My Science Project (...this scene-stealer being a favorite), Back to the Future, The Last Starfighter, Dreamscape, Flash Gordon, The Terminator, Ghostbusters (...which is pseudo-sci-fi/supernatural), Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, and Star Wars 5 & 6-- man, the 80's had some of the greatest (...if...
Wilford Brimley is the last person you'd want giving you a pep-talk about coping with a serious, chronic illness.