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Rental > Outer Space: 165 Films to Rent
Space Camp (1986)
- Dir. Harry Winer
Feat. Kate Capshaw, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott…
- Good natured 80's adolescent romp in which a group of young attendees of a space camp find themselves in space for real when their shuttle is…
Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home (1986)
- Dir. Leonard Nimoy
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…
- Kirk and his crew must travel back in time to the 20th century in order to save the Earth. Far more comedic than previous entries in the series, as…
Enemy Mine (1985)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Louis Jr. Gossett, Brion James
- Warmhearted Sci–Fi yarn with two space pilots on opposing sides in an intergalactic war crash landing on a desolate planet, and having to make…
Explorers, The (1985)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix
- Imaginative space adventure film also has enormous fun at the expense of American popular culture. Among the explorers are a very baby–faced…
Morons From Outer Space (1985)
- Dir. Mike Hodges
Feat. Griff Rhys-Jones, Mel Smith, James B. Sikking…
- Tepid space comedy has four aliens crash land on a British motorway and are quickly captured by the authorities who quickly learn that maybe there…
2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren
- Belated sequel jettisons the metaphysics of 2001 for more traditional sci–fi explanations, bolstered by excellent special f/x. Roy Scheider…
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai - Across the Eighth Dimension (1984)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. W.D. Richter
Feat. Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin…
- This offbeat genre film has been described as a silly movie for smart people. A bored neurosurgeon (Buck) decides to become a rock star and defender…
Ice Pirates, The (1984)
- Dir. Stewart Raffill
Feat. Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts…
- Goofy sci–fi comedy set in a distant future where water is scarce on the planet earth. After a band of space pirates get caught raiding ice,…
Last Starfighter, The (1984)
- Dir. Nick Castle
Feat. Lance Guest, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart
- Diverting wish–fulfilment has teenager Lance Guest inducted by aliens into a galaxy–saving space–force because of his ace skills at…
Star Trek III - The Search for Spock (1984)
- Dir. Leonard Nimoy
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…
- Leonard Nimoy himself directed this continuation of 'The Wrath of Khan', in which the crew set out to rescue Spock from Kurge (Christopher Lloyd).…