Best 19 Sci-Fi Movies Highly Recommended Released in 1977

Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches. See more about Close Encounters of the Third Kind / IMDB / YouTube

A young woman develops a taste for human blood after experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into blood-thirsty zombies, leading into a city-wide epidemic. Get info on Rabid / IMDB / YouTube

On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a wizard and his faire folk comrades fight an evil wizard who's using technology in his bid for conquest. Explore Wizards / IMDB / YouTube

A scientist creates Proteus--an organic super computer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife. Info on Demon Seed / IMDB / YouTube

A shipwrecked survivor discovers a remote island owned by a crazed scientist who is carrying out sinister experiments on the island's inhabitants. See more about The Island of Dr. Moreau / IMDB / YouTube

Visitors to a remote island discover that a reclusive Nazi commandant has been breeding a group of Zombie soldiers. Find out about Shock Waves / IMDB / YouTube

In rural Arizona, countless killer tarantulas are migrating through a farm town, killing every living thing in their path. The town's veterinarian will do everything in his power to survive the onslaught. Look into Kingdom of the Spiders / IMDB / YouTube

In a post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles. Look into Damnation Alley / IMDB / YouTube

Con artist Marilyn Fryser tries to sell bogus real estate deals in an area overrun by giant ants. Details on Empire of the Ants / IMDB / YouTube

An astronaut is transformed into a murderous gelatinous mass after returning from an ill-fated space voyage. Info on The Incredible Melting Man / IMDB / YouTube

A mutated giant octopus wreaks havoc on a California seaside community. Explore Tentacles / IMDB / YouTube

In 1919, a British expedition in the Antarctica region is searching for a lost American explorer and finds a hidden prehistoric world instead. Look into The People That Time Forgot / IMDB / YouTube

A battle for survival ensues after a group of hikers encounters a chemically imbalanced forest. Get info on Day of the Animals / IMDB / YouTube

A greedy Hong Kong businessman captures a 50-foot-tall ape from the Himalayas and puts it on display, but it escapes and goes on a rampage. See more about Goliathon / IMDB / YouTube

Three tales of mystery, imagination and terror. Find out about Dead of Night / IMDB / YouTube

A meteor that crashed into Oregon's Crater Lake unearths a dinosaur egg. The heat from the meteor causes the egg to hatch, and the emerging dinosaur takes to snacking on the locals. Read about The Crater Lake Monster / IMDB / YouTube

A deadly shape-shifting alien infiltrates a country house occupied by two lesbians, and proceeds to study their behaviour, for a sinister purpose. Check out Prey / IMDB / YouTube

Jan is a decent, boring man, living a decent, boring life as a rocket designer. When his adventurous twin brother dies in a breakfast accident, Jan decides to impersonate him, unwittingly becoming a part of a Nazi time travel conspiracy. Get info on Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea / IMDB / YouTube

After witnessing a man's death in a bizarre accident, Father Pergado goes on a spiritual retreat, where he encounters his alien double bent on world conquest. Look into End of the World / IMDB / YouTube