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Science Fiction Movies of 1981

Escape from New York

The year is 1997. Manhattan Island is now a heavily guarded maximum-security prison, ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1981 ]

Outland

For Marshal O'Neil (Sean Connery), the Jupiter moon Io is just another dingy ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1981 ]

Agency

Agency tackles the question of the efficiency of media manipulation. An unscrupulous advertising agency, in league with equally untrustworthy political campaign manager Robert Mitchum, plants subliminal messages in its TV commercials. Just as ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1981 ]

Heavy Metal

Inspired by stories from the fantasy graphics magazine Heavy Metal, this five-part animated feature combines the talents of hundreds of artists and animators from 17 different countries. A glowing green ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1981 ]

The Road Warrior

Director George Miller's follow-up to his own 1979 hit Mad Max is proof that not all sequels are inferior to their originals. If anything, this brutal sci-fi action film is even more intense and exciting than its predecessor, ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1981 ]

Scanners

The title of this David Cronenberg sci-fi horror film refers to a group of people who have ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1981 ]

Turkey Shoot

This grim, violent Australian production is an artless mishmash incorporating elements of The Road Warrior, 1984 , and The Most Dangerous Game. The story is set in a dystopian future society where all "deviants" (i.e. anyone whose ideas don't ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1981 ]

Memoirs of a Survivor

Based on the acclaimed novel by Doris Lessing, this dystopian science fiction tale concerns a woman struggling to make her way in a post-apocalyptic society. D (Julie Christie) is living in a ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1981 ]

G.I. Samurai

Transported 400 years into the past after falling into a mysterious time slip, a squadron of contemporary Japanese soldiers becomes caught between two warring samurai clans fighting to determine who will be the supreme ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1981 ]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy began as a 1978 BBC ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1981 ]

Alien Contamination

Following the surprising success of his cheapjack Star Wars knockoff, Star Crash, Italian director Luigi Cozzi was given the helm of this cheapjack Alien knockoff. ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1981 ]

Blackstar [Animated TV Series]

The Filmation cartoon series Blackstar was originally telecast September 12, ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1981 ]

Day of the Triffids

British sci-fi author John Wyndham's classic horror piece Day of ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1981 ]

Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles - Trackers

Directed by Vince Edwards, this installment to the ... [ Science Fiction movie - 1981 ]


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