They Live. A pretty good late 80s B sci-fi movie starring Rowdy Roddy Piper. That alone will raise some interest with some folks.
Anywayy, it came recommended to me by my dad of all people. It's basically about roddy stumbling across a pair of shades that allows him to all these subliminal messages everywhere (such as consume, buy, marry and reproduce, do not question authority, etc), not to mention alien creatures that are all over earth.
After seeing it, I can see why my dad recommended it -- he's a socialist at heart (him and I have our differences in thought
), and this movie basically criticizes capitalism, after all.
But even without the political messages that the director John Carpenter intended, it's good as a B sci-fi movie gets. As a lot of you grew up in the 80s, I recommend it.