As for science fiction in the year itself?

It wasnt super well-received upon release, but its better than some give it credit for.

7’The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension'

Directed by W.D.

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Complications then arise when the computer itself starts to also fall for the woman.

So, its a love triangle movie where one of the things in said love triangle is a computer.

This is the one.

Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Atreides in the desert in Dune 1984

Image via Universal Pictures

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Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Voyage of the Rock Aliens - 1984 (4)

Image via Fox Lorber

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Jeff Goldblum wears a cowboy outfit and hat and talks to others in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai.

Image via 20th Century Fox

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The Return of Godzilla - 1984

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Reggie (Catherine Mary Stewart) on a motorcycle in ‘Night of the Comet’

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Electric Dreams - 1984 (1)

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Karen Allen and Jeff Bridges in Starman (1984)

Image via Columbia Pictures

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The T-800 in his human form looking to his left in The Terminator.

Image via Orion Pictures

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