Best movies of 1980s

Actors : Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward, Vittorio Gassman, Brian Keith,
Directors : Burt Reynolds,

Tom Sharky is demoted to vice after a bust goes terribly wrong. He and his team stumble across a mob murder tied to prostitution and government.

Actors : Maxwell Caulfield, Lorna Luft, Maureen Teefy, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : Patricia Birch,

An English student at a 1960s American high school has to prove himself to the leader of a girls' gang whose members can only date greasers.

Actors : Christine Hargreaves, Eleanor David, Bob Geldof, James Laurenson,
Directors : Alan Parker,

A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

Actors : Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Clint Eastwood, Bradford Dillman,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A rape victim is exacting revenge on her aggressors in a small town outside San Francisco. "Dirty" Harry Callahan, on suspension for angering his superiors (again), is assigned to the case.

Actors : Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, Betty Kennedy, Evelyn Guerrero,
Directors : Tommy Chong,

The two stoners and their friends go through another series of crazy, drug-influenced misadventures.

Actors : Dabney Coleman, Henry Thomas, Christina Nigra, Michael Murphy,
Directors : Richard Franklin,

A young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget.

Actors : Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson, Tom Hanks, Reginald VelJohnson,
Directors : Roger Spottiswoode,

A detective must adopt the dog of a dead man to help him find the murderer.

Actors : William Daniels, Bruce Willis, Kim Basinger, John Larroquette,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

Walter Davis is a workaholic. His attention is all to his work and very little to his personal life or appearance. Now he needs a date to take to his company's business dinner with a new ...

Actors : Susan Blakely, Sylvester Stallone, Rick Zumwalt, Robert Loggia,
Directors : Menahem Golan,

Tough trucker Lincoln Hawk is determined to win back his son and triumph at the world arm wrestling championships.

Actors : Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Ralph Brown, Richard Griffiths,
Directors : Bruce Robinson,

At the end of the 1960's, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous.

Actors : Yeardley Smith, Pat Hingle, Emilio Estevez, Laura Harrington,
Directors : Stephen King,

A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.

Actors : José Lewgoy, Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, Salvatore Basile,
Directors : Werner Herzog,

During the 1800s, paroled Brazilian bandit Cobra Verde is sent to West Africa with a few troops to man an old Portuguese fort and to convince the local African ruler to resume the slave trade with Brazil.

Actors : Kevin Spacey, Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Joan Severance,
Directors : Arthur Hiller,

Dave is deaf, and Wally is blind. They witness a murder, but it was Dave who was looking at her, and Wally who was listening.

Actors : Nick Cassavetes, Charlie Sheen, Randy Quaid, Sherilyn Fenn,
Directors : Mike Marvin,

A mysterious figure suddenly appears to challenge a gang of motorhead thugs.

Actors : Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara, Patrick Swayze,
Directors : Rowdy Herrington,

A tough bouncer is hired to tame a dirty bar.

Actors : Julia Roberts, Shirley MacLaine, Sally Field, Olympia Dukakis,
Directors : Herbert Ross,

A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.

Actors : Kim Greist, Danny DeVito, Anne Ramsey, Billy Crystal,
Directors : Danny DeVito,

A bitter ex-husband and a put-upon momma's boy both want their respective former spouse and mother dead. Who will pull it off?

Actors : Nicoletta Braschi, Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni,
Directors : Jim Jarmusch,

Two innocent people are arrested. An interesting third person, with broken English, joins them in their cell. On his idea, they decide to escape from the prison. Their journey is the rest of the movie.

Actors : Pat Morita, Thomas Ian Griffith, Robyn Lively, Ralph Macchio,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

Ostracised villain John Kreese attempts to gain revenge on Daniel and Miyagi, with the help of a Vietnam War comrade, the wealthy owner of a toxic waste disposal business.

Actors : Mark Patton, Robert Rusler, Robert Englund, Kim Myers,
Directors : Jack Sholder,

A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him in order to continue his murder spree in the real world.