Best movies of 1980s

Short Circuit(1986)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 25

Number 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes.



The Right Stuff(1983)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 25

The story of the original Mercury 7 astronauts and their macho, seat-of-the-pants approach to the space program.



Weird Science(1985)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 23

Two high school nerds attempt to create the perfect woman, but she turns out to be more than that.



Bachelor Party(1984)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 28

A soon-to-be-married man's friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party.



Xanadu(1980)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 40

The story of a girl who makes dreams come true.



Sid and Nancy(1986)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 29

The relationship between Sid Vicious, bassist for British punk group The Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen is portrayed.



One Crazy Summer(1986)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 37

An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.



Spies Like Us(1985)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 27

Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.



Johnny Dangerously(1984)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 38

Set in the 1930's, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.



Paris, Texas(1984)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 25

Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family.



Code of Silence(1985)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 45

A Chicago cop is caught in a middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.



Bad Influence(1990)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 44

Michael, a wimpy young executive, is about to get pulverized by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome, mysterious stranger steps in--and then disappears. Later that night, while ...



Oliver & Company(1988)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 25

A lost and alone kitten joins a gang of dogs engaged in petty larceny in New York City.



Better Off Dead...(1985)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 26

A teenager has to deal with his girlfriend dumping him among family crises, homicidal paper boys, and a rival skier.



The Presidio(1988)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 34

A San Francisco civilian police detective is forced to work on a series of murders with his former enemy commanding officer while dating his daughter.



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.



Lock Up(1989)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 26

With only six months left of his sentence, inmate Frank Leone is transferred from a minimum security prison to a maximum security prison by a vindictive warden.



Mauvais sang(1986)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 46

Marc (Michel Piccoli) recruits Alex (Denis Lavant), son of his former, now dead colleague. Alex is a card shark with a big dream to go out to the world and leave his own mark. His ...



Arachnophobia(1990)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 23

A species of South American killer spider hitches a lift to the U.S. in a coffin and starts to breed and kill.



Presumed Innocent(1990)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 26

As a lawyer investigates the murder of a colleague, he finds himself more connected to the crime than anyone else.




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