Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Science Fiction: 1535 Films to Rent
- Dead End Drive-In (1986)
- Dir. Brian Trenchard-Smith
- Low–budget Ozploitation thriller set in a post–apocalyptic world where an unwitting young couple get themselves interned with fellow…
- Highlander, The (1986)
- Dir. Russell Mulcahy
Feat. Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown…
- Visually splendid action–fantasy with Christopher Lambert as a 16th Century immortal, destined to battle his arch enemy through the ages. This…
- Invaders from Mars (1986)
- Dir. Tobe Hooper
Feat. Karen Black, Louise Fletcher, Bud Cort
- Madeover by Tobe 'Texas Chainsaw' Hooper, this version of 50s paranoia classic is patchy but above–average. Same basic story with an…
- Legend (1986)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Tom Cruise, Tim Curry
- Breathtaking imagery highlights this fantasy adventure about evil trying to corrupt innocence. Tom Cruise struts around in tights, but it's Tim Curry…
- Project A-Ko (Purojekuto A-ko) (1986)
- Amusing anime focused on three school girls and their run–ins with giant robots, aliens and butch woman. Will certainly entertain true anime…
- 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.
- 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…
- 2019: The New Barbarians (Nuovi barbari, I) (1985)
- Dir. Enzo G. Castellari
Feat. Fred Williamson, Giancarlo Prete
- Third and final episode in the post–apocalyptic BRONX WARRIORS series, escapes the bloody rubble of New York City for a MAD MAX–style…