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• Alien

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  After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.

• Stand by Me

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  A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.

• Firestarter

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  A couple who participated in a potent medical experiment gain telepathic ability and then have a child who is pyrokinetic.

• Akira

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  A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a teenage biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by his best friend.

• Altered States

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  A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.

• The Goonies

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  A group of young misfits called The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on an adventure to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure.

• The Evil Dead

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  Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.

• Clue

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  Six guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up.

• The Lost Boys

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  When a recently divorced mother and her two teenage boys move to a coastal town to stay with her father, it doesn't take long for the brothers to realize the area is a haven for something much more sinister than party-going surfers.

• A Nightmare on Elm Street

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  Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.

• Bambi

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  The story of a young deer growing up in the forest.

• Breaking Away

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  A working-class Indiana teen obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl while searching for life goals with his friends.

• Carrie (1976 Version)

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  Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.

• Christine

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  A nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it.

• Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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  An Indiana electric lineman finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.

• E.T.

  the Extra-terrestrial

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  A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.

• The Dark Crystal

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  On another planet in the distant past, the last of the Gelfling race embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and to restore order to his world.

• The Exorcist

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  When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.

• The Fog

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  Local legend tells of a ship lured on to the rocks of Antonio Bay being enveloped by a supernatural cloud as it sank; the myth says that when this mysterious fog returns, the victims will rise up from the depths seeking vengeance.

• The Fly (1986 Version)

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  A botched experiment transmutes a man into a monstrous insect.