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Sci-Fi Movies When Nothing Feels Right From The 80S And 90S

Sci-Fi movies when nothing feels right from the 80s and 90s. Includes Gattaca, Predator, Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn and more, curated by Moviepiq.

The feeling that no film could possibly help is usually wrong. These usually help.

Gattaca movie poster
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1997 · ★★★½☆ 7.6/10

Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.

It doesn't ask you to be in the right mood for it. It adjusts.

Predator movie poster
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1987 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

Reliable in a way that matters. Even when nothing sounds good, this one tends to hold.

Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn movie poster
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1995 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

Not paying attention to his job, a young demon allows the evil cleansing machine to overflow and explode, turning the young demon into the infamous monster Janemba. Goku and Vegeta make solo attempts to defeat the monster, but realize their only option is fusion.

Reliable in a way that matters. Even when nothing sounds good, this one tends to hold.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial movie poster
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1982 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliott who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliott, his brother, and his little sister Gertie form an emotional bond with their new friend, and try to help him find his way home.

It doesn't ask you to be in the right mood for it. It adjusts.

Back to the Future Part III movie poster
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1990 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.

It doesn't ask you to be in the right mood for it. It adjusts.

When the mood is off, the film needs to be better than usual. These can carry it.

Distance from the present helps when nothing feels right.

A Grand Day Out movie poster
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1990 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese.

It doesn't ask you to be in the right mood for it. It adjusts.

Memories movie poster
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1995 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

Three back-to-back anime films by three different directors make up this sci-fi trilogy three years in the making.

It doesn't ask you to be in the right mood for it. It adjusts.

The Secret of NIMH movie poster
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1982 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.

It doesn't ask you to be in the right mood for it. It adjusts.

Open Your Eyes movie poster
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1997 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

Handsome 25-year-old Cesar had it all -- a successful career, expensive cars, a swank bachelor's pad, and an endless string of beautiful and willing women -- until he is thrown into a strange psychological mystery after a car accident scars his face and lands him in prison.

Reliable in a way that matters. Even when nothing sounds good, this one tends to hold.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan movie poster
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1982 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.

Reliable in a way that matters. Even when nothing sounds good, this one tends to hold.

These films work because they match where you actually are, not where you think you should be.

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