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The Brother from Another Planet

The Brother from Another Planet

An escaped alien slave tries to adapt to life as poor, black man on the streets of Harlem while pursued by two white agents from his home world who are intent on returning him there.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension.

Purple Rain

Purple Rain

A young musician, tormented by abuse at home, contends with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band as his star begins to rise.

The NeverEnding Story

The NeverEnding Story

A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.

    The Last Starfighter

    The Last Starfighter

    A discouraged video gamer finds himself recruited as a gunner for an alien defense force.

    The Karate Kid

    The Karate Kid

    A handyman/martial arts master agrees to teach a bullied boy karate, and shows him that there is more to the martial art than fighting.

    Gremlins

    Gremlins

    A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.

      Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

      Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

      Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.

      This is Spinal Tap

      This is Spinal Tap

      Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.

      Never Cry Wolf

      Never Cry Wolf

      A government researcher, sent to research the "menace" of wolves in the north, learns about the true beneficial and positive nature of the species.

      Christine

      Christine

      A 17-year-old nerd is consumed by passion for Christine: a red-and-white 1958 Plymouth Fury whose unique standard equipment includes a vengeful evil presence that will destroy anyone who tries to come between them.

      Never Cry Wolf

      Never Cry Wolf

      In the remote Canadian arctic, a naive government biologist sent to study disappearing caribou herds forms an unexpected attachment to a pair of wolves.

      Brainstorm

      Brainstorm

      A neuroscientist creates a device that can record people's thoughts as visual images and soon finds himself in trouble with his superiors and a group of shadowy government figures.

      Koyaanisqatsi

      Koyaanisqatsi

      A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on nature, humanity, and the relationship between them.

        Strange Brew

        Strange Brew

        In their quest for free beer, bumbling Canadian brothers Bob and Doug McKenzie wind up working at the Elsinore Brewery. The hapless lads uncover a sinister mind-control plot spearheaded by Brewmeister Smith and must stop the scheme, while drinking plenty of their favorite sudsy beverage.

        WarGames

        WarGames

        A young hacker unwittingly initiates a US military supercomputer programmed to execute nuclear war against the Soviet Union.

        Liquid Sky

        Liquid Sky

        An alien creature invades New York's punk subculture in its search for an opiate released by the brain during orgasm.

          Videodrome

          Videodrome

          A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.

            The Last Unicorn

            The Last Unicorn

            The world's last unicorn braves sorcerers, harpies, and even the fetters of human love to save her kind from extinction.

            Fitzcarraldo

            Fitzcarraldo

            Would-be rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an Irishman known in Peru as Fitzcarraldo, is determined to transport a steamship over land from one Amazonian river to another to further his obsession with bringing opera to the jungle.

            Tron

            Tron

            A computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.

              The Secret of NIMH

              The Secret of NIMH

              To save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a mysterious colony of rats, with whom she has a deeper link than she ever suspected.

              The Thing

              The Thing

              Scientists in Antarctica are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.

              Blade Runner

              Blade Runner

              A blade runner must pursue and try to terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.