Greatest 29 Sci-Fi Movies Editor's Pick Released in 1985

A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams. Learn about Brazil / IMDB / YouTube

After being exiled from the most advanced town in post-apocalyptic Australia, a drifter travels with a group of abandoned children to rebel against the town's queen. Check out Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome / IMDB / YouTube

Two high-school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, who promptly turns their lives upside-down. Look into Weird Science / IMDB / YouTube

In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose work is re-writing history, tries to rebel. He meets a kindred spirit named Julia and they fall into a love affair. See more about 1984 / IMDB / YouTube

After an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue. Check out Re-Animator / IMDB / YouTube

When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies. Explore The Return of the Living Dead / IMDB / YouTube

When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor. Read about Cocoon / IMDB / YouTube

During a long space war, the lives of two wounded enemies become dependent on their ability to forgive and to trust. Learn about Enemy Mine / IMDB / YouTube

An uptight teenage prodigy enters a top engineering college, but feels awkward among the freewheeling students. When a professor aims to turn their laser project into a military weapon, he and his offbeat roommate plot to ruin the plan. Details on Real Genius / IMDB / YouTube

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos. Get info on Lifeforce / IMDB / YouTube

A scientist awakens to find himself alone in the world. In a desperate attempt to search for others, he finds only two who have their own agenda. Info on The Quiet Earth / IMDB / YouTube

A boy obsessed with '50s sci-fi movies about aliens has a recurring dream about a blueprint of some kind, which he draws for his inventor friend. With the help of a third kid, they follow it and build themselves a spaceship. Now what? Find out about Explorers / IMDB / YouTube

A delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume more of the strange substance at any cost begin infesting the world. Learn about The Stuff / IMDB / YouTube

A seemingly normal young boy is found abandoned on a mountain road and adopted by a family who are increasingly amazed by his abilities before discovering the secret behind his real identity. See more about D.A.R.Y.L. / IMDB / YouTube

Marauders raid the Ewok village and steal a power supply they believe to be magical. Wicket helps Cindel escape the evil witch Charal, and they befriend a hermit who may help them save the village. Explore Ewoks: The Battle for Endor / IMDB / YouTube

A lift technician finds himself drawn into a web of mystery and peril as he investigates the perplexing deadly accidents occurring in the elevators of a new office building. Look into The Lift / IMDB / YouTube

A high school student and his friend find a strange, orb-like piece of equipment to use as a science project, but must stop it when it begins to threaten mankind. Find out about My Science Project / IMDB / YouTube

After many years of research, Dr. Frankenstein finally succeeds in creating the perfect woman, who gets the name Eva. Check out The Bride / IMDB / YouTube

Paleontologist Susan Matthews and her husband George Loomis discover a mother and baby brontosaurus in Africa and try to protect them from Dr. Eric Kiviat, the leader of a group of hunters intent on capturing the dinosaurs. Look into Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend / IMDB / YouTube

An eccentric scientist teaches a student in his own manner while he looks for a way to clone his deceased wife. Find out about Creator / IMDB / YouTube

Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn join Mark Twain on his airship to meet Halley's Comet. Details on The Adventures of Mark Twain / IMDB / YouTube

Prince Adam is sent to the world of Etheria to find his long abducted sister, Adora, and awaken her to her own destiny. See more about He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword / IMDB / YouTube

A rag-tag group of people must fight extermination squads amid their ruined city. Find out about Escape from the Bronx / IMDB / YouTube

A timid security guard, her ailing supervisor-mentor, her sheriff husband and an alcoholic former scientist team up to stop a viral outbreak in a rural biological weapons lab, while a government agent grapples with the political outcome. Explore Warning Sign / IMDB / YouTube

Set on the subterranean Mine-World, a band of human worker are treated like slaves under the power of the evil overlord Zygon until one, Orin, unearths the hilt of a mythical sword that only he can master. Escaping the planet, he runs into the rogue smuggler Dagg and a pair of helpful droids and the princess, who all team up to return to the Mine-World with a plan to . Read about Starchaser: The Legend of Orin / IMDB / YouTube

In the dystopic near future, a crusading TV reporter investigates news stories with the help of a wisecracking computer version of himself. See more about Max Headroom / IMDB / YouTube

Two men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world war breaks out, and a few months later the satellite crashes. They survive the crash but one man gets killed by survivors and the other man gets caught. The woman stays by the remains of the the satellite but is soon caught by evil punks who have taken power. Learn about DEFCON-4 / IMDB / YouTube

In a post-apocalyptic America, She, a fierce warrior who leads a women's cult, teams up with two brothers searching for their kidnapped sister. They come across weird cults before standing against the odds to defeat the evil Norks. Read about She / IMDB / YouTube

A trio of moronic aliens crash-land on Earth and become celebrities, while a fourth alien, who arrives separately, finds himself ignored. Learn about Morons from Outer Space / IMDB / YouTube