The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension) (1984)

6.5	Rating (161 ratings)
6.3	IMDB rating

Add to favorites

Edit page

Buy at Amazon

Directed by

W.D. Richter

Starring (View all)

Peter Weller
Buckaroo Banzai

John Lithgow
Lord John Whorfin / Dr. Emilio Lizardo

Ellen Barkin
Penny Priddy

Jeff Goldblum
New Jersey

Christopher Lloyd
John Bigbooté

Lewis Smith
Perfect Tommy

Rosalind Cash
John Emdall

Robert Ito
Professor Hikita

Written by

Earl Mac Rauch
(written by)

Lists

182 votes

500 Essential Cult Movies (502 items)
list by Mackenzi

Published 4 years, 9 months ago

6 comments

129 votes

6,006 Movies For a Post-Covid World... (6013 items)
list by ToonHead2102

Published 10 years, 6 months ago

14 comments

123 votes

My Brilliant and Witty 2013 Movie Diary (203 items)
list by Severin Severin

Published 8 years, 11 months ago

40 comments

64 votes

Aliens! (239 items)
list by diabolical dr voodoo

Published 12 years, 9 months ago

7 comments

58 votes

Scenes from childhood: Movies (25 items)
list by Joseph Grey

Published 9 years, 7 months ago

8 comments

View all The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension lists (100 more)

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension Videos

Buckaroo Banzai end titles (credits) (good quality)

98 Views, 1 votes

Added 9 years ago

View all The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension videos

Cover art, photos and screenshots

3 votes

2 votes

1 vote

View all The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension pictures (55 more)

Reviews

Banzai

15 years, 1 month ago at Nov 8 22:27

jasoncarulli

2 votes

The cult classic starring Robocop himself, Peter Weller, as Buckaroo Banzai is a fun science fiction adventure worthy of a view. There are so many stars in this film I don't know where to begin, but I will say the character names are by far the best to come out of the 80s.

View all The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension reviews

Buckaroo Banzai is a rock-star/brain-surgeon/comic-book-hero/samurai/etc. who, along with his group, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil creatures from the 8th dimension (all named John) who are trying to conquer our dimension. He is helped by Penny Pretty, who is a dead ringer for his late wife, and some good extra-dimensional beings who look and talk like they are from Jamaica.

Release date: 8 November 1984
UPC: 027616862785

Tags: 1984 (15), Sci-fi (9), Comedy (9), Adventure (9), Action (6), Aliens (6), 1980s (5), Romance (5), Alien (3), Science Fiction (3), Independent Film (2), Long Title (2), Action Adventure (2), Sequel Mentioned During End Credits (2), Press Conference (2), Rocket Car (2), Reference To Jerry Lewis (2), Usa (2), Hologram (2), Spacecraft Accident (1)

My tags:

Add tags

Update feed

DarthTrino added this to a list 2 days, 14 hours ago

Películas que he visto y aumentando. (6352 movies items)

DarthTrino added this to a list 3 months ago

Películas vistas en 2021 (691 movies items)

DarthTrino posted 2 images [View All] 3 months ago

movieman added this to a list 6 months, 3 weeks ago

1984 Movies Ranked (84 movies items)

maxafa added this to a list 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Music to the ears (52 movies items)

Texal voted for an image 8 months, 2 weeks ago

TrekMedic added this to a list 11 months, 4 weeks ago

My 2020 DVR Diary (50 tv items)

crazymetalhead added this to a list 1 year, 8 months ago

1000001 MOVIES YOU NEED TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE (2157 movies items)

Mackenzi added this to a list 1 year, 10 months ago

Listal 2020 Movie Challenge (52 movies items)

Exclusive added this to a list 2 years ago

My Blu-Ray Collection (1282 movies items)

Agent Kermit D. Fonz added this to a list 2 years ago

Favorite Comedy Films: 1984-1985 (67 movies items)

