Best movies of 1980s on prime

Raging Bull(1980)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 78

An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it.



Scarface(1983)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 62

In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.



Top Gun(1986)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 56

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.



Dressed to Kill(1980)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 63

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



No Way Out(1987)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A coverup and witchhunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress.



Rocky V(1990)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 49

Reluctantly retired from boxing, and back from riches to rags, Rocky takes on a new protege who betrays him, as the champ's son must adjust to his family's new life after bankruptcy.



Rocky IV(1985)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 46

After iron man Drago, a highly intimidating 6-foot-5, 261-pound Soviet athlete, kills Apollo Creed in an exhibition match, Rocky comes to the heart of Russia for 15 pile-driving boxing rounds of revenge.



Mystic Pizza(1988)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 47

Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in the Connecticut town of Mystic.



Baby Boom(1987)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 50

The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.



Bloodsport(1988)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 32

Follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur.



Thief(1981)

Combined Rating:
50
Combined Critics Rating: 39

Coming closer to his dream of leading a normal life, a professional safecracker agrees to do a job for the Mafia, who have other plans for him.



Rocky III(1982)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 23

After winning the ultimate title and being the world champion, Rocky falls into a hole and finds himself picked up by a former enemy.



Colors(1988)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 33

An experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.



The Return of the Living Dead(1985)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 24

When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.



RoboCop 2(1990)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 21

Cyborg law enforcer RoboCop returns to protect the citizens of old Detroit but faces a deadly challenge when a rogue OCP member secretly creates a new, evil RoboCop 2.



Poltergeist II: The Other Side(1986)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 26

The Freeling family have a new house, but their troubles with supernatural forces don't seem to be over.



Vampire's Kiss(1988)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 33

After an encounter with a neck-biter, a publishing executive thinks that he's turning into a vampire.



Killer Klowns from Outer Space(1988)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 16

Aliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a small town.



Swamp Thing(1982)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 22

After a violent incident with a special chemical, a research scientist is turned into a swamp plant monster.



From Beyond(1986)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 12

A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.




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