10 Forgotten 80s Sci-Fi Movies That Only Gen X Remembers

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Before streaming algorithms told you what to watch, there was a video store, a rainy Saturday, and a VHS tape with cover art that had no business being that compelling. The 1980s produced a tidal wave of science fiction films in the wake of Star Wars, and while everyone was lining up for Aliens, The Terminator, and Back to the Future, dozens of genuinely remarkable films slipped through the cracks entirely.

This is a list of ten sci-fi films from the 1980s that the rest of the world seems to have forgotten. Films that predicted deepfakes, camera drones, AI rights disputes, and digital doubles decades before any of it existed. Films made on shoestring budgets by filmmakers who had no business pulling off what they pulled off. Films that deserve to be seen.

From the empty streets of Night of the Comet to the questions D.A.R.Y.L. was asking about artificial intelligence in 1985, these are the films that were paying attention when the blockbusters weren't.

???? Films covered in this video:

00:49 Night of the Comet (1984)
03:25 Enemy Mine (1985)
06:19 Dreamscape (1984)
09:24 Altered States (1980)
12:17 The Hidden (1987)
15:03 Runaway (1984)
18:10 Looker (1981)
20:57 The Quiet Earth (1985)
23:37 Cherry 2000 (1987)
26:45 D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)

If even one of these titles brings back a memory you thought you'd lost, drop it in the comments. And if you've never seen any of them, you now have ten very good reasons to start digging.

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