Best Science Fiction Films of 1987

Innerspace

Director Joe Dante infuses ... Tuck with his beautiful estranged girlfriend Lydia (Meg Ryan). Innerspace (1987) won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. [ best science fiction films - 1987 ]

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Superman (Christopher Reeve) tries ... Kent's date at Lois' luxury apartment. This is the least interesting of the four Superman movies starring Christopher Reeve. [ best science fiction films - 1987 ]

The Running Man

Directed by former Starsky ... was very loosely based on a short story by Stephen King, who wrote it under the name Richard Bachman. [ best science fiction films - 1987 ]

Spaceballs

A space bum helps ... Dom DeLuise. John Hurt makes a cameo in a parody of the exploding chest scene he played in Alien. [ best science fiction films - 1987 ]

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Hume Cronyn and Jessica ... is engulfed in flames, all seems lost, but the aliens have a few more tricks up their metallic sleeves. [ best science fiction films - 1987 ]

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Cherry 2000

In this arch sci-fi ... Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Ben Johnson, veteran of many a Hollywood Western, appears as E. Johnson's mentor, Six Finger Jake. [ best science fiction films - 1987 ]

Robocop

Paul Verhoeven's American breakthrough ... by two feature-length sequels and a live-action television series, neither of which were as successful as the original film. [ best science fiction films - 1987 ]

The Wraith

This supernatural teen action ... into town on a motorcycle and makes a play for Keri, giving rise to old animosities one more time. [ best science fiction films - 1987 ]

Epidemic

Director Lars von Trier ... medical bag. Fantasy sequences depict the possible horror that could come if the virus is unleashed on the public. [ best science fiction films - 1987 ]

Star Slammer

Gorgeous space traveller Taura ... take this one seriously. John Carradine costars in this lively R-rated cheapie, which was also released as Star Slammer. [ best science fiction films - 1987 ]

The Hidden

A cop discovers that ... with that in mind. A major cult favorite, The Hidden also features Clu Gulager, Ed O'Ross, and Claudia Christian. [ best science fiction films - 1987 ]

Bad Taste

Extraterrestrial fast-food franchisers come ... to return to their home planet with their human-hash cargo before a rival franchise puts them out of business. [ best science fiction films - 1987 ]

Creepozoids

From the prolific (if ... slime and alien saliva -- but the abundant goop still can't disguise the fact that there's nothing worthwhile underneath. [ best science fiction films - 1987 ]

Alien from L.A.

Who else but a ... gotta' go and send out the death squads. The "Alien" in this film is played by model Kathy Ireland. [ best science fiction films - 1987 ]

Galactic Gigolo

In this comedy, a ... into a silver-suited gigolo and heads off to Prospect, Connecticut to bed as many Earth women as he can. [ best science fiction films - 1987 ]

Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity

When a pair of ... planet. While the girls explore their new surroundings, they discover that they are being hunted by the planet's ruler. [ best science fiction films - 1987 ]

Bubblegum Crisis [Anime OVA Series]

It is the year ... line between man and machine. Bubblegum Crisis was one of the first anime to gain popularity in the U.S. [ best science fiction films - 1987 ]

Wicked City

This animated Japanese film ... used excessively. The story is effective, but the film is definitely not for children or anyone easily offended. [ best science fiction films - 1987 ]

Gall Force 2: Destruction [Anime OVA]

An ace space pilot ... intended destination, the only evidence that mankind ever existed will be a few chapters in the interstellar history books. [ best science fiction films - 1987 ]

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