Sci-Fi / Action
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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Adventure
1985
The Goonies
Treasure maps, booby traps and one last adventure before everything changes.
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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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Horror
1987
The Lost Boys
Vampires were never cooler than they were in Santa Carla.
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