Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Films: 1980-1981

Directed by: Mike Hodges
Produced by: Dino De Laurentiis and Bernard Williams
Written by: Lorenzo Semple, Jr. and Michael Allin
Based on the characters created by: Alex Raymond
Cinematography: Gilbert Taylor
Edited by: Malcolm Cooke
Music by: Queen and Howard Blake

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

Directed by: Ken Russell
Produced by: Howard Gottfried and Daniel Melnick
Written by and based on novel by: Paddy Chayefsky
Edited by: Stuart Baird
Cinematography: Jordan S. Cronenweth
Music by: John Corigliano

Distributed by: Warner Bros.

Directed by: Don Taylor
Produced by: Peter Douglas, Lloyd Kaufman, and Kirk Douglas
Written by: Thomas Hunter, David Ambrose, Peter Powell, and Garry Davis
Cinematography: Victor J. Kemper
Edited by: Robert K. Lambert
Music by: John Scott

Distributed by: United Artist

Directed by: Irvin Kerschner
Produced by: Gary Kurtz, George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Robert Watts, and Howard Kazajian
Written by: George Lucas, Leigh Brackett, and Lawrence Kasden
Based on characters created by: George Lucas
Cinematography: Peter Suschitzky
Edited by: Paul Hirsch
Music by: John Williams

Distributed by: 2Oth Century Fox and Lucasfilms

Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Produced by: George Lucas, Frank Marshall, Howard J. Kazanjian, and Robert Watts
Written by: Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, and Philip Kasdan
Cinematography: Douglas Slocombe
Edited by: Michael Kahn
Music by: John Williams

Distributed by: Paramount Pictures and Lucasfilms

Directed by: Jimmy T. Murakami
Produced by: Ed Carlin and Roger Corman
Written by: John Sayles and Anne Dyer
Cinematography: Daniel Lacambre
Edited by: Allan Holzman and Robert J. Kizer
Music by: James Horner

Distributed by: New World Pictures

Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc
Produced by: Stephen Deutsch and Ray Stark
Written by: Richard Matheson
Based on the novel "Bid Time Return" by: Richard Matheson
Cinematography Isidore Mankofsky
Edited by: Jeff Gourson
Music by: John Barry

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

Directed by: Robert Greenwald
Produced by: Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver, Lee Kramer, and Joel Silver
Written by: Richard Christian Danus and Marc Reid Rubel
Cinematography: Victor J. Kemper
Edited by: Dennis Vinkler
Music by: Barry De Vorzon
Music and lyrics by: John Ferrar and Jeff Lynne

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

Directed by: Richard Lester and Richard Donner
Produced by: Ilya Salkind, Alexander Salkind, and Pierre Spengler
Written by: Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman, and Tom Mankiewicz
Based on characters created by: Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
Cinematography: Robert Paynter and Geoffrey Unsworth
Edited by: John Victor Smith
Music by: Ken Thorne and John Williams

Distributed by: Warner Bros.

Directed by: John Carpenter
Produced by: Debra Hill and Larry Franco
Written by: John Carpenter and Nick Castle
Cinematography: Dean Cundey and Jim Lucas
Edited by: Todd Ramsay
Music by: John Carpenter and Alan Howarth

Distributed by: AVCO Embassy

Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Produced by: Terry Gilliam, George Harrison, Denis O'Brien, and Neville C. Thompson
Written by: Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin
Cinematography: Peter Biziou
Edited by: Julian Doyle
Music by: Mike Moran

Distributed by: AVCO Embassy

Directed by: John Hough and Vincent McEveety
Produced by: Ron Miller
Written by: Brian Clemens, Harry Spalding, and Rosemary Anne Sisson
Based on the novel by: Florence Engel Randall
Cinematography: Alan Hume
Edited by: Geoffrey Foot
Music by: Stanley Myers

Distributed by: Walt Disney Pictures

Directed by: Desmond Davis
Produced by: Ray Harryhausen, John Palmer, and Charles H. Schneer
Written by: Beverly Cross
Cinematography: Ted Moore
Edited by: Timothy Gee
Music by: Laurence Rosenthal

Distributed by: MGM/UA

Directed by: John Boorman
Produced by: John Boorman, Robert A. Eisenstein, and Edgar F. Gross
Written by: John Boorman and Rospo Pallenberg
Based on the novel by, "Le Morte D'Arthur" by: Thomas Malory
Cinematography: Alex Thomson
Edited by: John Merritt and Donn Cambern
Music by: Trevor Jones

Distributed by: Warner Bros.

Directed by: Gerald Potterton
Produced by: Ivan Reitman
Written by: Daniel Goldberg and Len Blum
Based on stories by: Dan O'Bannon, Richard Corben, Bernie Wrightson, and Angus McKie
Edited by: Ian Llande, Mick Manning, and Gerald Tripp
Music by: Elmer Bernstein

Distributed by: Columbia Pictures

Directed by: Peter Hyman
Produced by: Richard A. Roth and Stanley O'Toole
Written by: Peter Hyman
Cinematography: Stephen Goldblatt
Edited by: Stuart Baird
Music by: Jerry Goldsmith

Music by: Warner Bros.

Directed by: Matthew Robbins
Produced by: Hal Barwood and Howard J. Koch, Jr.
Written by: Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins
Cinematography: Derek Vanlint
Edited by: Tony Lawson
Music by: Alex North

Distributed by: Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Pictures

Directed by: David Cronenberg
Produced by: Claude Heroux
Written by: David Cronenberg
Cinematography: Mark Irwin
Edited by: Ronald Sanders
Music by: Howard Shore

Released by: AVCO Embassy Films

Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Produced by: Jacques Dorfmann, John Kemeny, Vera Belmont, Denis Heroux, and Michael Gruskoff
Written by: Gerard Brach
Based on the novel by: J.H. Rosny
Cinematography: Claude Agostini
Edited by: Yves Langlois
Music by: Philipe Sarde

Distributed by: 20th Century Fox

Directed by: George Miller
Produced by: Byron Kennedy
Written by: Terry Hayes, George Miller, and Brian Hannant
Based on a concept by: George Miller and Bryon Kennedy
Cinematography: Dean Semler
Edited by: David Stiven, Michael Balson, and Tim Wellburn
Music by: Brian May

Distributed by: Warner Bros.