Starman (
1984) | IMDb:
7
When an alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona, the government tries to stop them.
Starring:
Jeff Bridges
,
Karen Allen
,
Charles Martin Smith
,
Richard Jaeckel
,
Robert Phalen
,
Tony Edwards
The Philadelphia Experiment (
1984) | IMDb:
6.1
Based on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984.
Starring:
Michael Paré
,
Nancy Allen
,
Eric Christmas
,
Bobby Di Cicco
,
Louise Latham
,
Kene Holliday
The Thing (
1982) | IMDb:
8.2
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
Starring:
Kurt Russell
,
Keith David
,
Wilford Brimley
,
T.K. Carter
,
David Clennon
,
Richard Dysart
Body Heat (
1981) | IMDb:
7.4
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
Starring:
William Hurt
,
Kathleen Turner
,
Richard Crenna
,
Ted Danson
,
J.A. Preston
,
Mickey Rourke
Escape from New York (
1981) | IMDb:
7.1
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.
Starring:
Kurt Russell
,
Lee Van Cleef
,
Ernest Borgnine
,
Donald Pleasence
,
Isaac Hayes
,
Season Hubley
Cutter's Way (
1981) | IMDb:
6.8
Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter.
Starring:
Jeff Bridges
,
John Heard
,
Lisa Eichhorn
,
Ann Dusenberry
,
Stephen Elliott
,
Arthur Rosenberg