" Directed by: W.D. Richter Produced by: Neil Canton, W.D. Richter, Sidney Beckerman, and Dennis E. Jones Written by: W.D. Richter Cinematography: Fred J. Koenekamp Edited by: George Bowers and Richard Marks Music by: Michael Boddicker Distributed by: 20th Century Fox"

Texal voted for an image 2 years, 9 months ago

Leo added this to a list 3 years ago

1982-1985 Cinemascore Films with C's (72 movies items)

Stehako added this to a list 3 years, 1 month ago

Best Films of 1984 (50 movies items)

Stehako added this to a list 3 years, 2 months ago

Watched in 2018: Movies (193 movies items)

Agent Kermit D. Fonz added this to a list 3 years, 4 months ago

Visually Breath Taking Films (454 movies items)

Agent Kermit D. Fonz added this to a list 3 years, 4 months ago

Top 10 of 10: 1984 (70 movies items)

Leo added this to a list 3 years, 5 months ago

Welcome to the Basement (240 movies items)

Nosoki added this to a list 3 years, 6 months ago

Watched in 2018 (262 movies items)

"27.5. Kasarin scifi-hömpässä Peter Weller esittää tiedemiestä, aivokirurgia, rock-tähteä ja ties mitä samassa pakkauksessa. Buckaroo Banzai ja hänen joukkionsa esitellään niin kuin katsoja tietäisi valmiiksi, mistä on kyse. Leffa siis vaikuttaa vahvasti adaptaatiolta jostain tai jatko-osalta, mutta kaikki on kuitenkin vain kyseistä elokuvaa varten luotua. Hämmentävällä tavalla rytmitetty tarinankerronta tekee tapahtumien seuraamisesta paikoitellen vaikeasti seurattavaa, ja lu"

Leo added this to a list 3 years, 7 months ago

Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes (1980s) (431 movies items)

Agent Kermit D. Fonz added this to a list 3 years, 7 months ago

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Films: 1984-1985 (65 movies items)

PvtCaboose91 posted 3 images 3 years, 9 months ago

PvtCaboose91 added this to a list 3 years, 9 months ago

Movies Viewed in 2018 (193 movies items)

" First Viewing Viewing Date: February 28th Via: Google Play Plot: Adventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth. Rating: 7.7/10"

johanlefourbe added this to a list 3 years, 9 months ago

Listal's 100 Films To See Before You Die (2018) (100 movies items)

Sinclair21 added this to a list 3 years, 9 months ago

Watched in 2018 (56 movies items)

Exclusive added this to a list 3 years, 10 months ago

My Favorite Actors: Christopher Lloyd (27 movies items)

apu11 added this to a list 3 years, 10 months ago

Films I could not finish... (131 movies items)

Dino added this to a list 3 years, 11 months ago

Watched in 2016 (197 movies items)

"05.11.2016 "

Jon added this to a list 3 years, 11 months ago

Watched in 2017 (42 movies items)

Exclusive added this to a list 4 years, 3 months ago

My Favorite Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis (24 movies items)

YAHEMMI added this to a list 4 years, 6 months ago

My DVD COLLECTION (7267 dvds items)

Texal added this to a list 4 years, 6 months ago

Minor Classics (132 movies items)

johanlefourbe added this to a list 4 years, 8 months ago

Listal's 100 Films To See Before You Die (2017) (110 movies items)

Mackenzi added this to a list 4 years, 9 months ago

500 Essential Cult Movies (502 movies items)

" With some cheap special effects and some great OTT performances, the filmmakers create a totally mental movie overflowing with optimism, sincerity, and love. The script is rife with come very clover humor, in-jokes, and a plethora of wonderfully bizarre and original ideas. And lest we forget, this is an eighties movie, complete with all the fashions, saxophone breaks, high collars, and manmade fibers from the decade style forgot. "

Agent Kermit D. Fonz added this to a list 5 years ago

Favorite Cult Films: 1984 (48 movies items)