The Best 1980s Sci-Fi Shows
These are the best 1980s Sci Fi shows, ranked from best to worst by user votes. There were good '80s sci fi series that were set centuries in the future, and there were other great 1980s sci fi programs that took place in distant galaxies. A few of the most popular 1980s sci fi shows have been reimagined in films and modern TV series.
What programs are featured on this best 1980s sci fi shows list? Star Trek: The Next Generation is the gold standard when it comes to science fiction television from the 1980s. Throughout the series, Patrick Stewart commanded the USS Enterprise as the ship's captain, Jean-Luc Picard. Alf was one of the best 1980s sitcoms to incorporate sci fi story-lines into its ongoing series.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 was such a popular program in the 1980s that it successfully completed a 2015 Kickstarter campaign to return to television. Other great series featured on this top 1980s sci fi shows list include Doctor Who, Quantum Leap and Small Wonder.
Which 80s science fiction show do you think is the best? Give your favorites a thumbs up to vote them up to the top of this list and get in on the conversation in the comments section.- The crew of the starship USS Enterprise explores the galaxy and fosters peace in the 24th century.
- A research scientist, who changes into a green man-monster when angered, searches for an antidote.
- Good battles evil in outer space.
- A psychiatrist travels through time to alter people's futures for the better.
- 5A race of aliens arrives on Earth.
- A hero from the 20th century awakens in the 25th century and keeps the universe safe from villains.
- Michael Knight and his high-tech, intelligent car thwart evil.
- An eccentric Time Lord travels through time and space to battle injustice across the universe.
- A rogue pilot uses a high-tech attack helicopter to fight crime.
- An alien studies Earth's strange ways in Boulder, Colorado.
- Humans work with aliens to rid Los Angeles of cultural prejudice.
- A mining ship, three million years from Earth, tries to return home.
- George, Jane, Judy, Elroy and their dog Astro, live the easy life thousands of years in the future.
- Battle of the Planets is an American adaptation of the Japanese anime series Science Ninja Team Gatchaman. Of the 105 original Gatchaman episodes, 85 were used in the Battle of the Planets ...more
- 15An alien life form takes up residence with the suburban Tanner family.
- Innovative, scary short films from some of Hollywood's top talent.
- Time travelers take part in great events of human history.
- A single father and his children encounter prehistoric life.
- Misfits of Science is an American superhero fantasy television series that aired on NBC from October 1985 to February 1986. It features super-powered humans and their madcap adventures. AÂ ...more
- A human and alien have misadventures in space.
- A mad scientist forces the host and his robot pals to watch "B" movies.
- Crew members prepare Earth for battle against the Cylons.
- A sarcastic computer-generated character comments on his creators.
- The Hitchhiker is a mystery anthology series that aired from 1983 to 1987 on HBO and First Choice in Canada. The series later moved to the USA Network from 1989 to 1991. It was known as Le Voyageur ...more
- Something Is Out There is the title of a 1988 American science fiction television miniseries that aired on NBC, and a short-lived weekly series that followed in the fall of 1988. The miniseries stars ...more
