Best movies of 1980s

Actors : Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, Kevyn Major Howard, James Caan,
Directors : Graham Baker,

In 1988, Earth makes the first contact with an alien civilization. In 1991, these aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after three years of quarantine.

Actors : Harold Hopkins, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Mel Gibson,
Directors : Peter Weir,

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.

Actors : Zoë Lund, Bogey, Albert Sinkys, Darlene Stuto,
Directors : Abel Ferrara,

A timid and mute seamstress goes insane after being attacked and raped twice in one day, in which she takes to the streets of New York City after dark and randomly shoots men with a .45 caliber pistol.

Actors : Courtney Gains, Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Tina Caspary,
Directors : Steve Rash,

A nerdy outcast secretly pays the most popular girl in school one thousand dollars to be his girlfriend.

Actors : John Gielgud, Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, Geraldine Fitzgerald,
Directors : Steve Gordon,

Arthur he does as he pleases. All of his life, his master's toys. Deep in his heart, he's just, he's just a boy.

Actors : Ronny Cox, Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, George C. Scott,
Directors : Harold Becker,

Military cadets take extreme measures to insure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.

Actors : Hal Holbrook, Julianne Phillips, R. Lee Ermey, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Michael Ritchie,

After receiving an inheritance in Louisiana, Los Angeles reporter Irvin Fletcher heads to the Belle Isle plantation where he gets himself into hilarious trouble.

Actors : Lance Guest, Kay E. Kuter, Dan Mason, Robert Preston,
Directors : Nick Castle,

Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best starfighters to defend their world from the attack.

Actors : Diane Venora, Albert Finney, Gregory Hines, Edward James Olmos,

A New York cop investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks.

Actors : Chloe Webb, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Directors : Ivan Reitman,

A physically perfect but innocent man goes in search of his long-lost twin brother, who is short, a womanizer, and small-time crook.

Actors : Madeleine Stowe, Meg Tilly, Harvey Keitel, Jack Nicholson,
Directors : Jack Nicholson,

The sequel to Chinatown (1974) finds Jake Gittes investigating adultery and murder... and the money that comes from oil.

Actors : Wood Moy, Peter Wang, Marc Hayashi, Laureen Chew,
Directors : Wayne Wang,

Two cabbies search San Francisco's Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with their $4000. Their quest leads them on a humorous, if mundane, journey which illuminates the...

Actors : Robin Williams, Paul Dooley, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston,
Directors : Robert Altman,

The adventures of the sailor man and his friends in the seaside town of Sweethaven.

Actors : Tesshô Genda, Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama,
Directors : Katsuhiro Ôtomo,

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

Actors : Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae, Jürgen Prochnow, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Euzhan Palcy,

Ben du Toit is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardener's son is brutally beaten up by the police ...

Actors : Reni Santoni, Sylvester Stallone, Andrew Robinson, Brigitte Nielsen,
Directors : George P. Cosmatos,

A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.

Actors : Jennifer O'Neill, Patrick McGoohan, Stephen Lack, Lawrence Dane,
Directors : David Cronenberg,

A scientist sends a man with extraordinary psychic powers to hunt others like him.

Actors : Antonio Fargas, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Steve James, Bernie Casey,
Directors : Keenen Ivory Wayans,

In this parody of blaxploitation movies, a black hero wannabe reunites former black heroes from the 70s to help him get revenge on Mr. Big.

Actors : Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly, Charles Martin Smith, Don Johnson,
Directors : Dennis Hopper,

When the drifter Harry Madox reaches a small town in Texas, he gets a job as used car salesman with the dealer George Harshaw and settles down in a hotel room. During a fire, Harry observes...

Actors : Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman, Andrew Robinson,
Directors : Clive Barker,

An unfaithful wife encounters the zombie of her dead lover; demons are pursuing him after he escaped their sadomasochistic underworld.