*batteries not included
1987 · Directed by Matthew Robbins
Tiny flying saucers move into a condemned tenement and quietly save the day. Spielberg produced. Zero cynicism.
Why It's Cult
*batteries not included is the gentlest possible science fiction film. No villain with a monologue, no chosen one, just a block of New Yorkers and some mechanical beings who show up because they're needed. Hits kids as quiet optimism and adults as grief for a New York that doesn't exist anymore.
The Plot, Officially
A group of tenants in an apartment block are being forced to move out so that it can be demolished. The tenants are reluctant to move, so the developers hire a local gang to 'persuade' them to leave. Fortunately, visiting alien mechanical life-forms come to town. When they befriend the tenants, the aliens use their extraterrestrial abilities to defeat the developers.
Starring
Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae
Where to Watch
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