Best movies of 1980s that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Patsy Kensit, Joe Pesci, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover,
Directors : Richard Donner,

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

Actors : Sean Connery, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, Alec Baldwin,
Directors : John McTiernan,

In November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain in their newest sub violates orders and heads for the USA. Is he trying to defect or to start a war?

Actors : Phyllis Boyens-Liptak, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm,
Directors : Michael Apted,

Biographical story of Loretta Lynn, a legendary country singer that came from poverty to worldwide fame. She rose from humble beginnings in Kentucky to superstardom and changing the sound and style of country music forever.

Actors : Cherie Lunghi, Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay,
Directors : John Boorman,

Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the round table of Camelot even as forces conspire to tear it apart

Actors : David Warner, Cindy Morgan, Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner,
Directors : Steven Lisberger,

A computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.

Actors : Sean Connery, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow, Kim Basinger,
Directors : Irvin Kershner,

A SPECTRE agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.

Actors : Lisa Eilbacher, John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, Eddie Murphy,
Directors : Martin Brest,

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.

Actors : Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer,
Directors : Tony Scott,

As students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.

Actors : John Malkovich, Christian Bale, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II.

Actors : Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Laura San Giacomo, Jason Alexander,
Directors : Garry Marshall,

A man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love.

Actors : Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid,
Directors : Tony Scott,

A young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level.

Actors : Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon, Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder.

Actors : Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, David Naughton, Joe Belcher,
Directors : John Landis,

Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Frank McRae, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole,
Directors : Walter Hill,

A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

Actors : John Candy, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Ron Howard,

A young man is reunited with a mermaid who saves him from drowning as a boy and falls in love not knowing who/what she is.

Actors : Zack Norman, Danny DeVito, Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : Robert Zemeckis,

A romance writer sets off to Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure.

Actors : Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

A black Southern woman struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades.

Actors : Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley,
Directors : David Anspaugh,

A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the championship.

Actors : Ellen Latzen, Anne Archer, Glenn Close, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Adrian Lyne,

A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.

Actors : Sigourney Weaver, Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin, Melanie Griffith,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.