Best movies of 1980s

Actors : Cliff De Young, Diane Venora, Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy,
Directors : Robert Mandel,

A movie special effects man is hired to fake a real-life mob killing for a witness protection plan, but finds his own life in danger.

Actors : Cher, Kurt Russell, Meryl Streep, Craig T. Nelson,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant.

Actors : Kurtwood Smith, Richard Crenna, Sylvester Stallone, Marc de Jonge,
Directors : Peter MacDonald,

Colonel Trautman is captured by Soviets during a mission in Afghanistan so Rambo sets out to rescue him while taking on the invading Russian forces.

Actors : Anthony Rapp, Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan,
Directors : Chris Columbus,

A babysitter must battle her way through the big city after being stranded there with the kids she's looking after.

Actors : Michael Preston, Max Phipps, Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence,
Directors : George Miller,

In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline rich, community escape a band of bandits.

Actors : G.W. Bailey, Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, Bubba Smith,
Directors : Hugh Wilson,

A group of good-hearted but incompetent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks.

Actors : Jason Lively, Dana Hill, Beverly D'Angelo, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Amy Heckerling,

The Griswolds win a vacation tour across Europe where the usual havoc ensues.

Actors : Victor Wong, Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Jameson Parker,
Directors : John Carpenter,

A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.

Actors : Kurt Russell, Donald Pleasence, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Van Cleef,
Directors : John Carpenter,

In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.

Actors : Robin Harris, Christopher Martin, Christopher Reid, Martin Lawrence,
Directors : Reginald Hudlin,

Young Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out when his father falls asleep. But Kid ...

Actors : Kim Greist, William Petersen, Joan Allen, Brian Cox,
Directors : Michael Mann,

Former FBI profiler Will Graham returns to service to pursue a deranged serial murderer named "the Tooth Fairy" by the media.

Actors : Bebe Neuwirth, Gregg Edelman, Andie MacDowell, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Peter Weir,

A man wanting to stay in the US enters into a marriage of convenience, but it turns into more than that.

Actors : Denise Crosby, Fred Gwynne, Dale Midkiff, Brad Greenquist,
Directors : Mary Lambert,

Behind a young family's home in Maine is a terrible secret that holds the power of life after death. When tragedy strikes, the threat of that power soon becomes undeniable.

Actors : Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Mel Gibson, Glenn Close,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.

Actors : Diane Venora, Forest Whitaker, Michael Zelniker, Samuel E. Wright,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

The troubled life and career of the jazz musician, Charlie "Bird" Parker.

Actors : Julia Roberts, Vincent D'Onofrio, Annabeth Gish, Lili Taylor,
Directors : Donald Petrie,

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

Actors : Ruth Nelson, Robin Williams, Robert De Niro, Julie Kavner,
Directors : Penny Marshall,

The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.

Actors : Geena Davis, Dale Grand, Bill Murray, Randy Quaid,

Three thieves successfully rob a New York City bank, but making the escape from the city proves to be almost impossible.

Actors : Otto Sander, Solveig Dommartin, Curt Bois, Bruno Ganz,
Directors : Wim Wenders,

An angel tires of overseeing human activity and wishes to become human when he falls in love with a mortal.

Actors : Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Evan C. Kim,
Directors : Buddy Van Horn,

Dirty Harry Callahan must stop a sick secret contest to murder local celebrities, which includes himself as a target.