Top 25 best 'alien'-movies from the eighties

Based on MovieMeter ratings, these are the 25 best 'alien'-movies from the eighties

This is a list of the best 25 'alien'-movies from the eighties and highly rated on MovieMeter.

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Top 25 best 'alien'-movies from the eighties

1	Aliens (1986) Scifi, Action 137 minutes	3,85(3.591) 3
2	The Thing (1982) Alternative title: John Carpenter's The Thing Horror, Scifi 109 minutes	3,83(2.991) 2
3	Predator (1987) Action, Scifi 107 minutes	3,65(3.086) 3
4	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Alternative title: E.T. Adventure, Scifi 115 minutes	3,60(3.430) 3
5	They Live (1988) Alternative title: John Nada: De Hel Breekt Los Scifi, Action 94 minutes	3,24(718) 3

6	Liquid Sky (1982) Scifi 118 minutes	3,24(52) 3
7	Starman (1984) Scifi, Romance 115 minutes	3,23(409) 3
8	Night of the Creeps (1986) Comedy, Horror 88 minutes	3,20(214) 3
9	Communion (1989) Drama, Scifi 109 minutes	3,12(83) 2
10	Contamination (1980) Alternative title: Alien Contamination Horror, Scifi 95 minutes	3,04(82) 3

11	Enemy Mine (1985) Drama, Scifi 108 minutes	3,02(284) 3
12	The Blob (1988) Horror, Scifi 95 minutes	2,99(541) 2
13	Cocoon (1985) Scifi, Comedy 117 minutes	2,98(769) 3
14	The Deadly Spawn (1983) Alternative title: Return of the Aliens: The Deadly Spawn Scifi, Horror 81 minutes	2,98(85) 3
15	Flight of the Navigator (1986) Alternative title: De Kleine Astronaut Adventure, Scifi 90 minutes	2,96(234) 3
16	Doragon Bôru: Shenron no Densetsu (1986) Alternative title: Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies Animation, Action 48 minutes	2,91(43) 2
17	Lifeforce (1985) Scifi, Horror 116 minutes	2,89(239) 3
18	La Soupe aux Choux (1981) Alternative title: The Cabbage Soup Comedy 98 minutes	2,88(150)
19	Doragon Bôru Z (1989) Alternative title: Doragon Bôru Z 1: Ora no Gohan wo Kaese Animation, Adventure 45 minutes	2,84(100)
20	Explorers (1985) Family, Scifi 109 minutes	2,83(157) 3
21	The Brother from Another Planet (1984) Scifi, Drama 108 minutes	2,81(45)
22	Critters (1986) Scifi, Comedy 86 minutes	2,78(481) 2
23	Without Warning (1980) Alternative title: The Warning Scifi, Horror 89 minutes	2,77(64) 3
24	The Last Starfighter (1984) Scifi, Family 101 minutes	2,76(125)
25	Nightbeast (1982) Alternative title: Night Beast Horror, Scifi 80 minutes	2,74(38)