurel Scott
James Farentino    -     Cdr. Richard Owens
Ron O'Neal    -     Cdr. Dan Thurman
Charles Durning    -     Senator Samuel Chapman

IMDB rating 6.6

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Escape from New York (1981) Directed by John Carpenter. 99mins.

Kurt Russell    -     Snake Plissken
Lee Van Cleef    -     Hauk
Ernest Borgnine    -     Cabbie
Donald Pleasence    -     The President
Isaac Hayes    -     The Duke
Harry Dean Stanton    -     Brain
Adrienne Barbeau    -     Maggie

IMDB rating 7.2

Galaxy of Terror (1981) Directed by Brian D. Clark. 81mins.

Edward Albert    -     Cabren
Erin Moran    -     Alluma
Ray Walston    -     Kore
Zalman King    -     Baelon
Robert Englund    -     Ranger
Sid Haig    -     Quuhod

IMDB rating 5.0

Looker (1981) Directed by Michael Crichton. 93mins.

Albert Finney    -     Dr. Larry Roberts
James Coburn    -     John Reston
Susan Dey    -     Cindy Fairmont
Leigh Taylor-Young    -     Jennifer Long

IMDB rating 6.0

Outland (1981) Directed by Peter Hyams. 112mins.

Sean Connery    -     Marshall William T. O'Niel
Peter Boyle    -     Mark Sheppard
Frances Sternhagen    -     Dr. Lazarus
James B. Sikking    -     Sgt. Montone
Kika Markham    -     Carol O'Niel
Steven Berkoff    -     Sagan

IMDB rating 6.6

Mad Max 2 - The Road Warrior (1981) Directed by George Miller. 95mins.

Mel Gibson    -     Max Rockatansky
Bruce Spence    -     The Gyro Captain
Vernon Wells    -     Wez
Kjell Nilsson    -     The Humungus
Emil Minty    -     The Feral Kid
Virginia Hey    -     Warrior Woman

IMDB rating 7.6

Scanners (1981) Directed by David Cronenberg. 103mins.

Stephen Lack    -     Cameron Vale
Jennifer O'Neill    -     Kim Obrist
Patrick McGoohan    -     Dr. Paul Ruth
Lawrence Dane    -     Braedon Keller
Michael Ironside    -     Darryl Revok

IMDB rating 6.8

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Blade Runner (1982) Directed by Ridley Scott. 117mins.

Harrison Ford    -     Rick Deckard
Rutger Hauer    -     Roy Batty
Sean Young    -     Rachael
Edward James Olmos    -     Gaff
M. Emmet Walsh    -     Bryant
Daryl Hannah    -     Pris
William Sanderson    -     J.F. Sebastian
Brion James    -     Leon Kowalski
Joe Turkel    -     Dr. Eldon Tyrell
Joanna Cassidy    -     Zhora

IMDB rating 8.2

E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982) Directed by Steven Spielberg. 115mins (120mins)

Dee Wallace    -     Mary
Henry Thomas    -     Elliott
Peter Coyote    -     Keys
Robert MacNaughton    -     Michael
Drew Barrymore    -     Gertie
C. Thomas Howell    -     Tyler

IMDB rating 7.8

Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan (1982) Directed by Nicholas Meyer. 113mins (116mins)

William Shatner    -     Admiral James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy    -     Captain Spock
DeForest Kelley    -     Leonard McCoy
James Doohan    -     Montgomery Scott
Walter Koenig    -     Pavel Chekov
George Takei    -     Hikaru Sulu
Nichelle Nichols    -     Nyota Uhura
Bibi Besch    -     Carol Marcus
Merritt Butrick    -     David Marcus
Paul Winfield    -     Captain Clark Terrell
Kirstie Alley    -     Lt. Saavik
Ricardo Montalban    -     Khan Noonien Singh

IMDB rating 7.7

The Thing (1982) Directed by John Carpenter. 109mins

Kurt Russell    -     R.J. MacReady
Wilford Brimley    -     Dr. Blair
T.K. Carter    -     Nauls
David Clennon    -     Palmer
Keith David    -     Childs
Richard Dysart    -     Dr. Copper
Charles Hallahan    -     Norris
Peter Maloney    -     Bennings
Richard Masur    -     Clark
Donald Moffat    -     Garry
Joel Polis    -     Fuchs
Thomas Waites    -     Windows

IMDB rating 8.2

Tron (1982) Directed by Steven Lisberger. 96mins.

