Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Family > Science Fiction: 112 Films to Rent
- Alf (TV Series) (1986)
- Feat. Max Wright
- Irresistibly cute sitcom about a furry, wise–cracking alien that settles into American suburbia in the 1980s. Season 1 available.
Disc 1:…
- Real Ghostbusters, The (TV Series) (1986)
- Popular eighties cartoon series furthers the adventures of Ghostbusters Peter, Egon, Ray and Winston, although this time they're joined by past…
- Short Circuit (1986)
- Dir. John Badham
Feat. Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg
- A family adopts an alien–robot which develops a personality of its own. Good family fodder.
- Back to the Future (1985)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson…
- A bona fide 80s classic, this original sci–fi comedy/adventure has a perfectly cast Michael J. Fox sent back to the '50s to have his mother…
- D.A.R.Y.L. (Daryl) (1985)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Barret Oliver
- A whitebread American couple adopt a young boy (Oliver) who has striking talents and abilities. Turns out he is in fact a Pentagon robot or Data…
- Children Of The Dog Star (TV Mini-series) (1984)
- Feat. Sarah Dunn, Jason Wallace, Hamish Bartle…
- Beloved New Zealand sci–fi series following 12–year–old Gretchen (Dunn) who discovers a link to an extra–extraterrestrial…
- Chocky (TV Series) (1984)
- Dir. Vic Hughes, Christopher Hodson
Feat. Carol Drinkwater
- One of the best sci–fi TV serials of the 1980s is set around a schoolboy who begins to develop supernormal talents. It seems an alien force has…
- Dream One (Nemo) (1984)
- Dir. Arnaud Sélignac
Feat. Jason Connery, Harvey Keitel, Mathilda May
- Very strange, tonally confused but often fascinating fantasia, a very loose adaptation of Winsor McKay's 1920s comic strip Little Nemo – itself…
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver…
- Blockbuster supernatural comedy follows the lives of three flaky paranormal investigators who find themselves in countless gooey situations. The…
- Star Wars Ewok Adventures (Caravan of Courage / The Battle for Endor) (1984-1985)
- Feat. Wilford Brimley, Warwick Davis, Aubree Miller…
- George Lucas–created fantasies especially for younger STAR WARS admirers, following further adventures of the creatures so fondly remembered in…