Best Sci Fi Movies of the 80s

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The top 20 sci fi films from the 80s, ranked by real audience scores.

1
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 - 18,164 TMDB votes
94%
2
Return of the Jedi
1983 - 16,727 TMDB votes
94%
3
They Live
1988 - 3,388 TMDB votes
93%
4
Back to the Future
1985 - 21,488 TMDB votes
92%
5
Akira
1988 - 4,672 TMDB votes
92%
6
Night of the Creeps
1986 - 557 TMDB votes
92%
7
The Terminator
1984 - 14,369 TMDB votes
91%
8
Back to the Future Part II
1989 - 13,741 TMDB votes
91%
9
RoboCop
1987 - 5,617 TMDB votes
91%
10
Escape from New York
1981 - 3,456 TMDB votes
91%
11
Re-Animator
1985 - 1,646 TMDB votes
91%
12
Critters 2
1988 - 504 TMDB votes
91%
13
Aliens
1986 - 10,661 TMDB votes
90%
14
Predator
1987 - 8,923 TMDB votes
90%
15
The Abyss
1989 - 3,357 TMDB votes
90%
16
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
1989 - 2,047 TMDB votes
90%
17
Spaceballs
1987 - 3,323 TMDB votes
89%
18
Scanners
1981 - 1,324 TMDB votes
89%
19
The Last Starfighter
1984 - 747 TMDB votes
89%
20
Short Circuit
1986 - 1,593 TMDB votes
88%

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