Jeff Bridges    -     Kevin Flynn / Clu
Bruce Boxleitner    -     Alan Bradley / Tron
David Warner    -     Ed Dillinger / Sark
Cindy Morgan    -     Lora / Yori
Barnard Hughes    -     Dr. Walter Gibbs / Dumont
Dan Shor    -     Ram
Peter Jurasik    -     Crom

IMDB rating 6.8

Brainstorm (1983) Directed by Douglas Trumbull. 106mins.

Christopher Walken    -     Michael Brace
Natalie Wood    -     Karen Brace
Louise Fletcher    -     Lillian Reynolds
Cliff Robertson    -     Alex Terson
Joe Dorsey    -     Hal Abramson

IMDB rating 6.4

Krull (1983) Directed by Peter Yates. 121mins.

Ken Marshall    -     Colwyn
Lysette Anthony    -     Lyssa
Freddie Jones    -     Ynyr
Francesca Annis    -     Widow of the Web
Alun Armstrong    -     Torquil
David Battley    -     Ergo
Liam Neeson    -     Kegan
Bernard Bresslaw    -     Cyclops

IMDB rating 5.9

Star Wars VI Return of the Jedi (1983) Directed by Richard Marquand. 134mins (135mins)

Mark Hamill    -     Luke Skywalker
Harrison Ford    -     Han Solo
Carrie Fisher    -     Princess Leia
Billy Dee Williams    -     Lando Calrissian
Anthony Daniels    -     C-3PO
Peter Mayhew    -     Chewbacca
Sebastian Shaw    -     Anakin Skywalker
Ian McDiarmid    -     The Emperor
David Prowse    -     Darth Vader
Alec Guinness    -     Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Kenny Baker    -     R2-D2
Frank Oz    -     Yoda (voice)
James Earl Jones    -     Darth Vader (voice)

IMDB rating 8.4

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) Directed by Lamont Johnson. 90mins.

Peter Strauss    -     Wolff
Molly Ringwald    -     Niki
Ernie Hudson    -     Washington
Andrea Marcovicci    -     Chalmers
Michael Ironside    -     Overdog

IMDB rating 5.1

Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983) Directed by Charles Band. 84mins.

Jeffrey Byron    -     Dogen
Michael Preston    -     Jared-Syn
Tim Thomerson    -     Rhodes
Kelly Preston    -     Dhyana
Richard Moll    -     Hurok

IMDB rating  3.4

Superman III (1983) Directed by Richard Lester. 125mins

Christopher Reeve    - Clark Kent / Superman
Richard Pryor    -     Gus Gorman
Annette O'Toole    -     Lana Lang
Robert Vaughn    -     Ross Webster
Annie Ross    -     Vera
Pamela Stephenson    -     Lorelei
Margot Kidder    -     Lois Lane

IMDB rating 4.9

Twilight Zone The Movie (1983) Directed by John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante & George Miller. 101mins.

Dan Aykroyd    -     Passenger
Albert Brooks    -     Car Driver
Vic Morrow    -     Bill Connor
Scatman Crothers    -     Mr. Bloom
Kathleen Quinlan    -     Helen Foley
Jeremy Licht    -     Anthony
Kevin McCarthy    -     Uncle Walt
Nancy Cartwright    -     Ethel
John Lithgow    -     John Valentine
Burgess Meredith    -     Narrator (voice) 

IMDB rating 6.4

Wargames (1983) Directed by John Badham. 114mins.

Matthew Broderick    -     David Lightman
Dabney Coleman    -     John McKittrick
John Wood    -     Dr. Stephen Falken
Ally Sheedy    -     Jennifer Mack
Barry Corbin    -     General Jack Beringer

IMDB rating 7.0

2010 (1984) Directed by Peter Hyams. 116mins.

Roy Scheider    -     Dr. Heywood Floyd
John Lithgow    -     Dr. Walter Curnow
Helen Mirren    -     Tanya Kirbuk
Bob Balaban    -     Dr. Chandra
Keir Dullea    -     Dave Bowman
Madolyn Smith    -     Caroline Floyd
Elya Baskin    -     Maxim Brajlovsky
Douglas Rain    -     HAL 9000 (voice)

IMDB rating 6.7

Dreamscape (1984) Directed by Joseph Ruben. 99mins

Dennis Quaid    -     Alex Gardner
Max von Sydow    -     Doctor Paul Novotny
Christopher Plummer    -     Bob Blair
Eddie Albert    -     The President
Kate Capshaw    -     Jane DeVries
David Patrick Kelly    -     Tommy Ray Glatman
George Wendt    -     Charlie Prince

