Best movies of 1980s

Porky's(1981)

Combined Rating:
55
Combined Critics Rating: 42

In 1954, a group of Florida high schoolers seek out to help their buddy lose his virginity, which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them.



An Officer and a Gentleman(1982)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 38

A young man must complete his work at a Navy Flight school to become an aviator, with the help of a tough gunnery sergeant and his new girlfriend.



Blue Thunder(1983)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 48

The cop test pilot for an experimental police helicopter learns the sinister implications of the new vehicle.



Annie(1982)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 40

A young orphan girl's adventures in finding a family that will take her.



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.



Ishtar(1987)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 53

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.



Ah fei zing zyun(1990)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 48

Set in 1960, the film centres on the young, boyishly handsome Yuddy, who learns from the drunken ex-prostitute who raised him that she is not his real mother. Hoping to hold onto him, she ...



Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers(1988)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 40

Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece on Halloween. Can Dr. Loomis stop him?



Henry V(1989)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 42

In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.



American Gigolo(1980)

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Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 45

A Los Angeles male escort, who mostly caters to an older female clientèle, is accused of a murder which he did not commit.



Nine 1/2 Weeks(1986)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 40

A woman gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.



The Accidental Tourist(1988)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 46

An emotionally distant writer of travel guides must carry on with his life after his son is killed and his marriage crumbles.



Always(1989)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 41

The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.



An American Tail(1986)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 37

While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.



El Norte(1983)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 61

Peasants escaping mindless labor and a murderous Guatemalan government head to America in hopes for something better.



She's Gotta Have It(1986)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 58

Story of a woman and her three lovers.



Halloween III: Season of the Witch(1982)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 38

Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.



Highlander(1986)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 33

An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponent, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize".



All the Right Moves(1983)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 46

A high school football player desperate for a scholarship and his headstrong coach clash in a dying Pennsylvania steel town.



Valmont(1989)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 47

Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an...




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