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Sci-Fi movies from the 80s

Rewatching the sci-fi movies that helped make the decade unforgettable.

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Sci-Fi movies

1984

The Terminator

James Cameron’s low-budget sci-fi thriller arrived like a machine from the future — brutal, inventive and far more influential than its modest beginnings suggested.

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Sci-Fi

1985

Back to the Future

A time-travelling teen and an eccentric scientist change everything.

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Sci-Fi / Action

1987

RoboCop

Part action movie, part corporate nightmare, RoboCop is still one of the smartest and most brutally entertaining films of the 1980s.

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