Best movies of 1980s

Roxanne(1987)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 22

The large-nosed C.D. Bales is in love with the beautiful Roxanne; she falls for his personality but another man's looks.



The Adventures of Ford Fairlane(1990)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 30

A vulgar private detective is hired to find a missing groupie and is drawn into a mystery involving a series of murders tied to the music industry.



St. Elmo's Fire(1985)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 24

A group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood.



Critters(1986)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 25

A race of small, furry aliens make lunch out of the locals in a farming town.



The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover(1989)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 25

The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.



Frantic(1988)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 22

In a hotel room in Paris, a doctor comes out of the shower and finds that his wife has disappeared. He soon finds himself caught up in a world of intrigue, espionage, gangsters, drugs and murder.



My Blue Heaven(1990)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 30

An all too uptight FBI agent must protect a larger than life mobster with a heart of gold, currently under witness protection in the suburbs.



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.



Átame!(1989)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 28

An unbalanced but alluring former mental patient takes a porn star prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him.



Children of the Corn(1984)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 23

A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believe everyone over the age of 18 must be killed.



To Live and Die in L.A.(1985)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 24

A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.



The Witches(1990)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 23

A young boy stumbles onto a witch convention and must stop them, even after he has been turned into a mouse.



School Daze(1988)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 42

A not so popular young man wants to pledge to a popular fraternity at his historically black college.



The Bonfire of the Vanities(1990)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 26

After his mistress runs over a young teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight, and attracting the interest of a down and out reporter.



Summer Rental(1985)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 32

An overworked air-traffic controller takes his family on a beach vacation but is soon beset by series of mishaps.



Phantasm II(1988)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 33

Mike, now released from a psychiatric hospital, continues his journey to stop the evil Tall Man from his grim work.



Harlem Nights(1989)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 29

During the 1930s, a New York illegal gambling house owner and his associates must deal with strong competition, gangsters and corrupt cops in order to stay in business.



The Hitcher(1986)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 21

A young man who escaped the clutches of a murderous hitch-hiker is subsequently stalked by the hitcher and framed for his crimes.



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.



Angel Heart(1987)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Harry Angel is a private investigator. He is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer called Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.




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