*batteries not included (1987)

The trailer for 1987’s *batteries not included. Directed by Matthew Robbins, from a script by Robbins, Brad Bird, Brent Maddock, and S.S. Wilson (from a story by Mick Garris). The film stars Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae, Elizabeth Peña, Michael Carmine, Dennis Boutsikaris, Tom Aldredge, John DiSanti, Jane Hoffman, Wendy Schaal, and James Le Gros.

The plot summary is as follows:

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.

*batteries not included is not currently streaming but is available to rent or buy from most digital retailers.