Best Sci-Fi Movies from VHS Era
A hand-picked selection of the greatest sci-fi films of the VHS era — chosen for thrills, craft, and pure rewatch value.
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Back to the Future
1985
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991
The Matrix
1999
Jurassic Park
1993
Akira
1988
Aliens
1986
Ghost in the Shell
1995
Blade Runner
1982
Ghostbusters
1984
Digimon Adventure: Our War Game
2000
The Truman Show
1998
Stalker
1979
Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?
1984
Heart of a Dog
1988
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
Return of the Jedi
1983
Lessons of Darkness
1992
Back to the Future Part II
1989
Kin-dza-dza!
1986
On the Silver Globe
1989
Brazil
1985
The Fifth Element
1997
Twelve Monkeys
1995
Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks
1993
Gattaca
1997
Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip
1999
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
1996
Memories
1995
Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku
1990
Sans Soleil
1983
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
1982
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982
Contact
1997
The Abyss
1989
The Secret of the Third Planet
1981
RoboCop
1987
Dark City
1998
Total Recall
1990
Videodrome
1983
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
Men in Black
1997
The Atomic Cafe
1982
Unbreakable
2000
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986
Macross Plus: The Movie
1995
Escape from New York
1981
Starship Troopers
1997
WarGames
1983
Galaxy Quest
1999
Strange Days
1995
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991
Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing
1989
Patlabor: The Movie
1989
Independence Day
1996
Dead Man's Letters
1986
Starman
1984
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984
Time After Time
1979
Swallowtail Butterfly
1996
Mr. India
1987
O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization
1985
Repo Man
1984
Back to the Future Part III
1990
Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989
Last Night
1998
The Quiet Earth
1985
On Your Mark
1995
They Live
1988
Sexmission
1984
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
1981
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
1998
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
1988
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
1978
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
1989
Death Watch
1980
X-Men
2000
Born in Flames
1983
Guest from the Future
1984
The Hidden
1987
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Arcadia of My Youth
1982
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
1979
Demolition Man
1993
Real Genius
1985
The Brother from Another Planet
1984
Time Masters
1982
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
1993
Roujin Z
1991
Frequency
2000
Batman Beyond: The Movie
1999
Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders
2000
The Transformers: The Movie
1986
The Adventures of the Electronic
1980
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000
Stargate
1994
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
Gandahar
1987
Night of the Comet
1984
Flight of the Navigator
1986
Frankenweenie
1984
Enemy Mine
1985
Mobile Suit Gundam I
1981
The X-Files
1998
Innerspace
1987
Until the End of the World
1991
Cyber City Oedo 808
1990
Venus Wars
1989
Superman II
1980
Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie
1982
Scanners
1981
Altered States
1980
Tron
1982
Short Circuit
1986
Cocoon
1985
The Last Starfighter
1984
The Final Countdown
1980
The Faculty
1998
The Running Man
1987
Nirvana
1997
Outland
1981
Darkman
1990
The Element of Crime
1984
The Last Battle
1983
Hackers
1995
No Escape
1994
Bad Taste
1987
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
The Man Who Saved the World
1982
The Thirteenth Floor
1999
Mutant Action
1993
Flash Gordon
1980
Fatherland
1994
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer
1992
Iceman
1984
Battle Angel
1993
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986
The Arrival
1996
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984
Cocoon
1995
2010: The Year We Make Contact
1984
The Blood of Heroes
1989
Trancers
1984
Liquid Sky
1982
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might
1990
Armitage III: Poly Matrix
1996
Dead End Drive-In
1986
Retroactive
1997
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
1985
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
1979
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
1999
Harrison Bergeron
1995
Babylon 5: A Call to Arms
1999
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century
1999
Nowhere
1997
Timecop
1994
Battlestar Galactica
1978
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
2000
*batteries not included
1987
The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
1987
Captain EO
1986
Titan A.E.
