Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Science Fiction: 1535 Films to Rent
- Dune (Extended Version) (1984)
- Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Brad Dourif, Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen
- Adds an extra 50 trimmed–minutes to this gargantuan, flawed adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel. Quality varies between the new footage…
- Future Cop (Trancers) (1984)
- Dir. Charles Band
Feat. Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt
- The most imaginative film from prolific Z–movie producer Charles Band follows cynical future cop Jack Deth on his mission to terminate evil…
- 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…
- 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,…
- Iceman (1984)
- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, Josef Sommer…
- Arctic explorers discover the body of a prehistoric man who is still alive in this enjoyable piece of sci–fi hokum, with John Lone giving a…
- 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…
- Lensman (1984)
- Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Kaze no tani no Naushika; Warriors of the Wind) (1984)
- Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
- In a strange post–apocalyptic world, a young girl has to save her people from the huge insects that threaten them.
An extraordinary early…
- Night of the Comet (1984)
- Dir. Thom Eberhardt
Feat. Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, Kelli Maroney
- Terrific B–movie where a comet hits earth and two surviving valley girls must fight the resulting cannibal zombie apocalypse. Trashy in all the…
- Philadelphia Experiment, The (1984)
- Dir. Stewart Raffill
Feat. Michael Pare, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas…
- Michael Pare plays a WW2 naval officer who takes a quantum leap into 1984.