IMDB rating 6.3

Dune (1984) Directed by David Lynch. 137mins (177mins)

Francesca Annis    -     Lady Jessica
Brad Dourif    -     Piter De Vries
José Ferrer    -     Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV
Linda Hunt    -     Shadout Mapes
Freddie Jones    -     Thufir Hawat
Richard Jordan    -     Duncan Idaho
Kyle MacLachlan    -     Paul Atreides
Virginia Madsen    -     Princess Irulan
Everett McGill    -     Stilgar
Kenneth McMillan    -     Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
Sian Phillips    -     Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
Jürgen Prochnow    -     Duke Leto Atreides
Paul Smith    -     The Beast Rabban
Patrick Stewart    -     Gurney Halleck
Sting    -     Feyd Rautha
Dean Stockwell    -     Dr. Wellington Yueh
Max von Sydow    -     Dr. Kynes
Alicia Witt    -     Alia
Sean Young    -     Chani

IMDB rating 6.6

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Electric Dreams (1984) Directed by Steven Barron. 95mins

Lenny von Dohlen    -     Miles Harding
Virginia Madsen    -     Madeline Robistat
Maxwell Caulfield    -     Bill
Bud Cort    -     Edgar (voice)

IMDB rating 6.3

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (1984) Directed by W.D. Richter. 103mins.

Peter Weller    -     Buckaroo Banzai
John Lithgow    -     Dr. Emilio Lizardo / Lord John Whorfin
Ellen Barkin    -     Penny Priddy
Jeff Goldblum    -     New Jersey
Christopher Lloyd    -     John Bigboote
Clancy Brown    -     Rawhide
Ronald Lacey    -     President Widmark

IMDB rating 6.3

The Ice Pirates (1984) Directed by Stewart Raffill. 91mins.

Robert Urich    -     Jason
Mary Crosby    -     Princess Karina
Michael D. Roberts    -     Roscoe
Anjelica Huston    -     Maida
John Matuszak    -     Killjoy
Ron Perlman    -     Zeno
John Carradine    -     Supreme Commander

IMDB rating 5.5

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The Last Starfighter (1984) Directed by Nick Castle. 101mins.

Lance Guest - Alex Rogan
Robert Preston - Centauri
Dan O'Herlihy - Grig
Catherine Mary Stewart - Maggie Gordon
Norman Snow - Xur
Barbara Bosson - Jane Rogan
Chris Hebert - Louis Rogan

IMDB rating 6.6

The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) Directed by Stewart Raffill. 102mins.

Michael Pare    -     David Herdeg
Nancy Allen    -     Allison Hayes
Eric Christmas    -     Dr. James Longstreet
Bobby Di Cicco    -     Jim Parker

IMDB rating 6.1

Runaway (1984) Directed by Michael Crichton. 99mins.

Tom Selleck    -     Jack Ramsay
Cynthia Rhodes    -     Karen Thompson
Gene Simmons    -     Dr. Charles Luther
Kirstie Alley    -     Jackie Rogers
Stan Shaw    -     Marvin James
G.W. Bailey    -     Chief of Police
Joey Cramer    -     Bobby Ramsay

IMDB rating  5.8

Starman (1984) Directed by John Carpenter.115mins

Jeff Bridges    -     Starman
Karen Allen    -     Jenny Hayden
Charles Martin Smith    -     Mark Shermin
Richard Jaeckel    -     George Fox

IMDB rating 6.9

Star Trek III The Search for Spock (1984) Directed by Leonard Nimoy. 105mins.

William Shatner    -     Admiral James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy    -     Captain Spock
DeForest Kelley    -     Leonard McCoy
James Doohan    -     Montgomery Scott
Walter Koenig    -     Pavel Chekov
George Takei    -     Hikaru Sulu
Nichelle Nichols    -     Nyota Uhura
Merritt Butrick    -     David Marcus
Robin Curtis    -     Saavik
Christopher Lloyd    -     Kruge
John Larroquette    -     Maltz
Mark Lenard    -     Sarek
Judith Anderson    -     Vulcan High Priestess

IMDB rating 6.6

The Terminator (1984) Directed by James Cameron. 107mins.

Arnold Schwarzenegger    -     Terminator
Michael Biehn    -     Kyle Reese
Linda Hamilton    -     Sarah Connor
Paul Winfield    -     Lieutenant Ed Traxler
Lance Henriksen    -     Detective Hal Vukovich
Rick Rossovich    -     Matt Buchanan
Bess Motta    -     Ginger Ventura
Earl Boen    -     Dr. Peter Silberman

IMDB rating 8.1