2000
Motorama
1991
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984
The Puppet Masters
1994
Ghostbusters II
1989
Small Soldiers
1998
Weird Science
1985
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979
Forever Young
1992
What Women Want
2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
2000
Soldier
1998
Babylon 5: The Gathering
1993
The Wraith
1986
D.A.R.Y.L.
1985
To the Stars by Hard Ways
1981
Appleseed
1988
Lifeforce
1985
Virus
1980
12:01
1993
Robot Jox
1989
Screamers
1995
The Handmaid's Tale
1990
Short Circuit 2
1988
Explorers
1985
Electric Dreams
1984
Brainstorm
1983
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
1979
Moonraker
1979
On the Beach
2000
Alien Nation
1988
Dreamscape
1984
The Philadelphia Experiment
1984
Looker
1981
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979
Class of 1999
1990
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
1994
The 6th Day
2000
Species
1995
Fortress
1992
Cherry 2000
1987
Firefox
1982
Jubilee
1978
Smart House
1999
Return from Witch Mountain
1978
The Cat from Outer Space
1978
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
1987
The Black Hole
1979
The Trigger Effect
1996
Message from Space
1978
Death Machine
1995
Wedlock
1991
Hell Comes to Frogtown
1988
Nemesis
1992
Millennium
1989
2019: After the Fall of New York
1983
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980
Swamp Thing
1982
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993
Zone Troopers
1985
Android
1982
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
1982
Peut-être
1999
Arena
1989
Timebomb
1991
Tammy and the T-Rex
1994
Eliminators
1986
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
Digimon: The Movie
2000
Disturbing Behavior
1998
Star Trek: Generations
1994
Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth
1991
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998
Moontrap
1989
Escape from the Bronx
1983
Strange Invaders
1983
Star Kid
1997
Stellar
1993
Virtuosity
1995
Runaway
1984
Doctor Who
1996
My Science Project
1985
Dune
1984
Alien Resurrection
1997
Sphere
1998
Deadly Friend
1986
The End of Violence
1997
Heavy Metal 2000
2000
Mission to Mars
2000
RoboCop 2
1990
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
Yor, the Hunter from the Future
1983
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
1997
Johnny Mnemonic
1995
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
1992
The Other Me
2000
The Lawnmower Man
1992
The Guyver
1991
The Ice Pirates
1984
Superman III
1983
Lost in Space
1998
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
1997
Space Truckers
1996
Freejack
1992
Biggles: Adventures in Time
1986
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983
RocketMan
1997
Knight Rider 2000
1991
Mindwarp
1992
Crossworlds
1996
Scanners II: The New Order
1991
Hangar 18
1980
Meteor
1979
Quintet
1979
Bad Channels
1992
Moon 44
1990
Cocoon: The Return
1988
Nightwish
1989
Parasite
1982
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
1994
Not of This Earth
1988
Solo
1996
Spaced Invaders
1990
The Postman
1997
Class of Nuke 'Em High 2: Subhumanoid Meltdown
1991
Creature
1985
Eve of Destruction
1991
Omega Doom
1996
Slipstream
1989
Jetsons: The Movie
1990
Futuresport
1999
Space Mutiny
1988
Judge Dredd
1995
What Planet Are You From?
2000
Wild Wild West
1999
Philadelphia Experiment II
1993
Inspector Gadget
1999
Beowulf
1999
The Return
1980
Cyborg 2
1993
Project: ALF
1996
Starcrash
1978
Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly
1994
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
1998
Howard the Duck
1986
The Second Arrival
1998
Solarbabies
1986
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
1978
Fortress 2
2000
Wing Commander
1999
Laserblast
1978
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
1998
Shocking Dark
1989
The Apple
1980
The Fantastic Four
1994
Scanners III: The Takeover
1992
Generation X
1996
Galaxina
1980
Chicken Park
1996
Vampirella
1996
Highlander II: The Quickening
1991
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
R.O.T.O.R.
1987
The Avengers
1998
Super Mario Bros.
1993
Mac and Me
1988
Batman & Robin
1997
Alien from L.A.
1988
Theodore Rex
1995
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
Battlefield Earth
2000
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace
1996