Best 19 Sci-Fi Movies Must-See Released in 1984

A cyborg assassin from the future attempts to find and kill a young woman who is destined to give birth to a warrior that will lead a resistance to save humankind from extinction. Info on The Terminator / IMDB / YouTube

Three parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers. See more about Ghostbusters / IMDB / YouTube

A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule. More about Dune / IMDB / YouTube

Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body. Find out about Star Trek III: The Search for Spock / IMDB / YouTube

A joint USA-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn exactly what happened to the Discovery and its H.A.L. 9000 computer. Read about 2010: The Year We Make Contact / IMDB / YouTube

An alien takes the form of a young Wisconsin widow's husband and makes her drive him to his departure point in Arizona. Distrustful government agents, along with a more ambivalent scientist, give pursuit in hopes of intercepting them. Info on Starman / IMDB / YouTube

High schooler Alex Rogan conquers the Starfighter video game, only to find out it was just a test, and is transported to another planet. He has been recruited to join a team of the best starfighters to defend their world from the attack. Details on The Last Starfighter / IMDB / YouTube

A young punk, recruited by a car repo agency, finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu with a huge, $20,000 bounty--and something otherworldly stashed in its trunk. Explore Repo Man / IMDB / YouTube

A couple who participated in a potent medical experiment gain telepathic ability and then have a child who is pyrokinetic. Learn about Firestarter / IMDB / YouTube

Adventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth. More about The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension / IMDB / YouTube

A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists. Explore Night of the Comet / IMDB / YouTube

After losing a powerful orb, Kara Zor-El, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch. Get info on Supergirl / IMDB / YouTube

The effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization. Explore Threads / IMDB / YouTube

A man who can enter and manipulate people's dreams is recruited by a government agency to help cure the President of the United States of his nightmares about nuclear war but stumbles upon an assassination plot. Learn about Dreamscape / IMDB / YouTube

A United States Navy destroyer escort participates in a Navy invisibility experiment that inadvertently sends two sailors forty years into the future. See more about The Philadelphia Experiment / IMDB / YouTube

A bizarre series of sudden disappearances on the streets of New York City seems to point toward something unsavory living in the sewers. Look into C.H.U.D. / IMDB / YouTube

Two scientists are placed into a 3-year hibernation, but when they wake up, it turns out to have been 50 years, and they are the only two males in a new underground society composed exclusively of women. Learn about Sexmission / IMDB / YouTube

In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target. Check out Runaway / IMDB / YouTube

A young boy sets out to revive his dead pet using the monstrous power of science. Learn about Frankenweenie / IMDB / YouTube