They Live (
1988) | IMDb:
7.2
A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
Starring:
Roddy Piper
,
Keith David
,
Meg Foster
,
George Buck Flower
,
Peter Jason
,
Raymond St. Jacques
Prince of Darkness (
1987) | IMDb:
6.7
A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open it, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all of humanity.
Starring:
Donald Pleasence
,
Lisa Blount
,
Victor Wong
,
Jameson Parker
,
Dennis Dun
,
Susan Blanchard
Big Trouble in Little China (
1986) | IMDb:
7.2
Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.
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
Christine (
1983) | IMDb:
6.7
Nerdy high schooler Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind the wheel of his exotic beauty. Arnie's girlfriend Leigh and best friend Dennis reach out to him, only to be met by a Fury like no other.
Starring:
Keith Gordon
,
John Stockwell
,
Alexandra Paul
,
Robert Prosky
,
Harry Dean Stanton
,
Christine Belford
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
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
Apocalypse Now (
1979) | IMDb:
8.4
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Starring:
Martin Sheen
,
Frederic Forrest
,
Albert Hall
,
Laurence Fishburne
,
Sam Bottoms
,
Marlon Brando
Black Sunday (
1977) | IMDb:
6.8
An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a Black September PLO plot to commit a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl.